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Beihua Guo was born in Shanghai, China in 1998. He holds a BA in Studio Art and Environmental Analysis from Pitzer College in Claremont, California (Tongva land), and is currently pursuing an MFA in Photography, Video, and Imaging at the University of Arizona in Tucson (O’odham and Yaqui land). His lens-based and installation work explores the fragile relationship between humanity and nature, excavating the unseen and the unheard beneath the landscapes. He is a recipient of the University Fellows Award at the University of Arizona, the Lucie Foundation Photo Made Emerging Scholarship, the Kurt Markus Photography Scholarship Fund, the Janie Moore Greene Scholarship Grant, and a finalist for the Aftermath Grant; he has received recognition in many awards, including Photolucida’s Critical Mass, the OD Photo Prize, BarTur Photo Award, the Three Shadows Photography Award, and the PDNedu Student Photo Contest. His work has been exhibited internationally at venues such as the Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, the Royal Photographic Society, Cleve Carney Museum of Art, Photo Beijing, Photo Open Up International Photography Festival, Space Place, and Nizhny Tagil Museum of Fine Arts, among others. He has participated in artist residencies in Petrified Forest National Park, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Yellowstone National Park, Yangshuo Sugar House, and Sunyata Hotel Wuli Village.
郭备华,1998年出生于中国上海,本科毕业于美国匹泽学院 (Pitzer College) 艺术与环境研究双专业,目前就读于亚利桑那大学(University of Arizona)摄影MFA项目。他的影像和装置艺术作品探索人与自然的脆弱关系,挖掘景观背后鲜为人知的故事。他曾获得亚利桑那大学 University Fellows Award,Lucie 基金会奖学金,Kurt Markus 摄影奖学金,NANPA 基金会 Janie Moore Greene 奖学金,The Aftermath Grant 终评名单等。他的入围奖项包括 Photolucida Critical Mass,OD 摄影奖,BarTur 摄影奖,三影堂摄影奖,PDN 学生摄影奖等。他的作品曾在北京和厦门三影堂摄影艺术中心,英国皇家摄影协会,芝加哥 Cleve Carney 美术馆,北京国际摄影周,意大利 Photo Open Up 国际摄影节,俄罗斯 Space Place,下塔吉尔美术馆等地展出。他曾参与美国石化林国家公园,美国拉森火山国家公园,美国黄石国家公园,阳朔糖舍,既下山·雾里等艺术家驻地项目。
Education
MFA, Studio Art (Photography, Video, and Imaging), University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (expected May 2027)
BA, Studio Art and Environmental Analysis, Pitzer College, Claremont, CA, 2021
Professional Experience
Teaching Assistant, Pitzer College, Claremont, CA (ART 129 B&W Darkroom Photography), 2021
Selected Awards & Grants
OD Photo Prize, shortlist, 2024
Critical Mass Top 200, Photolucida, 2024
University Fellows Award, University of Arizona, 2024
1492/1619 American Aftermaths Grant, The Aftermath Project, finalist, 2024
Portfolio Review Equity Scholarship, Atlanta Celebrates Photography, 2023
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Alumni Microgrant, 2023
Kurt Markus Photography Scholarship Fund, Santa Fe Workshops, 2023
Lucie Scholarship Program, Lucie Foundation, winning recipient, 2022
#CreateCOP27, Art Partner, honourable mention, 2022
Janie Moore Greene Scholarship Grant, NANPA Foundation, 2021
Three Shadows Photography Award, finalist, 2020
PDNedu Student Photo Contest, honorable mention, 2020
BarTur Photo Award, notable recognition, 2020
Hasselblad Masters, finalist, 2018
Sony World Photography Awards, commended, 2017
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, national gold medal, 2016
Solo Exhibitions
Marche Funèbre (traveling), Space Place, Nizhny Tagil; Museum of Fine Arts, Nizhny Tagil, Russia, 2022
Selected Group Exhibitions
International Photography Exhibition 165, The Royal Photographic Society, Bristol, UK, 2024
Once: 2023 Emerging Artists Exhibit, Cleve Carney Museum of Art, Glen Ellyn, IL, 2023–2024
