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Michael Beck
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American
, born 1943)
Michael Beck
A History of Trucking
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Beasts of the Prairie
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I've Been Thinking About Dating
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Biography
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Timeline
1943
Born in San Diego, CA
1971 - 1973
Attended the California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
1973
Received Top Purchase Prize, James D. Phelan Award, San Francisco Foundation of Art, San Francisco, CA
1980
Worked as a Guest Instructor, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
1984 - 1985
Worked as an Instructor, Richmond Art Center, Richmond CA
1984
Received MFA in Painting with High Distinction, California College of the Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
1987
Worked as an Instructor, Art Trek, South of France Tour, France
1992 - 1993
Worked as an Instructor, Walnut Creek Art Center, Walnut Creek, CA
1994
Awarded the Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Exterior Renovation, Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association, Residence @ 1510 Oxford Street, Berkeley, CA
Awarded the Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Adaptive Re-use, Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association, Cancun Restaurant (murals), Berkeley, CA
2002 - 2003
Awarded the Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, NY
2007
Received the Artoteque.com, Work on Display, Award of Distinction
2011
Awarded the Jerome Caja Terrible Beauty Award, Visual Aid, San Francisco, CA
2013
Awarded the The Haven Foundation Grant, New York, NY
2014
Awarded the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, NY
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Exhibitions
2017
Michael Beck: The Art of Memory, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2016
Michael Beck, Steve Hicks & Paul Rousso, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2014
Michael Beck: New Paintings, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
Michael Beck Exhibitions in 2014:
The Language of Realism
, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
2013
Michael Beck Exhibitions in 2013:
Art Miami
, The Art Miami Pavilion, Wynwood Arts District, Miami, FL
Summer Group Show
, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
artMRKT San Francisco
, Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
In the Abstract
: Wilfred Davis Fletcher Collection, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
Michael Beck:
Objects of Desire
, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo exhibition)
2012
Michael Beck Exhibitions in 2012:
Art Miami
, The Art Miami Pavilion, Wynwood Arts District, Miami, FL
EXPO Chicago
, Festival Pavilion, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Summer Group Show
, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
artMRKT San Francisco
, Concourse Exhibition Center, San Francisco, CA
Palm Springs Fine Art Fair
, Palm Springs Convention Center, Palm Springs, CA
LA Art Show
, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA
Michael Beck: Paintings
, OK Harris, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
Michael Beck: Notes to Self
, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (solo exhibition)
Michael Beck: Paintings
, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo exhibition)
Uncommon Cosmos
: Michael Beck, David King, Mark Paron & Veronica Rojas. Celebrating VISUAL AID and its Artists, Chandra Cerrito Contemporary, Oakland, CA
artMRKT San Francisco, Concourse Exhibition Center, San Francisco, CA
Michael Beck & Michael Tompkins: Contemporary Still Life Painting, St. Supéry Estate Vineyards & Winery Art Gallery, Rutherford, CA
2011
Art Chicago 2011, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
2010 - 2011
Small Works, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2010
Michael Beck: Still Life, Visual Aid, San Francisco, CA (solo)
San Francisco Fall Antiques Show 2010, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
Shades of Blue, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Art Chicago 2010, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
Toy Show II, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2009
Michael Beck: The Object as Still Life, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (solo)
Summer Group Show, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
22nd Annual International Juried Show, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
Home Front, Marin Community Foundation, Novato, CA
2008
The Toy Show II, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Direct Encounters: The Essence of Portraiture, Forum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007
Duck Soup, Varnish Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
Michael Beck: New Realities, Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
The Toy Show, Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
Michael Beck: The Object-Straight On, 333 Bush Street, San Francisco, CA (solo)
CCA at CCG (part of the California College of Arts Centennial Celebration), Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Duck Soup, Varnish Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
