LISA BECK BIO/CV

Born in New York City in 1958
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York

EDUCATION

Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI; BFA 1980

ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2023
Balancing Act, Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York >link

2022
Space-Time, Diane Rosenstein Gallery, Los Angeles >link

2021
Lisa Beck, Works on Paper, Empirical Nonsense > link

2019
Always Now, The Suburban, Milwaukee, WI
Send and Receive, The Gallery at the St. Kate Hotel, Milwaukee, WI

2018
New Works, May 68, NY

2017
Rising and Falling
, Elizabeth Dee, New York  >link
New small works, Galerie Samy Abraham, Paris

2016
The House of Eternity, Galerie Samy Abraham, Paris >link

2015

The Middle of Everywhere, Circuit, Lausanne, Switzerland, curated by Caroline Soyez-Petithomme  >link

2014
Observatory, Galerie Samy Abraham, Paris  >link
You Are Here, 33 Orchard, New York  >link

2012
Endless, off site project of La Salle de Bains at Fort du Bruissin, Lyon, France  >link
Looking Through, Galerie Francis Ruyter, Vienna  
To Here Knows When, Feature, New York  > link

2011
Between Days, Feature Inc., New York  > link

2009
To Everything, Feature Inc., New York  > link

2006
superpositioning, Feature Inc., New York  > link

2002
Feature Inc., New York

1997
Feature Inc., New York

1993
Never Say Never to Always, Stephanie Theodore Gallery, New York

1992
To Here Knows When, Feature, New York

1985
White Room, White Columns, New York

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024
Américanologies, Galerie Herve Bize, Nancy, France >link
The Golden Thread, curated by Bravin Lee Projects, NYC >link
Twelve: Anniversary Exhibition, Diane Rosenstein Gallery, Los Angeles >link
All Tomorrow’s Parties, M. David Gallery, Brooklyn

2023
The Feminine in Abstract Painting, Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation, NYC, curated by Andrea Belag + Jen Samet >link
Mirror Milk, Satchel Projects, NYC >link
I am the Passenger part II, Mother Gallery, Beacon, NY >link
Slick & Rough, Galerie Xippas, Paris >link
Horizon Line, Joyce Goldstein Gallery, Chatham, NY

2022
Humor Has It, Olympia, NYC
Cosmic Geometries, Elizabeth Foundation, NYC - curated by Hilma’s Ghost Collective
How Far Is Inbetween, Keijsers Konig, Dallas, TX
Parallax: Framing the Cosmos, Tang Teaching Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga, NYC
Painting As Is II, Nathalie Karg Gallery, NYC
Lisa Beck & Andrea Belag, Kristen Lorello, NYC

2021
The Phoenix and the Mountain, Zurcher Gallery > link
Energy in All Directions, Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga Springs, NYC >link

2020

Safe Distance - at Home Online, The Brownstone
Spring Forward, Arcade Project, NYC- curated by Ruben San Miguel-Natal
Unknown Unknowns, Theodore Art, Brooklyn, NYC
The Pursuit of Aesthetics, Morgan Lehman, NYC- curated by Andrea Belag
Summer in Love, OV Project, Brussels, Belgium

2019
Notebook, 56 Henry, NYC - curated by Joanne Greenbaum
30 Years of Dutch Courage, Cokkie Snoei Gallery, Rotterdam
Social photography VII, carriage trade, New York
Masterpieces,  Galerie Thomas Bernard, Paris
Masterpieces II,  Galerie Thomas Bernard, Paris
PS 1999 – 2019, PS projectspace, Amsterdam
Open Field, Building 92, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY

2018
Beyond Black and White, Westbeth Gallery, NY
For Your Infotainment, special presentation at Frieze New York,  honoring Hudson of Feature Inc.
Le Bon Cout, Galerie Samy Abraham, Paris
Social photography VI, carriage trade, New York
Lisa Beck + Ranier Lericolais, Galerie Thomas Bernard, Paris
Polarities, TOTAH, New York
Strange Attractors, Kerry Schuss Gallery, NY, organized by Bob Nickas >link

