Dave Beech was a prominent member of the young London art scene in the years following the yBa explosion. He worked closely with BANK in seminal exhibitions such as Zombie Golf, Cocaine Orgasm, BANKTV and Dog-u-mental.

His work has been exhibited widely across Europe and the USA, including Tate Modern (in Century City). He contributed to the Matthew Higgs Bookworks project "Seven Wonders of the World", Kenny Schachters conTEMPorary Gallery, New York, as well as Gavin Wades "STRIKE" exhibition. His most recent exhibitions include text works for John Russells publication, "Frozen Tears", "strolling into history" for Artranspennine03 and he has recorded 19 songs for "Radio Radio" at International 3.

He is a regular writer for Art Monthly and other art magazines such as Untitled and Mute, and has contributed to several books, including the recent Verso anthology dedicated to his writing with John Roberts and selected responses "The Philistine Contoversy". He has written an chapter on Leonard Cohens song "Im Your Man" for the forthcoming anthology "Pop Fictions", a book about songs in the movies. He convened a session for the Association of Art Historians Conference, under the heading "Political Art Now" which was published as a special issue of Third Text.