Biography

Freee is a new art collective bringing together the practices of Dave Beech, Andy Hewitt and Mel Jordan.

After producing a body of works together over the last year and a half in a loose collaboration (alongside working individually and in other collaborations), the three artists have decided to make a firm commitment to collaborating together full time as Freee. So while Freee is a new art group, it brings together artists with a shared history of engagement in critical practice.

The artists have previously worked together on several critical public art projects for exhibitions such as Gavin Wade’s Strategic Question: What are Aesthetics? at the Venice Biennale 2005, B+B’s Real Estate at the ICA inLondon 2005, and the Guangzhou Triennale curated by Hou Hanru in China 2005.

Dave Beech
Born Warrington, 1965, England. Studied at Leicester Polytechnic and Royal College of Art. Teaches Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art. Regular contributor to Art Monthly. Co-editor of The Internationaler magazine.

Andy Hewitt
Born Hull, 1966, England. Studied at North Staffordshire Polytechnic and Royal College of Art. Teaches Fine Art at the University of Wolverhampton. Currently studying for a PhD at Sheffield Hallam University, entitled ‘Socially engaged art practices’.

Mel Jordan
Born London, 1966, England. Studied at Leicester Polytechnic and Birmingham Institute of Art & Design. Teaches Fine Art at Goldsmiths College, University of London and University of Wolverhampton. Co-editor of The Internationaler magazine.