EDUCATION:
MFA, Painting, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, 2001- 2004
BFA, Painting and Drawing, Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois, 1997-2000

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2009
Album, David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI
2007
From the Top, David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI
2006
Kristin Beaver, Meadow Brook Art Gallery, Rochester, MI
2004
MFA Thesis Exhibition, WSU Community Arts Gallery, Detroit, MI
2000
Senior BFA Exhibition, WIU Art Gallery, Macomb, IL

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2011
Art X Detroit, MOCAD(Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit), MI
Multiple Personalities: CCS Faculty Now!, Center Gallery, Ford Campus, Detroit, MI
2010
Celebrating 10 Years of Contemporary Art, Oakland University Art Gallery, Rochester, MI
The Facebook Show, Museum of New Art, Pontiac, MI
Art Chicago 2010, David Klein Gallery, Chicago, IL
Poprealism, Skidmore Contemporary, Santa Monica, CA
Young Visionaries, Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts, Eugene, OR
2009
Summer Select, David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Invented Memories, The Anton Art Center, Mt. Clemens, MI
Detroit ID, The Fisher Building, Detroit, MI
The Grand Bazaar, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI
Personal Territory, David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Art Chicago 2009, David Klein Gallery, Chicago, IL
Jim Shaw Fundraiser, C-POP Gallery, Detroit, MI
2008
Studio Visit, Hernan Bas Studio, Miami, FL
Leader of the Pack, Community Arts Gallery, Detroit, MI
Painting 2008, The Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
Los Angeles Art Show 2008, David Klein Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2007
Red Dot Miami Art Fair 2007, David Klein Gallery, Miami, FL
Art Chicago 2007, David Klein Gallery, Chicago, IL
Venus of Willendorf: Redefining the Goddess, Duderstadt Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
Los Angeles Art Show 2007, David Klein Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2006
Miss October, The Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
An Assessment of Contemporary Figuration, David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Experiments, The Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
Dictum, Northville Art House, Northville, MI
Beauty, The Sublime, Intensity, The Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
American Icons, The Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
2005
Collaborators: 2, The Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
New Views From Old Main, 555 Gallery, Detroit, MI
Actual Size Biennial, The Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Detroit, MI
Wayne State University Faculty Exhibition, Community Arts Gallery, Detroit, MI
Frames of Mind, The Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
Their Art Our Building, 4731 Gallery, Detroit, MI
Members Invitational Biennial 24/7, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
2004
Five Shows in Five Days (ver. 4.0), Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
Biennial, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
Wayne State University Faculty Exhibition, Community Arts Gallery, Detroit, MI
Arts in the City, The Detroit Club, Detroit, MI
Go Figure, The Tangent Gallery, Detroit, MI
2003
The Annual: All Media Exhibition, 81st Anniversary, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
All Area 2003 Statewide Multi-Media Juried Exhibition, Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI
2002
Juried MFA/MA Graduate Student Show, WSU Community Arts Gallery, Detroit, MI
2000
Emerging Women Artists, Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL
Annual Juried Award Show, WIU Art Gallery, Macomb, IL
Talent Grant Award Show, WIU Art Gallery, Macomb, IL
Annual Fall Juried Exhibition, Sullivan Taylor, Macomb, IL
1999
Annual Juried Award Show, WIU Art Gallery, Macomb, IL

AWARDS & HONORS:
2009
Kresge Artist Fellowship
2008
Faculty Travel Grant, Wayne State University
2004
Art and Art History Travel Fellowship, Wayne State University
2003
Best of Show, The Annual: All Media Exhibition, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
2000
Second Place, Sullivan Taylor Annual Fall Juried Student Exhibition, Macomb, IL
Awarded Talent Grant, WIU, Macomb, IL
1999
First in Show, WIU Art Gallery, Macomb, IL: Annual Juried Student Award Show
Purchase Award, WIU Art Gallery, Macomb, IL: Annual Juried Student Award Show Honorable Mention, WIU Art Gallery, Macomb, IL: Annual Juried Student Award Show Awarded Talent Grant, WIU, Macomb, IL
1998
Awarded Talent Grant, WIU, Macomb, IL

