Beech is an artist and writer living in Los Angeles. Beech exhibits her artwork at major international venues, has been awarded public commissions and regularly publishes writing on contemporary art. Recent solo shows include: Final Machine, 2013, Lanchester Gallery Projects, UK, and HaGamle Prestagard, Norway, with publication (Urbanomic Press); Sanity Assassin 2010, with publication, Spike Island, Bristol and Tate Britain, 2010; and Statecraft an Arts Council commission exploring Fredrick Gibberd’s architectural master-plan for Harlow New Town, exhibited Harlow, UK and DNA Gallery, Berlin, 2008 in the collaborative exhibit Let us Pray for Those Now Residing in the Designated Area, with Roman Vasseur and Diann Bauer. Writing includes An Exercise in Fatality’, catalogue essay for Anthony Gross’ Burnt Wood Stories, The Agency Gallery, London, 2010, and ‘Curatorial Futures with the image: Overcoming scepticism and Unbinding the Relational’, Journal of Visual Arts Practice, Volume 9.2: pp. 139-151, Intellect, 2010. "Concept Without Difference; The Promise of the Generic" in Realism, Materialism, Art, Sternberg Press is forthcoming. Conference keynotes include: Exhibiting Video, London, 2012, and Generative Constraints, London 2013. links: www.amandabeech.comwww.urbanomic.com