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| 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. | |||
| Selected Solo Exhibitions | ||
| 2008 | Bank, Los Angeles, CA (upcoming) | |
| Artists Image Resource, Looked Overlooked, Pittsburgh, PA | ||
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2007 |
Printed Matter, Book Launch: A Field Guide to Weeds, New York, NY |
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| 2006 |
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Emerging Artist of the Year, PA, catalogue |
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| Gardiner Art Gallery, Plot, Oklahoma State University,OK | ||
| 2005 |
Raid Projects, Lot, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Sonnenschein Gallery, Lot, Lake Forest College, IL | ||
| 2004 | Plane Space, Ideal City, New York, NY, catalogue | |
| Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Video Screening – Night: Memphis, TN | ||
| 2003 | Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Climate Controlled, Buffalo, NY, catalogue | |
| 2002 | ArtLab, Coordinates, Art Museum University of Memphis, TN | |
| Second Floor Contemporary, Drive, Memphis, TN | ||
| 2001 | CEPA Gallery, New Developments, Buffalo, NY, catalogue | |
| 2000 | Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Suburban Lights, Grand Rapids, MI | |
| 1998 | Sol Koffler Gallery, The Angel of History, Providence, RI | |
| Market House Gallery, Wise Wicked Simple Naive, Providence, RI | ||
| 1997 | Edge Gallery, Self Portraits, Denver, CO | |
| Selected Group Exhibitions | ||
| 2008 | Carnegie Museum of Art, Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes, Pittsburgh, PA (upcoming) | |
| Emerging Artist Fellowship Program Exhibition, Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, NY (upcoming) | ||
| Mattress Factory, Meet the Made, Pittsburgh, PA (upcoming) | ||
| Walker Art Center, Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes, Minneapolis, MN, catalogue | ||
| Francis M. Naumann Fine Art, Manufactured Unreality: The Art of Collage, New York, NY | ||
| Plane Space, Gangbusters, New York, NY | ||
| Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Shuffle, Memphis, TN | ||
| Smack Mellon, Kentucky Derby, Brooklyn, NY | ||
| Virginia Commonwealth University, Southern Graphics Conference, Are We There Yet?, VA | ||
| Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, 2008 Biennial, Pittsburgh, PA | ||
| 2007 | Williamson Gallery at Scripps College, LA Live: Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, Claremont, CA | |
| Artists Image Resource, Cut, Copy, Fold, Pittsburgh, PA | ||
| Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Being Open, Grand Rapids, MI | ||
| Nashville International Airport, Arts at the Airport, Nashville, TN | ||
| Smack Mellon, Kentucky Derby, Brooklyn, NY | ||
| 2006 | Aqua Art Miami with Bank, Los Angeles, Miami, FL | |
| Rochester Contemporary, Land Tracking Land, Rochester, NY, catalogue | ||
| Kontekst Galeriya, Guide with Next Question, Belgrade, Serbia | ||
| Smack Mellon, Site 92, Brooklyn, NY | ||
| Pierogi 2000 Flat Files, The Armory Show, New York, NY | ||
| 2005 | Sherman Gallery, Skyline, Boston University School of Visual Art, Boston, MA | |
| Material Art Space, ...and everythings picking up speed..., Memphis, TN | ||
| Cornell University, In Exchange, Ithaca, NY | ||
| Smack Mellon, Fifteen Paces, Brooklyn, NY | ||
| 2004 | Plane Space, Drawing, New York, NY | |
| Santa Fe Art Institute, SElections, Santa Fe, NM | ||
| 2003 | Art Museum University of Memphis, MAX 2003; curated by Beth Venn, catalogue | |
| Bradbury Gallery, Arkansas State University, Photo Album, Jonesboro, AR, catalogue | ||
| 2002 | Annex Gallery, Mentor, Houston, TX | |
| Zeitgeist Gallery, Switchyard, Nashville, TN | ||
| 2001 | Central Academy of Fine Arts, Open Source, Beijing, China, travelling show, catalogue | |
| International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York, NY | ||
| SUNY Geneseo Gallery, CIT ’01 Digital Media, Purchase, NY | ||
| George Mason University, Media/Matrix, Fairfax, VA | ||
| 2000 | George Sherman Gallery, Bon á Tirer, Boston, MA | |
| 1999 | Attleboro Museum, New England Printmaking, MA | |
| Rhode Island School of Design Museum, MFA Thesis, Providence, RI | ||
| Elam School of Art, Works on Paper, Auckland, New Zealand | ||
| 1998 | Sol Koffler Gallery, Works on Paper, Providence, RI | |
| 1997 | Market House, One-Minute-Limit Video Show, Providence, RI | |
| Movimiento Artistico del Rio Salado, Phoenix, AZ | ||
| 1996 | Denver Art Museum, Recent Acquisitions, Denver, CO | |
| Selected Awards & Residencies | ||
| 2008 | The Space Program, The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, New York | |
| Emerging Artist Fellowship Program, Socrates Sculpture Park, New York | ||
| Visual Artist Residency, Yaddo | ||
| 2007 | Publishing Program for Emerging Artists, Printed Matter, New York | |
| Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership Project with Heinz Endowment Grant | ||
| 2006 | Heinz Endowment Creative Heights Production Grant | |
