Walead Beshty
1976–

Introduction

Walead Beshty (born 1977) is a Los Angeles–based artist and writer.

Beshty has taught at numerous schools including University of California, Los Angeles; University of California, Irvine; the California Institute of the Arts; School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Art Center College of Design, Pasadena; and the MFA Program at Bard College. Beshty has exhibited widely in numerous institutions and galleries around the world. Beshty is visiting faculty at the Southern California Institute of Architecture. Walead Beshty is represented by Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Petzel Gallery, and Thomas Dane Gallery.