Past & Present: Der Greif 15th Anniversary Events, Pavillon 333, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany; ZIRKA, Munich, Germany, 2023
The Documentary Attitude (traveling), Dongjiang Lake Photographic Art Gallery, Zixing, China, 2023
Illuminate LA: Collective Memory Installation, Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture, Grand Park, Los Angeles, CA, 2023
We the People: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, Ontario Museum of History & Art, Ontario, CA, 2023
New Wave: SPE West × Southwest juried exhibition (traveling), Mullenix Bridge Gallery, New Mexico State University Art Museum, Las Cruces, NM; Herger Gallery, Solano Community College, Fairfield, CA; Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design, Lakewood, CO; Patton-Malott Gallery, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO, 2023
The Documentary Attitude (traveling), Photo Beijing, China Millennium Monument, Beijing, China, 2022
#CreateCOP27 (virtual), Art Partner, 2022
GCPL Photo Annual: Jumping Through Time, Atlanta Celebrates Photography, Gwinnett County Public Library, Duluth, GA, 2022
BarTur Photo Award Exhibition (traveling), Urban Banks, Berlin Photo Week, Germany; COP26, SEC Centre, Glasgow, UK, 2021
Waffle Breakfasts (online), Pitzer College Senior Thesis Exhibition, 2022
Photo Open Up International Photography Festival, Musei Civici Eremitani, Padua, Italy, 2020
Resonance: The 12th Three Shadows Photography Award Exhibition (traveling), Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing, China; Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Xiamen, China, 2020
No Part Unaltered, Salathé Gallery, Pitzer College, Claremont, CA, 2019
Cazadores de imágenes IV, (traveling), Museo de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain; Galería Spectrum Sotos, Zaragoza, Spain, 2018
Sony World Photography Awards & Martin Parr, Somerset House, London, UK, 2017
Art.Write.Now.2016, Arnold and Sheila Aronson Galleries, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY, 2016
Residencies
Da Di Zhi Shu Residency, Yiwenli, Yangshuo Sugar House, Guilin; Sunyata Hotel, Wuli Village, Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, China, 2023
Landis Artist-in-Residence, Yellowstone Forever, Gardiner, MT, 2020
Lassen Volcanic National Park, National Park Service, Manzanita Lake, CA, 2018
Petrified Forest National Park, National Park Service, Petrified Forest, AZ, 2017
Selected Talks, Panels, Workshops
Cyanotype & Large Format Photography Workshop, Veritas China, 2024
“Behind the Creation,” artist talk and panel discussion with Yaozhi Liu and Mao Ming, Artists Present, CAAN, 2023
Artist Talk, Yangshuo Sugar House, Guilin, China, 2023
OL33 Interdisciplinary Approaches in Photography (online course), Veritas China, 2022
Contemporary Photography Presentation (online), Three Shadows Education Program, 2020
Artist-in-Residence Presentation, Loomis Museum, Manzanita Lake, CA, 2018
Selected Press, Publications, Interviews
Jacqueline Amy Jackson. Social Justice Art of the Twenties: vol. 1. 2023.
What Makes a Lake? Another Earth, 2023, pp. 118-119.
“Marche Funèbre.” Fieldnotes, winter 2022, pp. 145, 147, 149, 151.
“Water is Thicker Than Blood.” High Desert Journal, August 2022.
“Yellowstone.” Chinese Photography, August 2022, pp. 42-47.
Zheng Wang, Yujian Cui, and Yaozhi Liu. “Dialogue | Beihua Guo.” CAAN, February 2022.
Nikolaj Ahlefeldt. “Marche Funèbre.” Tofu Collective, December 2021.
“Beihua Guo: Yellowstone / Jiazazhi Exhibition.” Jiazazhi, June 2021.
“Beihua Guo.” Aint–Bad, December 2020.
Resonance: The 2020 Three Shadows Photography Award Exhibition. Zhejiang Photographic Press, 2020, pp. 20-25.
