Bio


Selected Group Exhibitions

2008

No Chromophobia? Summer Invitational Exhibition, OK Harris, SoHo, NYC

 

Maine Biennial, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME Curated by Carol Anne, Meehan, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA and Andrea Pollan, Curator’s Office in Washington, DC

 

Biennial of Drawing Pilsen, 2008, Museum of West Bohemia, University of Western Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic

 

Kosova Drawing Biennial, Kosova Art Gallery, Prishtina, Kosovo

 

Salon Seven, Sevengaits Project Space, Southbridge, MA

 

In the Beginning: Exploring Origins in Contemporary Art, Penn Graduate Humanities Forum, Fox Art Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

2007

Biennial 2007, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH Curated by Pamela Clark Cochrane, Director, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA

 

Visual Aids, Postcards from the Edge, James Cohan Gallery, Chelsea, NY

 

HEAT, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA, Curated by Carol Anne Meehan, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA

 

Works on Paper, LBI Foundation for the Arts & Sciences, Long Beach Island, NJ, Curated by Starr Figura, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

2006

Visual Aids, Postcards from the Edge, Sikkema Jenkins, Chelsea, NY

2005

Overtures, Boston Women's Caucus for Art, Holyoke Gallery, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

2003

Arts in the Capitol, Maine Arts Commission, Augusta, ME

 

Running Hot & Steady, Boston Women's Caucus for Art, Aidekman Arts Center, Tufts University, Medford, MA

2002

Action/Reaction, The Art Gallery, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH

2001

National Drawing, University of Arizona at Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, Arizona

 

Making the Mark: Kate Beck (solo show), Shaw Contemporary, Northeast Harbor, ME

1999

Red, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA

1998

Summer Session, La Va Tout (Eliza Sweet Gallery), Waldoboro, ME

Publication

 

Steven Alexander Journal, "No Chromophobia at OK Harris", Steven Alexander, June 6, 2008

 

JoanneMattera Art Blog, "Awash in Color: No Chromophobia", Joanne Mattera, June 15, 2008

 

Joanne Mattera Art Blog, "Awash in Color: Roy G. Biv and Friends", Joanne
Mattera, May 28, 2008

 

Berkshire Fine Arts, "Last Blast of Summer Heat", Shawn Hill, August 2007

 

NYArts Magazine, "Tips & Picks: Kate Beck", New York, NY, October 2006

 

The Bar Harbor Times, "Beck makes Mark", Nan Lincoln, October 2001

 

The Arizona Republic, "Eyes have it", Roberta Burnett, May 2001

Of Note

2008

Honorable Mention Award, Maine Biennial, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME

2008

Vermont Studio Center Fellow, Johnson, VT
MUSE Guest Creative speaker, The Drawing Room, Portland, Maine

2001- Current

Drawing Research Network, International contemporary drawing issues consortium to explore, promote and define the value of drawing to a public at large. Loughborough University School of Art & Design, Leicestershire, UK

2001

Juror’s Award, National Drawing, Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, AZ

Education

 

Maine College of Art
Goddard College
Bennington College
University of Maine