Resume
Selected Exhibitions
2009 ICON Contemporary Art, Brunswick, 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? Color-field Invitational Exhibition, OK Harris, NYC
2008 Maine Biennial, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
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, Boston Women's Caucus for Art, 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, Boston Women's Caucus for Art, Aidekman Arts Center,
Tufts University, Medford, MA
2004 Action/Reaction, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
2003 Red, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
Publication
“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
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, Director: Amy Stacey Curtis Portland, ME
2001 – 2008 Drawing Research Network Constituent, International 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 2001, Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, AZ
Education
Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
Goddard College, Plainfield, VT
Bennington College, Bennington, VT
University of Maine, Orono, ME
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