Using images of architecture and landscape, Kim Beck makes drawings, prints, paintings and installations that survey peripheral and suburban spaces. Her work urges a reconsideration of the built environment - the peculiar street signs, gas station banners, overgrown weeded lots, and self-storage buildings — bringing the banal and everyday into focus.
Kim Beck grew up in Colorado and lives in New York & Pittsburgh where she teaches at Carnegie Mellon. Her work has been shown on the High Line, at the Walker Art Center, Carnegie Museum of Art, Smack Mellon, Socrates Sculpture Park, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, and the Warhol Museum. She's been a fellow at the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, Marie Walsh Sharpe Space Program, International Studio & Curatorial Program, Cité Internationale des Arts, Vermont Studio Center, & VCCA and has received awards from ARS Electronica, Pollock-Krasner, Heinz Foundation, Thomas J. Watson Foundation and Printed Matter, which published her artist's book A Field Guide to Weeds. Beck has an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and BA from Brandeis University.
| EDUCATION |
| 1999 |
Rhode Island School of Design, MFA, Painting / Printmaking |
| 1992 |
Brandeis University, BA, Visual Arts-Studio and Theatre Arts |
| 1991 |
Yale University Summer School of Art at Norfolk |
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| SOLO SHOWS |
| 2014 |
New Work, Mixed Greens, New York, NY |
| 2013 |
NOTICE: A Flock of Signs, Indianapolis Museum of Art, 100 Acres,Indianapolis, IN |
| 2012 |
Built Futures, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA |
| 2011 |
Space Available, The High Line, New York, NY |
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Under Development, Mixed Greens, New York, NY |
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The Sky Is the Limit, NYC, The High Line, New York, NY |
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Blue Skies, Federal Street Railroad Underpass Project Space, Pittsburgh, PA |
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All Sales Final, Gridspace, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2010 |
The Sky Is the Limit, Pittsburgh, PA |
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Everything Must Go!, Under New Management,Toronto, Ontario |
| 2009 |
Everything Must Go!, Mixed Greens Gallery, (Window Installation), New York, NY |
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Ownership Society, Julio Fine Arts Gallery, Loyola College, Baltimore, MD (catalog) |
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Everything Must Go!, Incident Report, Hudson, NY |
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Out, Moroso, New York, NY |
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Herbicidal Tendencies,Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2008 |
they paved paradise, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA |
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Looked Overlooked, Artists Image Resource, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2007 |
A Field Guide to Weeds, Printed Matter (Book Launch), New York, NY |
| 2006 |
Emerging Artist of the Year, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA (catalog) |
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Plot, Gardiner Art Gallery, Oklahoma State University, OK |
| 2005 |
Lot, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA |
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Lot, Sonnenschein Gallery, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL |
| 2004 |
Ideal City, Plane Space, New York, NY (catalog) |
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Night: Memphis, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art (Video Screening), Memphis, TN |
| 2003 |
Climate Controlled, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY (catalog) |
| 2002 |
Coordinates,ArtLab, Art Museum University of Memphis, Memphis, TN |
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Drive, Second Floor Contemporary, Memphis, TN |
| 2001 |
New Developments, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY (catalog) |
| 2000 |
Suburban Lights, Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI |
| 1998 |
The Angel of History, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI |
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Wise Wicked Simple Naive, Market House Gallery, Providence, RI |
| 1997 |
Self Portraits, Edge Gallery, Denver, CO |
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| GROUP SHOWS |
| 2013 |
Dallas Art Fair, with Mixed Greens, Dallas, TX |
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Silhouette, curated by Bill Carroll, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY |
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Systems and ECO-nomies, Boston University, 808 Gallery, Boston, MA |
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The Imperative of Teaching, Bergen Community College, Peramus, NJ |
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SIX x ATE, 937 Liberty Ave, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2012 |
Texas Contemporary Art Fair, with Mixed Greens, Houston, TX |
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Space Invaders: Inside & Out, curated by Karin Bravin, Lehman College, New York, NY |
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Twenty in 2012,Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA |
