Saliva Lining | Steven Beckly
2021
12.5 x 17.5 inches
Edition of 15, 2 APs
Steven Beckly’s sensual practice encompasses photography, sculpture and artist books. Forming a spectrum of colours, textures and shapes, Beckly’s evocative images draw on the interaction of light with a multitude of surfaces and mediums.
In Saliva Lining, effervescent soap suds bubble against a prismatic backdrop, creating wet, filmy layers of circles within circles. Printed on glossy transparency, it reflects and refracts light, taking on the changing conditions of its immediate environment. Marking each image with his saliva, Beckly adds an intimate signature, leaving a genetic, ghostly trace unique to each edition.
ABOUT STEVEN BECKLY
Steven Beckly is a Chinese-Canadian artist based in Tkaronto/Toronto. Creating intimate encounters with images and objects, Beckly works with photography, sculpture and installation. Recent solo projects include, The heart can’t wait at Daniel Faria Gallery, (Toronto); Lightbringer at Stride Gallery (Calgary); and Love S.O.S. at Centre3 (Hamilton). Beckly’s work has been featured in exhibitions at The Remai Modern (Saskatoon); The Museum of Fine Arts (Houston); and the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal. He holds an MFA from the University of Guelph and a Bachelor in Psychology from the University of Toronto.
Selected solo exhibitions: The heart can’t wait, Daniel Faria Gallery, Toronto (2019); Lightbringer at Stride Gallery, Calgary (2020); Love S.O.S. at Centre3, Hamilton (2018).
Selected group exhibitions: Parentheses, Daniel Faria Gallery, Toronto (2019); Touch Screen, Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran, Montréal, curated by Julia Dault and Brian Sholis (2019); If I have a body, Remai Modern, Saskatoon (2019); A History of Photography: Selections from the Museum’s Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (2019); Forward Motion, Small Arms Inspection Building, Mississauga, curated by Noa Bronstein (2018); It Can Only Be This Place, Doris McCarthy Gallery at the University of Toronto, Scarborough, curated by Tiffany Schofield (2018).
2021
12.5 x 17.5 inches
Edition of 15, 2 APs
Steven Beckly’s sensual practice encompasses photography, sculpture and artist books. Forming a spectrum of colours, textures and shapes, Beckly’s evocative images draw on the interaction of light with a multitude of surfaces and mediums.
In Saliva Lining, effervescent soap suds bubble against a prismatic backdrop, creating wet, filmy layers of circles within circles. Printed on glossy transparency, it reflects and refracts light, taking on the changing conditions of its immediate environment. Marking each image with his saliva, Beckly adds an intimate signature, leaving a genetic, ghostly trace unique to each edition.
ABOUT STEVEN BECKLY
Steven Beckly is a Chinese-Canadian artist based in Tkaronto/Toronto. Creating intimate encounters with images and objects, Beckly works with photography, sculpture and installation. Recent solo projects include, The heart can’t wait at Daniel Faria Gallery, (Toronto); Lightbringer at Stride Gallery (Calgary); and Love S.O.S. at Centre3 (Hamilton). Beckly’s work has been featured in exhibitions at The Remai Modern (Saskatoon); The Museum of Fine Arts (Houston); and the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal. He holds an MFA from the University of Guelph and a Bachelor in Psychology from the University of Toronto.
Selected solo exhibitions: The heart can’t wait, Daniel Faria Gallery, Toronto (2019); Lightbringer at Stride Gallery, Calgary (2020); Love S.O.S. at Centre3, Hamilton (2018).
Selected group exhibitions: Parentheses, Daniel Faria Gallery, Toronto (2019); Touch Screen, Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran, Montréal, curated by Julia Dault and Brian Sholis (2019); If I have a body, Remai Modern, Saskatoon (2019); A History of Photography: Selections from the Museum’s Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (2019); Forward Motion, Small Arms Inspection Building, Mississauga, curated by Noa Bronstein (2018); It Can Only Be This Place, Doris McCarthy Gallery at the University of Toronto, Scarborough, curated by Tiffany Schofield (2018).
2021
12.5 x 17.5 inches
Edition of 15, 2 APs
Steven Beckly’s sensual practice encompasses photography, sculpture and artist books. Forming a spectrum of colours, textures and shapes, Beckly’s evocative images draw on the interaction of light with a multitude of surfaces and mediums.
In Saliva Lining, effervescent soap suds bubble against a prismatic backdrop, creating wet, filmy layers of circles within circles. Printed on glossy transparency, it reflects and refracts light, taking on the changing conditions of its immediate environment. Marking each image with his saliva, Beckly adds an intimate signature, leaving a genetic, ghostly trace unique to each edition.
ABOUT STEVEN BECKLY
Steven Beckly is a Chinese-Canadian artist based in Tkaronto/Toronto. Creating intimate encounters with images and objects, Beckly works with photography, sculpture and installation. Recent solo projects include, The heart can’t wait at Daniel Faria Gallery, (Toronto); Lightbringer at Stride Gallery (Calgary); and Love S.O.S. at Centre3 (Hamilton). Beckly’s work has been featured in exhibitions at The Remai Modern (Saskatoon); The Museum of Fine Arts (Houston); and the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal. He holds an MFA from the University of Guelph and a Bachelor in Psychology from the University of Toronto.
Selected solo exhibitions: The heart can’t wait, Daniel Faria Gallery, Toronto (2019); Lightbringer at Stride Gallery, Calgary (2020); Love S.O.S. at Centre3, Hamilton (2018).
Selected group exhibitions: Parentheses, Daniel Faria Gallery, Toronto (2019); Touch Screen, Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran, Montréal, curated by Julia Dault and Brian Sholis (2019); If I have a body, Remai Modern, Saskatoon (2019); A History of Photography: Selections from the Museum’s Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (2019); Forward Motion, Small Arms Inspection Building, Mississauga, curated by Noa Bronstein (2018); It Can Only Be This Place, Doris McCarthy Gallery at the University of Toronto, Scarborough, curated by Tiffany Schofield (2018).