Robert Beck

Baltimore, Maryland, 1959 -

BiographyRobert Beck was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1959. He lives and works in New York City. The artist is now known as Robert Buck.

Solo Exhibitions
2008 • CRG Gallery, NY
Group Exhibitions
2008 • "Beyond a Memorable Fancy", Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Project Space, NY
Selected Bibliography
2008 • Carlin, T.J., Robert Buck, Time Out, July 17th, 2008
Robert Beck
Solo Exhibitions
2007 • Dust, The Wexner Center, Columbus, OH
• How Am I to Sign Myself, CRG Gallery, NY
2006 • Robert Beck, Opalka Gallery, The Sage Colleges, Albany, NY
• Robert Beck, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
2005 • Robert Beck, Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
2004 • Robert Beck, CRG Gallery, NY
2003 • Once Across The Mason-Dixon, Susan Inglett Gallery, NY
2002 • Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
2001 • Drawings, CRG Gallery, NY
2000 • Nature Morte, CRG Gallery, NY
• Galerie Rainer Borgermeister, Berlin
1997 • Susan Inglett Gallery, NY
1996 • Susan Inglett Gallery, NY
Group Exhibitions
2006 • Twice Drawn, The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at SKIDMORE COLLEGE, Saratoga Springs, NY
• Nightmares of Summer, Curated by George Robertson and Marcello Marvelli, Marvelli Gallery, NY
• The Last Time They Met, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
• ARMED - Contemporary Art and Violence, Mandeville Gallery, Union College, Schenectady, NY
2005 • MULTIPLEX 2, Curated by Rebecca Cleman and John Thomson, Smack Mellon, NY
• Past Presence: Childhood and Memory, Curated by Carter Foster, Whitney Museum at Altria
• Monuments for the USA, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA
• “From Nature: The Sportsmans Redux,” at Instititue of Contemporary Art, at Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
• Heavenly or Slice of White, The Bertha anbd Karl Leubsdorf Art, Gallery at Hunter College, New York, NY
2004 • Needful Things: Recent Multiples, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
• Your Heart is No Match For My Love, Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
• neoqueer, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
2003 • Somewhere Better Than This Place: Alternative Social Experience in the Spaces of Contemporary Art, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
• Little Triggers, Cohen Leslie and Browne Gallery, New York, NY
2002 • Debs & Co., New York, NY. “Different Class”
• Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT. “Acquiring Tastes”
• CRG Gallery, New York; The Armory Show: The International Fair of New Art, NY
• CRG Gallery, New York, NY. “Gallery Artists Group Show”
• Castle Gallery, The College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, New York; “Arrested Development”
2001 • Cohan Leslie and Browne Gallery, New York; “Song Poems”
• Centro Cultural Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; “13th Videobrasil, International Electronic Art Festival”
• The Whitney Museum of American Arts, New York; “Gray to Black: Johns, Kelly, Puryear and Serra”
• The Queens Museum, New York; “Crossing the Line”
• Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, State University of New York at New Paltz, NY; “In Cold Blood”
• The Project Room, Philadelphia, PA; “Cathartic Disgust Gesalt”
• Palm Beach Institute of Contmeporary Art, Miami, FL; “Video Jam”
2000 • Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, Virginia; “Wildlife”
• Caren Golden Fine Art, New York; “human/nature” curated by Jane Harris
• Ubu Gallery, New York; “Destruction/Creation”
• Bucknell Art Gallery, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania; “animal magnetism”
1999 • Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; “Hindsight: Recent Work from the Permanent Collection”
• Matthew Marks Gallery, New York; “Annie Albers, Robert Beck, Cadie Noland, Joan Semmel, and Nancy Shaver”; curated by Robert Gober
• Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York; “Calendar 2000”
1998 • New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), New York; “Back-To-Back: Selected Fellows 1990-98”
• Anthony Meier Fine Art, San Francisco; “Robert Beck and Jasmine Sian”
• Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles, CA; “8th Biennial Benefit Art Auction”