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
New American Paintings, Midwest Edition no. 89, Sept. 2010
L'Arte Si Mette Di Profilo, Feature in Vanity Fair, Italy, Sept. 2010
Joshua Rose, Kristin Beaver - Cover Art, American Art Collector, Oct. 2009.
Elizabeth Voss, Kresge Grants Boost Emerging Artists, detroitmakeithere.com, Aug. 27, 2009.
Travis R. Wright, Creative Fellows, Metrotimes, July 1, 2009
Mark Stryker, Kresge Gives 18 Local Visual Artists $25,000 each, The Detroit Free Press, June 30, 2009.
Brett Sokol, Don’t Forget the Motor City!, Ocean Drive Magazine, Jan. 2009.
Rebecca Stevens, Artists in Residence, Ambassador Magazine, Jan. 2008.
Best Local Artists (Both Established & Emerging) To Collect, Hour Detroit, June 2007.
David Klein, Calling Coast to Coast, American Art Collector, Jan. 2007.
Featured in article, Global Style, Detroit Home Magazine, Jan. 2007.
Roger Green, Women Take On Femininity in Art Exhibit, The Ann Arbor News, Nov. 5, 2006.
Dennis Alan Nawrocki, Attitude Galore – Kristin Beaver’s Fancy Friends, Metrotimes, April 5, 2006.
Nick Sousanis, Kristin Beaver, www.thedetroiter.com, March 29, 2006.
Nicole Stafford, Figured Out, The Eccentric, March 9, 2006.
Ann Gordon, Interview w/ Kristin Beaver, Body Language, Real Detroit Weekly, March 08, 2006.
Nick Sousanis, A Visual Feast, Metrotimes, March 1, 2006.
Laura J. Williams, Interview w/ Adrian Hatfield, Fearsome Beauty, Ann Arbor Paper, February, 2006.
Roger Green, ‘Icons’ Show Comments on American Life, Booth Newspapers, January 24, 2006.
Ann Gordon, Five Detroit Artists Under 35 You Should Buy, Real Detroit Weekly, September 21-27, 2005.
Nick Sousanis, 5 for 5: DAM Day 2, www.thedetroiter.com, October 26, 2004.
Phaedra Robinson, Detroit Jewels, 2004 Biennial, Metrotimes, October 6-12, 2004: 24.
Joy Hakanson Colby, Review 2004 Biennial, The Detroit News, September 24, 2004: 5E.           
Nick Sousanis, WSU: MFA II, www.thedetroiter.com, March 2004.
Nick Sousanis, Beaver, Bevan & Shahid, www.thedetroiter.com, February 2004.
Natalie Haddad, I Like Your Figure, Real Detroit Weekly, February 18-24, 2004: 11.
John Carlos Cantu, Bright Ambition, The Ann Arbor News, October 18, 2003.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI:
Introduction to Painting: Winter 2008, Fall 2010
Introduction to Figure Painting: Fall, Winter 2007, Summer 2007
Advanced Figure Painting: Winter 2007, Summer 2007
Introduction to Figure Drawing: Winter 2011
Pre-college Figure Drawing: Summer 2009, 2010

Wayne State University, Detroit, MI:
One-year full-time lectureship: Fall 2008, Winter 2009
Figure Painting: Fall 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, Winter 2006, 2008, 2009
Life Drawing: Fall 2008, Winter 2009, 2011
Drawing 1 & 2: Fall 2005, 2006, Winter 2005, 2007, 2010
Painting 1: Fall 2009, 2010, Winter 2007, 2009
Painting 2, 3, & 4: Fall 2005, 2008
2D Design: Fall 2009, 2010, Winter 2010, 2011

Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI:
Advanced Figure Drawing: Winter 2006, Summer 2006
Basic Painting, Spring 2006
Figure Painting, Summer 2006

PRESENTATIONS & GUEST LECTURES:
Visiting Lecturer, Bowling Green State University, OH, April 2010
Guest Lecturer, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, January 2007.
Visiting Artist (painting area critiques), Art Department, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, Fall 2005.

OTHER EXPERIENCE:
Curator, New Romanticism at the Marygrove Gallery, Detroit, MI, 2006
Curator, Eastside/Westside at the Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI, 2005
Student Representative on Faculty Search Committee for Wayne State University, 2004
Instructor, Kids Summer Art Camp, Detroit Recreation Department, 2002

COLLECTIONS:
Represented by: David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI, www.dkgallery.com
Howard Tullman Art Collection
Meadow Brook Art Gallery, Rochester, MI
Western Illinois University Art Gallery, Macomb, IL