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REALISTS
MICHAEL BECK
Contents Copyright © 2003-2011
BEST ART GALLERY
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”
GUESTS ARTISTS
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
