Selected Exhibitions

2009 ICON Contemporary Art, (Solo), Brunswick, ME
2009 EDGE, ArtSpace, Maynard, MA
2009 Maine Painters, Susan Maasch Fine Art, Portland, ME
2009 Works on Paper, American Contemporary Gallery, Annapolis, MD
2008 The Portland Paper Project, Whitney Art Works, Portland, ME
2008 Painting into Drawing, HALLSPACE, Boston, MA
2008 No Chromophobia? OK Harris Works of Art, NYC
2008 Maine Biennial, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME 
2008 European Touring Exhibition, International Biennial of Drawing Pilsen, 2008, Pilsen, Czech Republic (Italy, France, Sweden, Germany)
2008 International Biennial of Drawing Pilsen, 2008, Museum of West Bohemia, University of Western Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic
2008 Kosova Drawing Biennial, Kosova Art Gallery, Prishtina, Kosovo
2008 Salon Seven, Sevengaits Project Space, Southbridge, MA
2008 In the Beginning: Exploring Origins in Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Biennial 2007, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH
2007 HEAT, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
2007 Works on Paper, LBI Foundation for the Arts & Sciences, Long Beach Island, NJ,
2006 Overtures, Holyoke Gallery, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2005 Illuminations, Boston Women's Caucus for Art, Boston, MA
2005 Arts in the Capitol, Maine Arts Commission, Augusta, ME
2004 Running Hot & Steady, Aidekman Arts Center, Tufts University, Medford, MA
2004 Action/Reaction, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
2003 Red, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
2001 National Drawing 2001, Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, AZ

Of Note

2008 Honorable Mention Award, Maine Biennial, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
2008 Vermont Studio Center Fellow, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2008 The Drawing Room, Guest Creative Speaker, Portland, ME
2001 – 2009 Drawing Research Network Member, Loughborough University School of Art & Design, Leicestershire, UK
2001 Juror’s Award, National Drawing 2001, Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, AZ

Publication

Visual Discrepancies: Drawing Lines – Kate Beck , Brent Hallard Interview, Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 3, 2009 
International Biennial of Drawing Pilsen 2008, University of Western Bohemia Press, Pilsen, Czech Republic, 2008
2008 Biennial Juried Exhibition, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Custom Museum Publishing, LLC, 2008
 “Mattera, Beck and Lake” Steven Alexander Journal, August 24, 2008
“Kate Beck on Chance”, Color Chunks, John Tallman, August 18, 2008
“Beauty in Black and White”, Steven Alexander Journal, July 13, 2008
“No Chromophobia”, OK Harris Press Release, OK Harris Works of Art, June, 2008
“Flying Colors at OK Harris”, Two Coats of Paint, Sharon L. Butler, June 16, 2008
ART Ledger, “No Chromophobia”, Lark Mason, June 17, 2008
"No Chromophobia at OK Harris", Steven Alexander Journal, June 6, 2008
"Awash in Color: No Chromophobia", Joanne Mattera Art Blog, June 15, 2008
"Awash in Color: Roy G. Biv and Friends", Joanne Mattera Art Blog, May 28, 2008
Kate Beck: Art Notes, Contemporary Art Blog, January 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

Education

1996 Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
1979 Goddard College, Plainfield, VT
1978 Bennington College, Bennington, VT
1975 University of Maine, Orono, ME



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