pic Using images of architecture and landscape, Kim Beck makes drawings, paintings, prints, photographs, books, cutout sculptures and installations that survey peripheral and suburban spaces. Electrical transformers, cell towers, and billboards grow like invasive species. And invasive species, such as dandelions, pop up in photographs of lawns and installations using vinyl decals, stuck directly to walls and windows. These create mutated landscapes, alien-but-familiar spaces in a continuous state of flux. Her work urges a reconsideration of the built environment - the peculiar street signs, gas station banners, overgrown weeded lots, and self-storage buildings — bringing the banal and everyday into focus.

Kim Beck grew up in Colorado and currently lives in Pittsburgh. Her work has been shown on the High Line, at the Walker Art Center, Carnegie Museum of Art, Smack Mellon, Socrates Sculpture Park, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, the Warhol Museum, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Omi International Arts Center and is currently on view at 100 Acres: the Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. She has been a fellow at the MacDowell Colony, Art Omi, Yaddo, Marie Walsh Sharpe Space Program, International Studio & Curatorial Program, Cité Internationale des Arts, Vermont Studio Center, & VCCA and has received awards from ARS Electronica, Pollock-Krasner, Heinz Foundation, Thomas J. Watson Foundation and Printed Matter. Beck has an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and BA from Brandeis University. She is represented by Mixed Greens, NYC and Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia and is an Associate Professor of Art at Carnegie Mellon.

SOLO SHOWS
2015 One-Way Trail, Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum & San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio, TX
2014 Another Flock of Signs, Omi International Arts Center & Fields Sculpture Park, Ghent, NY
A Great Piece of Turf, Mixed Greens, New York, NY
A Flock of Signs (Book Launch + Installation), Printed Matter, New York, NY
DeTerritorialization, (2-person) University Art Gallery, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD
2013 NOTICE: A Flock of Signs, curated by Sarah Urist Green, 100 Acres at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN
2012 Built Futures, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2011 Space Available, curated by Lauren Ross, The High Line, New York, NY
Under Development, Mixed Greens, New York, NY
The Sky Is the Limit, NYC, The High Line, New York, NY
Blue Skies, Federal Street Railroad Project Space, Pittsburgh, PA
All Sales Final (Window Installation), Gridspace, Brooklyn, NY
2010 The Sky Is the Limit, Pittsburgh, PA
Everything Must Go!, Under New Management,Toronto, Ontario
2009 Everything Must Go! (Window Installation), Mixed Greens Gallery, New York, NY
Ownership Society, Julio Fine Arts Gallery, Loyola College, Baltimore, MD (catalog)
Everything Must Go!, Incident Report, Hudson, NY
Out, Moroso, New York, NY
Herbicidal Tendencies, Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
2008 they paved paradise, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Looked Overlooked, Artists Image Resource, Pittsburgh, PA
2007 A Field Guide to Weeds, Printed Matter, New York, NY
2006 Emerging Artist of the Year, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA (catalog)
Plot, Gardiner Art Gallery, Oklahoma State University, OK
2005 Lot, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Lot, Sonnenschein Gallery, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL
2004 Ideal City, Plane Space, New York, NY (catalog)
Night: Memphis, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art (Video Screening), Memphis, TN
2003 Climate Controlled, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY (catalog)
2002 Coordinates,ArtLab, Art Museum University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
Drive, Second Floor Contemporary, Memphis, TN
2001 New Developments, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY (catalog)
2000 Suburban Lights, Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI
1998 The Angel of History, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI
Wise Wicked Simple Naive, Market House Gallery, Providence, RI
GROUP SHOWS
2016 Monument to Cold War Victory, The Wende Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Repetition, Rhythm and Pattern, Space Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Yardscapes, curated by Danielle Krcmar, Highfield Hall and Gardens, Falmouth, MA