2017
Abandoned Luncheonette, Jeff Bailey Gallery, Hudson, New York >link
EDGE: Lisa Beck, Eric Brown, Rachel Hellmann, Mary Judge, Marilyn Lerner, Douglas Melini, Ann Pibal, Kate Shepherd, Cary Smith, Li Trincere, Jan van der Ploeg, Philip Slein Gallery St. Louis, MO
Thought Forms, Lisa Beck, Lydia Dona, Joan Waltemath, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD  >link
Color Block, Triple V, Paris  >link
Playground, Galerie Emmanuel Hervé, Paris
Vagary of Abstraction, LMAK  Gallery, New York
Doomtown, Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
Beyond Black and White, Westbeth, NY, curated by Henry Brown and Li Trincere

2016
GEOMETRIX: Line, Form, Subversion, Organized by Andrea Pollan and Curator's Office, Washington DC  >link
Strange Abstraction, Fredericks and Freiser, NY  >link
ALL OVER, curated by Samuel Gross, GALERIE DES GALERIES , Galeries Lafayette, Paris   >link
GVA< > JFK, MAMCO (Musee de lArt Moderen et Contemporain), Geneva, curated by Lionel Bovier >link
that old school dystopia, Theodore:art, Brooklyn, curated by Stephanie Theodore and Wendy Cooper >link
Non Figuratif : un regain d’intérêt ? Centre d'art contemporain Meymac, France >link
First Exhibition, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York   >link
Kevin Larmon/ Lisa Beck, CB1 Los Angeles

2015

The Painter of Modern Life, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, curated by Bob Nickas  >link
Fertility, 33 Orchard, New York  >link
Iterations, Theodore:Art, Bushwick   >link
Improvised Showboat, 55 Washington St, Brooklyn
Choices Paris, with Galerie Samy Abraham, curated by Alfred Pacquement, Paris  >link
Unexpected Pieces, Galerie Samy Abraham, Paris
Deep End, The Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
30/130 Thirty Years of Books and Catalogs, etc.  Bob Nickas at White Columns, White Columns, New York  >link
Thirty Shades of White, Praz-Delavallade, Paris

2014
Real Estate, Ventana 244, Brooklyn, NY
No Ground But Say Ground, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY   >link
The Last Brucennial, 837 Washington St, New York
Inhabiting Ten Eyck, Storefront Ten Eyck, Bushwick Brooklyn, curated by Karin Bravin  >link
Das Optische Unbewusste / The Optical Unconscious, Kunst(zeug)haus, Rapperswil, Switzerland
     curated by Fred Fischli and Niels Olsen, in collaboration with Bob Nickas   >link
This One's Optimistic: Pincushion, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT , curated by Cary Smith
Another, Once Again, Many Times, More, Martos Gallery, East Marion, NY   >link
Let's Go Let Go - In Memoriam Hudson, 33 Orchard, New York
Raving Disco Dolly on a Rock 'n' Roll Trolley, envoy enterprises, NY  >link
Dark Map, Lesley Heller Workspace, New York
The Egg, LABspace, Great Barrington, MA

2013
X-tra, Lesley Heller Workspace, NY  > link
Diamonds, Diamonds, Gallery Diet, Miami, curated by Daniel Feinberg  >link
Swing State, Jane Kim Gallery, NY  > link
The Shining Path, Galerie Samy Abraham, Paris  >link
LAT. 41° 7' N., LONG. 72° 19' W, Martos Gallery, East Marion, New York   > link

2012
THING, group exhibition curated by Susan Jennings, West Cornwall, CT
Creature from the Blue Lagoon, Martos Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY   > link
Exposition d'artistes né(e)s entre le 22 juin et le 22 juillet, Galerie de Multiples, Paris  > link
Tell the Children, La Salle des Bains, Lyon, France   > link

