ABRIDGED RESUME
MARY ANN BECKER
EDUCATION:
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, MFA, December, 1979
Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, BFA, May, 1977
AWARDS:
Emerging Artist Grant, Arts Council of Hillsborough County, November 22, 1991- September 15, 1992
Honorable Mention, Florida Individual Artist Fellowship Award, 1996-1997
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Published in Catalog, THE FLORIDA NATIONAL 1994 COMBINED TALENTS, p.10.
Published in Catalog, 1995 ORLANDO MUSEUM OF ART BIENNIAL JURIED EXHIBITION, inside left fold.
Published in Catalog, FEATURING FLORIDA, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 5/24/96-9/1/96, p.3.
Published in Magazine, SARASOTA ARTS REVIEW, Vol. 7 #10 July 1996, p.9 & 11.
Published in Newspaper, ST. PETE TIMES, St. Petersburg, Fl. “Art Beat” “Florida Individual Artist Fellowship Awards”, August, 16, 1996, p.26.
Published in Catalog, LUMINOUS CODE, Sponsored by Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, Texas; TFAA’s ART ON TOUR (Statewide tour through December 1999), Essay by Jennifer Blessing, Associate Curator, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY; p.7 and p.18
Published in Catalog, A VISUAL DIARY: A Photographic Installation by Mary Ann Becker, Sponsored by Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL (March16-May 19, 2002), Essays by Daniel E. Stetson and Todd Behrens, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
FILM CREDITS:
“a biography of lilith”, 1997, by Lynne Sachs; cinematographer, provided 16mm film footage
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
"Copy Art Show", Hansen Galleries, 70-72 Wooster Street, New York, N.Y., Oct. 4-Oct. 22, 1978.
JURIED MEMBERS SHOW", Juried by Robert Stackhouse, Florida Center For Contemporary Art, Tampa, Fl.; September 6-October 18, 1991.
"Point and Shoot", Photos From A Disposable Camera, Juried, UC Centre Gallery, USF, Tampa, Fl.; October 7-25, 1991.
"Florida National 1994”, FSU Gallery & Museum, Tallahassee, Fl., February 4-27, 1994.
“1995 Orlando Museum of Art Biennial Juried Exhibition”, Juried by Donna Harkavy, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Fl., January 15-February 19, 1995.
“Featuring Florida”, Juried by Thomas W. Sokolowski, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, West Galleries, Sarasota Fl., May 24-September 1, 1996.
“The Art of Photography”, Juried by Alison Nordstrom, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Fl., October 18-November 30, 1996.
“International Photography and Digital Image Exhibition”, Juried by Olivia Parker, Jenkins Fine Arts Center, Wellington B. Gray Art Gallery, Greenville, NC, February 10-March 4, 1997.
“Luminous Code: Photo-Based Artworks”, Texas Fine Art Association, Austin TX (and statewide tour), Juried by Jennifer Blessing, Assoc. Curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Spring 1998 – Fall 1999.
“LaGrange National Biennial”, Juried by Siri J. Engberg, ; Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange, GA, April 4-May 9, 1998.
"A Visual Diary: A Photographic Installation by Mary Ann Becker", Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL, March 16-May 19, 2002.
“Joyce Elaine Grant Photography Exhibition”, at Texas Woman’s University, Visual Arts Department Fine Arts Gallery, 1200 Frame Street, Denton, TX, juried by Katherine Ware, Curator of Photographs at the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Alfred Stieglitz Center for Photography, January 23 – February 16, 2007
MARY ANN BECKER
EDUCATION:
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, MFA, December, 1979
Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, BFA, May, 1977
AWARDS:
Emerging Artist Grant, Arts Council of Hillsborough County, November 22, 1991- September 15, 1992
Honorable Mention, Florida Individual Artist Fellowship Award, 1996-1997
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Published in Catalog, THE FLORIDA NATIONAL 1994 COMBINED TALENTS, p.10.
Published in Catalog, 1995 ORLANDO MUSEUM OF ART BIENNIAL JURIED EXHIBITION, inside left fold.
Published in Catalog, FEATURING FLORIDA, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 5/24/96-9/1/96, p.3.
Published in Magazine, SARASOTA ARTS REVIEW, Vol. 7 #10 July 1996, p.9 & 11.
Published in Newspaper, ST. PETE TIMES, St. Petersburg, Fl. “Art Beat” “Florida Individual Artist Fellowship Awards”, August, 16, 1996, p.26.
Published in Catalog, LUMINOUS CODE, Sponsored by Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, Texas; TFAA’s ART ON TOUR (Statewide tour through December 1999), Essay by Jennifer Blessing, Associate Curator, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY; p.7 and p.18
Published in Catalog, A VISUAL DIARY: A Photographic Installation by Mary Ann Becker, Sponsored by Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL (March16-May 19, 2002), Essays by Daniel E. Stetson and Todd Behrens, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
FILM CREDITS:
“a biography of lilith”, 1997, by Lynne Sachs; cinematographer, provided 16mm film footage
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
"Copy Art Show", Hansen Galleries, 70-72 Wooster Street, New York, N.Y., Oct. 4-Oct. 22, 1978.
JURIED MEMBERS SHOW", Juried by Robert Stackhouse, Florida Center For Contemporary Art, Tampa, Fl.; September 6-October 18, 1991.
"Point and Shoot", Photos From A Disposable Camera, Juried, UC Centre Gallery, USF, Tampa, Fl.; October 7-25, 1991.
"Florida National 1994”, FSU Gallery & Museum, Tallahassee, Fl., February 4-27, 1994.
“1995 Orlando Museum of Art Biennial Juried Exhibition”, Juried by Donna Harkavy, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Fl., January 15-February 19, 1995.
“Featuring Florida”, Juried by Thomas W. Sokolowski, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, West Galleries, Sarasota Fl., May 24-September 1, 1996.
“The Art of Photography”, Juried by Alison Nordstrom, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Fl., October 18-November 30, 1996.
“International Photography and Digital Image Exhibition”, Juried by Olivia Parker, Jenkins Fine Arts Center, Wellington B. Gray Art Gallery, Greenville, NC, February 10-March 4, 1997.
“Luminous Code: Photo-Based Artworks”, Texas Fine Art Association, Austin TX (and statewide tour), Juried by Jennifer Blessing, Assoc. Curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Spring 1998 – Fall 1999.
“LaGrange National Biennial”, Juried by Siri J. Engberg, ; Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange, GA, April 4-May 9, 1998.
"A Visual Diary: A Photographic Installation by Mary Ann Becker", Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL, March 16-May 19, 2002.
“Joyce Elaine Grant Photography Exhibition”, at Texas Woman’s University, Visual Arts Department Fine Arts Gallery, 1200 Frame Street, Denton, TX, juried by Katherine Ware, Curator of Photographs at the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Alfred Stieglitz Center for Photography, January 23 – February 16, 2007
