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Carl Beam

Carl Beam (1943 - 2005) was active/lived in Ontario / Canada.  Carl Beam is known for Mixed media symbolic artwork.

With parents of both Ojibwa and European descent, Carl Beam investigated issues of culture and history in his art.  After a period at the Kootenay School of the Arts* in 1971, Beam transferred to the University of Victoria in 1973, garnering a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1976.

As a student, Beam rebelled against the Native "formula" painting of the Woodland School* and began integrating non-Native content into his works.


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