Artist Bernie Beckman's Resume

Bernie Beckman,  34 Brighton Road, Wellington, ME 04942  Barnyard@tdstelme.net

Art Education
1957-1959 Ringling School of Art, Sarasota, FL
1959-1961 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1964-1966 Apprenticed with Karl Knaths of Provincetown, MA
1968-69 and 1969-70 Received work/study grant to paint independently at the Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA

Juried Exhibitions
1962 National Print and Drawing show, Macon, GA
1962 Art Institute of Chicago Print and Drawing show
1963 Chicago and Vicinity Annual Painting and Sculpture Show, The Art Institute of Chicago, Paulyne Palmer Prize
1964 Art Institute of Chicago Print and Drawing show
1965 Chicago and Vicinity Annual Painting and Sculpture Show, The Art Institute of Chicago, Pauline Palmer prize
1971 & 1973 Provincetown Art Association, Provincetown, MA.
1973 Provincetown Art Association, Former FAWC Fellows 
1983 Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, ME
1984 Maine Art Today, Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, ME
1990 The Next Generation, Maine State Society Foundation, Washington, DC 
1990 Skowhegan Area Artists, at Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, ME & The University of Maine at Farmington
1992 Watercolor USA, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
2000 Chocolate Church Art Center, Bath, ME
2005 36th Annual Waterville Intown Arts Fest, The Morning  Sentinel Award
2006 37th Annual Waterville Intown Arts Fest, 1st place , Watercolor Division

Gallery Showings Include:
1970 - 1975 Provincetown Group Gallery, Provincetown, MA
1983 - 1986 Frost Gully Gallery, Portland, ME
1984 Bookspace Gallery, Printers Row, Chicago, IL - Paintings, Prints, Set Designs and Book Illustrations for the Book and Film "Caligari's Cure" (Film Later shown at Whitney Museum of Art, NYC)
1987 - 1989 June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, ME
1989 Union Of Maine Visual Artists, East End Gallery, Portland, ME
1990 Union Of Maine Visual Artists, Ogunquit Art Center, Ogunquit, ME
1992 Metal Works Gallery, Metal on paper, 2340 N. Lister, Chicago, IL
2001 Significant/Signifiers, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL
2005 Metal Works Gallery, Baseball Show, 2340 N. Lister, Chicago, IL
2007 Central Maine Gallery, Skowhegan ME, Australian Paintings in "Bottom Feeder" show with sculptor Wally Warren

One Person Shows
1966 Ripa College, Saint Louis , MO
1977 Arts For Living Center, Burlington, IA
1982 Thomas College, Waterville, ME
1986 At The Offices of The Attorney General, State Office Building, Augusta, ME
2006 Arts for Living Center, Burlington, IA, Retrospective "Five Decades of Painting" 

Public Collection
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown MA
Gift from the estate of Carrie Seaman, 1990.

©2003-2013
 Bernie Beckman
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