Beejoir
Beejoir (born 1979) is a contemporary artist, curator and co-founder of Souled Out Studios UK and Japan with Jon Michael Vogel. Born in England, Beejoir is now permanently based in Asia.[1]
Artwork
[edit]With a body of works spanning fine painting, stencils and spray paint, print and sculpture; Beejoir creates satirical pieces commenting on vice, popular culture, super brands and consumerism. Popular works include the LV Child, A Pill a Day, Money Trap and Immodium[2][3][4]
With a background rooted in Graffiti, Beejoirs conceptual works generated international attention when in 2007, auction sales at Bonhams and Phillips secured his place in the interested circles of Contemporary Art[5]
Financial Times editor Rachel Spence described Beejoirs work as 'irreverent' in response to his 2013 installation 'Saatchi and Saatchi', an old-fashioned Punch and Judy theatre on display at Londons Moniker Arts Fair[6]
Beejoir's first major solo show took place in Thailand, December 2015 at BANGKOK CITYCITY GALLERY.[7] #NRCSSM featured his Weapon of Choice installation as well as his oversized gold panels parodying mythology and consumer culture[8]
In January 2018, under the direction of his Bangkok based studio Souled Out Studios he curated the exhibition SOS, a 15 year celebration of their activity with the team at BANGKOK CITYCITY GALLERY. The immersive display was an exploration of social, environmental and economic crises from 10 local and international artists including Alex face, AMP, Candice Tripp, Gong, Gus, Jace, Lucas Price, Mau Mau and Muebon[9]
In October 2018 Souled Out Studios was selected to participate in the first year of the Bangkok Art Biennale[10]
Beejoir has exhibited worldwide, with 3 shows in Tokyo Japan,[11][12] USA London and Asia having curated is as many countries through independent projects and Souled Out Studios with his arsenal of artists including Mau Mau, Alexface and Bon.
Other projects
[edit]Featured in the 2007 Documentary Bomb it 2 by Director Jon Reiss[13] Marketed as going "where no graffiti documentary had gone before",[14] Bomb it 2 followed Graffiti artists from Australia, Asia and the middle East in a follow-up on the groundbreaking documentary Bomb it.
Executive Producer of the Documentary Dirty White Gold. based on 300,000 Indian farmers who killed themselves to escape debt, Dirty White gold was a feature-length production calling for transparency and reform in the fashion industries[15]
Featured in numerous publications for his contribution to the arts including Beyond the Street: The 100 leading figures in Urban Art.[16]
References
[edit]- ^ "Beejoir". www.beejoir.co.uk. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ youtube.com/devicesupport, 17 April 2015, retrieved 23 May 2015
- ^ "Biography of Beejoir – BLOUIN ARTINFO, The Premier Global Online Destination for Art and Culture | BLOUIN ARTINFO". www.blouinartinfo.com. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ "Beejoir Auction Results – Beejoir on artnet". www.artnet.com. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ "Bonhams : Beejoir (b. 1979) Immodium 3". www.bonhams.com. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ Spence, Rachel (18 October 2013). "A mature kind of mischief". Financial Times. ISSN 0307-1766. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ "Beejoir". Bangkok City City. Bangkok City City. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
- ^ "BEEJOIR'S #NRCSSM". Bangkok101. Bangkok101. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
- ^ Epichatsakol, Mika. "Closing Events Of "SOS" Group Exhibition At Bangkok Citycity Gallery". Thailand Tatler. Thailand Tatler. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
- ^ "Wisut Ponnimit and Souled Out Studios at Bangkok Art Biennale". Bangkok City City. 26 May 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ "Beejoir/Mau Mau (Exhibition) | MOSA". mosa.tokyo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ "Where's Mau Mau? Beejoir (Be sure) to meet him at Stall Baggage, Tokyo!". Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ "Beejoir". IMDb. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ Bomb It 2, 6 August 2013, retrieved 23 May 2015
- ^ Fernandez, Belen. "Dirty white gold". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ "Beyond the Street". Gestalten. Retrieved 23 May 2015.