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Permanent Collection, curated by Edward del Rosario, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY |
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Bionic Garden, curated by Jean Barberis & Elizabeth Larison, Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY |
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Urban/Suburban, Islip Art Museum, curated by Karen Shaw, East Islip, NY |
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High/Low Density, Rowan University Art Gallery, Glassboro, NJ |
| 2011 |
Pittsburgh Biennial: Gertrude's Lot, curated by Eric Shiner, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA |
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The City of the Future, organized by Marshall Brown, Chicago Humanities Festival, Chicago, IL |
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Sculpture Exchange, Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA (catalog) |
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Sculpture Exchange, Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH (catalog) |
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FAX, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Boston, MA |
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The Bank and Trust Show, curated by Dara Meyers-Kingsley, The Arts Exchange, White Plains, NY |
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Opening Borders/Opening Objects, University of Western Ontario, CA |
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Drive By, PROJECT 4, Washington, DC |
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Impress(ed), Hunt Gallery at Webster University, St. Louis, MO |
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Neo-Nomads: What Travels with You, BRIC Contemporary Art, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2010 |
Drawing Gifts: 7th Annual Benefit Auction,The Drawing Center, New York, NY |
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PULSE Miami, with Mixed Greens Gallery: New York, Miami, FL |
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Paper Politics: Exhibition of Socially Engaged Printmaking, Space Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA |
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Yet Another Roadside Attraction,The Billboard Project, Richmond, VA |
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Everything Must Go, Under New Management, Toronto, Ontario |
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The Page: Exhibition of Artists’ Books, LA Forum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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Nice Place to Visit: Print & the Anxious Landscape, Hobart & William Smith College, Geneva, NY |
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The Page: Exhibition of Artists’ Books, Guggenheim Gallery at Chapman University, Orange, CA |
| 2009 |
Sign of the Times, moniquemeloche, Chicago, IL |
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Learn to Read Art: A History of Printed Matter, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY |
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Prix Ars Electronica Exhibition, OK Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, Austria (catalog) |
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In Our Nature, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD (catalog) |
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Learn to Read Art: A History of Printed Matter, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany |
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Printed Matter.Learn to Read Art, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, León, Spain |
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Prints about Place, Baker Center for the Arts, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA |
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Reanimation Library: Center City Branch, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA |
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Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes, Yale School of Architecture, New Haven, CT |
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The Kitchen Block Party, The Kitchen, New York, NY |
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Augére, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA |
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Open Studios, The Space Program, Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, New York, NY |
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The Colors of the Week, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA |
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Data Panic, curated by Franklin Evans & Amanda Church, Cuchifritos, New York, NY, |
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The Armory Show with Socrates Sculpture Park, Pier 94, New York, NY |
| 2008 |
Aqua Art Miami, with Pentimenti Gallery: Philadelphia, Miami, FL |
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Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA |
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Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY |
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Meet the Made, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA |
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8-Hour Project, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA |
