# Gary Beecham

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**Gary Beecham** is a studio glass artist of [North Carolina](/source/North_Carolina).

## Education, work

Beecham's attended the [University of Wisconsin–Madison](/source/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Madison), where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science in Art in 1979. He worked for a year in 1978 at the [J. & L. Lobmeyr glassworks](/source/J._%26_L._Lobmeyr_glassworks) in Vienna, Austria before returning to the United States to settle in Spruce Pine, North Carolina. There he worked from 1980 to 1985 as an assistant to [Harvey Littleton](/source/Harvey_Littleton). Thereafter Beecham began his own career in glass, creating in the techniques of [free-blowing](/source/Glass_blowing), [fusing](/source/Fused_glass) and carving glass.

## Collections

Beecham's work has been collected by the [Glasmuseet Ebeltoft](/source/Glasmuseet_Ebeltoft), Ebeltoft, Denmark; Düsseldorf Art Museum in Ehrenhof, Düsseldorf; [Frauenau Glass Museum](/source/Frauenau_Glass_Museum), Germany; [Asheville Art Museum](/source/Asheville_Art_Museum), Asheville, North Carolina; [High Museum of Art](/source/High_Museum_of_Art), Atlanta, Georgia and [Mint Museum of Art](/source/Mint_Museum_of_Art), Charlotte, North Carolina.

## References

- Waldrich, Joachim, "Who's Who in Contemporary Glass Art: A Comprehensive Guide to Glass Artists – Craftsmen – Designers", Joachim Waldrich Verlag, Munich, Germany 1993
- Maurine Littleton Gallery, "Gary Beecham: August 28-September 30, 1994", unpaginated (exhibition brochure, list of collections)

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