Erik Beehn is an artist and educator working out of Las Vegas. Beehn received his MFA from the School of The Art Institute of Chicago (’15) and is currently adjunct faculty at the University of Nevada Las Vegas.

Beehn’s work employs painting, photography, printmaking and installation to investigate an arc of mark making techniques throughout the 20th century, and the evolution of observational painting into abstraction.

Beehn is the founder and director of Test Site Projects, a fine art publishing house located in Las Vegas.

The book mentioned in the interview is titled Composition in Retrospect by John Cage.

Beehn_FTG2020 For the Gram 2020 Acrylic, Ink and Solvents on Archival Inkjet Print 28" x 22"

Beehn_GBSIII #Getbettersoon_III 2019 Acrylic, Solvents, Graphite and Pigmented Ink On Photo Paper 44" x 60"