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Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (catalog) |
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Manufactured Unreality: The Art of Collage, Francis M. Naumann Fine Art, New York, NY |
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Gangbusters, Plane Space, New York, NY |
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Shuffle, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN |
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Kentucky Derby, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY |
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Are We There Yet?, Virginia Commonwealth University, Southern Graphics Conference, VA |
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2008 Biennial, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2007 |
LA Live: Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, Scripps College, Claremont, CA |
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Cut, Copy, Fold, Artists Image Resource, Pittsburgh, PA |
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Being Open, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI |
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Arts at the Airport, Nashville International Airport, Nashville, TN |
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Kentucky Derby, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2006 |
Aqua Art Miami, with Bank: Los Angeles, Miami, FL |
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Land Tracking Land, Rochester Contemporary, Rochester, NY (catalog) |
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Guide with Next Question, Kontekst Galeriya, Belgrade, Serbia |
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Site 92, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY |
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The Armory Show, Pierogi 2000 Flat Files, New York, NY |
| 2005 |
Skyline, Sherman Gallery, Boston University School of Visual Art, Boston, MA |
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...and everythings picking up speed..., Material Art Space, Memphis, TN |
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In Exchange, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY |
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Fifteen Paces, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2004 |
Drawing, Plane Space, New York, NY |
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SElections, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM |
| 2003 |
MAX 2003, curated by Beth Venn, Art Museum University of Memphis, TN (catalog) |
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Photo Album, Bradbury Gallery, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR, catalog |
| 2002 |
Mentor, Annex Gallery, Houston, TX |
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Switchyard, Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN |
| 2001 |
Open Source, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China (catalog) |
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Open Studios, International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York, NY |
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CIT ’01 Digital Media, SUNY Geneseo Gallery, Purchase, NY |
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Media/Matrix, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA |
| 2000 |
Bon á Tirer, George Sherman Gallery, Boston, MA |
| 1999 |
New England Printmaking, Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA |
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MFA Thesis, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI |
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Works on Paper, Elam School of Art, Auckland, New Zealand |
| 1998 |
Works on Paper, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI |
| 1997 |
One-Minute-Limit Video Show, Market House, Providence, RI |
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Movimiento Artistico del Rio Salado, Phoenix, AZ |
| 1996 |
Recent Acquisitions, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO |
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| AWARDS & RESIDENCIES |
| 2013 |
Helsinki International Artist Programme & Tokamak, Suomenlinna, Finland |
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Visual Artist Fellowship, Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY |
| 2012 |
Helsinki International Artist Programme & Tokamak, Suomenlinna, Finland |
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Artist-in-Residence, Reanimation Library, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2011 |
Sprout Downtown Public Art Finalist with Brett Yasko, Pittsburgh, PA |
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Visual Artist Fellowship, Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY |
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The Studio for Creative Inquiry, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA |
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Smack Mellon, Hot Picks 2011, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2010 |
MacDowell Colony Fellowship, Peterborough, NH |
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Seed Grant from the Sprout Fund, Pittsburgh, PA |
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The Pittsburgh Foundation Project Support, Pittsburgh, PA |
