stephanie at stephaniebeck.org
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2012 The Center for Book Arts, New York, NY (January - December)
2011 Triangle Arts Association, Brooklyn, NY (June - December)
ART342, Fort Collins, CO (January - April)
2010 Caravansarai, Istanbul Turkey (October)
2009 Nominated to apply for Lewis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant
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
SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLIC EVENTS
2011 Art Intervention: Fort Collins "Runoff: Cache la Poudre river project," Fort Collins, CO
2010 Art Intervention: Istanbul “Transfer (Crossing the Haliç),” Istanbul, Turkey
"Cut Paper Sculpture," Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia, PA
2009 "Spatial Delineations," Rebekah Templeton Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 "American Dream," Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
(Upcoming Oct 2012), "Architectures de papier," Cite de l'architeture et du patrimoine, Paris, France
2011 "Mind the Gap," IMC 5533, Istanbul, Turkey
"nowHere territories," Triangle Workshop, Brooklyn, NY
"More is More," Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY
"Exposed," Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT www.helenday.com/exposed
"Parenthesis: ART342 Spring 2011 Residents," Fort Collins Museum of Art, Fort Collins, CO
2010 "Constructed Territory,” Robert and Elaine Stein Galleries, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
2009 "Language of Line," New Wilmington Art Association, Wilmington, DE
"Young Artists, Old Fools,” Caroline Dunlop Gallery, 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
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
Woodmere Art Museum 67th Annual Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA,
Juror: Polly Apfelbaum 2007
2006 "Connective Tissue," School District Building, Philadelphia, PA
ARTIST REGISTRY
2010 The Drawing Center, New York, NY
PUBLICATIONS
2012 (Upcoming) Paper Works, Design 360, Sandu Publishing, Guangzhou, China
2011 Ana Ibarra. “Stephanie Beck: Movement through Space.” Elephant Magazine, Fall 2011: p 38 – 40.
Online interview for Art Re-Source http://stevegray.com.au/blog/stephanie-beck-artist/
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.
2008 Ober, Cara, comp., Paper Airplane, Baltimore, MD, 2008.
REVIEWS
2009 Edith Newhall, “Cut Paper Constructions,” Philadelphia Inquirer, April 19, 2009
www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/43171242.html
2008 Robin Rice, "Pushing Buttons," City Paper, January 2008: www.citypaper.net/articles/2008/01/10/pushing-buttons
2008 Roberta Fallon, Libby Rosof, January 2008: http://fallonandrosof.blogspot.com/2008/01/fleisher- ollmans-street-button.html
2007 Roberta Fallon, Libby Rosof, May 2007: www.fallonandrosof.blogspot.com/search/label/pafa
PUBLIC LECTURES
2011 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
2010 Robert College, Istanbul, Turkey
2009 Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2008 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2011 Individual U, New York, NY
2010 Robert College, Istanbul, Turkey October 2010
Visiting Artist, Workshop on installation art for advanced prep-school students
Delaware County Community College, Downingtown, PA
Adjunct Faculty, Drawing I
2009 Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
Instructor, Young Artists Workshop, Figure Drawing for high school students
2008 Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE
Contemporary Connections Artist, 3rd and 5th grade
Fairmount Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
Instructor, Introduction to Drawing, Introduction to Painting
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
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