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Will Beattie: Open Sky
September 24th – November 14th, 2025Exhibitions
Opening Reception September 24th 6-8 PM.
With a background in prop making and television, Will Beattie invites viewers to become curious about how we receive information through technology, images, and surfaces. The Window Gallery exhibition titled Open Sky after Paul Paul Virilio’s 1997 publication will feature various cast glass sculptures, lithophanes and his experimental Open Sky series, in which cast glass cylinders and Arduino apparatuses utilize ambient light to create dynamic audio compositions. Inspired by Thomas Wilfred, Fresnel lenses, and early audio technologies such as phonograph cylinders, Beattie’s sculptures work to trace and reflect on our current relationship to media, images, and narrative.
About the Artist -
Will Beattie (b.1992, Queens, New York) is a sculptor whose practice explores technology, the malleability of images, and glass’s historical role as a scientific and metaphorical apparatus. With a background in prop making and television, Beattie utilizes glass casting, digital photography, and 3-D printing to develop compositions that ask viewers to reconsider how technology influences our perception. Beattie received an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and a BFA from SUNY Purchase. His work has been exhibited at various museums and galleries including the Abrons Arts Center, New Bedford Museum of Art, RISD Museum, and the Neuberger Museum. He is currently based in Providence, Rhode Island.