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Three Rivers Arts Festival of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2009 |
Prix Ars Electronica, Award of Distinction in Interactive Arts, Linz, Austria |
2008 |
The Space Program, The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, New York, NY |
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Emerging Artist Fellowship Program, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY |
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Visual Artist Fellowship, Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY |
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Berkman Development Grant, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2007 |
Publishing Program for Emerging Artists, Printed Matter, New York, NY |
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Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership Project with Heinz Endowment Grant, Pittsburgh PA |
| 2006 |
Heinz Endowment, Creative Heights Production Grant, Pittsburgh, PA |
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Berkman Development Grant, "Transitional Cities: Pittsburgh & Belgrade", Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA |
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Emerging Artist of the Year, Pittsburgh Center for the Art, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2005 |
Heinz Endowment Grant, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Amherst, VA |
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Center for the Arts in Society Project Grant, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2004 |
Artist-in-Residence, Plane Space, New York, NY |
| 2003 |
Cité Internationale des Arts Residency, Paris, France |
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Faculty Enrichment Grant, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN |
| 2002 |
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, NY |
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Full Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT |
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Professional Artist Support Grant, Tennessee Arts Commission, Nashville, TN |
| 2001 |
International Studio & Curatorial Program, NYSCA Grant, New York, NY |
| 1999 |
RISD Award of Excellence in Printmaking, Providence, RI |
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RISD Graduate Studies Award, Providence, RI |
| 1998 |
Leopold Schepp Scholarship, New York, NY |
| 1993 |
Artist-in-Residence, College of Fine Arts, Sydney, Australia |
| 1992 |
Thomas J. Watson Fellowship: Travel Award, “Process & Product in Art: Europe, Australia & Japan”, New York, NY |
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| VIEWING PROGRAMS |
| Artist Pension Trust, New York |
| Pierogi 2000 Flat Files |
| The Drawing Center Viewing Program |
| White Columns Curated Artist Registry |
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| COLLECTIONS |
| Minneapolis Museum of Art |
| Philbrook Museum of Art |
| Carnegie Museum of Art |
| Agnes Gund Collection |
| Denver Art Museum |
| Northern Territory Museum, Australia |
| City of Memphis |
| City of Pittsburgh |
| Memphis Brooks Museum of Art |
| The Capitol Group, Los Angeles |
| Charlotte R. Bloomberg Children's Center at Johns Hopkins Hospital |
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| COMMISSIONS |
| Alexander Hotel, curated by Veronica Roberts & Lisa Freiman, the Indianapolis Museum of Art, 2012 |
| Routledge Press, Public Art Dialogue. Artist Project: "Landscape with Ruins," Vol 1 #2, Fall 2011 |
| HarperCollins, National Poetry Series Award, Ideal Cities. Cover & interior image / Poetry by Erika Meitner, 2010 |
| Moroso, Outdoor: ICFF, Installation and Catalog, 2009-2010 |
| Office of Public Art & City of Pittsburgh, Zone 3 Police Station with, 2009 |
| Aufgabe: Journal of Poetry. Cover & interior image / Issue #8, Litmus Press, 2009 |
| Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Space Available, 2008 |
| Moroso, Salone Internazionale del Mobil, Milan, Italy, 2008 |
| Printed Matter, A Field Guide to Weeds, 2007 |
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| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| Eve M. Kahn, "Art Imitates Indianapolis," New York Times, January 16, 2013. |
| Matt Bua & Max Goldfarb, Architectural Inventions: Visionary Drawings of Buildings. London: Laurence King Publishers: 2012. |
| Annik La Farge, On the High Line: Exploring America's Most Original Urban Park. London: Thames & Hudson, 2012. |
| Adam Wisnieski, "Artist Invasion of Lehman College," Riverdale Press, October 11, 2012. |
| Edith Newhall, "Galleries: Exegesis of Exurban Landscape…." Philadelphia Inquirer. February 19, 2012. |
| Alyssa Greenberg, "Exurban sprawl and the built environment." theartblog.org. February 15, 2012. |
| Zack Friedman, "Art/Reanimation Library." BOMBlog. January 23, 2012. |
| Cameron Cartiere, "Innovations in Art Parks." Public Art Review. Fall/Winter 2011. |
| Lauren Ross & Kim Beck. "Situating Sculpture in the Urban Landscape." Public Art Dialogue. Routledge Press. Fall 2011. |
"Artist Reviews: Kim Beck / In Her Own Words." New York Arts Magazine. November, 2011. |
| "The Lookout: Shows You Won't Want to Miss." Art in America Online. November 3, 2011. |
| Cindy Yewon Chun, "High Art: Kim Beck's The Sky Is the Limit." The Architect's Newspaper. October 11, 2011. |
| Erin Einhorn, Edgar Sandoval, Barry Paddock. "City Council Member Criticizes." The Daily News. October 11, 2011. |
