BEVERLY FISHMAN
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BIO
Beverly Fishman (b. 1955, Philadelphia, PA) received her BFA from Philadelphia College of Art, and her MFA from Yale University. Fishman’s work is inspired by and critiques the pharmaceutical industry. Her large-scale paintings and sculptures often resemble prescription pills in neon, eye-catching, shapes and colors.
Fishman’s work has been shown internationally. Recent solo exhibitions include Geometries of Hope (and Fear), Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY; Quality of Life, Kotaro Nukaga, Tokyo, Japan; The Pursuit of Perfection, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Cure, The Contemporary Dayton, Dayton, OH; Recovery, Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, East Lansing, MI; among others. Recent group exhibitions include The Greatest Emergency, curated by Santiago Zabala and Minerva Hall, Circulo de Bellas Artes (CBA), Madrid, Spain; 191st Annual: Academy Style, The National Academy of Design, New York, NY; Basic Matters: Substance in Contemporary Art, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH; Shapeshifters: Transformations in Contemporary Art, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI; among others.
Her work is included in many public collections including The Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA; Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH ; Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI; Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI; Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, CT; Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT; Eli and Edythe Broad Museum at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT; Pérez Art Museum Miami, Miami, FL; Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS; Stamford Museum & Nature Center, Stamford, CT; Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH; and Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC.
She is the recipient of many awards, including Anonymous Was A Woman Award; Hassam, Speicher, Betts, and Symons Purchase Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters; Inductee, National Academy of Design; John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship; Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award; Artist Space Exhibition Grant; and NEA Fellowship Grant, among others. Fishman lives and works in Detroit, MI.