No Vacancy, The Mine Factory, Pittsburgh, PA
Posted Notes, Open Engagement, Pittsburgh, PA
2014 I-70 Sign Show, curated by Anne Thompson, I-70 between Kansas City & St. Louis, MO,
Monument to Cold War Victory, curated by Stamatina Gregory & Yevgeniy Feks, The Cooper Union, New York, NY
This is Not a Dream, American Jewish Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh Biennial, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
Kentucky Derby, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
Permanent Collection, Minneapolis Institute of Art, MN
Repetition, Rhythm and Pattern, TSA Gallery Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
Repetition, Rhythm and Pattern, Lewis Art Gallery, Millsaps College, Jackson, MS
Repetition, Rhythm and Pattern, Space for Art, San Diego, CA
Drawing Show, Artists Image Resource, Pittsburgh, PA
2013 Collective Future, Philbrook Museum, curated by Christina Burke, Lauren Ross & Catherine Whitney, Tulsa, OK
Green, Silver Eye Center for Photography, curated by Dylan Vitone, Pittsburgh, PA
Culture Cache, Joseph Gross Gallery, University of Arizona School of Art, Tucson, AZ
Crowdsourced,Space Gallery, curated by Robert Raczka, Pittsburgh, PA
Silhouette, curated by Bill Carroll, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
Dallas Art Fair, with Mixed Greens, Dallas, TX
Systems and ECO-nomies, Boston University, 808 Gallery, Boston, MA
  The Imperative of Teaching, Bergen Community College, Peramus, NJ
  SIX x ATE, 937 Liberty Ave, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh, PA
2012 Texas Contemporary Art Fair, with Mixed Greens, Houston, TX
Space Invaders: Inside & Out, curated by Karin Bravin, Lehman College, New York, NY
Twenty in 2012,Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Permanent Collection, curated by Edward del Rosario, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY
Bionic Garden, curated by Jean Barberis & Elizabeth Larison, Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY
Urban/Suburban, Islip Art Museum, curated by Karen Shaw, East Islip, NY
High/Low Density, Rowan University Art Gallery, Glassboro, NJ
2011 Pittsburgh Biennial: Gertrude's Lot, curated by Eric Shiner, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
The City of the Future, organized by Marshall Brown, Chicago Humanities Festival, Chicago, IL
Sculpture Exchange, Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA (catalog)
Sculpture Exchange, Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH (catalog)
FAX, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Boston, MA
The Bank and Trust Show, curated by Dara Meyers-Kingsley, The Arts Exchange, White Plains, NY
Opening Borders/Opening Objects, University of Western Ontario, CA
Drive By, PROJECT 4, Washington, DC
Impress(ed), Hunt Gallery at Webster University, St. Louis, MO
Neo-Nomads: What Travels with You, BRIC Contemporary Art, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Drawing Gifts: 7th Annual Benefit Auction,The Drawing Center, New York, NY
PULSE Miami, with Mixed Greens Gallery: New York, Miami, FL
Paper Politics: Exhibition of Socially Engaged Printmaking, Space Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Yet Another Roadside Attraction,The Billboard Project, Richmond, VA
Everything Must Go, Under New Management, Toronto, Ontario
The Page: Exhibition of Artists’ Books, LA Forum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Nice Place to Visit: Print & the Anxious Landscape, Hobart & William Smith College, Geneva, NY
The Page: Exhibition of Artists’ Books, Guggenheim Gallery at Chapman University, Orange, CA
2009 Sign of the Times, moniquemeloche, Chicago, IL
Learn to Read Art: A History of Printed Matter, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY
Prix Ars Electronica Exhibition, OK Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, Austria (catalog)
In Our Nature, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD (catalog)
Learn to Read Art: A History of Printed Matter, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany
Printed Matter.Learn to Read Art, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, León, Spain
Prints about Place, Baker Center for the Arts, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
Reanimation Library: Center City Branch, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes, Yale School of Architecture, New Haven, CT
The Kitchen Block Party, The Kitchen, New York, NY
Augére, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
Open Studios, The Space Program, Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, New York, NY
