Jason Beam

Jason Beam (born March 18, 1973 in Great Falls, Montana, USA) is an artisan working in the Dark Art genre and has been working in the field of digital art since 1995.

The illustrative story-telling of classic macbre tales inermixed with a surrealistic sensuality have made his style popular among gothic and horror enthusiasts, having crossed over into commercial design applications for writers, musicians, feature film and entertainment industry clientele.Who|date=October 2008

He also was credited as the Art Director for Timo Rose's 2007 feature film "Barricade", as well as the 2007 feature film "Fearmakers" and Andreas Schnaas film "Don't Wake The Dead"

Jason Beam has shown in a variety of galleries, such as [http://www.cpop.com/ C Pop Art Gallery] in Detroit as one of the artists in the traveling Carnivora Exhibit (LA in 2008, New York City in 2009), the [http://www.dsgarts.com/ DS Gallery] in Philadelphia, [http://www.echogallery.org/Past_Exhibition_Pages/march_2003.htm Echo Gallery] in Chicago, as well as exhibitions at the [http://www.flashbackweekend.com/past_fbw06_artshow.html SpookyArt Charity Art Show and Charity Auction at Flashback Weekend] . He has been a featured guest at the [http://www.fangoria.com/news_article.php?id=3542 2007 and 2008 Fangoria Weekend of Horrors] and a special guest artist of Art Representative Les Barany at the 2008 [http://www.thedirtyshow.com/ Dirty Show Erotic Art Exhibit] .

HIs work appears in a variety of movie posters and DVD packaging, and on various book covers in the Horror and New Age genres. His work [http://www.jasonbeamstudios.com/g_tarot_thehierophant.html The Heirophant] is featured on the cover of Jonathan Maberry's 2007 Bram Stoker Award winner for nonfiction 'Cryptopedia', along with various interior illustrations.

Currently, Jason Beam lives and works in Montana, in addition to his illustration studio, he is the Senior Art Director at Walker Design Group, a full-service advertising agency, and has been actively involved in a variety of non-profit organizations.

Art Books

*"Daughters of Digital Alchemy"

External links

* [http://xmag.com/underground/ Exotic Underground Magazine (Interview), April 2007]
* [http://www.creationent.com/cal/fangochi.htm Guest at Fangoria Weekend of Horrors in Chicago, February 2007]
* [http://www.fangoria.com/news_article.php?id=3542 Fangoria.com (Guest Lineup), January 2007]
* [http://www.dystopiamagazine.com/ Dystopia Magazine (Interview), December 2006]
* [http://www.parablevisions.com Parable Visions Magazine (Interview), Issue 3]
* [http://www.flashbackweekend.com/past_fbw06_artshow.html SpookyArt Charity Art Show and Charity Auction, Chicago, IL July 2006]
* [http://www.cthulhusex.com/issues.asp?issue=23.2 Cthulhu Sex Magazine (Spread for SpookyArt.com community), Issue 23]
* [http://www.sinfully-twisted.com/releases.html Sinfully Twisted Magazine (Interview), Issue 1]
* [http://www.spookyart.net/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=29&MMN_position=40:40 Defining Dark Art in 2005 (Art Related Editorial on Spookyart.com), July 2005]
* [http://www.cthulhusex.com/issues.asp?issue=22.2 Cthulhu Sex Magazine (Cover Art), Issue 22]
* [http://www.dsgarts.com/ DS Gallery Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA January 2005]
* [http://www.insidiousreflections.com/InsidiousReflectionsMagazineIssue4.htm Insidious Reflections Magazine (Cover Art), Issue 4]
* [http://www.spartandog.com/ Spartan Dog Magazine (Contributor), Issue 5]
* [http://www.spookyart.net/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=35&MMN_position=47:23 Interview for SpookyArt.com community (Interview)]
* [http://www.echolist.com/entertainment/2004/october/news1966.html Galerie Luna Exhibit, Salem, MA October 2004]
* [http://www.darkdiscoveries.com/ Dark Discoveries Magazine (Cover Art), Issue 8]
* [http://www.cthulhusex.com/issues.asp?issue=19.2 Cthulhu Sex Magazine (Interview), Issue 19]
* [http://www.convergencearchives.org/C10.html Convergence 10 Art Show, Chicago, IL May 2004]
* [http://www.locusmag.com/index/yr2003/c1.htm Locus Index to Science Fiction, Cover Artists 2003]
* [http://www.echogallery.org/Past_Exhibition_Pages/march_2003.htm Echo Gallery Exhibition, Chicago, IL March 2003]
* [http://www.monolithgraphics.com/darkrealms.html Dark Realms Magazine (Interview), Issue 8]
* [http://digitalart.org/articles.php?action=ReadArticle&ID=5 Clarification of Digital Art (Art Related Editorial on Digitalart.org), November 2001]
* [http://www.pandoramagazine.com/Issues/001.htm Pandora Magazine (Interview), July 2001]
* [http://digitalart.org/articles.php?action=ReadArticle&ID=2 Dissecting Dark Art (Art Related Editorial on Digitalart.org), July 2001]
* [http://www.digitalartmuseum.com/past/ Online Exhibition at Digital Art Museum, May 2001]
* [http://www.jasonbeamstudios.com Jason Beam Studios (Official Website)]
* [http://www.myspace.com/jasonbeam Jason Beam MySpace Page]