32.75 x 23.75 x 1 in (83.2 x 60.3 x 2.5 cm) including frame
(Includes Buyer's Premium)
Carl Beam
Carl Beam was an Ojibwe visual artist born in M'Chigeeng First Nation on Manitoulin Island, Ontario in 1943. His given name was Carl Edward Migwans. He attended the Garnier Residential School in Spanish, Ontario, during his youth. Beam worked in various industrial trades before pursuing formal artistic training at Kootenay School of Art in Castlegar, British Columbia. He went on to earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Victoria in 1974, followed by postgraduate studies at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.
Beam's studio practice encompassed photo-serigraphy, mixed-media photo-collage, painting, ceramic construction, and printmaking. His work critically examined indigenous history, colonialism, Western pop culture, and global politics by juxtposing historical photographs, text, and contemporary media imagery. In 1981, his work was selected for inclusion in the groundbreaking Art of the Seventh Fire exhibition at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery. In 1986, his major mixed-media work, The North American Iceberg, was acquired by the National Gallery of Canada, marking the first time the institution purchased a contemporary artwork created by an Indigenous artist.
Throughout his career, Beam participated in key museum exhibitions across Canada and internationally. In 1992, his solo exhibition Columbus Suite was presented at the Art Gallery of Ontario to coincide with the quincentennial of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Beam turned his focus to photo-based pottery using traditional Anishinaabe pit-firing techniques combined with photo-emulsion processes, as well as a series titled The Whale: The Shipbuilding Project.
In 2000, Beam was inducted as a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (RCA). He received the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts in 2005 shortly before his death in Ottawa, Ontario. A major retrospective of his life and work was organized by the National Gallery of Canada in 2010. His artwork is preserved in the permanent collections of public institutions including the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Winnipeg Art Gallery, and the McMichael Canadian Art Collection.
August Fine Art Auction
August 13 - August 27, 2026
661 Wall St, Winnipeg MB
(204) 255-5690
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| $0.00 - $50.00 | $1.00 |
| $50.00 - $100.00 | $5.00 |
| $100.00 - $500.00 | $10.00 |
| $500.00 - $1,000.00 | $25.00 |
| $1,000.00 - $5,000.00 | $50.00 |
| $5,000.00 - $10,000.00 | $100.00 |
| $10,000.00 - $20,000.00 | $200.00 |
| $20,000.00 - $50,000.00 | $500.00 |
| $50,000.00 - $100,000.00 | $1,000.00 |
| $100,000.00+ | $5,000.00 |
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