2011
bodybraingame, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, curated by Hudson
The 2011 Bridgehampton Biennial, Martos Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY; organized by Bob Nickas   > link
We Regret To Inform You There Is Currently No Space or Place for Abstract Painting, Martos Gallery, New York
Lisa Beck / Philippe Richard, Theodore: Art, New York

2010
Pull My Daisy, Galerie Francis Ruyter, Vienna   > link
Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair, NP Contemporary Art Center, New York
Daniel Hesidence Curates, Tracy Williams, Ltd., New York    > link
Lisa Beck / Olivier Mosset, Bell Street Project Space, Vienna
Wall-to-Wall, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
Skulture, Feature Inc., New York
Townie, Foley Gallery, New York, curated by Carl d'Alvia
Portrait de l’artiste en motocycliste, Le Musee des Beaux Artes, Chaux les Fonds, Switzerland

2009
Portrait de l’artiste en motocycliste, Le Magasin, Grenoble
Cave Painting: Installment #1, Gresham’s Ghost (third location), New York; organized by Bob Nickas
Populate This Form, Feature Inc., New York
Group exhibition, Martos Gallery, New York; curated by Bob Nickas

2008
Shit, Feature Inc., New York

2007
Painting as Fact – Fact as Fiction, de Pury & Luxembourg, Zurich; curated by Bob Nickas

2006
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s Amanda Lear, Envoy, New York
An Ongoing Low-Grade Mystery, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York; organized by Robert Nickas
The O Show, Kresge Foundation Gallery, Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ; curated by MatCH-Art

2005
The O Show, Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, NJ; curated by MatCH-Art
Seriality, Axel Raben Gallery, New York; curated by Stephanie Theodore and MatCH-Art
The sun rises in the evening., Feature Inc., New York

2004
Galerie Francesca Pia, Bern, Switzerland
Itsy Bitsy Spider, Feature Inc., New York
Curious Crystals of Unusual Purity, P.S. 1, Long Island City, New York; curated by Bob Nickas and Steve Lafreniere

2003
Fast Forward: 20 Years of White Rooms, White Columns, New York (catalogue)curated by Lauren Ross
Small-Scale Sculpture and Anonymous Tantra Paintings, Feature Inc., New York

2002
Guide to Trust 2, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco; curated by ANP (catalogue)
Lisa Beck and Marisa Telleria-Diez, Rico, Brooklyn, NY

2001
Not a. Lear, Allston Skirt Gallery, Allston, MA; Gracie Mansion Gallery, New York; curated by ANP
Timewave Zero / The Politics of Ecstasy, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria; curated by Lionel Bovier and Jean-Michel Wicker
Liste: The Young Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland (Galerie Pia)
Natural Wonders, Galerie Francesca Pia, Bern, Switzerland
Another, once again, many times more, Feature Inc., New York
Een goed in de weg staande tafel, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam; curated by Jack Jaeger

2000
Not a. Lear, Art Process, Paris; Galerie S. & H. De Buck, Ghent, Belgium; Torch Gallery, Amsterdam; curated by ANP
Hairy Forearm’s Self-Referral, Feature Inc., New York;
Hex Enduction Hour by The Fall, Team Gallery, New York; organized by Robert Nickas
ANP: City Projects, Galerie S. & H. De Buck, Ghent, Belgium
The End, Exit Art, New York
Liste: The Young Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland (Galerie Pia)
Bubbles, Center for Contemporary Non-Objective Art (CCNOA), Brussels; curated by Edith Doove
3ness, Musuem Dhondt-Dhaenens, Duerle, Belgium; curated by ANP, Dike Blair, and Edith Doove (catalogue)
Sex in the Country, Forde l’Usine, Geneva
Open the pod bay doors, Hal, Feature Inc., New York

1999
Cookie Snow Feature, Cokkie Snoei, Rotterdam
curious.parking@stupendous.strawberry, Galerie S. & H. De Buck, Ghent, Belgium
BmW, ANP, Antwerp, Belgium
Up Your Head, Feature Inc., New York

