BRENT W. BECKER
Brent Becker bio
Gallery Exhibitions
"Creatures II" group exhibition - Art Saint Louis - St. Louis, MO; September/October 2020
"Attention to Detail" group exhibition - Art Saint Louis - St. Louis, MO; January/February, 2019
"Inaugural Exhibition" group exhibition - Angad Arts Hotel - St. Louis, MO; MNovember/December 2018
"Mixed" group exhibition - Shook Fine Arts Building Gallery - Cottleville, MO; September 2018
"Menagerie" group exhibition - Art Saint Louis Gallery - St. Louis, MO; August/September 2018
“Piece of Paper” group exhibition - St. Louis Artists Guild Gallery - Clayton, MO; June/July 2018
“Rabbit Hole” group exhibition - Art Saint Louis Gallery - St. Louis, MO; August/September 2017
“36th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition” group exhibition - Bradley University Galleries - Peoria, IL; March/April 2017
“St. Louis Steampunk II” group exhibition - Soulard Art Market and Contemporary Gallery - St. Louis, MO; February/March 2017
“Driven to Abstraction II” group exhibition - Soulard Art Market and Contemporary Gallery - St. Louis, MO; January/February 2017
“Personal Space” group exhibition - Art Saint Louis Gallery - St. Louis, MO; January/February 2017
“Winter Solstice” group exhibition - Soulard Art Market and Contemporary Gallery - St. Louis, MO; December 2016
“Art Saint Louis The Exhibition XXXII” group exhibition - Art Saint Louis Gallery - St. Louis, MO; November/December 2016
“Fins, Fur, & Feathers” group exhibition - Soulard Art Market and Contemporary Gallery - St. Louis, MO; November 2016
“Mix Tape” group exhibition - Art Saint Louis Gallery - St. Louis, MO; October 2016
“Masquerade” group exhibition - Soulard Art Market and Contemporary Gallery - St. Louis, MO; October 2016
“Creatures” group exhibition – Art Saint Louis Gallery – St. Louis, MO; January/February 2016
“Seeing Red” group exhibition – Soulard Art Market and Contemporary Gallery – St. Louis, MO; June 2015
“Incog-Neat-O!” group exhibition – The Epicenter – Las Vegas, NV; October, 2007
“[CON]temporary (Dis)connect” solo show – MTZC Gallery – Las Vegas, NV; April 2007
“Autonomous Deviants” two-person exhibition – Kishwaukee Community College – Malta, IL; October 2004
Education
Master of Science - Art Education - Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL - 2005
Bachelor of Science- Studio Art - Printmaking - Bradley University, Peoria, IL - 2001
Teaching Experience
Adjunct Faculty - Drawing and Printmaking - St. Charles Community College, Cottleville, MO - 2017 - Present
Two-Dimensional Art Instructor - School of Service / Access Arts, Columbia, MO - 2011
Graduate Teaching Assistant - Introductory Drawing - University of Missouri, Columbia, MO - 2008 - 2009
Ceramics Instructor - Aardvark Clay, Las Vegas, NV - 2008
Adjunct Faculty - Printmaking - University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV - 2007
Secondary Visual Arts Teacher - Cortney Junior High School, Las Vegas, NV - 2005-2008
Graduate Teaching Assistant - Art Foundations Program, Art Education, and Art History - Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL - 2003-2004
Drawing Instructor - Young Rembrandts, Elgin, IL - 2002
Instructor/Artist-in-Residence - Bradley Institute for Gifted and Talented Youth, Peoria, IL - 2001
AWARDS & ACCOLADES
Juror Selections
"Award of Excellence" - Art Saint Louis - September/October 2020; "Bringer of Light"
"Honorable Mention" - Art Saint Louis - August 2018; "Balancing Act"
“Award of Merit” - Soulard - January 2017; “Sidereal Nocturne”
“Award of Excellence” - Soulard - December 2016; “Siberian Solstice”
“Award of Excellence” - Soulard - October 2016; “(A Deadly Game of) Cat and Mouse”