Ed Bereal b. 1937

Ed Bereal is an American artist known for his work in assemblage and for his participation in exhibitions and performances that addressed political issues and racial stereotypes from the 1960s onward.

Bereal attended Chouinard Art Institute from 1958-1962 and later taught at University of California, Irvine and Western Washington University. His work is in the collection of The Museum of Modern Art (New York, NY); The Smithsonian Institute (Washington S.C.); San Fransisco Museum of Modern Art (San Fransisco, CA); Museum, of Fine Arts (Houston, TX); and The Brooklyn Museum (Brooklyn NY) among others. Recent exhibitions include the Center Georges Pompidou (Paris, France) in 2006 and Moderna Museet (Stockholm, Sweden) in 2009; L.A. Object & David Hammons Body Prints, Tipton Gallery (New York, NY) in 2006; as well as participating in Pacific Standard Time at The Getty Museum, (Los Angeles, CA) in 2011. His first museum, retrospective, Wanted: Ed Bereal for Disturbing the Peace at the Whatcom Museum, of Art (Bellingham, WA) in 2019 and Bereal’s recent APEX installation at the Portland Art Museum (Portland, OR) was on view February 23, 2020 through June 27, 2021.