1998
Yoyogaga, Feature Inc., New York
Lisa Beck, Jason Fox, Bill Komoski, M du B, F, H & g, Montreal
Utz, Lennon, Weinberg Inc., New York; curated by Stephanie Theodore
Paintings (Lisa Beck, Bill Komoski, David Moreno, John Torreano), Feature Inc., New York

1997
La Tradicion: Performing Painting, Exit Art, New York
Material Girls, Gallery 128, New York; curated by Harmony Hammond

1996
Lisa Beck/Lucky De Bellevue, Feature Inc., New York
Ab Fab, Feature Inc., New York

1994
Friends, Romans, Countrymen, Feature Inc., New York
Joe’s Garage, TZ’Art & Co., New York; curated by Stephanie Theodore

1992
Lisa Beck and Peter Dudek, Stephanie Theodore Gallery, New York

1991
Stussy, Feature, New York

1990
Information, Terrain, San Francisco
February 3–27, Daniel Newburg Gallery, New York
Red, Galerie Christine & Isy Brachot, Brussels; curated by Robert Nickas (catalogue)
Invitational Drawing Show, Althea Viafora Gallery, New York
Godhead, Feature, New York

1989
Positive Show, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York
Romancing the Stone, Feature, New York
American Fine Arts, New York

1987
The Four Corners of Abstraction, White Columns, New York

1986
Credible/Incredible, Four Walls Gallery, Hoboken, NJ; curated by Lawrence Rinder
Stavaridis Gallery, Boston

1985
Image/Abstract, Roughhouse, New York; curated by David Row and John Ford
White Room, White Columns, New York

1983
July Group, Nature Morte Gallery, New York

 

AWARDS + RESIDENCIES

2021 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship

2021 Yaddo Residency

2012-2013 Marie Walsh Sharpe Space Program Studio Residency

SPECIAL PROJECTS
2016
Other Imaginings, 5 Year Plan, artists’ book, hand printed in India on hand woven cloth, edition of 100 > link

2021
VINCETIME, Design to be pressed on a Swiss 20 centime coin, by a hand cranked coin impression machine, located in the city of Gland, Switzerland > link

COLLECTIONS

TangTeaching Museum of Skidmore College; Maramotti Collection, Italy; FRAC pays de la Loire, France; Museé des Beaux-Arts La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland; JP Morgan Chase; Nestlé; Progressive and many private collections.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2021
Schultz, Charles. "Art Seen: The Phoenix and the Mountain- In-Centric Abstraction in the '80s ,"Brooklyn Rail, June 2021 >link

2020
Abbott, John Phillip. “Artists Quarantine with Their Art Collections,” Hyperallergic June 6, 2020  > link
Corwin, William. “The Pursuit of Aesthetics: Artwork Created During Quarantine,” The Brooklyn Rail, June-July > link

2019
McAdams, Shane. “Lisa Beck’s Complex Geometries at the St. Kate,” Shepherd Express, Milwaukee, WI >link
“MAY 68 Books & Records,” documentation of the one-year project organized by Bob Nickas, pub. At Last Books

2018
GVA< >JFK, MAMCO Journal , edition No1, p 28
Clarke, Mary. "A Radical Book and Music Store Takes Over a Chinatown Gallery", GARAGE   >link
Scott, Andrea K. "Sttrange Attractors," The New Yorker,
November 2018 >link

2017
"One Question, One Answer: Lisa Beck", Romanov Grave   >link
Butler, Sharon. "Lisa Beck: So-called opposites", Two Coats of Paint    >link
Saltz, Jerry. "The 10 Best Art Achievements of 2017"   >link
"Lisa Beck: Rising and Falling", Time Out New York >link
Elizabeth Dee Exhibits Lisa Beck's New Paintings. artdaily.org >link