| Berkman Development Grant, "Transitional Cities: Pittsburgh & Belgrade" | ||
| Emerging Artist of the Year, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts | ||
| 2005 | Heinz Endowment Grant, Virginia Center for Creative Arts | |
| Center for the Arts in Society Project Grant, Carnegie Mellon University | ||
| 2004 | Artist-in-Residence, Plane Space, New York | |
| 2003 | Cité Internationale des Arts Residency, Paris | |
| 2002 | Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant | |
| Vermont Studio Center, Full Fellowship | ||
| Tennessee Arts Commission, Professional Artist Support Grant | ||
| 2001 | International Studio & Curatorial Program, NYSCA Grant, New York | |
| 1999 | RISD Award of Excellence in Printmaking | |
| RISD Graduate Studies Award | ||
| 1998 | Leopold Schepp Scholarship | |
| 1993 | Artist-in-Residence, College of Fine Arts, Sidney, Australia | |
| 1992 | Thomas J. Watson Fellowship: Travel Award for Europe, Australia & Japan | |
| Viewing Programs | ||
| Artist Pension Trust, New York | ||
| Pierogi 2000 Flat Files | ||
| The Drawing Center Viewing Program | ||
| Sculpture Center Image Library | ||
| White Columns Curated Artist Registry | ||
| Public Collections | ||
| Carnegie Museum of Art | ||
| Denver Art Museum | ||
| Northern Territory Museum, Australia | ||
| Memphis Brooks Museum of Art | ||
| The Capitol Group, Los Angeles | ||
| Selected Bibliography | ||
| Oisteanu, Valery. "Prefabricated Art, Undesirable Surreality." The Brooklyn Rail. June 2008 | ||
| Flick, Sherrie. "The Re-Examined Life." Pittsburgh City Paper. May, 21, 2008 | ||
| Miller, Leigh Ann. "Reviews: Pittsburgh / Kim Beck / Center for the Arts." Art in America. Feb 2007 | ||
| Kalb, Peggy Edersheim. "Sharing the Wealth." Art + Auction. Fall 2007 | ||
| Thomas, Mary. "Best of 2006" Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Dec 28, 2006 | ||
| Thomas, Mary. "Art Review: Beck uses the Mundane..." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Oct 11, 2006 | ||
| Shaw, Kurt. "Let there be light." Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Sept 10, 2006 | ||
| "Shortlist: Fifteen Paces." Village Voice. May 4-10 2005 | ||
| Karlins, N.F. “Drawing Notebook.” ArtNet Magazine. July 2004 | ||
| Anthes, Bill. “Memphis.” Contemporary Magazine. Fall 2004 | ||
| Koeppel, Fredric. “Arts Profile.” Commercial Appeal. June 26 2004 | ||
| Koeppel, Fredric. “Not Exactly.” Commercial Appeal. Memphis, TN, Sept 21 2003 | ||
| DeForest, Kate. “Ordinary Objects” Buffalo News. July 11, 2003 | ||
| Sparks, Jon. Commercial Appeal. July 20, 2003 | ||
| Gaasch, Cynnie. “Reworking Concepts of Beauty” ArtVoice, Buffalo. NY, July 2003 | ||
| Hall, David. “Reviews: Memphis – Drive” Art Papers, Fall 2002 | ||
| “Memphis Top Ten.” Number 44. Fall 2002 | ||
| Dobbins, Hamlett. “A Conversation.” Number 43. Summer 2002 | ||
| Catalogue Essays | ||
| Walker Art Center. Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes, 2008. Minneapolis, MN. Text by Andrew Blauvelt. | ||
| Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. Finding "Other Spaces," 2006. Pittsburgh, PA. Text by Heather Pesanti. | ||
| Plane Space. Ideal City, 2004. New York, NY. Text by Chad MacDermid and Bryson Brodie. | ||
| Art Museum at University of Memphis. MAX, 2003. Memphis, TN. Text by Beth Venn. | ||
| Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center. Climate Controlled, 2003. Buffalo, NY. Text by John Massier. | ||
| Bradbury Gallery, Arkansas State University. Photo Album, 2003. Jonesboro, AR. Text by Les Christensen. | ||
| Central Academy of Fine Arts, Open Source, 2001. Beijing, China. Text by Gerar Edizel. | ||
| CEPA Gallery, New Developments, 2001. Buffalo, NY. Text by Anne Ellegood. | ||
| Curatorial Projects | ||
| 2007 | Cut, Copy, Fold, Artists Image Resource, Pittsburgh, PA, catalogue with essay | |
| 2003 | Not Exactly, Delta Axis @ Marshall Arts, Memphis, TN, catalogue with essay | |
| Video Screening, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, TN | ||
| Public Lectures / Visiting Artist | ||
| 2008 | University of California, Santa Barbara, CA | |
| 2007 | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI | |
| 2006 | Frick Art & Historical Center, Pittsburgh, PA | |
| Outside Project, Faculty of Fine Arts, Belgrade, Serbia | ||
| College Art Association, Boston | ||
| Oklahoma State University | ||
| 2005 | Scripps College, Los Angeles | |
| Boston University, School of Art | ||
| FedEx Institute, University of Memphis | ||
| Simmons College, Boston | ||
| Lake Forest College, Chicago | ||
| 2004 | Parsons School of Design, Paris | |
| Memphis College of Art | ||
| Appointments | ||
| 2004-present | Assistant Professor, School of Art, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA | |
| 2004-2002 | Assistant Professor & Coordinator of Graduate Studies, Memphis College of Art, TN | |
| 2000-2001 | Visiting Assistant Professor of Print Media, Alfred University, Alfred, NY | |
| Education | ||
| 1999 | MFA, Rhode Island School of Design | |
| 1992 | BA, Brandeis University | |
| 1991 | Yale Norfolk | |