| Garth Johnston, "Add Skywriting To The List." The Gothamist. October 11, 2011. |
| Jen Doll, "Skywriting Freaking People Out Just Art." The Village Voice. October 10, 2011. |
| Garth Johnston, "Artist Confuses New York With Cloudy Messages." The Gothamist. October 10, 2011. |
| Dan Amira, "Jittery New Yorkers Fear Skywriting Terrorists." New York Magazine. October 10, 2011. |
| Thornton McEnery, "New Yorkers Now Officially Afraid of Art." The New York Observer. October 10, 2011. |
| Lucas Kavner, "Skywriting in New York Causes Confusion." The Huffington Post. October 10, 2011. |
| Barry Paddock, "Last Chance Skywritten Messages." The Daily News. October 9, 2011. |
| Elizabeth Harris, "Art Is Fleeting, at Least When It's in the Sky." New York Times. October 9, 2011. |
| Elizabeth Lynch, "Commissions: Kim Beck." Sculpture Magazine. Fall 2011. |
| Ken Johnson, "Sculptural Surprises Grace the Streets." New York Times. August 18, 2011. |
| Chris Schmicker, "Seven Artists to Know Right Now." City Unlisted. July 19, 2011. |
| Susan Hodara, "In a Former Bank, Money Still Talks." New York Times. April 24, 2011. |
| Amy Plitt, "Public Art on the High Line" TimeOut New York. April 20, 2011. |
| Tabitha Piseno, "Friends of the High Line" Bomblog. April 19, 2011. |
| "High Line Art: Kim Beck, Space Available," Video, Artforum, March, 2011. |
| Video Interview with Heinrich Schmidt. Vernissage TV. March 25, 2011. |
| Olivia Scheck, "High Line Art Exhibit Looks Like Empty Billboards." DNAinfo.com. March 7, 2011. |
| Leigh Ann Miller, "Kim Beck Riffs on Meatpacking Ads With Empty Signs." Art In America Online. March 1, 2011. |
| Alexander Ferrando, "The High Line: Interview with Lauren Ross." Flash Art International. March – April, 2011. |
| Branden Klayko, "Space Available on the High Line." The Architect’s Newspaper. February 28, 2011. |
| Rochana Rapkins, "Neo-Nomads." New York Times. February 24, 2011. |
| Radio Interview with Larkin Paige-Jacobs. "Artists On Air," NPR WDUQ 90.5 FM Pittsburgh, January 31, 2011. |
| Radio Interview with Kevin Gavin. NPR WDUQ 90.5 FM Pittsburgh, October 1, 2010. |
| Erika Beras, "Sky Art Floats Above Pittsburgh," WDUQnews 90.5 FM Pittsburgh, October 1, 2010. |
| Bill O'Driscoll, "Local Artist's Skywriting Venture,." Pittsburgh City Paper. September 30, 2010. |
| David Topping, "Extra, Extra: New Management." Torontoist. July 26, 2010. |
| "Top 5 Shortlist." Canadian Art. July 25, 2010. |
| Murray Whyte, "Queen West has a Surprise in Store." The Toronto Star. July 24, 2010. |
| Judith Dobrzynski, "The High Line As Art Venue." Arts Journal. March 7, 2010. |
| Judith Dobrzynski, "Taking the High Line: the art park that rivals MOMA." The Art Newspaper. March 5, 2010. |
| Joe Jeffers, "Recommended / Review: Sign of the Times/Monique Meloche Gallery." New City Art. Nov 23, 2009. |
| Lauren Weinberg, "Sign of the Times." Time Out Chicago, Issue 248. Nov 26, 2009. |
| Alex Ebstein, "Learning the Trade: Maryland Art Place." Baltimore City Paper. Nov 21, 2009 |
| Gretchen Holmes, "Featured / Sign of the Times at Monique Meloche." Chicago Art Magazine. Nov 18, 2009. |
| New American Paintings. #81, Boston: Open Studios Press, April/May, 2009. |
| “Five Things in New York” MoLoco, May 21, 2009. |
| Steven & Mara Skov Holt, MANUFRACTURED: The Conspicuous Transformation of Everyday Objects. San Fransisco: Chronicle Books, 2008. Pgs. 22-23. |
| Andrew Blauvelt, Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes. Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 2008. |
| Anne R. Fabbri, "In the Multi-Dimensional City" Broad Street Review. Nov 22, 2008. |
| Victoria Donohoe, "Art and Environment" The Philadelphia Inquirer. Nov 21, 2008. |
| Libby Rosoff, "The People’s Landscape" Artblog. Nov 11, 2008. |
| R.B. Strauss, "First Fridays" Philadelphia Weekly Press. Nov 5, 2008. |
| Alison Levy, "EAF08 at Socrates" Artslant New York. Sept 21, 2008. |
| Kurt Shaw, "Mattress Factory's 'Gestures'" Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Aug 7, 2008. |
| Valery Oisteanu, "Prefabricated Art, Undesirable Surreality" The Brooklyn Rail. June 2008. |
| Sherrie Flick, "The Re-Examined Life" Pittsburgh City Paper. May 21, 2008. |
| Leigh Ann Miller, "Reviews: Pittsburgh / Kim Beck / Center for the Arts" Art in America. Feb 2007. |
| Peggy Edersheim Kalb, "Sharing the Wealth" Art + Auction. Fall 2007. |
| Mary Thomas, "Best of 2006" Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Dec 28, 2006. |
| Mary Thomas, "Art Review: Beck uses the Mundane..." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Oct 11, 2006. |
| Kurt Shaw,. "Let there be light" Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Sept 10, 2006. |
| "Shortlist: Fifteen Paces" Village Voice. May 4-10, 2005. |
| “Arts & Leisure.” The New York Times. Sunday, Sept 26, 2004. |
| N.F. Karlins, “Drawing Notebook.” ArtNet Magazine. July 2004. |
| Chad MacDermid & Bryson Brodie, Ideal City. New York: Plane Space, 2004. |
| Bill Anthes, “Memphis.” Contemporary Magazine. Fall 2004. |
| Fredric Koeppel, “Arts Profile” Commercial Appeal. June 26, 2004. |
| Fredric Koeppel, “Not Exactly” Commercial Appeal. Memphis, TN, Sept 21 2003. |
| Kate DeForest, “Ordinary Objects” Buffalo News. July 11, 2003. |
| Jon Sparks, Commercial Appeal. July 20, 2003. |
| Beth Venn, MAX. Memphis: Art Museum at University of Memphis, 2003. |
| John Massier, Climate Controlled. Buffalo: Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, 2003. |
| Cynnie Gaasch, “Reworking Concepts of Beauty” ArtVoice, Buffalo, NY July 2003. |