The Colors of the Week, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Data Panic, curated by Franklin Evans & Amanda Church, Cuchifritos, New York, NY,
The Armory Show with Socrates Sculpture Park, Pier 94, New York, NY
2008 Aqua Art Miami, with Pentimenti Gallery: Philadelphia, Miami, FL
Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY
Meet the Made, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA
8-Hour Project, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA
Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (catalog)
Manufactured Unreality: The Art of Collage, Francis M. Naumann Fine Art, New York, NY
Gangbusters, Plane Space, New York, NY
Shuffle, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN
Kentucky Derby, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
Are We There Yet?, Southern Graphics Conference, Virginia Commonwealth University, VA
2008 Biennial, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
2007 LA Live: Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, Scripps College, Claremont, CA
Cut, Copy, Fold, Artists Image Resource, Pittsburgh, PA
Being Open, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI
Arts at the Airport, Nashville International Airport, Nashville, TN
Kentucky Derby, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
2006 Aqua Art Miami, with Bank: Los Angeles, Miami, FL
Land Tracking Land, Rochester Contemporary, Rochester, NY (catalog)
Guide with Next Question, Kontekst Galeriya, Belgrade, Serbia
Site 92, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
The Armory Show, Pierogi 2000 Flat Files, New York, NY
2005 Skyline, Sherman Gallery, Boston University School of Visual Art, Boston, MA
...and everythings picking up speed..., Material Art Space, Memphis, TN
In Exchange, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Fifteen Paces, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
2004 Drawing, Plane Space, New York, NY
SElections, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
2003 MAX 2003, curated by Beth Venn, Art Museum University of Memphis, TN (catalog)
Photo Album, Bradbury Gallery, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR (catalog)
2002 Mentor, Annex Gallery, Houston, TX
Switchyard, Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN
2001 Open Source, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China (catalog)
Open Studios, International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York, NY
CIT ’01 Digital Media, SUNY Geneseo Gallery, Purchase, NY
Media/Matrix, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
2000 Bon á Tirer, George Sherman Gallery, Boston, MA
1999 New England Printmaking, Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA
MFA Thesis, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI
Works on Paper, Elam School of Art, Auckland, New Zealand
1998 Works on Paper, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI
1997 One-Minute-Limit Video Show, Market House, Providence, RI
Movimiento Artistico del Rio Salado, Phoenix, AZ
1996 Recent Acquisitions, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2015 Open Engagement, Frank-Ratchye Fund for Arts @ the Frontier, Studio for Creative Inquiry, Carnegie Mellon, PA
2014 Cannonball, Visiting Residency Program, Miami, FL
Frank-Ratchye Fund for Arts @ the Frontier, Studio for Creative Inquiry, Carnegie Mellon, PA
2013 Art Omi International Artist Residency, Ghent, NY
  Visual Artist Fellowship, Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
  Creative Development Grant, The Heinz Endowments and The Pittsburgh Foundation
  Berkman Development Grant, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
CSA: Commissioned Edition Program, Pittsburgh, PA
2012 Helsinki International Artist Programme & Tokamak, Suomenlinna, Finland
Artist-in-Residence, Reanimation Library, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Sprout Downtown Public Art Finalist with Brett Yasko, Pittsburgh, PA
Visual Artist Fellowship, Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
The Studio for Creative Inquiry, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Smack Mellon, Hot Picks 2011, Brooklyn, NY
2010 MacDowell Colony Fellowship, Peterborough, NH
Seed Grant from the Sprout Fund, Pittsburgh, PA
The Pittsburgh Foundation Project Support, Pittsburgh, PA
Three Rivers Arts Festival of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh, PA
2009 Prix Ars Electronica, Award of Distinction in Interactive Arts, Linz, Austria
2008 The Space Program, The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, New York, NY