• Long Island Center of Photography, New York; “Images for the Millennium”
• Paul Morris Gallery, New York; “Portraits: Gallery’s Inaugural Exhibition”
• Matisse Museum, Nice, France; “Artists & Books: Picarone Editions 1997”
• Twentieth Century Women’s Club, Los Angeles; “I’m Still In Love With You”
1997 • Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York; ‘Investigations of New Photography and Film: The New God”
• Weatherspoon Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, N.C.; “Art On Paper: 33rd Annual Gallery Exhibition
• The Thread Waxing Space, New York; “You Should Know Better/Truth and Artifice in Contemporary Photography”
1996 • Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York; “Limited Edition Artists’ Books Since 1990”
• White Columns Gallery, New York; “What I Did On My Summer Vacation” Benefit Exhibition
• White Columns, New York; “Sugar Mountain”
• Lauren Wittels Gallery, New York; “Show and Tell”
1995 • Morris Healy Gallery, New York; “Summer Exhibition”
• Morris Healy Gallery, New York; “Inaugural Exhibition”
• White Columns, New York; “Verisimilitude and the Utility of Doubt”
• Centro Cultural Ricardo Rojas, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires; “Faggots: A Communiqué from North America,” Curated by Bill Arning
1994 • Neue Gesellschaft fur bildende Kunst e.v., Berlin; “Violence/Business/Power”
• Paula Cooper Gallery, New York; “Gramercy International Contemporary Art Exhibition”
• The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; “Benefit Exhibition, Auction and Gala: Who Chooses Who,” Choice of Robert Gober
1992 • P.S. 1 Museum, The Institute For Contemporary Art, New York; “7 Rooms, 7 Shows”
• Kunstverien in Hamburg, Germany, and the Kunstmuseum in Lucerne, Switzerland; “Gegendarstellung: Ethics and Aesthetics in Times of AIDS”
1991 • Suzanne Biederberg Gallery, Amsterdam; “Saint Vitas Dance”
• Collins and Milazzo’s “New Era” Exhibition, New York
• Paula Cooper Gallery, New York; ACT UP Benefit Art Exhibition and Sale”
• Minor Injury Gallery, Brooklyn, New York; “Queer, Butch, Femme…”
1990 • Greenberg Wilson Gallery; New York, NY
• Real Art Ways, Hartford, Connecticut; “AIDS/SIDA”
• Simon Watson Project Space, New York; “Looking At A Revolution”
• Simon Watson Project Space, New York; “Erotophobia”
1989 • Matrix Gallery, University Art Museum, University of California at Berkeley, CA; Group Material’s “AIDS Timeline” Touring
Selected Bibliography
2008 • Leffingwell, Edward, Robert Beck at CRG, Art in America, March 2008
• Bentley, Kyle, Robert Beck, Artforum, February, 2008
2007 • Armetta, Armoreen, "Robert Beck", Artforum.com, Nov 2007
• Hong, An-Truong, "Signing 'I'", ArtSlant - New York, Nov 16, 2007
• Bordowitz, Gregg, Robert Beck, Artforum, November 2007
2006 • Kane, Tim, "Armed", Albany Times Union, December 10, 2006
2005 • Kunitz, Daniel, "Youth Movement", New York Times, August 11, 2005
2004 • Dent, Tory, “Robert Beck, CRG Gallery,” Parachute, no.115, Para-para insert, pg. 6
• Kastner, Jeffrey, “Robert Beck, CRG Gallery,” Artforum, April, p.159-160
• Harris, Jane, “Robert Beck, CRG,” TimeOut New York, Feb. 19-26, Issue No. 438, p. 60
2003 • Johnson, Ken, “Robert Beck: Once Across the Mason-Dixon,” New York Times, Art Listings, May 16
• Dodge, Alex, “Shot On Sight: A Conversation with Robert Beck,” Swingset, Issue No. 3, pp. 30-35
2002 • Hirsch, Faye, Robert Beck & Dale Peck. Art on Paper. May - June Issue, p.71
• Aletti, Vince, “The Great Divide: Photography’s Two Different Worlds”, The
• Village Voice, March 12. p. 59
• Verlag, Weidle, “Rainer Borgemeister: Lokomotive Denken,” Verlag, Bonn & Berlin, 2002, pp. 224-225, 255
• Smith, Roberta. Art Review, The New York Times, Feb. 22, p.E38
• Johnson, Ken, Art Guide, The New York Times, Feb. 1, p.E37
2001 • Smith, Roberta, “A Benefit for Lover’s of Art and New York,” New York Times, Nov. 1, 2001, p.E3
• Koether, Jutta, “Robert Beck: ‘The Woods’,” Kunstforum, Jun. - Jul., 2001, p. 156-158
• Schwendener, Martha; “Behind the music – Two shows get in the groove w/ LP art,” Time Out New York, August 2, 2001, p. 52
• Hagen, Susan; “Things That Make You Go Ewwww…,” Philadelphia City Paper, May 3 – 10, p. 9
2000 • Leeb, Susanne; “Des Einen Freud, Des Anderen Leid (Robert Beck, ‘The Woods’,
• Galerie Rainer Borgemeister, Berlin)”, Texte zur Kunst, September 2000, p. 197-199
