Works on Paper
Mixed Media
Shadow Puppets


Statement
Resume


stephanie at 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, member of Phi Beta Kappa

AWARDS
2009 Nominated to apply for a 2009 Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial Award
2007 Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant, New York, NY
Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA, Violet Oakley Memorial Prize
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, H.V. Hawley Award for Excellence
Juror: Alex Baker
2006 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Cretella Memorial Scholarship Award
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
2010 "Constructed Territory," Robert & Elaine Stein Galleries,
Wright State University, Dayton, OH: October 31, 2010 - January 9, 2011
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
2010 “Cut Paper Sculpture,” Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia, PA
PAST EXHIBITIONS
2009 "Language of Line," New Wilmington Art Association, Wilmington, DE, November 2009
2009 "Young Artists, Old Fools," Caroline Dunlop Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2009
"Spatial Delineations," Rebekah Templeton Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
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
"In an Alien Wilderness," Arcadia, Philadelphia, PA
2007 "Street Buttons," Fleisher Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
"A Brief History of the Near Future," BlinkArt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
"Loggerhythms," Topstitch, Philadelphia, PA
"Emerging Artists Exhibition," Grace and Joseph Gorevin Gallery, Cabrini College, Radnor, PA
"The Reality Show," Little Berlin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
"Naked Paper," Tower Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
"Homebody," Vagabond, Philadelphia, PA
Master of Fine Arts graduation exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Woodmere Art Museum 67th Annual Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA, Juror: Polly Apfelbaum
2006 Masters of Fine Arts juried exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
"Connective Tissue," School District Building, Philadelphia, PA
"Proof of Purchase," Rhys Gallery, Boston, MA
2004 "Cambridge Art Association National Prize Show," juried exhibition, Cambridge, MA.
2002 "Selection 2002: Post-Baccalaureate Exhibition," School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
PUBLICATIONS
2009 Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, International Drawing Annual, Cincinnati: Manifest Press, 2009
Harris, Allison, comp., Dolphin Tavern Book Project, Philadelphia: Leeway Foundation, 2009.
PUBLIC LECTURES
2009 Art-At-Lunch Lecture Series, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Art-At-Lunch Lecture Series, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Art-At-Lunch Lecture Series, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
REVIEWS
2009 Edith Newhall, "Cut Paper Constructions," Philadelphia Inquirer, April 19, 2009
2008 Anuradha, "2007 Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant Recipients at CUE Art Foundation"
Robin Rice, "Pushing Buttons" City Paper, January 2008
Roberta Fallon, Libby Rosof, "Fleisher-Ollman’s Street Button" January 2008
2007 Edith Newhall, "Lightness, Air, Sense of Floating," Philadelphia Inquirer, August 2007
Roberta Fallon, Libby Rosof, "Graduation Time" May 2007
Roberta Fallon, Libby Rosof, PAFA May 2007
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2009 Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA   2009
Instructor, Young Artists Workshop, Figure Drawing workshop for high school students
2008 Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
Contemporary Connections Artist
Fairmount Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
Instructor, Introduction to Drawing, Introduction to Painting
2007 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Instructor, Museum Children’s Classes, Introduction to Drawing
2006 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Graduate Assistant, Still Life Drawing, Professor Al Gury, High School Cooperative program
Graduate Assistant, Art History Survey 101, Professor Kevin Richards
Graduate Assistant, 2-D Anatomy, Professor John Horn
Museum Drawing Instructor and Docent, lessons and tours for grades 4 – 12
2003
-05
Brookline Adult and Community Education, Brookline, MA
Instructor, Beginning Oil Painting, Beginning Drawing and Sketching Boston Workshops
2002 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Teaching Assistant, Professor Mara Metcalf, advanced classes for high school students
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2008 The Mann Center for Performing Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Education Associate, Summer Season, Student concerts and programs
2006 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Assistant Director, Summer Art Camp
2003
-05
Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Curatorial Assistant, Islamic and Later Indian Art Department
1998
-2001
Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Public Programs Assistant, Education Department