Michael Beck
BORN: 1943
San Diego, California
EDUCATION:
1984 M.F.A. in Painting with High Distinction, California College of 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:
2006 Fellowship Grant, The Fleishhacker Foundation, San Francisco, CA
2002-03 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, NY
2000-present Visual Aid, Art Voucher Program, San Francisco, CA
1994 Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Exterior Renovation, Berkeley, CA, Architectural Heritage Association, Berkeley, CA
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:
2012 Michael Beck: Notes to Self, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2011 Michael Beck: Paintings, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 Michael Beck: The Object as Still Life, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2007 Michael Beck: New Realities, Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005 Michael Beck: Biography, Charles Campbell Gallery
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
SELECTIVE GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2010 Small Works Group Show, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2010 Shades of Blue, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2009 Summer Group Show, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
The Toy Show II, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2007 The Toy Show, Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
2006 Healing Force, San Francisco LGBT Center, San Francisco, CA
About Still Life, Space 743, San Francisco, CA
Preview 2007, Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Duck Soup, Varnish Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
CCA at CCG (part of the California College of Arts Centennial Celebration),
Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005 Looking Back and Seeing Forward, Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco International Art Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
Visual Aid at Sixteen, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Favorites, Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
International Auto Show, Charles Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004 Group Show, Tatistcheff Gallery, New York, NY
Living Proof, San Francisco LGBT Center, San Francisco, CA
2003 Summer Show, Tatistcheff Gallery, New York, NY
SPICE, Catherine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002 Pacific Place, San Francisco, CA, Jan-Mar
Summer Show, Tatistcheff Gallery, New York, NY
2001 Ten New Artists, Tatistcheff Gallery, New York, NY
Making Bridges, CBS Marketwatch, San Francisco, CA
1996-97 Hearth and Home Champion International Corporation, Stamford, CT
1994 The Art of Watercolor, Luise Ross Gallery, New York, NY
1991 Leslie Levy Fine Arts, Scottsdale, AZ
2 X 2 X 2: Interaction and Independence, Valley Art Center, Walnut Creek, CA
1990 Contemporary Realist Painting: Perception and Experience, Oliver Art Center, Oakland, CA
Watercolors, The St. Paul Companies, St. Paul, MN
1989 Watercolor: Contemporary Currents, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA, American Realists, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Ketchum, ID
1987 American Realists, Sun Valley Center for the Arts and Humanities, Sun Valley, ID, Works on Paper, William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Watercolors, Shasta College Gallery, Redding, CA
Watercolors, Santa Cruz Museum of Art, Santa Cruz, CA, California Two, Tatistcheff & Company Inc., New York, NY, Collector’s Choice Exhibition, Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, OK
10 Artists, Tatistcheff & Company Inc., New York, NY
1986 Works on Paper, William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Objects Observed, Summit Art Center, Summit, NJ
1985 West Coast Realism/East Coast Realism, William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Richmond Works, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
1984 M.F.A. Exhibition, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
1982 Liquid Light: Watercolor Beyond the Traditional, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA
Northern California Realist Painters, Redding Museum, and Shasta College, Redding, CA
1981 Two Watercolorists, Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, KA
1981 The Art Guild-Contemporary Arts Committee Invitational Bay Area Artists Exhibition Sale, The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
Group Show: Painters and Printmakers, Brook House, Orinda, CA
SELECTIVE GROUP EXHIBITIONS CONTINUED:
1980 Realism: Paintings of Landscapes, Cityscapes and Interiors, Walnut Creek Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
55th Annual Crocker-Kingsley Annual Exhibition, E.B. Crocker Museum, Sacramento, CA
1979 The Art Guild-Contemporary Arts Committee Invitational Bay Area Artists Exhibition, The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
1976 Some Berkeley People and Places, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
1974 Northern California Artists, Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, CA
1973 Painting: James D. Phelan Awards, The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
New Realism II: West Coast Media/East Coast Graphics, Clark Pollack Gallery, Los Angeles, CA,
Gallery Artists, Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA