Martin Beck (painter)

Martin Beck (painter)
A Man For Our Time, 2008

Martin Beck is an American painter, living and working in Pittsburgh, PA. Beck's "social conscience grew up with him about 20 blocks from the famous suburban Love Canal eco-disaster in Niagara Falls, New York."[1] Beck received a BFA from State University of New York at Buffalo. in 1986 and an MFA from Carnegie Mellon University in 1992. Martin Beck is a noted artist who received two New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowships, (1994, 2000). The artist is featured on the Discover Jersey Arts Artists Gallery. Beck's exhibitions have been reviewed in ArtPapers,[2] The New York Times,[3] The Sunday Star Ledger[1][4] and has also been featured in American Artist, (July 1999).[5] Beck's work can be found in private collections primarily in New York, NY, Pittsburgh, PA and Santa Monica, CA. His portrait commissions include corporate clients such as Carnegie Mellon University Highlands Circle, and private clients.

Contents

Solo exhibitions

  • Chamot Gallery, Modern Romance. 3/15/2001 - 4/29/2001. Jersey City, NJ.
  • Discover Jersey Arts, Discover Jersey Arts Online Showcase. 2/1/2001 - 3/1/2001. Trenton, NJ.
  • Consolidated Arts at Historic Downtown S.I.D. Office Gallery, Black Drawings and Other Works. 9/25/2000 - 12/14/2000. Jersey City, NJ.
  • Mercer County Community College, Modern Romance. 1/9/1999 - 2/11/1999. Trenton, NJ.
  • Jersey City Museum, White. 3/11/1998 - 5/30/1998. Jersey City, NJ.
  • David J. Brodsky Gallery, Recent Work. 9/26/1995 - 10/27/1995. Princeton, NJ.
  • Birke Gallery, Recent Work. 9/1/1995 - 9/21/1995. Huntington, WV.
  • The Contemporary Arts Center, Recent Work. 6/7/1995 - 8/6/1995. Cincinnati, OH.
  • Hewlitt Gallery, MFA Thesis Exhibition. 4/22/1992 - 7/29/1992. Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Carson Street Gallery, Recent Work. 4/14/1992 - 4/20/1992. Pittsburgh, PA.

Group exhibitions

  • The Santa Monica Museum of Art, Incognito 2009, 5/2/2009. Santa Monica, CA.
  • MMMart, medana.art pomlad 2009. 4/18/2009 - 4/25/2009. Medana, Slovenia.
  • University Art Gallery, Department of Studio Arts Faculty Exhibition. 10/1/2008 - 11/21/2008. Pittsburgh, PA.
  • The Santa Monica Museum of Art, Incognito 2008. 5/3/2008. Santa Monica, CA.
  • The Santa Monica Museum of Art, Incognito 2007. 4/28/2007. Santa Monica, CA.
  • Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, Carnegie Mellon, 100% Centennial. 1/20/2006 - 3/5/2006. Pittsburgh, PA.
  • The Santa Monica Museum of Art, incognito 2005. 12/10/2005. Santa Monica, CA.
  • Allegheny College Penelec - Bowman - Megahan Art Galleries, 8-Hour Drawings . 9/6/2005 - 10/4/2005. Meadville, PA.
  • Artists Image Resource, The War Room. 10/15/2004 - 10/17/2004. Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Hunterdon Museum of Art, New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship Exhibition 1999 & 2000. 12/3/2000 - 1/28/2001. Clinton, NJ. catalogue
  • Concept Gallery, 30 Curators. 2/10/2000 - 4/8/2000. Pittsburgh, PA.
  • City Without Walls, 18th Annual Metro Show. 1999. Newark, NJ.
  • Museo de Art Moderno de la Republica Dominica, La Linea Dibujos Contemporaneos. 7/1/1998 - 8/30/1998. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. catalog
  • Side Street Projects, Splice. 9/20/1997 - 12/15/1997. Santa Monica, CA. Catalog
  • Bridge Cafe, In the Shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge. 9/26/1996 - 10/30/1996. New York, NY.
  • MMC, Figure and Symbol. 9/10/1996 - 10/12/1996. New York, NY.
  • Gallery 313, Sick Again. 6/28/1996 - 7/19/1996. New York, NY.
  • Anderson Gallery, X-Sightings. 5/17/1996 - 7/17/1996. Buffalo, NY.
  • Noyes Museum, 1994 - 1995 Fellowship Exhibition. 1/21/1996 - 3/24/1996. Oceanville, NJ. Catalogue
  • Kunsthälle Hamburg, The Young Riders. 2/1/1994 - 3/1/1994. Hamburg, Germany.
  • The Contemporary Arts Center, The Figure as Fiction. 12/3/1993 - 1/23/1994. Cincinnati, OH. Catalogue
  • Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Group A. 7/24/1992 - 8/16/1992. Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Art Beyond. 3/23/1991 - 4/21/1991. Pittsburgh, PA.

References

  • King, Elaine A., Fictional Theatricality in a Cyber Age, Jersey City Museum exhibition catalogue, March 1998
  1. ^ a b Bischoff, Dan (March 30, 2001). "Painter provokes with naked precision". The Sunday Star-Ledger. 
  2. ^ Flahaven, Jim (November/December, 1995). "Martin Beck". ArtPapers. 
  3. ^ Zimmer, William (Sunday, May 24, 1998). "Not Much in Common, Except Commitment to a Vision". The New York Times. 
  4. ^ Bischoff, Dan (March 29, 1998). "Three Jersey City Museum exhibitions mix media, messages". The Sunday Star-Ledger. 
  5. ^ Willard, Christopher (July 1999). "Methods and Materials: Using Studies to Build a Painting". American Artist. 

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