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Michele Beck
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New York
New York
USA
Contact Type: Artist
web: http://mysite.verizon.net/speaking/
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Bio:

Michele Beck is a multidisciplinary artist working with video, sound, performance and sculpture. She completed her Bachelors in Art History at New York University and Masters of Fine Arts in Sculpture at Parsons School of Design. Michele teaches at the New School University and the International Center for Photography in New York City. Her essays, focusing on cultural critiques and art pedagogy, have been published in NY Arts, Surveillance and Society in the U.K and Ideologica Ádhuc in Reus, Spain. Michele is a two-time recipient of a Special Opportunity Stipend from the New York Foundation for the Arts as well as a recipient of the Manhattan Community Arts Fund Grant from the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs. She was awarded two residencies at Yaddo in Saratoga Springs, NY in 2004.


Filmography/Awards Info:

Exhibitions

2004
Whirlwind White, ARC Gallery Media Room, Chicago, IL (solo exhibition)
Video X, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY
Contemporneity, Kyrgyz Republic. Curated by Leeza Ahmady
Video Salon, Alternator Gallery of Contemporary Art, Kelowna, Canada

2003
Randall’s Tunnel, HEREart, NY (solo project sponsored by Dept of Cultural Affairs & NYFA)
Biennale de L ’Image en Mouvement, Centre pour L’image Contemporaine, Geneva
Single Channel, Blaffer Gallery, The Art Museum at the University of Texas Museum, Texas
SELF/PROJECTED, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
Immedia 2003, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

2002
Multiplex, Galerie Chez Valentin, Paris, France
Kinda Figurative, HEREart, NY, NY
Zwishenraum vol. II, Satellite Project Space, LIC, NY

2001
Zwishenraum, Satellite Project Space, LIC, NY
Shelters for Women, Sofia Municipal Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
BOX, Villa Julie College Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Reaching the Heights, Columbia Medical Center, NY, NY

2000
Exchange: An Evening of Performance, 16 Beaver Group, NY, NY
Snapshot, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD
Bulgaria, NY, Elizabeth Foundation, NY, NY (funded by The Trust for Mutual Understanding)

1999
XMAS, Kent gallery, New York, NY

1998
Reading Between the Lines, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Room, Bazar Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Creació Jove Mercé '98, La Capella de la Santa Creu, Barcelona, Spain

1997
Making Light, 57 Hope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Carving the Forces of Change, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL

1995
Copyright Island, Bilbao River, Portugalete, Spain
Sink, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
Drawings in Progress, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY

1994
Annual Exhibition, Sculpture Center, New York, NY
Emerging Berkshire Artists, Image Gallery, Stockbridge, MA

Screenings

2005
The Videodrome, Marseilles, France
Fake Snow, Magic Lantern Theatre, Providence, RI

2004
Angle International Film & Video Festival, Xiamen, China
Inport Video- Performance Festival, Tallinn, Estonia
Festival Images Contre Nature, Cedex, France
Fine Arts Theatre, Asheville, NC
Hidden Camera, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth, England
CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY.
Drift, aRaMoNa Gallery, NY, NY.
Whiz Bang, New York, NY. Curated by Meg Shiffler
LABoratory Exhibition of Experimental Film & Video, Salt Lake City, Utah

2003
DUMBO Film Festival, Brooklyn, NY
backup2003_festival.new media in film, Weimar, Germany
New Filmmakers, Anthology Film Archives, New York, New York
Experimental Video selected by the Video Data Bank, Sofia, Bulgaria
Rencontre Internationales Paris/Berlin
New Forms Festival, Montreal, Canada
Antimatter Festival, Victoria, BC, Canada
Bridge Magazine, Artists DVD Project
Detroit International Film Festival, Museum of New Art, Detroit, MI- “Best of Show”
Vertical Video, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Spark Video, Beacon, NY
Love and Other Difficulties, Rio Theatre, Santa Cruz, CA, Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Firestation #3,
Houston, TX, Cinema Obscura, Santa Barbara, CA
Visual Affect, Remote Lounge, NY, NY. Curated by Susan Joyce
Art in General Video Marathon, Art in General, NY, NY