教育经历
MFA,工作室艺术(Photography, Video, and Imaging),亚利桑那大学(University of Arizona),美国,2027
BA,工作室艺术、环境研究,匹泽学院(Pitzer College),美国,2021
工作经历
助教,匹泽学院,克莱蒙特,美国(ART 129 黑白暗房摄影),2021
部分荣誉奖项
OD 摄影奖,短名单入围,2024
Critical Mass 前200,Photolucida,2024
University Fellows Award,亚利桑那大学,2024
1492/1619 American Aftermaths 创作基金,2024
亚特兰大摄影节专家见面会奖学金,2023
美国学乐艺术和写作大赛往届获奖者创作基金,2023
Kurt Markus 摄影奖学金,Santa Fe 工作坊,2023
露西基金会奖学金,2022
#CreateCOP27 全球青年气候创意大赛,Art Partner,荣誉奖,2022
NANPA 基金会 Janie Moore Greene 奖学金,2021
三影堂摄影奖,入围,2020
PDNedu 学生摄影奖,荣誉奖,2020
BarTur 摄影奖,表彰奖,2020
哈苏大师赛,终评入围,2018
索尼世界摄影大赛,推荐作品,2017
学乐艺术和写作奖,美国国家金奖,2016
个展
葬礼进行曲(巡展),Space Place;下塔吉尔美术馆,下塔吉尔,俄罗斯,2022
部分群展
第165届摄影年展,英国皇家摄影协会,布里斯托尔,英国,2024
Once:2023 新锐艺术家展览,Cleve Carney 美术馆,格伦埃林,伊利诺伊州,美国,2023–2024
Past & Present:Der Greif 十五周年纪念活动,现代艺术陈列馆,慕尼黑;ZIRKA,慕尼黑,德国,2023
纪实的态度(巡展),东江湖摄影艺术馆,资兴,中国,2023
Illuminate LA:集体记忆装置艺术,洛杉矶县艺术与文化部,格兰德公园,洛杉矶,加利福尼亚州,美国,2023
We the People:Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow,安大略历史与艺术博物馆,安大略,加利福尼亚州,美国,2023
New Wave:摄影教育学会入选展览(巡展),新墨西哥州立大学美术馆,拉斯克鲁塞斯,新墨西哥州;Herger 画廊,索拉诺社区学院,费尔菲尔德,加利福尼亚州;落基山艺术设计学院,莱克伍德,科罗拉多州;安德森牧场艺术中心,斯诺马斯村,科罗拉多州,美国,2023
纪实的态度(巡展):北京国际摄影周青年摄影师邀请展,中华世纪坛,北京,中国,2022
#CreateCOP27 全球青年气候创意展(虚拟),Art Partner,2022
GCPL 摄影年展,Atlanta Celebrates Photography 摄影节,格威内特县公共图书馆,杜鲁斯,佐治亚州,美国,2022
BarTur 摄影奖展览(巡展),Urban Banks,柏林摄影周,德国;联合国气候变化大会,苏格兰会展会议中心,格拉斯哥,英国,2021
华夫早餐(线上),匹泽学院艺术专业毕业展,2021
Photo Open Up 国际摄影节,Eremitani 博物馆,帕多瓦,意大利,2020
共振:第十二届三影堂摄影奖作品展(巡展),三影堂摄影艺术中心,北京;三影堂摄影艺术中心,厦门,中国,2020
No Part Unaltered,Salathé 画廊,匹泽学院,克莱蒙特,加利福尼亚州,美国,2019
Cazadores de imágenes IV(巡展),萨拉⼽萨博物馆;Spectrum Sotos 美术馆,萨拉戈萨,西班⽛,2019
索尼世界摄影大赛 & 马丁·帕尔,萨默塞特府,伦敦,英国,2017
Art.Write.Now.2016,Arnold and Sheila Aronson 画廊,帕森斯设计学院,纽约,美国,2016
驻地项目
大地之书·艺术驻留,艺文力,阳朔糖舍,桂林;既下山·雾里,怒江傈僳族自治州,中国,2023
Landis 艺术与科学家驻地项目,Yellowstone Forever,黄石国家公园,美国,2020
拉森火山国家公园,美国国家公园管理局,2018
石化林国家公园,美国国家公园管理局,2017
摄影讲座、工作坊
蓝晒印相与大画幅摄影工作坊,唯理中国,2024
“创作背后:自然的变迁之地”,毛铭,刘曜植,跨界席谈,华岸艺术,2023
艺术家分享会,阳朔糖舍,桂林,中国,2023
OL33 跨学科视角下的摄影创作工坊(线上课程),唯理中国,2022
当代摄影分享会(线上),三影堂教育计划,2020
驻地艺术家讲座,卢米斯博物馆,拉森火山国家公园,美国,2018
出版物、媒体报道、采访
Jacqueline Amy Jackson. 《二十一世纪二十年代的社会正义艺术: 第一卷》. 2023, 45-48页.
《What Makes a Lake?》. Another Earth, 2023, 118-119页.
“葬礼进行曲.” 《Fieldnotes》, 2022冬, 145, 147, 149, 151页.
“水浓于血.” High Desert Journal, 2022年8月.
“黄石.” 《中国摄影》, 2022年8月, 42-47页.
王峥, 崔誉舰, 刘曜植. “对话|郭备华.” CAAN 华岸艺术, 2022年2月.
Nikolaj Ahlefeldt. “葬礼进行曲.” Tofu Collective, 2021年12月.
“郭备华:黄石/假展览.” 假杂志, 2021年6月.
“郭备华.” Aint–Bad, 2020年12月.
《共振:2020年度三影堂摄影奖作品展》. 浙江摄影出版社, 2020, pp. 20-25.