Emerging Artist Fellowship Program, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY
Visual Artist Fellowship, Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
  Berkman Development Grant, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
2007 Publishing Program for Emerging Artists, Printed Matter, New York, NY
Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership Project with Heinz Endowment Grant, Pittsburgh PA
2006 Heinz Endowment, Creative Heights Production Grant, Pittsburgh, PA
Berkman Development Grant, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Emerging Artist of the Year, Pittsburgh Center for the Art, Pittsburgh, PA
2005 Heinz Endowment Grant, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
Center for the Arts in Society Project Grant, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
2004 Artist-in-Residence, Plane Space, New York, NY
2003 Cité Internationale des Arts Residency, Paris, France
  Faculty Enrichment Grant, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
2002 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, NY
Full Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Professional Artist Support Grant, Tennessee Arts Commission, Nashville, TN
2001  International Studio & Curatorial Program, NYSCA Grant, New York, NY
1999 RISD Award of Excellence in Printmaking, Providence, RI
RISD Graduate Studies Award, Providence, RI
1998 Leopold Schepp Scholarship, New York, NY
1993 Artist-in-Residence, College of Fine Arts, Sydney, Australia
1992 Thomas J. Watson Fellowship: Travel Award, “Process & Product in Art: Europe, Australia & Japan”, New York, NY
VIEWING PROGRAMS
Artist Pension Trust, New York
Pierogi 2000 Flat Files
White Columns Curated Artist Registry
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Philbrook Museum of Art
Carnegie Museum of Art
Agnes Gund Collection
Denver Art Museum
Northern Territory Museum, Australia
City of Memphis
City of Pittsburgh
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
The Capitol Group, Los Angeles
Charlotte R. Bloomberg Children's Center at Johns Hopkins Hospital
COMMISSIONS
Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum, One-Way Trail, curated by Mary Heathcott, 2015
City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, Restored Spaces, Wildish, Philadelphia, PA, curated by Shari Hersh, 2015-2016
Omi International Arts Center & Fields Sculpture Park, Another Flock of Signs , Ghent, NY, curated by Nicole Hayes, 2014
Indianapolis Museum of Art for 100 Acres: The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park, NOTICE: A Flock of Signs, curated by Sarah Urist Green with Lisa Freiman, 2013
Alexander Hotel, curated by Veronica Roberts & Lisa Freiman, the Indianapolis Museum of Art, 2012
The Friends of the High Line: Space Available, NYC & The Sky Is the Limit, curated by Lauren Ross, 2011
Routledge Press, Public Art Dialogue. Artist Project: "Landscape with Ruins," Vol 1 #2, Fall 2011
HarperCollins, National Poetry Series Award, Ideal Cities. Cover & interior images / Poetry by Erika Meitner, 2010
Moroso, Outdoor: ICFF, Installation and Catalog, 2009-2010
Office of Public Art & City of Pittsburgh, Zone 3 Police Station, 2009
Aufgabe: Journal of Poetry. Cover & interior images / Issue #8, Litmus Press, 2009
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Space Available, 2008
Moroso, Salone Internazionale del Mobil, Milan, Italy, 2008
Printed Matter, A Field Guide to Weeds, 2007
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CATALOG / BOOK ESSAYS
On the High Line: Exploring America's Most Original Urban Park by Annik La Farge. Thames & Hudson: London, 2012
High Line: The Inside Story of New York City's Park in the Sky by Joshua David & Robert Hammond. Farrar, Straus and Giroux: New York, 2011
Prix Ars Electronica, CyberArts by Hannes Leopoldseder, Christine Schopf, Gerfried Stocker. Hatje Cantz: Austria, 2009
The Network for Art Technology and Society: The First 30 Years by Leopoldseder, Schopf, Stocker. Hatje Cantz: Austria, 2009
Julio Fine Arts Gallery, Loyola College. Kim Beck and the New Disownership Society, by Heather Pesanti, Baltimore, 2009
Manufractured: The Conspicuous Transformation of Everyday Objects by Steven Skov Holt & Mara Holt Skov. Chronicle Books, 2008
Walker Art Center. Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes by Andrew Blauvelt, Minneapolis, MN, 2008
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. Finding "Other Spaces" by Heather Pesanti, Pittsburgh, PA, 2006
Plane Space. Ideal City by Chad MacDermid and Bryson Brodie, New York, NY, 2004
