Education
University of Michigan, School of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major: Photography, Minor: Drawing, 1980
Work Experience
Douglas Beasley Photography, Saint Paul, MN
Photographer/Owner, 1984-present
Vision Quest Photo Workshops, Saint Paul, MN
Founder/Director, Workshop Instructor, 1992–present
S H O T S Magazine, Saint Paul, MN
Publisher/owner, 2016-present
Teaching Experience
– Pacific New Media, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, Photo Instructor, 2003 – 2012
– Carleton College, Northfield, MN, Photography Instructor, Big Island, HI, 2005, 2007
– University of Minnesota, Compleat Scholar, MN, Photo Instructor, 1994-2005
– Minneapolis College of Art & Design, Mpls, MN, Adjunct Faculty, Media Arts, 1999-2003
– Film In The Cities, Saint Paul, MN, 1986- 1993, Photography Instructor, 1986–1993
– Midwest Media Artists Access Center (MMAAC), St Paul, MN, 1998, 1999
– Migizi Communications, Minneapolis, MN 1996
Selected Photography workshops:
– Maine Media Workshops, Rockport, ME, 2010 – present
– Santa Fe Workshops, Santa Fe, NM, 2003 – present
– Santa Fe Workshops, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, 2006, 2008
– Center for Photography At Woodstock, Woodstock, NY, 2009 – present
– Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Aspen, CO, 2014 – present
– Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA, 2014 – 2016
– Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX, 2013
– New York Open Center, New York, NY, 2010 – present
– Newspace Center For Photography, Portland, OR. 2010 – 2012
– Breitenbush Hot Springs, Detroit, Oregon, 2000 – present
– Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, NY, 2014 – present
– Akiko’s Buddhist B&B, Big Island, Hawaii, 2000 – present
– Art Workshops in Antigua, Guatemala, Antigua, Guatemala, 1994 – present
– Split Rock Arts Program, University of Minnesota, MN, 2008 – 2010
– Toscana Photo Workshops, Tuscany, Italy, 2009
– Coupeville Arts Center, Coupeville, WA, 2006
– PhotoMidwest, Madison, WI, 2004, 2006
– Independent Film Project North (IFP North), Minneapolis, MN, 2002
– Voyaguers International, Co. Mayo, Ireland, 1997, 2002, 2015, 2016
– Sacred Heritage Travel, Peru and Bolivia, 2000, 2001
– AIGA, Design Camp, Brainerd, MN,1999, 2001
– Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, Oregon, 2000
Grants, Fellowships, Commissions
Artist’s Initiative Grant, Minnesota State Arts Board
For development of portfolio exploring the uneasy balance of humans and nature, 2017
Cultural Community Partnership Grant, Minnesota State Arts Board
Threshold video project with Native American choreographer Rosy Simas, 2012
McKnight Foundation, Minneapolis, MN, McKnight Artist Fellowship for Photographers
Disappearing Green Space, 2002
McKnight Foundation, Minneapolis, MN
Open Spaces, Landscape Commission, 2002
Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis, MN
Silent Witness: Genocide In the Landscape, commission, 2002
Jerome Foundation, Saint Paul, MN, Travel Study Grant
Exploring the Sacred with Chris Rainier, Santa Fe Workshops, Santa Fe, NM, 2002
McKnight Foundation, Minneapolis, MN, McKnight Artist Fellowship for Photographers
Sacred Places, Finalist Award, 1997
Jerome Foundation, Saint Paul, MN, Travel Study Grants
Finding the Sacred in Everyday Life in Japan, 1997
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Center for Japanese Studies, Research grant for travel to Japan, 1992
McKnight Foundation, Minneapolis, MN, McKnight Artist Fellowship for Photographers
Sacred Sites of the Lakota, 1991
Publications by Douglas Beasley
Zen & the Art of Photography, 2016, 2018
Handbook, Published by Vision Quest Publications
Earth Meets Spirit: A Photographic Journey Through the Sacred Landscape, 2011
Hardcover book, Published by 5 Continents Editions, Milan, Italy, distributed by Abrams
Japan; A Neisei’s First Encounter, 1999
Softcover book with Japanese stitched binding, Published by Norman Graphics
Featured in numerous national and international books and magazines
Awards and Committees
– Vermont Photography Place, VT, Road Trip, Juror, 2017
– Contemporary Photography in Hawaii, University of Hawaii, Juror, 2012
– Minnesota State Arts Board, Artist’s Initiative Grant, Juror, 2012
– Open To Interpretation, Photography Book, At Waters Edge, Juror, 2011
– New York Center for Photographic Art, NYC, NY, Photo Contest Juror, 2011
– Minnesota State Fair, Saint Paul, MN, Annual Art Exhibit, Photography Juror, 2009
– Alaska Photographic Center, Ankorage, AK, Rarefied Light exhibition, Juror, 2007
– Hilo Photography Club, Hilo, HI, Annual exhibition, Juror, 2007
– Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis, MN, Portfolio review panelist, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2006
– Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, Panelist, “Minnesota Masala, 2002
– Metro Regional Arts Council, Minneapolis, MN, Grant Proposal Juror, 2002
– Minnesota Scholastic Art Awards, Minneapolis, MN, Scholarship Awards Juror, 2001
– Minnesota State University, Art Dept, Mankato, MN, Art Enrichment Residency, 2000
– American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP), Personal Works” exhibit, Juror, 1999
– College of Visual Arts, St Paul, MN, Scholarship Awards, Juror, 1999
– Midwest Media Artists Access Center (MMAC), St Paul, MN, President, Board of Directors, 1995 – 1998
– Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN, F/64 Exhibition, Partnership Committee, 1993
Selected Photographic Exhibits
Sacred Landscape of North America, solo exhibit
Castillo D’Albertis Museum of World Culture, Genoa, Italy, October 2019 – February 2020
Spiritual Offerings, solo exhibit
Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Winona, MN, January – April 2015
Passaggi Vissuti, Group exhibit