2002
Digital Showcase, Institute of Contemporary Art, London, England
Z Film Festival, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
Media[less]Medium, Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
Spark Video International, Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse, NY
Mash Bash Video, Bcat-TV, Brooklyn, NY
LA Freewaves Los Angeles, CA
MediaArt Friesland, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
Video-Zone, International Video Art Biennial TA Cinematheque, Israel
Photophobia, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Canada
Tagawa International Short Film Festival, Japan
Video 825, Gallery 825/LAAA, Los Angeles, CA
Independent Exposure June 2002, Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Experimental Show, Hotel Astor, South Beach, Fla.
Screeners Club, Level X, Brooklyn, NY
Nomad Video Film Festival, Fine Arts Cinema, Berkley, CA
Music Video, Coolidge Center Theatre, Brookline, MA
HiLow Film Festival, Victoria Theater, San Francisco, CA
The Best of Z Fest. 21 Grand, Oakland, Califonia
Tratado de Libre Video, Centro Multimedia, Mexico City, Mexico
Art in General Video Marathon, Art in General, NY, NY
2001 Festival des Cinémas Différents, Paris, France
Z Film Festival, Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, IL.
backup2001_festival.new media in film, Weimar, Germany
Kassler Dokumentarfilm und Videofest, Kassel, Germany
Leeds International Film Festival, Millennium Square, Leeds, UK
EATOMSK, Toynbee Studios, London, UK
Video Catalyst, Bronx Museum of Art, NY, NY
Fully Human, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY
Open Zone 6, Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
The 2:30 Show, Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore, MD
Expanded Media: (VIDEACY), Side Street Live, Los Angeles, CA

2000
Vancouver Underground Film Festival, BC Canada
Axelgrease, Squeaky Wheel Cable Access, Buffalo, NY
Wigged.net, http://www.wigged.net

1998
Festival Internacional de Video de Canarias, Palma de Gran Canarias, Spain
BTV (Barcelona Televisión), Barcelona, Spain
Escape, Sala Amárica, Vitoria, Spain
Catacomb Micromedia, Winnepeg Manitoba, Canada
Soros Center for Contemporary Art, Republic of Macedonia
Kicking the Machine, Project 304, Bangkok, Thailand

1997
Artists Television Access, San Francisco, CA
Independent Exposure, Seattle, WA
The Sync, http://www.thesync.com/indexposure/arch1.html
Talking Crazy Talk, Knitting Factory Video Lounge, New York, NY
Museum of Modern Art/ Franklin Furnace Artist Book Collection



Distinctions

2004
Residency at Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York -July - August
Residency at Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York - January

2003
Special Opportunity Stipend Grant, New York Foundation for the Arts
Manhattan Community Arts Fund Grant administered by the LMCC
Special Opportunity Stipend Grant, New York Foundation for the Arts
Performance: The Art of Daily Life, Public talk/performance, Columbia Medical Center, NY

1998
Residency at ARTELEKU, San Sebastian, Spain.
Lecture on the work of Valie Export at the Fundació La Caixa, Barcelona, Spain.
Artist Lecture at the Winchester School of Art, Barcelona, Spain.
Panel speaker on women's creative process. Women's Caucus for the Arts, Philadelphia, PA.

Bibliography

Voice Choices, The Village Voice, Kim Levin, Oct 29- Nov 4, 2003
"Love and Other Difficulties", Eric Campos, Film Threat, Feb 13, 2003
"Video Voyage", The Boston Globe, March 28, 2002
"Res Reports: Videacy and adHocArts.org" Res Magazine, July 19, 2001
"The Real Thing: Michele Beck & Adelina Popnedeleva", Fair Play, April 2000
Review: Bulgaria, NY, Novoye Russkoye Slovo, November 10, 2000
"Art on the Margins", Review: The Critical State of Visual Art in NY, June 1997
"Something Big: Sculptor Michele Beck talks about her work" The Women's Times, Jan/Feb 1994



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