Art Museum at University of Memphis. MAX by Beth Venn, Memphis, TN, 2003
Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center. Climate Controlled by John Massier, Buffalo, NY, 2003
Bradbury Gallery, Arkansas State University. Photo Album by Les Christensen, Jonesboro, AR, 2003
Central Academy of Fine Arts, Open Source by Gerar Edizel, Beijing, China, 2001
CEPA Gallery, New Developments by Anne Ellegood, Buffalo, NY, 2001
PUBLICATIONS AS AUTHOR
“Open Engagement: Place and Revolution," Temporary Art Review (blog), May 6, 2015
“Voyage of the Chelyuskin Club: A Conversation with Emily Newman,” Temporary Art Review (blog), June 13, 2013
“Molleindustria: An Interview with Paolo Pedercini,” Temporary Art Review (blog), June 11, 2013
“Jeremy Boyle & Mark Franchino at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts,” Temporary Art Review (blog), February 4, 2013
“SIX X ATE: Interview with Casey Droege,” Temporary Art Review (blog), January 23, 2013
“Situating Sculpture in the Urban Landscape,” with Lauren Ross, Public Art Dialogue. Volume 1, Issue 2. London: Routledge Press, Fall 2011
“Cut, Copy, Fold,” catalog essay for exhibition at Artists Image Resource, Pittsburgh, PA, Fall 2007
“Not Exactly,” catalog essay for exhibition at Delta Axis @ Marshall Arts, Memphis, TN, Fall 2003
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2015 Paper Route 66, with Amanda Donnan, BravinLee Programs, New York, NY
2012 Jessica Langely & Tree, House Show, Pittsburgh, PA
2007 Cut, Copy, Fold, Artists Image Resource, Pittsburgh, PA, catalog
Phantasm Redux, Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership, Pittsburgh, PA
2003 Not Exactly, Delta Axis @ Marshall Arts, Memphis, TN, catalog
Contemporary Video, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN
LECTURES / VISITING ARTIST
2014 Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK
2013 Interdisciplinary Studies course presentation, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
INconversation with Lisa Freiman, Indianapolis Humanities Council, IN
Carnegie International Satellite Space, Apartment Talks (with CSA), Pittsburgh, PA
2012 "Image & Text," class presentation, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
International Center for Photography, New York, NY
Tokamak, HIAP, Helsinki, Finland
John M. Anderson Lecture Series, Penn State School of Visual Arts, State College, PA
2011 TEDxEAST, New York, NY
MFASO, Hunter College, New York, NY
Electronic and Time-Based Art Lecture Series, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Fine Arts Student Alliance, Concordia University Fine Arts in Montréal, Quebec
Print media class presentation, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
2010 Carnegie Mellon School of Art Lecture Series, Pittsburgh, PA
2009 Marie Walsh Sharpe Studio Tour, School of Visual Arts, NYC
Ars Electronica, Prix Forum II: Interactive Art, Linz, Austria
Artists Opportunity Workshop, Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY
New York Public Library, Mid-Manhattan, NY
Foundations course presentation & critiques, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2008 University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
2007 MFA class presentation & critiques, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2006 Artists Tour, Frick Art & Historical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Outside Project, Faculty of Fine Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
Open Session: Painting, College Art Association, Boston, MA
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
2005 Scripps College, Los Angeles, CA
School of Art, Boston University, Boston, MA
Art & Techology Symposium, FedEx Institute, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
Simmons College, Boston, MA
Lake Forest College, Chicago, IL
2004 Cité International des Arts Tour, Parsons School of Design, Paris
Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Appointments
2007-present Associate Professor, School of Art, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
2004-07 Assistant Professor, School of Art, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
2002-04 Assistant Professor & Coordinator of Graduate Studies, Memphis College of Art, TN
2000-01 Visiting Assistant Professor of Print Media, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
EDUCATION
1999 Rhode Island School of Design, MFA, Painting / Printmaking
1992 Brandeis University, BA, Visual Arts-Studio and Theatre Arts
1991 Yale University Summer School of Art at Norfolk
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