Desmond Beach's Portfolio

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About Desmond

Baltimore County

Desmond Beach is an artist and educator. He earned his MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art's Rinehart School of Sculpture as well as his BFA from MICA. He has been a Visiting Lecturer/Artist at institutions such as Coppin State University and Howard County Community College. Desmond has been a Summer Fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA, Artist-in-Residence at the Women Housing Correlation in Baltimore, MD, Summer Fellow at Skidmore College, and Artist-in-Residence at... more

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Mugshot?

Mugshot?, 5" x 7" mixed media works on wood panel.

Color Me This

Color Me This, a set of mugshot drawings of Black men in which the viewers are asked to color in the 36" x 34" portraits.

This Is America Drawing

This Is America Drawing, large scale mixed media drawings on paper.

This Is America

This Is America, 53" x 43" photos of Black men in which the faces have been obscured with mandala-like images.

This Is America in Motion

Portraits of Insurrection

Portraits of Insurrection, embroideries that fuse images from the Baltimore Uprising after the death of Freddie Gray, who was murdered in police custody, with historical and contemporary images.