2016
Moroz, Sarah. Critic's Pick, All Over, Artforum.com >link

Gross, Samuel andJanssen, Elsa. All Over, exhibition catalogue, Galerie des Galeries
Saltz, Jerry. Critic's Pick, that old school dystopia, July 4, nymag.com >link
The House of Eternity, Artforum, Must-See Paris
Butler, Sharon. “What’s so strange at Fredericks & Freiser’s “Strange Abstraction”?”, twocoatsofpaint.com

2015
Soyez-Petithomme, Caroline, ed.The Middle of Everywhere, essays by Samuel Gross, Bob Nickas, Caroline Soyez-Petithomme,
      La Salle de Bains, Galerie Samy Abraham  >link
Lescaze, Zoë. Critic's Pick: The Painter of Modern Life, Artforum  >link
Chang, Chris. “Five Points with Bob Nickas”, Art in America  >link
"5 Must See Gallery Shows in New York", Art Info >link
Halle, Howard. "The Painter of Modern Life", TIme Out New York, April 1 >link

2014
Goleas, Janet. ART REVIEW: “Another, Once Again, Many Times More” on the North Fork,
        Hamptons Art Hub, posted 9 August, 2014  >link
Hollingsworth, Dennis. "This One's Opptimistic: Pincushion."  http://www.dennishollingsworth.us >link
Lequeux, Emmanuelle. "Observatory," Le Monde, 26 January >pdf

2013
Saltz, Jerry. “MoMA’s Inventing Abstraction Is Illuminating—Although It Shines That Light Mighty Selectively,"
New York Magazine, January 14,  vulture.com, 6 January >link
Morais, Pedro. “Accidents Geometriques,” Les Inrockuptibles, 30 January
Pernet, Hugo. " Lisa Beck Endless," Zero Quatre, spring 2013
Depuis 1999, Premier catalogue rétrospectif de La Salle de bains
Nickas, Bob. Annual Magazine, issue n°6  >link
Crest, Russ. ".Lisa Beck's Rorshach Installations", Beautiful Decay

2012
yes, no, something, nothing, never, always, Feature Inc, New York- catalog of selected works by Lisa Beck 1985-2010,
interviews with Hudson and Bob NIckas  >link
Kazakina, Katya. “Art in the Hamptons,” Bloomberg.com, 1 August  >link
Miller, Michael H. “Bob Nickas Curates Summer Show in Bridgehampton One Last Time,” GalleristNY.com, 22 May  >link
Fessler, Anne Katrin. Review of "Looking Through", Der Standard, 20 June  >link

2011
Nickas, Bob. Catalog of the Exhibition, 2nd Cannons Publications, Los Angeles (reproduction)
Indrisek, Scott. “The Pleasures of the Prosaic at the Bridgehampton Biennial,” Modern Painters, posted 15 August  > link
Rosenberg, Karen. "All Nooks, Crannies, Bedrooms and Trees are Backdrops for Art," New York TImes,
8 August C5 (reproductions)  > link
Miller, Michael H. “Learning from Bridgehampton,” New York Observer, 12 July   > link
Miller, Michael H. “So Long, Chelsea! Bob Nickas to Liven Up the Art World this Summer with Bridgehampton
      Biennial,” New York Observer, 1 July  > link
Johnson, Ken. Are You Experienced?: How Psychedelic Consciousness Transformed Modern Art, Prestel Publishing, New York

2010
Review of “Skulture,” Goings On About Town, New Yorker, 25 January, 12
Rubin, David S., ed. Psychedelic: Optical and Visionary Art Since the 1960s, with essays by David S. Rubin,
      Robert C. Morgan and Daniel Pinchbeck, San Antonio Museum of Art in association with MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 33, 109

2009
Nickas, Bob. Painting Abstraction: New Elements in Abstract Painting, Phaidon Press, New York
Smith, Roberta. Review of “To Everything,” New York Times, 19 June, C29   > link

