Guido Maus (born 5 November 1964,

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) is a Belgian-born gallery owner, gallerist,

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, and long-time collector of

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. He is currently living and working in

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Gallery

In early 2010, Maus opened beta pictoris Gallery / Maus Contemporary dedicated to supporting contemporary creativity across the

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painting Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ...

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and works on paper as well as mixed media, with a strong emphasis on issue-driven artwork and committed to experimentation and risk-taking. Through representing emerging, established, and internationally recognized artists, the gallery is committed to bringing a global perspective to contemporary issues and practices across the visual arts. The program consists of exhibitions, print publications, and media outreach. The gallery represents the artists

Jelili Atiku Jelili Atiku is a multimedia performance artist and sculptor from Lagos, Nigeria. His performance with drawing, photography, installation sculpture, video and live performance have made him one of the most recognized performance artists from Nigeri ...

, John Bankston, Jarrod Beck, Steven Bindernagel, Manuel Caeiro,

Willie Cole Willie Cole (born 1955 in Somerville, New Jersey) is a contemporary American sculptor, printer, and conceptual and visual artist. His work uses contexts of postmodern eclecticism, and combines references and appropriation from African and Afr ...

Clayton Colvin Clayton Colvin (born 1976) is an American abstract painter, multimedia artist, collagist, and curator of contemporary art who lives and works in Birmingham, Alabama. Education Colvin received a BA in Art History from New York University in 1999 a ...

, Derek Gracco, John Fields, Mark Flood,

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, Irene Grau, Deborah Karpman, Barbara and Michael Leisgen,

Sharon Louden Sharon Louden (born 1964) is an American visual artist, known for her abstract and whimsical use of the line. Her minimalist paintings and drawings have subsequently transformed over the years into other media (animation, sculpture, and installa ...

Eugene J. Martin Eugene James Martin (July 24, 1938 – January 1, 2005) was an African-American visual artist. Art Eugene J. Martin's art is best known for his imaginative, complex mixed media collages on paper, his often gently humorous pencil and pen and ...

Odili Donald Odita Odili Donald Odita (born 18 February 1966) is a Nigerian American abstract painter who lives and works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His work explores color both in the figurative historical context and in the sociopolitical sense. His vibran ...

, Sonja Rieger,

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, Leslie Smith III,

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Travis Somerville Travis Somerville (born 1963) is an American artist based in San Francisco, California. Known for tackling Southern racial issues, Somerville’s works incorporate collage painting and sculptural elements, as well as site-specific installations. ...

, Taravat Talepasand, Melissa Vandenberg, and the Estate of Yoshishige Furukawa. beta pictoris gallery is a member of ICI,

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, a supporting member of The Birmingham Museum of Art, and its Collectors Circle for Contemporary Art, as well as its Sankofa Society, a support group for African and African-American Art. beta pictoris gallery is also a supporting member of the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver in

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and the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art in

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. Gallery exhibits curated by Maus in beta pictoris gallery / Maus Contemporary have been reviewed in many

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and

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including

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, ARTslant, Square Cylinder Northern California Art, and Hyperallergic, among others.

Notes and references

External links

beta pictoris Gallery / Maus Contemporary Home Page
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3rd ArtPad iteration represents more than typical fare by Scott Jennings, June 2013
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Emotionally charged exhibits on display at Beta Pictoris by Walter Lewellyn, January 2013
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Everyone in the ArtPad, Artnet Magazine, May 2012
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Art of the Urbane, Bhamarchitect's Blog, May 2010
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