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Trav-El-Awn, 2002, oil on canvas, 21” x 53”

Eye on the Prize, 2006, oil on canvas, 21” x 25”

Latest Fashion, 2010,

oil on canvas, 14” x 13”

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BORN 1943 San Diego, CA


EDUCATION

1984          MFA in Painting with High Distinction, California College of the Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA.

1971-73    California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA.


TEACHING

1992-93    Instructor, Walnut Creek Art Center, Walnut Creek, CA.

1987         Instructor, Art Trek, South of France Tour, France.

1984-85    Instructor, Richmond Art Center, Richmond CA.

1980         Guest Instructor, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA.


AWARDS

2007        Artoteque.com, Work on Display, Award of Distinction.

2002-03   Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, NY.

1994        Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Exterior Renovation, Berkeley Architectural

                Heritage Association,

                Residence @ 1510 Oxford Street, Berkeley, CA.

1994        Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Adaptive Re-use, Berkeley Architectural Heritage

                Association, Cancun Restaurant (murals), Berkeley, CA.

1973        Top Purchase Prize, James D. Phelan Award, San Francisco Foundation of Art, San Francisco, CA.


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011    Paintings, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA.

2010    Michael Beck: Still Life, Visual Aid, San Francisco, CA.

2009    Michael Beck: The Object as Still Life, Santa Monica, CA.

2007    Michael Beck: New Realities, Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA.

2006    Michael Beck: The Object-Straight On, 333 Bush Street, San Francisco, CA.

2005    Michael Beck: Biography, Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA.

2003    Paintings, Tatistcheff Gallery, New York, NY.

1985    Michael Beck: Recent Work, Victor Fischer Galleries, Oakland, CA.

1984    Michael Beck: Transitions in Watercolor, California College of Arts and Crafts,    Oakland, CA.

1982    Michael Beck Watercolors, Brook House, Orinda, CA.



SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011    The Realists, ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA

            artMRKT San Francisco, Concourse Exhibition Center, San Francisco, CA.

            Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL.

2010-2011    Small Works, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.

2010    San Francisco Fall Antiques Show, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA.

            AQUA: Art On Water, ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA

            Shades of Blue, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.

            San Francisco Fine Art Fair, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA.

            Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL.

2009    Summer Group Show, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.

            Toy Show II, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.

2008    Direct Encounters: The Essence of Portraiture, Forum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.

            Here & Now, ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Francisco, CA

            A Grand Affair, A Benefit for Visual Aid, ArtZone 461 Gallery, San Fancisco, CA

            Home Front, Marin Community Foundation, Novato, CA.

            22nd Annual International Juried Show, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey,    Summit, NJ.

2007    The Toy Show, Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA.

            Duck Soup, Varnish Fine Art, San Francisco, CA.

2006    About Still Life, Space 743, San Francisco, CA.

            Healing Force, San Francisco LGBT Center, San Francisco, CA.

2005    Visual Aid at Sixteen, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA.

            San Francisco International Art Exhibition, San Francisco, CA.

2004    Group Show, Tatistcheff Gallery, New York, NY.

            Living Proof, San Francisco LGBT Center, San Francisco, CA.

2003    Group Show, Tatistcheff Gallery, New York, NY.

            SPICE, Catherine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA.

2002     Summer Show, Tatistcheff Gallery, New York, NY.

2001    Ten New Artists, Tatistcheff Gallery, New York, NY.

            Making Bridges, CBS Marketwatch, San Francisco, CA.

1990    Watercolors, The St. Paul Companies, St. Paul, MN.

            Contemporary Realist Painting: Perception and Experience, Oliver Art Center, Oakland, CA.

1989    Watercolor: Contemporary Currents, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA.

            American Realists, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Ketchum, ID.

1987    10 Artists, Tatischeff & Company, Inc., New York, NY.

            Collector’s Choice Exhibition, Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, OK.

            California Two, Tatischeff & Company, New York, NY.

            Watercolors, Santa Cruz Museum of Art, Santa Cruz, CA.

            Watercolors, Shasta College Gallery, Redding, CA.

            Works on Paper, William Sawyer Gallery, CA.

            American Realists, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Ketchum, ID.


SELECTED COLLECTIONS

    The San Francisco Foundation, San Francisco, CA

    Redding Museum, Redding, CA

    Buena Vista College Art Museum, Storm Lake, IA

    Otis Elevator Corporation, CT

    Citibank, New York, NY

    FMC Corporation, Washington, DC

    SeaVest Partners, CT

    McKinsey & Company, NY

    Cahill Gordon, Reindel, NY

    Ernst & Whinney, NY

    Exxon Corporation, Irving, TX

    Clorox Inc., Oakland, CA

    Chemical Bank, NY

    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