Pattie Lee Becker
Born Jackson MI, 1975
Lives and works in Denver CO
Education
BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI, 1997
MFA, Columbia University School of the Arts, New York NY, 2001
Solo Exhibitions
2013
Firehouse Art Center, 'Objects in Place', Longmont CO
2012
Gildar Gallery, ‘Powers of Ten’, Denver CO
2011
Lincoln Gallery of Naropa University, ‘Recent Works on Paper’, Boulder CO
Rude Gallery of RMCAD, ‘What I Once Thought Was Mine is Now Ours’, Denver CO
Illiterate Gallery, ‘Psychescapes’, Denver CO
2010
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Ropes’, Boulder CO
2009
Bird, ‘Out of My Head’, New York NY
2005
A.I.R. Gallery, ‘The Harbingers’, Brooklyn NY
Wave Hill, ‘Love First, Live Incidentally or How Humans Grew into Nature’, Bronx NY
Group Exhibitions
2014
(Forthcoming) UCCS GoCA, 'Untitled', Colorado Springs CO
Denver Art Museum's Design After Dark, 'Cast', Denver CO
2013
UCCS GoCA, 'Visual Environments: Pattie Lee Becker and Suchitra Mattai', Colorado Springs CO
Gildar Gallery, ‘Group Show Vol. 3’, Denver CO
2012
Icecube Gallery, ‘Icebreaker 3’, Denver CO
Gildar Gallery, ‘Inaugural Exhibition Vol. 2’, Denver CO
2011
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art and DWR, ‘White Space 2011’, Boulder CO
Denver Theater District (DTD), ‘2011’, Denver CO
2010
Michael Rosenthal Gallery, ‘Beyond Arcadia (A Poem for New Jersey)’, San Francisco, CA
Anderson Ranch Patton-Malott Gallery, ‘Made: Artist Projects at Anderson Ranch’, Snowmass Village CO
Slideluck Potshow, ‘Exploration’, Boulder CO
Endden Bellegrade, ‘Blackbox Theater as Abandoned Zoo’, Boulder CO
2007
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art and DWR, ‘White Space 2’, Boulder CO
2005
The Horticultural Society of New York, ‘Breaking Ground’, New York NY
PS1 Greater New York 2005: Performance Series, ‘Can’t Find the Bottom’, LIC NY
Parker’s Box, ‘I AM 5 Art Fair’, Representing Klaus Von Kichtssagend, Brooklyn NY
Black and White Gallery, ‘Buy it Now’, Brooklyn NY
2004
The Leroy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, ‘After Goya’, New York NY
2003
HERE art, ‘Mysterious Journey’, New York NY
1999
PS 122 Gallery, ‘Pattie Lee Becker and Francesco Simeti’, New York NY
Grants and Awards
2014
Denver Art Museum's Design After Dark, 'Cast', Denver CO - Awarded "Best Act"
2010
Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA – Visiting Artist
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village CO – Visiting Artist
2009
20 x 200: A Jen Bekman Project, New York NY – Edition Recipient
2005
A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn NY – Fellowship Recipient
2001
Ucross Foundation, Sheridan WY – Spring Resident
2000
Lower East Side Printshop, New York NY – Special Editions Fellow
LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies, New York, NY – Neiman Fellow
1999
The Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz NY – Winter Resident
Teaching Experience
Colorado College: Colorado Springs CO, 2013 - Visiting Artist
Massachusetts College of Art: MFAWC Program, Boston MA, 2012 - Mentor
Rocky Mountain College Of Art And Design, Denver CO, 2010 – 2012 - Adjunct Faculty
Classes: Investigations I & II: Soft Sculpture, Introduction to Sculpture, Contemporary Art Studio, Experimental Figure Studies
Naropa University, Boulder CO, 2010 – 2011 - Adjunct Faculty and Visiting Artist
Classes: Introduction to Drawing, 2D Design, Mixed Media, Sculpture, Special Topics: Narratives in Art
University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder CO, 2010 - Lecturer
Class: Foundations
Boulder Museum Of Contemporary Art, Boulder CO, 2009 - 2012 - Instructor
Classes: Soft Sculpture & Drawing
Columbia University School Of The Arts, New York NY, 2000 & 2004 - Instructor
Classes: Intro to Printmaking & Silkscreen