CurRICULUM VITAE
STEPHANIE BECK
ChaShaMa Space to Create, Brooklyn, NY
stephanie@stephaniebeck.org
EDUCATION
2007
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA Master of Fine Arts
2002
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA Post-Baccalaureate Certificate
1998
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA Bachelor of Arts, Highest Distinction in Art History, Phi Beta Kappa
SOLO and TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS
2024
(upcoming October - December) Bough, Wave Hill Sunroom Project Space, Bronx, NY
2018
Two-person exhibition, Cities: Works by Stephanie Beck and Kelly Crabtree, Florida State College at Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
2017
Two-person exhibition, Where Parallel Lines Meet // Spaces Unbidden and Untamed, ChaShaMa Space to Create program, Brooklyn, NY
2013
Two-person exhibition, The Human Frame / A Taille Humaine, Musée d’art moderne André Malraux, Le Havre, France
2011
Solo event, Runoff: Cache la Poudre River Project, Art Intervention: Fort Collins, CO
Solo event, Transfer (Crossing the Haliç), Art Intervention: Istanbul, Turkey
Solo exhibition, Cut Paper Sculpture, Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia, PA
2009
Solo exhibition, Spatial Delineations, Rebekah Templeton Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Natural Manipulation, CREATE Council on the Arts, Catskill, NY
Eccentric Abstraction, Museum of Contemporary Art, Long Island, Patchogue, NY
2023
Shape Shifters, Garvey|Simon, San Anselmo, CA
Makerspace Artist Residents, Makerpark, Staten Island, NY
2022
Off-Brand, Art Retail Therapy, Queens, NY
Select 2022, (online exhibition) Garvey|Simon, New York, NY
2021
Homegrown, ChaShaMa Gallery, New York, NY
Geometric Gestures (online exhibition), dōdōmu gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2019
Transformed: Paper in Dimension, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
2018
Interactive: Beyond Looking, ChaShaMa Space to Present program, Brooklyn, NY
2017
Architectures de papier, Théâtre Forum Meyrin, Meyrin, Switzerland
Under the Knife, Hicks Art Gallery, Bucks Co. Community College, Newtown, PA
2016
The PAFA Show, Morris Warren Gallery, New York, NY
Brooklyn Comes to Westport, Dedee Shattuck Gallery, Westport, MA
A Place in Space, Elizabeth Holden Gallery, Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC
2015
Beck, Bielen, and Michaud, Alumni Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Then and Now: Ten Years of Residencies at the Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
2014
Somewheres and Nowheres/New Prints Fall 2014, International Print Center New York, NY
2013
Artists-in-Residence, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
X-Scapes, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
The Architecture of an Idea: Illustrations and Concepts, Alden B. Dow Museum of Science & Art/Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI
Are We Where Yet, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2012
Architectures de papier, Cite de l'architecture et du patrimoine, Paris, France
Brooklyn Utopias, Old Stone House, Brooklyn, NY
American Dream, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
2011
Mind the Gap, IMC 5533, Istanbul, Turkey
NowHere Territories, Triangle Arts Association, Brooklyn, NY
More is More, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY
Exposed!, Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT
Parenthesis: ART342 Spring 2011 Resident Artists, Fort Collins Museum of Art, Fort Collins, CO
2010
Constructed Territory, Robert & Elaine Stein Galleries, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
2009
Language of Line, New Wilmington Art Association, Wilmington, DE
2008
A Sense of Place, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
Paper Airplane, Paperworks Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Joan Mitchell 2007 MFA Grant Recipients, CUE Art Foundation, New York, NY
2007
Street Buttons, Fleisher-Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
The Reality Show, Little Berlin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Naked Paper, Tower Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
GRANTS, ARTIST RESIDENCIES, and AWARDS
2023
Makerspace Artist Residence, Brooklyn, NY
2021 – present
White Columns online artist registry, New York, NY
2017 – present
Space to Create resident, ChaShaMa, Brooklyn Army Terminal, Brooklyn, NY
2015 – 2016
Artist Studio Residency, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
2013
Criss-Cross Exchange Artist Residency, Institute Français & the City of Le Havre, France
2012
Center for Book Arts Artist Residency, New York, NY
Foundation for Contemporary Art Emergency Grant, New York, NY
2011
Triangle Arts Association Artist Residency, Brooklyn, NY
ART342 Artist Residency, Fort Collins, CO
2010
Caravanserai Artist Residency, Istanbul, Turkey
2009
Nominated to apply for Lewis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant, New York, NY
2007
Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant, New York, NY
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS Collaborations in set design with Brooklyn-based dance/theater company Racoco Productions
2017
New Developments, August 12, Wassaic August Festival, Wassaic, NY
New Developments, May 15, ITINERANT Performance Art Festival, hosted at the Bronx Museum of Art, Bronx, NY
2015
New Developments, October 18, CollabFest, Triskelion Arts, Brooklyn, NY
New Developments, September 24 - 27, SOAKING WET festival, West End Theater, New York, NY
S(laughter) on Nth Avenue, May 30 & 31, TADA Theater, New York, NY
2014
Paper/Chase, August 1&2, Fete de Danse (Norte Maar), Strand Theater, Plattsburgh, NY
Detritus, June 21 - 23, chashama summer performance series, New York, NY
Paper Work, June 19, Leimay at CAVE (SOAK Festival), Brooklyn, NY
2013
Construct, August 23 - 25, Incubator Arts, New York, NY
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY (*Reviews)
2019
“Land Art” Calendar, Amber Lotus Publishing
2016
“Paper Art 2016” calendar, Schleunungdruck Inc., Marktheidenfeld, Germany
2014
Paper Works 2, Sandu Publishing Co., Ltd, Design 360, Guangzhou, China, 2014
2013
Geo Graphic, Index Book, Barcelona, Spain, 2013
2012
Paper Works, Sandu Publishing Co., Ltd, Design 360, Guangzhou, China, 2012
2011
Ana Ibarra. “Stephanie Beck: Through Space.” Elephant Magazine, Fall 2011 Interview, Art Resource Blog, http://stevegray.com.au/blog/stephanie-beck-artist/
2009
Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, International Drawing Annual, Cincinnati: Manifest Press
Harris, Allison, comp., Dolphin Tavern Book Project, Philadelphia: Leeway Fdtn
*Edith Newhall, “Cut Paper Constructions,” Philadelphia Inquirer, April 19, 2009
2008
*Robin Rice, "Pushing Buttons," City Paper, January 2008
ARTIST LECTURES
2020
Online artist talk, JH Art Talks, Queens, NY
2019
Faculty exhibition panel discussion, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
2015
“Artists in Residence,” Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
2014
Artist Exhibition Talk, International Print Center New York, NY
2013
Visiting Artist Lecture, Adelphi University, Long Island, NY
Artist/Exhibition Lecture, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
2011
Artist Lectures: Student Organization for the Visual Arts, and Art Theory class, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
2010
Artist Lecture and Workshop on Installation Art, Robert College, Istanbul, Turkey 2009 Artist Lecture, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE
Artist Lecture, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2008
Artist Lecture, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
COLLECTIONS
ChaShaMa, New York, NY
Exelon Corporation, Baltimore, MD
Cite de l'architecture et du patrimoine, Paris, France
University of Virginia Library, Special Collections, Charlottesville, VA
Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
King St. Stephen Museum, Collection of Artist Books, Székesfehérvár, Hungary