Tyler Beard (b. 1982, Olathe, KS) received an MFA from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a BFA from the University of Kansas. He has had solo shows at Deanna Evans Projects, NY; Atlanta Contemporary, GA; the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, CO; Central Utah Arts Center, UT; Robischon Gallery, CO. Additionally, He has been featured in group exhibitions at ROCKELMANN&, Berlin; Victori + Mo, NY; Coop Gallery, TN; Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, CO; and the Biennial of the Americas, CO. He has participated in numerous artist residencies including the Montello Foundation, NV; Anderson Ranch Arts Center, CO; Ceramic Center Berlin, GER; Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, MN; and OffShore, NY. Beard currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.