Galleria Valeria Belle, Milan, Italy, 2014
Ambiguous Relationships: Sacred Body/Sacred Ground, Solo exhibit
– VisionQuest Gallery, Genoa, Italy, 2014
– Gallery Exposed, Carmel, CA, 2014
– Sage Gallery, Portland, OR, 2015
Early Works, Curated group exhibit
– Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA, 2015
– Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado, 2014
– Newspace Center For Photography, Portland, Oregon, 2013
– EnFoco, San Francisco, California, 2013
China and Tibet
Pictura Gallery, Bloomington, Indiana, October, 2013
Officine Fotographiche, Rome, Italy
Sacred Landscape of North America, Solo Exhibition, 2012
Luther College, Decorah, IA
The Sacred Landscape, Solo exhibition, 2012
Piemonte Libri, Turin Italy
Sacred Landscape of North America, Solo Exhibition, 2012
New York Open Center, New York, New York
Earth Meets Spirit, Solo exhibit, 2012
Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, Oregon
Two person exhibit, 2011
Castille D’Albertis Museum, Genoa, Italy
Sacred Landscape of North America, Permanent Installation, 2010
VisionQuesT Contemporary Photography, Genoa, Italy
The Sacred Landscape, Solo exhibition, September 2010
Umber Studios, Minneapolis, MN
Figure in the Landscape, Badlands, South Dakota, Group exhibition, 2007, 2008
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran
Manifestations in Contemporary Art, Group exhibition, October 2007
Anchorage Museum of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AK
Rarefied Light 2007, Group exhibition, October 2007
GalleryCo, Minneapolis, MN
Earth Meets Spirit, Solo exhibition, 2006
GalleryPrint, Saint Paul, MN
Signature Work-The Best of GalleryPrint, Group exhibition, 2006
Gallery13, Minneapolis, MN
Contemporary Nudes, Group exhibition, 2006
The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO,
Landscapes of Desire, Juried Photographic exhibition, 2005
Gallery Atitlan, Minneapolis, MN
Guatemala: Sacrifice & Renewal,” 2005
Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Disappearing Green Space, McKnight Photography Fellowship, 2003
360 Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Japan, A Nisei’s First Encounter, 2003
Instituto Neurologico de Guatemala, Guatemala
Juannio: Subasta de Arte LatinoAmericano, 2002
Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis, MN
Silent Witness: Landscape and Genocide, Solo exhibition 2002
Montonaga Garage Gallery, Big Island, Hawaii
Japan, A Nisei’s First Encounter, Solo exhibition, 2001
Conkling Gallery, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN
Spirit of Place, Solo exhibition, 2000
Guenzel Gallery, Peninsula Art School, Door Co, WI
Spirit of Place, Solo exhibition, 2000
Icebox Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Peru and Bolivia, 2-person exhibition, 2000
CreArte, Chicano Latino Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
Sin Lenguas (Without Tongues), Invitational group exhibition, 1999
Howard Conn Fine Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Sacred Places, 2-person exhibition, 1999
IceBox Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
The Nude; Form and Spirit, Solo exhibition, 1998
The Space, Minneapolis, MN
Erotica, Invitational group exhibition, 1997, 1998
Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Sacred Places, McKnight Photography Fellowship, Group exhibition,1997
College of Visual Arts, Saint Paul, MN
11 Photographers, Invitational group exhibition, 1996
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Dialogues: Forum on Asian Americans in Contemporary Art, 1995
Gallery 3916 (White Oak), Edina, MN
The Black and White Body, Invitational group exhibition 1994
Two Rivers Gallery, American Indian Center, Minneapolis, MN
Enemies of the People, Invitational exhibition, 1994
Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Asian American Photographers, Group exhibition, 1993
Viterbo College, La Crosse, WI
Sacred Sites of the Lakota, Group exhibition 1992
FITC Gallery, St. Paul, MN
Sacred Sites of the Lakota, McKnight Photography Fellowship, Group exhibition 1992
Geomitrie Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Solo exhibitions, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1993
Selected Exhibits Curated:
The Nude, Juror for group exhibit
Lighthouse Gallery, Astoria, OR, 2019
Water, juror for group exhibit
Amanda Smith Gallery, Johnsonville, TX 2019
The Portrait, juror for group exhibit
SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC, 2018
Sensuous Geographies: the Nude, juror for group exhibit
Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, 2018
The Portrait, juror for group exhibit
Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, 2018
Open Call, juror for group exhibit
Darkroom Gallery, Essex VT, 2018
Critical Mass, juror
Photolucida, Portland OR, 2017, 2018 & 2019
Road Trip, juror for group exhibit
Vermont Photography Place, Brattleboro VT, 2017
Beyond the Selfie: Going Deeper Into Meaning + Metaphor
Curator, 6 person group exhibit
White Bear Center for the Arts, 2016
Spiritual Gifts, group exhibit curated with Laura Valenti
Sage Gallery, Portland, OR, February 2016
At Water’s Edge, juror, international group exhibit
Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Winona, MN, 2015
Yunnan, China, curator, group exhibit
The Linden Gallery, Door County, WI, 2015
She’s Not There: Myth of the Muse, curator, group exhibit
Gallery 122, Minneapolis, MN, 2013
The Sacred Landscape, juror for group exhibit
Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR, 2012
The Self Revealed, curator, group exhibit
Gallery 122, Minneapolis, MN, 2011
Figure in the Landscape. Badlands, SD, curator, group exhibit
Umber Studios, Minneapolis, MN, 2007 & 2008
South of the Border, curator for group exhibit
Icebox Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, 2007