About Still Life, Space 743, San Francisco, CA
2006
Healing Force, San Francisco LGBT Center, San Francisco, CA
Preview 2007, Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005
San Francisco International Art Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
Michael Beck: Biography, Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Looking Back and Seeing Forward, Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Visual Aid at Sixteen, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Living Proof, San Francisco LGBT Center, San Francisco, CA
2004
Group Show, Tatistcheff Gallery, New York, NY
SPICE, Catherine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Paintings, Tatistcheff Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2003
Group Show, Tatistcheff Gallery, New York, NY
Summer Show, Tatistcheff Gallery, New York, NY
2002
Pacific Place, San Francisco, CA
2001
Ten New Artists, Tatistcheff Gallery, New York, NY
Making Bridges, CBS Marketwatch, San Francisco, CA
1996 - 1997
Hearth and Home, Champion International Corporation, Stamford, CT
1994
The Art of Watercolor, Luise Ross Gallery, New York, NY
1991
Leslie Levy Fine Arts, Scottsdale, AZ
2 X 2 X 2: Interaction and Independence, Valley Art Center, Walnut Creek, CA
1990
Contemporary Realist Painting: Perception and Experience, Oliver Art Center, Oakland, CA
Watercolors, The St. Paul Companies, St. Paul, MN
1989
Watercolor: Contemporary Currents, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
American Realists, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Ketchum, ID
10 Artists, Tatistcheff & Company Inc., New York, NY
Collector’s Choice Exhibition, Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, OK
California Two, Tatistcheff & Company Inc., New York, NY
1987
American Realists, Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities, Sun Valley, ID
Watercolors, Shasta College Gallery, Redding, CA
Works on Paper, William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Watercolors, Santa Cruz Museum of Art, Santa Cruz, CA
1986
Works on Paper, William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Objects Observed, Summit Art Center, Summit, New Jersey
Michael Beck: Recent Work, Victor Fischer Galleries, Oakland, CA (solo)
MFA Exhibition, California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, CA
1985
Richmond Works, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
West Coast Realism / East Coast Realism, William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1984
Michael Beck: Transitions in Watercolor, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA (solo)
1982
Michael Beck Watercolors, Brook House, Orinda, CA (solo)
Liquid Light: Watercolor Beyond the Tradition, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA
Northern California Realist Painters, Redding Museum, Redding, CA and Shasta College, Redding, CA
1981
The Art Guild-Contemporary Arts Committee Invitational Bay Area Artists Sale, The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
Two Watercolorists, Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, KS
1980
55th Annual Crocker-Kingsley Exhibition, Crocker Museum, Sacramento, CA
1978 - 1979
Bay Area Painters, Western Association of Art Museums in cooperation with the California Arts Council. Traveled to: Chevron USA Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Gavilan College Gallery, Gilroy, CA; Anchorage Historical & Fine Arts Museum, Anchorage, AK; Wenatchee Valley College, Wenatchee, WA; Humboldt Cultural Center, Eureka, CA; Brigham Young University, Provo, UT; Redding Art Center, Redding, CA; Yakima Valley College, Yakima, WA; University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO; Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA; Federal Reserve Program, Washington D.C.
1977
20 Bay Area Painters, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
The Art Guild-Contemporary Arts Committee Invitational Bay Area Artists Sale, The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
Bay Area Artists Collectors Exhibition, Kaiser Collectors Gallery, Kaiser Center, Oakland, CA
1976
Some Berkeley People and Places, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
1974
Northern California Artists, Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, CA
New Realism II: West Coast Media/East Coast Graphics, Clark Pollack Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1973
Gallery Artists, Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Painting: James D. Phelan Awards, The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
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Public Collections
The San Francisco Foundation, San Francisco, CA
Redding Museum, Redding, CA
Buena Vista College Art Museum, Storm Lake, IA
Literature
2016
George Billis Gallery. "Casting Shadows." American Art Collector, January 2016, Issue 123
2014
Carlson, Jeffrey. "Honoring The Language of Realism." www.fineartconnaisseur.com, October, 2014
2012
In the Abstract: Wilfred Davis Fletcher Collection. Boise, ID: Boise Art Museum
2009
Michael Beck: The Object as Still Life. Santa Monica, CA. Lora Schlesinger Gallery.
Michael Beck: Notes to Self. Santa Monica, CA. Lora Schlesinger Gallery
