Mark Beck

<BODY bgcolor="#cccc66"> <TABLE width="100%" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="5"> <tr> <td colspan="4" width="670"><img src="images/clear.gif" height="1" width="670"></td> <TD> </TD> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="center" width="120"><img src="images/clear.gif" width="120" height="1"></td> <td rowspan="3" align="center"valign="top" width="20"> <img src="images/clear.gif" width="20" height="7"><BR> <img src="images/dkred.gif" width="2" height="2071"><BR> <img src="images/clear.gif" width="20" height="1"> </td> <td valign="top" colspan="2" width="500"><img src="images/markbeck.gif" width="190" height="40" alt="Mark Beck"><BR> <span class="head02">Biography</span><BR> </td> <td width="800"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top" width="120"><script language="JavaScript" src="scripts/sidelinks.js"></script></td> <td valign="top" colspan="2" class="bio">  <TABLE class="painting" width="500" height="1900" align="left" border="0" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="2"> <TR> <TD colspan="4"><img src="images/clear.gif" width="500" height="1"></TD> </TR> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <TD rowspan="64" width="1" height="1800"><img src="images/clear.gif" width="1" height="1800"></TD> <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="top">  </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="top"><B>CURRENT REPRESENTATION</B> </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="top">  </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="top">CLINE FINE ART, Scottsdale, Arizona (2005...)  <span class="small">(view <a href="http://www.clinefineart.com" target="repPage"><B><U>website</U></B> )</span></a><BR> J. CACCIOLA GALLERIES, New York, New York (1997 to present)  <span class="small">(view <a href="http://www.jcacciolagallery.com" target="repPage"><B><U>website</U></B> )</span></a><BR> PETER BLAKE GALLERY, Laguna Beach, California (1993 to present)<BR> VAULT GALLERY, Cambria, California (1993 to present)  <span class="small">(view <a href="http://www.vaultgallery.com" target="repPage"><B><U>website</U></B> )</span></a> </td> </tr> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="top">  </td> </tr> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="top">  </td> </tr> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="top"><B>SOLO EXHIBITIONS</B> </td> </tr> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="top">  </td> </tr> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td align="right" valign="top" width="25">2005 </td> <td valign="top" width="10"><img src="images/clear.gif" width="10" height="1"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> Cline Fine Art (April 7 - May 7) </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td align="right" valign="top" width="25">2004 </td> <td valign="top" width="10"><img src="images/clear.gif" width="10" height="1"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> J. Cacciola Galleries<BR> Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA<BR> Vault Gallery<BR> Peter Blake Gallery </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td align="right" valign="top" width="25">2003 </td> <td valign="top" width="10"><img src="images/clear.gif" width="10" height="1"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> J. Cacciola Galleries<BR> Peter Blake Gallery </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td align="right" valign="top" width="25">2002 </td> <td valign="top" width="10">  </td> <td align="left" valign="top">Peter Blake Gallery<BR> Vault Gallery </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td align="right" valign="top" width="25">2001 </td> <td valign="top" width="10">  </td> <td align="left" valign="top">Peter Blake Gallery </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td align="right" valign="top" width="25">2000 </td> <td valign="top" width="10">  </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> Vault Gallery<BR> Peter Blake Gallery </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td align="right" valign="top" width="25">1999 </td> <td valign="top" width="10">  </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> J. Cacciola Galleries<BR> Peter Blake Gallery<BR> Vault Gallery </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td align="right" valign="top" width="25">  </td> <td valign="top" width="10">  </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> The Arts Fund Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, Solo Exhibit and $3,000 First Place Award in Painting. </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td align="right" valign="top" width="25">1998 </td> <td valign="top" width="10">  </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> Peter Blake Gallery<BR> J. Cacciola Galleries </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td align="right" valign="top" width="25">1997 </td> <td valign="top" width="10">  </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> J. Cacciola Galleries<BR> Peter Blake Gallery<BR> Vault Gallery </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td align="right" valign="top" width="25">1996 </td> <td valign="top" width="10">  </td> <td align="left" valign="top">Mendenhall Gallery - Pasadena, California </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td align="right" valign="top" width="25">1995 </td> <td valign="top" width="10">  </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> Mendenhall Gallery<BR> Vault Gallery </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td align="right" valign="top" width="25">1994 </td> <td valign="top" width="10">  </td> <td align="left" valign="top">Mendenhall Gallery </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td align="right" valign="top" width="25">1993 </td> <td valign="top" width="10">  </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> Mendenhall Gallery<BR> Gallery Hanku, Osaka Japan<BR> Just Looking Gallery, San Luis Obispo, California </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td align="right" valign="top" width="25">1992 </td> <td valign="top" width="10">  </td> <td align="left" valign="top">Diane Nelson Gallery, Laguna Beach, California </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td align="right" valign="top" width="25">1991 </td> <td valign="top" width="10">  </td> <td align="left" valign="top">Diane Nelson Gallery </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td align="right" valign="top" width="25">1990 </td> <td valign="top" width="10">  </td> <td align="left" valign="top">Diane Nelson Gallery<BR> </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td align="right" valign="top" width="25">  </td> <td valign="top" width="10">  </td> <td align="left" valign="top">California State University, Julian A. McPhee Gallery,<BR> San Luis Obispo, California </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="top">  </td> </tr> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="top"><B>GROUP SHOWS</B> </td> </tr> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="top">  </td> </tr> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td align="right" valign="top" width="25">2004 </td> <td valign="top" width="10"><img src="images/clear.gif" width="10" height="1"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> Chicago Art at the Navy Pier </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td align="right" valign="top" width="25">2003 </td> <td valign="top" width="10"><img src="images/clear.gif" width="10" height="1"> </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> Millicent Rogers Museum, 14th Annual Juried Portrait Show, Taos, NM </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td align="right" valign="top" width="25">2003 </td> <td valign="top" width="10">  </td> <td align="left" valign="top">Albuquerque Museum's 11th Annual "Albuquerque Contemporary" </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td align="right" valign="top" width="25">2003 </td> <td valign="top" width="10">  </td> <td align="left" valign="top">J. Cacciola Galleries<BR> Peter Blake Gallery 10th Anniversary Show<BR> Vault Gallery </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td align="right" valign="top" width="25">2002 </td> <td valign="top" width="10">  </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> J. Cacciola Galleries<BR> Peter Blake Gallery<BR> Vault Gallery </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td align="right" valign="top" width="25">1999 </td> <td valign="top" width="10">  </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA.<BR> J. Cacciola Galleries<BR> Peter Blake Gallery<BR> Vault Gallery </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td align="right" valign="top" width="25">1997 </td> <td valign="top" width="10">  </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> Santa Barbara Printmakers Association - Juried Show, Honorable Mention. </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td align="right" valign="top" width="25">1996 </td> <td valign="top" width="10">  </td> <td align="left" valign="top">Pasadena Twin Palms Gallery, California,"The Pasadena Bridge" Show </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td align="right" valign="top" width="25">1994 </td> <td valign="top" width="10">  </td> <td align="left" valign="top">Diane Nelson Gallery "Three California Realists"<BR> LA Art EXPO </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td align="right" valign="top" width="25">1993 </td> <td valign="top" width="10">  </td> <td align="left" valign="top"> Chicago Art at the Navy Pier<BR> LA Art EXPO </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td align="right" valign="top" width="25">1992 </td> <td valign="top" width="10">  </td> <td align="left" valign="top">Tokyo International Art Show, Tokyo </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td align="right" valign="top" width="25">1990 </td> <td valign="top" width="10">  </td> <td align="left" valign="top">Diane Nelson Gallery <BR> </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="top">  </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="top"><B>PUBLICATIONS</B> </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="top"><span class="publication">Crosswinds Weekly</span>, Albuquerque, NM. August 14, 2003, pg. 26, Art Scene review by L. Polisar. </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="top"><span class="publication">Albuquerque Journal</span>, August 17, 2003, page F6, Art Review by Wesley Pulkka. </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="top"><span class="publication">Albuquerque Alibi</span>, August 21, 2003, pg. 25, Art Review by Steven Robert Allen. </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="top"><span class="publication">Southwest Art Magazine</span> - Named "Top Contemporary Realist" with feature article, March 2001. </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="top"><span class="publication">Metropolitan Home Magazine</span> - Della Robia Italia, ad campaign, May 2002, May 2003, Issues. Featured painting: "Industrial Building." </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="top"><span class="publication">Coast Magazine</span>, cover, May 1999 Issue. Featured painting: "House by the Sea." </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="top"><span class="publication">Los Angeles Times (with TV series NYPD Blue)</span> December 8, 1997. Interview with Director Paris Barclay. Barclay requested permission to film a painting he owns of Beck's for his TV series finale and was photographed with this painting for the LA Times interview. Featured painting: "Remote Facility." </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="top"><span class="publication">Pasadena Magazine</span>, cover, Winter 1996 Issue and Art Review of Twin Palms show, Pasadena Bridge. Painting: "Contemplating Suicide Bridge." </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="top"><span class="publication">Orange County Magazine</span> - June 1992 issue. Feature article "Spectacular Homes of Orange County," Painting: "Industrial Building." </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="top">  </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="top"><B>AWARDS</B> </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="top">First Place, Painting, Santa Barbara Arts Fund Individual Artists Award, juried competition,1999 </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="top">Honorable Mention, Santa Barbara Printmakers Association Juried Competition, 1997. </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="top">First Place, Painting, Bank of America Achievement Award, 1974. </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="top">  </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="top"><B>EDUCATION/EMPLOYMENT</B> </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="top">Painting Instructor & Mural Crew Leader<BR> UCLA's California Arts Reach Program - California Men's Colony, San Luis Obispo, CA., 1987- 1990. </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="top">Lead, Mural Production<BR> Bowman and Associates, San Luis Obispo, CA., 1990. </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="top">Portland School of Art, Portland, Maine, 1983-84 </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="top">  </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="top">  </td> </tr> <tr align="right" valign="top"> <td class="small" colspan="3" align="right" valign="top">>> <a href="pfv/biography.shtml" target="extpage">printer-friendly version</a> </td> </tr> </table>  </td> <td align="left" width="*"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="center" width="150"> </td> <td align="center" colspan="2"> <BR> <script language="JavaScript" src="scripts/links.js"></script></td> <TD></TD> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5"><img src="images/clear.gif" height="20"></td> </tr> </table> <P>Website design by <a href="http://www.hamiltrowebsitedesign.com" target="hamiltroPage" title="hamiltro website design"><B>hamiltro</B></a></P> </BODY>