Oliver Beerオリバー・ビア

Oliver Beer was born in 1985, Kent, United Kingdom, and currently lives and works in Paris and Kent. A holder of double degrees in music composition and visual art, his project focused on the resonance between architecture and human voice has been presented at Palais de Tokyo, Centre Pompidou and MoMA PS1 amongst others, gathering increasing attentions in recent years. In Japan, his work has been exhibited at “Condensation” (2014), organized by the Hermès Foundation.

Awards & Grants

2007 Scholarship
Oxford University

2009 New Sensations (winner)
Saatchi Gallery

2010 Award and commission
Arts Council

2011 Artist in residence
Palais de Tokyo

2015 Art Prize (Winner)
Daiwa Foundation

2021 Mondes Nouveaux – National Culture Prize (awarded by the President of France)
French Ministry of Culture

Public Collections

MONA – Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania

Deji Art Museum

Centre Pompidou

Centre National des Arts Plastiques

FRAC Bretagne

Le Plateau, Frac Île-de-France, Paris

Les Abattoirs, Musée – Frac Occitanie Toulouse, Toulouse

Musée d'art contemporain – MAC, Lyon

Collection du MAC Val, France

The National Museum of Art, Osaka

Nouveau Musee National de Monaco

Museum Voorlinden

Guggenheim Abu Dhabi

Ikon Gallery

Arts Council Collection

Long Museum

Fondation Louis Vuitton

Kadist Collection Paris, France

Lab'Bel Collection, Suresnes

Agnès B. Collection, Paris

Kistefos Museum (Christen Sveaas Art Collection), Jevnaker

Gosh Arts – Arts programme at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London

Kramlich Collection, San Francisco, CA