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Michael Beck



USA (United States)

Kunstart: Malerei
Technik: Ölmalerei
Stil: Realismus


Vita / Lebenslauf:
BORN: November 14, 1943
San Diego, California

EDUCATION:

1971-73 California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
1984 M.F.A. in Painting with High Distinction, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA

TEACHING:

1980 Guest Instructor (Painting), California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
1984-85 Instructor (Watercolor), Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
1987 Instructor (Watercolor), Art Trek, South of France Tour, France
1992-93 Instructor (Watercolor), Walnut Creek Art Center, Walnut Creek, CA

AWARDS:

1973 Top Purchase Prize, James D. Phelan Award, San Francisco Foundation of Art, San Francisco, CA
1994 Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Adaptive Re-use, Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association, Cancun Restaurant (murals), Berkeley, CA
1994 Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Exterior Renovation, Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association, Residence @ 1510 Oxford Street, Berkeley, CA
2000-present Visual Aid, Art Voucher Program, San Francisco, CA
2002-3 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, NY
2006 Direct Art Magazine, Volume 13, Fall 2006 Special Edition
2007 Artoteque.com, Work on Display, Award of Distinction

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

1982 Brook House, Orinda, CA, Michael Beck Watercolors, September- October
1984 California College of Arts And Crafts, Oakland, CA, Michael Beck: Transitions in Watercolor
1985 Victor Fischer Galleries, Oakland, CA, Michael Beck: Recent Work
2003 Tatistcheff Gallery, New York, NY, Paintings
2005 Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Michael Beck: Biography.
2006 333 Bush Street, San Francisco, CA, Michael Beck: The Object-Straight On, April-June
2007 Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Michael Beck: New Realities, May-June

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

1973 The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA, Painting: James D. Phelan Awards, May-June
Clark Pollack Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, New Realism II: West Coast Media/East Coast Graphics, July-August
Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Gallery Artists
1974 Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, CA, Northern California Artists
1976 Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA, Some Berkeley People and Places, June-July
1977 Kaiser Collectors Gallery, Kaiser Center, Oakland, CA, Bay Area Artists Collectors Exhibition, March-April
The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA, The Art Guild-Contemporary Arts Committee: Bay Area Artists Exhibition Sale (BAAES), June
Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, 20 Bay Area Painters
1978 Western Association of Art Museums (in cooperation with the California Arts Council), Bay Area Painters, February 1978-November 1979.
Circulated and traveled to:
~Chevron USA Gallery, San Francisco, CA, in cooperation with Art Programs, Inc., February-March 1978
~Gavilan College Gallery, Gavilan College, Gilroy, CA, April-May 1978
~Anchorage Historical & Fine Arts Museum, Anchorage, Alaska, July-August 1978
~Wenatchee Valley College, Wenatchee, Washington, September-October, 1978
~Humboldt Cultural Center, Eureka, CA, November 1978
~Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, January 1979
~Redding Art Center, Redding, CA, February-March 1979
~Yakima Valley College, Yakima, WA, April 1979
~University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO, May-June 1979
~Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA, August 1979
~Federal Reserve Program, Washington D.C., September-November 1979
1979 The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA, The Art Guild-Contemporary Arts Committee Invitational Bay Area Artists Exhibition Sale (BAAES), June
1980 Walnut Creek Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, Realism: Paintings of Landscapes, Cityscapes and Interiors, January-March
E.B. Crocker Museum, Sacramento, CA, 55th Annual Crocker-Kingsley Annual Exhibition, May-June
1981 Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, KA, Two Watercolorists, October-December
The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA, The Art Guild-Contemporary Arts Committee Invitational Bay Area Artists Exhibition Sale (BAAES), October
Brook House, Orinda, CA, Group Show: Painters and Printmakers, July-August
1982 Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA, Liquid Light: Watercolor Beyond the Traditional, June-July
Redding Museum, Redding, CA and Shasta College, Redding, CA, Northern California Realist Painters, November
1984 California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA, M.F.A. Exhibition, April
1985 William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA, West Coast Realism/East Coast Realism
Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, Richmond Works
1986 William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Works on Paper
Summit Art Center, Summit, New Jersey, Objects Observed
1987 Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, ID, American Realists
William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Works on Paper
Shasta College Gallery, Redding, CA, Watercolors
Santa Cruz Museum of Art, Santa Cruz, CA, Watercolors
Tatistcheff & Company Inc., New York, NY, California Two
Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, OK, Collector’s Choice Exhibition
Tatistcheff & Company Inc., New York, NY, 10 Artists
1989 Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA, Watercolor: Contemporary Currents, March-April
Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Ketchum, ID, American Realists, August-September
1990 Oliver Art Center, Oakland, CA, Contemporary Realist Painting: Perception and Experience, June-July
The St. Paul Companies, St. Paul, MN, Watercolors
1991 Leslie Levy Fine Arts, Scottsdale, AZ, January-February
Valley Art Center, Walnut Creek, CA, 2 X 2 X 2: Interaction and Independence
1994 Luise Ross Gallery, New York, NY, The Art of Watercolor
1996-97 Champion International Corporation, Stamford, CT, Hearth and Home, December-April
2001 Tatistcheff Gallery, New York, NY, Ten New Artists, July
CBS Marketwatch, San Francisco, CA, Making Bridges, Oct-Jan
2002 Pacific Place, San Francisco, CA, Jan-Mar
Tatistcheff Gallery, New York, NY, Summer Show, July-Aug
2003 Tatistcheff Gallery, New York, NY, Summer Show, Aug
Catherine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA, SPICE, August
2004 Tatistcheff Gallery, New York, NY, Group Show, January
San Francisco LGBT Center, San Francisco, CA, Living Proof, Apr-May
2005 Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Looking Back and Seeing Forward, Jan-Feb
San Francisco International Art Exhibition, San Francisco, CA, January
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, Visual Aid at Sixteen, Apr-June
Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Favorites, Sept-Oct
Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA, International Auto Show, Nov-Dec 2006 San Francisco LGBT Center, San Francisco, CA, Healing Force,
Space 743, San Francisco, CA, about still life, June-July
Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Preview 2007, Dec
2007 Varnish Fine Art, San Francisco, CA, Duck Soup, June-July
Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA, CCA at CCG (part of the California College of Arts Centennial Celebration), Oct-Nov
Hunsaker Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, The Toy Show, Nov-Dec
2008 Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ, 22ndAnnual International Juried Show, Feb-March
Marin Community Foundation, Novato, CA, Home Front, March-July
Forum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Direct Encounters: The Essence of Portraiture, July-Sept




COLLECTIONS (selected):

The San Francisco Foundation, San Francisco, CA
Redding Museum, Redding, CA
Buena Vista College Art Museum, Storm Lake, Iowa
Otis Elevator Corporation, CT
Citibank, New York
FMC Corporation, Washington, DC
SeaVest Partners, CT
McKinsey & Company, New York
Cahill, Gordon, Reindel, New York
Ernst & Whinney, New York
Exxon Corporation, Irving, TX
Clorox Inc., Oakland, CA
Chemical Bank, New York
Kaiser Industries, Oakland, CA
Alta Bates Hospital, Berkeley, CA
Kaiser Hospital, Pleasanton, CA
Glen Jans Collection, Sun Valley, ID
Swanledge Corporation, Cambridge, MA
AT&T, Baskinridge, NJ



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