Biography and Shows

Epoh Beech studied as a fine artist in Florence, at Cheltenham Art School and Chelsea College of Art. She has an MA in Art Therapy and works out of the ACAVA studios in West London.

She has completed five major series of works, each follow a journey, tell a story, illustrate a particular poem or Jacobean "Masque". Each has been exhibited in either London and Oxford.The work is strongly influenced by the narrative force and the quest for the sublime through the balance of colour and light most evident in 15th Italian Renaissance Painters and German Romanticism.

The recent series in animated drawing explores the relationship between still images, moving images and music. Beech hand draws the animations in charcoal on paper using a palimpsest technique, inspired by the animations of William Kentridge. The depiction of darkness and black found in the etchings of Barto Dos Santos and the films of Lotte Reineger have greatly informed her practice.

With the great debts to the writings of Marsilio Ficino, J.W. Goethe, Carl Jung and Peter Dawkins, the series explores the use of symbolic narrative and colour. Each work in these series examines the internal world and the transformative journey of the unconscious.

Solo Shows:

2010 The Marriage of the Thames and the Rhine. The Gallery in Redchurch Street, London E2 7DP
2004 The Rhine, a journey from the Source: Tom Faulkner, London EC1
2002 Santiago di Compostella Frescos: Tom Faulkner, London EC1
1998 The Phoenix and the Turtle: Oxford University Press, Oxford
1993 Tibet: a Plea for Peace: Turtle Key Arts Centre, London SW6
1992 New York: The Studio Gallery Glebe Place, Sponsored by T. Agnew

Animation Film Festival Screenings:

2011 Bootleg International Film Festival London
2011 "Animfest "Athens International Film Festival, Greece
2011 Dragon Award For New Talent, Gotenberg, Sweden
2010 Portobello FIlm Festival, 'Animation Evenings' at the Pop up Cinema, London W11

Group Shows:

1998-2010 ACAVA Open Studios London W10 (annual)
1998-2007 ACAVA Open Studios: London, W10 (annual)
1993 People and Places: Gagliardi Gallery, London SW3
1993 Wisdom and Compassion: Royal Academy, Milbank, London SW1