• Arning, Bill; “Review of Exhibitions: Robert Beck at CRG”, Art In America, Sept. 2000, p.155
• Johnson, Ken; “Art In Review: human/nature”, The New York Times, July 21, 2000, p. E30
• Cotter, Holland; “Art In Review: Robert Beck ‘Nature Mort’”, The New York Times, March 17, 2000, p.E37
1999 • Siegel, Katy; “Anni Albers, Robert Beck, Cady Noland, Joan Semmel, Nancy Shaver,” Art Forum, December 1999, p.141
• Smith, Roberta; “Anni Albers, Robert Beck, Cady Noland, Joan Semmel, Nancy Shaver,” The New York Times, August 6, 1999 p. E-40
• Schjeldahl, Peter; “Selected Affinities: The Artist as Curator” The New Yorker, September 6, 1999, p. 86-87
• Saltz, Jerry; “Mood Swings: Anni Albers, Robert Beck, Cady Noland, Joan
• Semmel, Nancy Shaver,” The Village Voice, July 27, 1999, Vol. XLIV No. 29, p. 121
1998 • Perchuk, Andrew; “Reviews: Robert Beck” Artforum, March 1998, Vol.. XXXV, No.2, p. 101-102
• Johnson, Ken; “Portraits,” The New York Times, February 20,1998, p. E-34
1997 • Smith, Roberta; “Robert Beck,” The New York Times, October 17, 1997, p. E-37
• Feaster, Felicia; “You Should Know Better,” Art Papers, Sept.-Oct. 1997, Vol. 21, Issue 5, p. 60
• Smith, Roberta; “Celluloid Cave/You Should Know Better,” The New York Times, June 27, 1997, p. C-24
1996 • Smith, Roberta; “Sugar Mountain,” The New York Times, April 26, 1996, p. C-27
• Smith, Roberta; “Robert Beck,” The New York Times, February 9, 1996, p. C-23
• Arning, Bill; “Robert Beck,” Time Out New York, January 31, 1996, p. 24
1995 • Homes, A.M.; “Reviews: Robert Beck” Artforum, February 1995, Vol. XXIII, No. 6, p. 91
1993 • Knee, Adam; “The Feeling of Power: AIDS Activism on/through Video,” the
• Minnesota review, Ns. 40, spring/summer 1993: “The Politics of AIDS,” pp. 94-101
1992 • Bowen, Peter McKnight; “Not In Your Local Video Stores: AIDS Videos and Their Public(s), “Public Art Issues, No. 1, 1992, pp. 29-32
1991 • Smith, Roberta; “New Galleries In Soho To Not So, “The New York Times, Nov. 15, 1991, p. C26
• Watney, Simon; “Queer,” Frieze, Issue 2, 1991, pg. 60
1990 • Gallagher, Steve; US Video Program: Video/Dystopia,” European Media Arts Festival Catalogue, 1990, pp.80-81
• Berkson, Bill; “Group Material’s AIDS Timeline,” Artforum, March 1990, Vol.XXVIII, No. 7, pp. 168-169
• Bowen, Peter McKnight; “America’s Queerist Home Videos.” Outweek, No.49, June 6, p.63
Education
1993 • The Independent Study Program of the Whitney Museum of American Art, Studio Program, NY
1983 • BA, Undergraduate Film and Television, New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, NY
Visiting Artist & Faculty Positions
2001 • Visual Arts Division, MFA Program, Columbia University, New York
1996-01 • The School of Visual Arts, Computer Arts Departement, and Department of Film, New York, NY
2000 • Visual Arts Department, School of Education, New York University, New York
2000 • Mason Gross School of the Arts, Graduate Program, Rutgers University, NJ
1999 • Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Jersey
• Parsons School of Design, New York
1995 • Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut
• The Hetrick-Martin Institute for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgener and Questioning Youth
• Queens College, New York
1994 • Hunter College, New York
1993 • Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, New York
1992 • School of Education, Health, Nursing, and Arts Professions (SEHNAP), New York University, NY
Awards, Grants & Fellowships
1999 • Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Biennial Competition Award
1995 • Art Matters, Inc Grant
• New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Fellowship (Printmaking/Drawing/Artist’s Books)
1991 • 1st Prize, Experimental Category: “Visions of US” Contest, sponsored by the SONY Corporation of America and the American Film Institute, Los Angeles
• 1st Prize, Experimental Documentary Category, Atlanta Film and Video Festival, sponsored by IMAGE Film/Video Center, Atlanta, GA
1989 • “Made in 8” Competition, sponsored by THE Kitchen and the 8mm Video Council, NY
Public Collections
• Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
• Dallas Museum of Art
• J. Paul Getty Museum, L.A., CA
• Long Beach Museum of Art, CA
• The Museum of Modern Art, NY
• The Palace of Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA
• Whitney Museum of American Art, NY

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