Born
1943 | San Diego, CA |
Education
1984 | MFA in Painting with High Distinction, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA |
1971-73 | California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA |
Awards
2014 | Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, NY |
2013 | The Haven Foundation, Artist Grant, Brewster, MA |
2011 | Jerome Caja “Terrible Beauty Award”, Visual Aid, San Francisco, CA |
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 @ 1015 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 |
Teaching
1992-93 | Watercolor Instructor, Walnut Creek Art Center, Walnut Creek, CA |
1987 | Watercolor Instructor, Art Trek, South of France Tour, France |
1984-85 | Watercolor Instructor, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA |
1980 | Guest Painting Instructor, California College of the Arts, CA |
Solo Exhibitions
2014 | Michael Beck, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum ID |
2013 | Objects of Desire, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA Michael Beck: Notes to Self, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
2012 | Michael Beck Paintings, O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY |
2011 | Paintings, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA Michael Beck & Michael Thompkins, Contemporary Realism, St. Supery Estate Vineyard Art Gallery, Rutherford, CA |
2010 | Michael Beck: Still Life, Visual Aid 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 |
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 |
1987 | California Two, Tatistcheff & Company, Inc., New York, NY |
1985 | Michael Beck: Recent Work, Victor Fischer Galleries, Oakland, CA |
1984 | Michael Beck: Transitions in Watercolor, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA |
1982 | Michael Beck: Watercolors, Brook House, Orinda, CA |
Group Exhibitions
2019 | artMRKT, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA |
2018 | Objecct Permanance, CK Contemporary Gallery, San Francisco, CA artMRKT, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA |
2017 | EXPO Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL Seattle Art Fair, Century Link Field, Seattle, WA artMRKT, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA |
2016 | artMRKT, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA |
2015 | artMRKT, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA |
2014 | The Language of Realism, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA artMIAMI, The artMiami Pavillion, Miami, FL EXPO Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL artMRKT Silicon Valley, San Mateo Convention Center, San Mateo, CA Summer Group Show, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Gallery Artists Group Show, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
2013 | Summer Group Show, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA artMRKT, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA EXPO Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL Art Miami, The Art Miami Pavilion, Miami, FL |
2012 | In The Back Room, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA Art Miami, The Art Miami Pavilion, Miami, FL Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Palm Springs Convention Center, Palm Springs, CA artMRKT San Francisco, Concourse Exhibition Center, San Francisco, CA EXPO Chicago, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL Los Angeles Art Show, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA Summer Group Show, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
2011-12 | Uncommon Cosmos, Chandra Cerrito Gallery, Oakland, CA |
2011 | Michael Beck and Michael Thompkins: Contemporary Still Life Paintings, St. Supery Vineyards & Winery, Rutherford, CA artMRKT San Francisco, Concourse Exhibition Center, San Francisco, CA Summer Group Show, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Art Chicago 2010, 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 Home Front, Marin Community Foundation, Novato, CA 22nd Annual International Juried Show, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ |
2007 | The Toy Show, Hunsaaker/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 Visual Aid at Sixteen, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA San Francisco International Art Exhibition, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA Living Proof, San Francisco LGBT Center, San Francisco, CA |
2004 | Group Show, Tatistcheff Gallery, New York, NY |
2003 | Group Show, Tatistcheff Gallery, New York, NY SPICE, Catherine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA Federal Reserve Program, Washington, DC |
2002 | 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 | 2 x 2 x 2: Interaction and Independence, Valley Art Center, Walnut Creek, CA Leslie Levy Fine Arts, Scottsdale, AZ |
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, Tatistcheff & Company, New York NY Collector’s Choice Exhibition, Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, OK California Two, Tatistcheff & 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, San Francisco, CA American Realists, Sun Valley Center for the ARts, Ketchum, ID |
1986 | Objects Observed, Summit Art Center, Summit, NJ Works on Paper, William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
1985 | Richmond Works, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA |
1984 | MFA Exhibition, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA |
1982 | Liquid Light: Watercolor Beyond the Tradition, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA Northern California Realist Painters, Redding Museum, Shasta College, Redding, CA |
1981 | The Art Guild – Contemporary Arts Committee Infitational Bay Area Artists Sale, The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA Two watercolorists, Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, KS |
1980 | 55th Annual Croker-Kingsley Exhibition, Crocker Museum, Sacramento, CA Realism: Paintings of Landscapes, Cityscapes and Interiors, Walnut Creek Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA |
1979 | The Art Guild – Contemporary Arts Committee Infitational Bay Area Artists Sale, The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA |
1978-79 | 20 Bay Area Painters, Western Association of Art Museums in Cooperation with the California Arts Coucil. Traveled to: Chevron USA Gallery, San Francisco, CA Gavilon College, Gilroy, CA Anchorage Historical & Fine Arts Museum, Anchorage, AK Wenatchee Valley College, Wenatchee, WA Humboldt Cultural Center, Eureka, CA Brigham Young University, Provo, UT Redding Art Center, Eureka, CA Yakima Valley College, Yakima, WA University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO Nasur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA |
1977 | 20 Bay Area Painters, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA The Art Guild – Contemporary Arts Committee Invitational Bay Area Artists Sale, The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA Bay Area Artists Collectors Exhibition, Kaiser Collectors Gallery, Oakland, CA |
1976 | Some Berkeley People and Places, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA |
1974 | Northern California Artsists, Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, CA |
1973 | Gallery Artists, Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA New Realism II: West Coast Media / East Coast Graphics, Clark Pollack Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Painting: James D. Phelan Awards, The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA |
Selected Collections
The San Francisco Foundation, San Francisco, CA | |
Wilfred Fletcher Collection, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID | |
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 | |
McKinney & 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 Permanente Hospital, Pleasonton, CA | |
Glenn Janss Collection, Sun Valley, ID | |
Swanledge Corporation, Cambridge, MA | |
AT&T, Baskingridge, NJ |