BIOGRAPHY

When President Clinton presented the Ambassadors of the Diplomatic Corps with one of Beasley's monoprints entitled "Clinton Inaugural" in 1993, it was the second time she received the coveted Presidential Seal on her artwork, The first time was in 1989 when she was commissioned to do the "Official Artwork" for the inauguration of President Bush - thus, making her the only artist to twice receive the honor.

Phoebe has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in the United States and abroad, and was honored by the State Department for her participation in the Arts in Embassies Program.

Beasley's collage artwork was part of two museum exhibitions including, a group show mounted by the Smithsonian Institution entitled In The Spirit of Martin, honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and a touring exhibition, Something All Our Own: The Grant Hill Collection. A four month long exhibition at the Kansas African American Museum and a solo exhibition at the M. Hanks Gallery, accompanied by a comprehensive catalogue, capped the artist's 2005 season.

Phoebe's work will be included in an upcoming touring museum exhibition entitled Portraying Lincoln: Man of Many Faces based on the life and work of President Lincoln, scheduled to open in 2008. Solo exhibitions in 2008 include the Hearne Fine Art Gallery in Little Rock and the M. Hanks Gallery in Santa Monica.

Beasley completed a collaboration with Dr. Maya Angelou in which she created several serigraphs from poems by Langston Hughes for a limited edition book. Dr. Angelou selected the poems and titled the masterful compilation, Sunrise is Coming After While, and then wrote the forwards on Hughes and Beasley.

Additional Commissioned Projects include:

Public and corporate collectors include: National Public Library, University of Texas, California African American Museum, New York City Library, Swarthmore College, Syracuse University, Cooper Union, Southern University, Brigham Young University, Mystic Seaport Museum, Colgate-Palmolive, Fisk University, The Gillette Company, Magic Johnson Enterprises, Hanes Hosiery, Savannah College of Art and Design, Absolut Vodka, City of Los Angeles, Johnson Publishing Company, Kansas African American Museum, Broadway Federal Bank and the Denver Broncos Football Team.

Some private collectors include: Oprah Winfrey, Dr. Maya Angelou, Roger Penske, Bill Russell, Samuel L. and LaTanya R. Richardson, Mike and Corky Hale-Stoller, Byron Allen, Clarence and Jacqueline Avant, Marla Gibbs, Linda Johnson-Rice, Bernard and Shirley Kinsey, Atty. Peter and Linda Bynoe, James and Mary Bell, Desiree Rogers, Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs-Jones, Keenan Ivory Wayans, Ken Lombard and Pat Harvey-Lombard, Barbara Bowles, Grant Hill, Bill and Brenda Galloway, Bettye Dixon, Abe Thompson, Sandra Baccus, Wanda McKenzie, Atty. Marc and Tegra Little, Reuben Cannon, Howard Greenberg Gallery/NYC, Charles and Anne Johnson, Atty. Karol Mason, Dr. Ruth Love, Allen W. Warren, Lyle and Shawnelle Logan, Rena Bransten Gallery/San Francisco, Jacquie Wilkinson, Stella Jones Gallery/New Orleans, Jerry and Debra Turner-Carrington, Atty. Dennis and Precious Dowdell, Jr., Anita Baker, John and Vicki Palmer-Roman, Dr. M.J. Hewitt, Ron and Charlayne Hunter-Gault, George and Jean Fraser, Chris and Tara Brancato, Dr. William Burke and County Supervisor Yvonne B. Burke, Tavis Smiley, Earl and Barbara Graves, Sr. and Tyler Perry.

In 2005, Beasley received an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from her alma mater, Ohio University, and she delivered the Commencement Address in the morning and afternoon ceremonies to over 3000 graduates.

Phoebe currently serves as a Commissioner on the Los Angeles County Arts Commission in the most populated county in the nation with over 10 Million people and eighty-eight cities.

She also is on the Board of Directors of the Story Project Foundation, (an after-school program founded and chaired by actress/philathropist Dina Merrill and her husband Ted Hartley, the owners of RKO Pictures), the Los Angeles Executive Advisory Board of the United Negro College Fund, the Board of the Transportation Foundation of Los Angeles, The Trusteeship (Southern California Women's Forum) and Instructor/Mentor working, nationally, with Victoria Rowell and her Rowell Foster Children Positive Plan to help students achieve self-esteem through the visual arts.