| Daryl Snodgrass, “Interview on New Video Works” WKNO/NPR Memphis, TN Feb 4 2003. |
| Les Christensen, Photo Album, Jonesboro: Bradbury Gallery, Arkansas State, 2003. |
| David Hall, “Reviews: Memphis Drive” Art Papers, Fall 2002. |
| “Memphis Top Ten” Number 44. Fall 2002. |
| Hamlett Dobbins, “A Conversation” Number 43. Summer 2002. |
| Gerar Edizel, Open Source. Beijing: Central Academy of Fine Arts, 2001. |
| Anna Ellegood, New Developments, Buffalo: CEPA Gallery, 2001. |
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| CATALOG / BOOK ESSAYS |
| On the High Line: Exploring America's Most Original Urban Park by Annik La Farge. Thames & Hudson: London, 2012 |
| High Line: The Inside Story of New York City's Park in the Sky by Joshua David & Robert Hammond. Farrar, Straus and Giroux: New York, 2011 |
| Prix Ars Electronica, CyberArts by Hannes Leopoldseder, Christine Schopf, Gerfried Stocker. Hatje Cantz: Austria, 2009 |
| The Network for Art Technology and Society: The First 30 Years by Leopoldseder, Schopf, Stocker. Hatje Cantz: Austria, 2009 |
| Julio Fine Arts Gallery, Loyola College. Kim Beck and the New Disownership Society, by Heather Pesanti, Baltimore, 2009 |
| Manufractured: The Conspicuous Transformation of Everyday Objects by Steven Skov Holt & Mara Holt Skov. Chronicle Books, 2008 |
| Walker Art Center. Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes by Andrew Blauvelt, Minneapolis, MN, 2008 |
| Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. Finding "Other Spaces" by Heather Pesanti, Pittsburgh, PA, 2006 |
| Plane Space. Ideal City by Chad MacDermid and Bryson Brodie, New York, NY, 2004 |
| Art Museum at University of Memphis. MAX by Beth Venn, Memphis, TN, 2003 |
| Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center. Climate Controlled by John Massier, Buffalo, NY, 2003 |
| Bradbury Gallery, Arkansas State University. Photo Album by Les Christensen, Jonesboro, AR, 2003 |
| Central Academy of Fine Arts, Open Source by Gerar Edizel, Beijing, China, 2001 |
| CEPA Gallery, New Developments by Anne Ellegood, Buffalo, NY, 2001 |
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| CURATORIAL PROJECTS |
| 2007 |
Artists Image Resource, Cut, Copy, Fold, Pittsburgh, PA, catalog |
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Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership, Phantasm Redux, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2003 |
Delta Axis @ Marshall Arts, Not Exactly, Memphis, TN, catalog |
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Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Video Screening, Memphis, TN |
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| LECTURES / VISITING ARTIST |
| 2012 |
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY |
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International Center for Photography, New York, NY |
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Penn State, State College, PA |
| 2011 |
TEDxEAST, New York, NY |
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Hunter College, New York, NY |
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Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN |
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Concordia University, Montreal, Canada |
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University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC |
| 2010 |
Carnegie Mellon School of Art Lecture Series, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2009 |
School of Visual Arts, NYC |
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Ars Electronica, Prix Forum II: Interactive Art, Linz, Austria |
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Artists Opportunity Workshop, Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY |
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New York Public Library, Mid-Manhattan, NY |
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Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY |
| 2008 |
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA |
| 2007 |
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI |
| 2006 |
Frick Art & Historical Center, Pittsburgh, PA |
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Outside Project, Faculty of Fine Arts, Belgrade, Serbia |
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College Art Association, Boston |
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Oklahoma State University |
| 2005 |
Scripps College, Los Angeles |
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Boston University, School of Art |
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FedEx Institute, University of Memphis |
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Simmons College, Boston |
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Lake Forest College, Chicago |
| 2004 |
Parsons School of Design, Paris |
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Memphis College of Art |
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| Appointments |
| 2007-present |
Associate Professor, School of Art, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2004-07 |
Assistant Professor, School of Art, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2002-04 |
Assistant Professor & Coordinator of Graduate Studies, Memphis College of Art, TN |
| 2000-01 |
Visiting Assistant Professor of Print Media, Alfred University, Alfred, NY |
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