James Beckett
b. 1977, Harare, Zimbabwe; lives in New York, NY and Amsterdam, Netherlands
James Beckett, Strange Glow: Harculo, 2023. Courtesy of the artist.
James Beckett is a research-based artist who explores overlooked histories concerned with industrial development and the built environment. His resulting installations and works for public space deal with cultural signs that shape our experience in the modern era. Beckett has exhibited at the Belgian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (2015); MAAT, Lisbon (2017); MCAD Manila (2017); and The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2012), among others. His work is represented by galleries: T293, Rome; Wilfried Lentz, Rotterdam, and Markus Lüttgen, Dusseldorf. His works are in the public collections of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and Centre Pompidou, Paris, among others.