2008
Interview on myartspace.com  > pdf  >link

2006
Sheets, Hilarie. “Where Magic Mushrooms Bloom,” Artnews, February, 120–1

2004
Smith, Roberta. Review of “Curious Crystals of Unusual Purity,” New York Times, 16 July, E28   > link
Wilson, Michael. “Curious Crystals of Unusual Purity,” Artforum, November, 22 >link    >link

2003
Johnson, Ken. “Alumni Return, Juxtaposing Past and Present,” New York Times, 28 November   > link
Wolfe, Charles T. “The Plasticity of Perception,” Flash Art, July–September, 63–64 (reproduction)

2002
Huck, Brigitte. “Timewave Zero/ The Politics of Ecstasy," Artforum, March >link
Farquharson, Alex. “Timewave Zero/ The Politics of Ecstasy,” Frieze, March, 87 (reproduction)   > link
Olson, Marisa S. “Guide to Trust No. 2 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts,” Artweek, May
Perret, Mai-thu, “Lisa Beck and John Tremblay ,” Frieze, January/February, 104 (reproduction)  > link
Guide to Trust No. 2, exhibition catalogue, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco (reproduction)

2001
Cotter, Holland. “Another, Once Again, Many Times More,” New York Times, Listings,11 May, E38
Ivy, Angus. Review of “3ness,” Zingmagazine 14 (Winter), 210–11

2000
Andrews, Max and Dawn Fulcher. Preview of “Bubbles,” Contemporary Visual Arts, July/August, 82 (reproduction)
Dams, Jimi. “Lisa Beck,” Purple 5 (Summer), 272–3 (reproduction)
Goings On About Town, New Yorker, 11 January
Critics’ Picks, “Open the pod bay doors, Hal,” Time Out NewYork, 28 December, 65
Liste 2000, The Young Art Fair, catalogue, Basel, Switzerland (reproduction)

1999
Braet, Jan. “Koel Amerikaans,” Knack, 17 March, 77 (reproduction)
Doove, Edith. “Verrasimgen uit Amerika,” De Standaard, 3 February, 2
Jones, Jonathan R. Review of “Up Your Head,” Contemporary Visual Arts, November/December, 67 (reproduction)
Lambrecht, Luc. “Americaans en Toch Niet,” De Morgen, 12 February, 14
Popelier, Bert. “Jonge Amerikanen,” De Financieel Economische Tijd, 3 February, 12
“Mob Rules” (Review of “Up Your Head”), NY Arts, December
“ANP: This Flight is Tonight,” Zingmagazine 10 (Autumn), 170–1 (reproduction)

1998
Cotter, Holland. Review of “Yoyogaga,” New York Times, 20 November, E43
Smith, Roberta, Review of “Utz,” New York Times, 22 February   > link
Recommended, Time Out New York, 12 April, 12

1997
Cotter, Holland. Review of “Material Girls,” New York Times, 31 October   > link
Levin, Kim. “Work in Progress – Art and Exhibitionism in Soho,” Village Voice, 22 April
Rubinstein, Raphael. “On Broadway: Studios Without Walls,” Art in America, June

1996
Levin, Kim. Village Voice, Choices, 6 March
Moody, Tom. Review of “Ab Fab,” Art Papers, November/December
Short List, New Yorker, 11 March

1994
Hess, Elizabeth. “Garage Sale,” Village Voice, 20 December
Levin, Kim. “Garage Sale,” Village Voice, Choices, 20 December
Nickas, Robert. “Split Screen,” BOMB , Summer (reproduction)

1992
Cotter, Holland. “Lisa Beck and Peter Dudek,” New York Times, 19 June
Schwartzman, Alan. Review of “Lisa Beck and Peter Dudeck,” New Yorker, 15 June

1990
Red, exhibition catalogue with texts by Robert Nickas and Xavier Douroux, Galerie Christine & Isy Brachot,
       Brussels (reproduction)

1989
Brenson, Michael. Review of “Positive Show,” New York Times, 24 February
Smith, Roberta. Review of American Fine Arts group exhibition, New York Times