Seth Becker was born in 1987 in New York. He received his MFA from the New York Studio School and an MLS from Queens College. His work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at numerous galleries, including recent presentations at Pamela Salisbury Gallery, Hudson, and Castle Gallery, Los Angeles. Becker’s work frequently features in group exhibitions both stateside and abroad, including recent presentations at LDGR, New York; Cob Gallery, London; Sibyl Gallery, New Orleans; Pamela Salisbury Gallery, Hudson; Venus Over Manhattan, New York; Sykes Gallery, Millersville University; and the Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg. Becker lives and works in Wappingers Falls, New York.
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Born 1987, Queens, NY
Lives and works in Wappingers Falls, NY
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024
A Boy’s Head, Venus Over Manhattan, New York, NY, February 1 –March 9, 2024; exhibition catalogue.
2023
Other Music, Castle Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, September 28 –October 21, 2023.
Field Music, Pamela Salisbury Gallery, Hudson, NY, May 20 – June 18, 2023.
2022
Meadow, Pamela Salisbury Gallery, Hudson, NY, April 2 – May 1, 2022.
2021
Cold Snap! Winter Paintings, February 27 – March 31, 2021.
2020
Terrarium, October 9 – November 2, 2020.
2017
MFA Thesis Exhibition, New York Studio School for Painting, Drawing, and Sculptures, New York, NY, May 17-31, 2017.
2016
Silas Borsos and Seth Becker, The New York Studio School for Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture, New York, NY, 2016
2015
Seth Becker and Maya Strauss, Long Island City Arts Open Studios, Long Island City, NY, 2015.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
White Columns Benefit Auction, White Columns, New York, NY, May 18 – June 1, 2023.
Rear View, LGDR, New York, NY, April 18 – June 1, 2023.
Night, Light, Cob Gallery, London, United Kingdom, February 1 – March 25, 2023.
2022 –
2023
Here’s What I Was Thinking, Sibyl, New Orleans, LA, October 22, 2022 – January 14, 2023.
2022
Let the World Come Round, Teffia, Kingston, NY, November 12 – December 10, 2022.
Chew, Scroll NYC, New York, NY, September 3 – October 17, 2022.
Still Life and the Poetry of Place, Pamela Salisbury Gallery, Hudson, NY, September 3 – October 16, 2022.
The Container Garden, Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York, NY, July 14 – August 12, 2022.
Small Paintings, Venus Over Manhattan, New York, NY, June 28 – July 29, 2022.
2021
Invisible Selves, Sykes Gallery, Millersville University, Millersville, PA, August 23 – October 14, 2021.
Landscape and Memory, Pamela Salisbury Gallery, Hudson, NY, October 9 – November 7, 2021.
2020
Still Life, Drawer with Helena Anrather, New York, NY, April 27 – May 17, 2020.
2019
Friend of a Friend, The Invisible Dog Art Center, Brooklyn, NY, May 2-5, 2019.
Reading Painting, curated by Seth Becker and Maya Strauss, Treasure Town, Brooklyn, NY, January 19-26, 2019.
Studio Life, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA, March 1 – April 28, 2019.
Four Pillars, Artist Residents, Exeter Gallery, Baltimore, MD, July 15 – August 31, 2019.
2018
Group Exhibition, Right Behind the New Museum, 195 Chrystie Stree, New York, NY, 2018.
The Edible Landscape, Mount Gretna School of Art, Mount Gretna, PA, August 12, 2018.
27th Annual International Juried Exhibition, juried by Karen Wilken, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY, July 31 – August 18, 2018.
Beasts of Brooklyn, Greendoor Gallery, curated by Elisa Jensen, Brooklyn, NY, June 1-24, 2018.
2017
New York Studio School Alumni Association Invitational, juried by Steven Harvey and Jennifer Samet, The New York Studio School for Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture, New York, NY, July 24 – August 27, 2017.
26th Annual International Juried Exhibition, juried by Kyle Staver, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY, August 1-19, 2017.
Trajectories: A Group Show, curated by Alyssa Rose Johnson, Hewitt Gallery, Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY, June 3 – September 12, 2017.
2016
Making the Future, David & Schweitzer Contemporary, Brooklyn, NY, September 30 – October 16, 2016.
Alumni Art Exhibition, Hewitt Gallery, Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY, 2016.
2014
Alumni Art Exhibition, Hewitt Gallery, Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY, 2014.
2013
Senior Art Exhibition, Hewitt Gallery, Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY, 2013,
Shop, Recession Art, 47 Bergen Street, Brooklyn, NY, 2013.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2024
Di Monda, Brianna, "SNAP Also Recommends: Seth Becker at Venus Over Manhattan," February 29, 2024, illustrated.
White, Katie, "Seth Becker Makes Small Paintings Brimming With Big Ideas," artnet news, February 21, 2024, illustrated.
Malle, Jeanne, “Seth Becker: A Boy’s Head,” Air Mail, February 17, 2024, illustrated.
Willingham, Marion, “10 Brilliant Exhibitions, Books and Tables to Beat the February Blues,” Financial Times, February 12, 2024, illustrated.
Kardon, Dennis, “Critics’ Picks: Seth Becker,” Artforum, February 9, 2024, illustrated.
“Seth Becker. A Boy’s Head,” Meer, January 31, 2024, illustrated.
Willingham, Marion, “Opening Shot: Collage Boy,” Financial Times: HTSI, illustrated, p. 1, p. 13.
Kelly, Brian, “Arts Calendar: Happenings for the Week of January 28,”The Wall Street Journal, January 26, 2024.
Seth Becker: A Boy’s Head (New York: Venus Over Manhattan, 2024), illustrated.
Willingham, Marion, “Ten exhibitions for 2024. Seth Becker: A Boy’s Head,” Financial Times, January 15, 2024, illustrated.
2023
Neal, Patrick, “Seth Becker’s Virtuoso Weirdness,” Two Coats of Paint, June 15, 2023.
Okoro, Enuma, “What the birds have to tell us,” Financial Times, April 21, 2023.
Rear View (New York: LGDR, 2023).
“Rear View,” Art Plugged, March 6, 2023.
2022
“Venus Over Manhattan Opens its Doors to ‘Small Paintings,’” Gotham To Go, June 27, 2022.
2021
Wilkin, Karen, “Karen Wilkin Reviews Seth Becker and Lisa Corinne Davis,” Hudson Valley 360, February 12, 2021.
2020
“Lisa Corinne Davis, Jim Denney and Seth Becker open October 9 at Pamela Salisbury Gallery,” Hudson Valley 360, October 1, 2020.
2019
Juliette, Rebecca, “BmoreArt’s Picks: Baltimore Art Opening, Galleries, and Events, July 30 – August 5,” BmoreArt, July 30, 2019.
2017
Johnson, Alyssa Rose, Trajectories: A Group Show (New York: Marymount Manhattan College, 2017).
2011 –
2012
Becker, Seth, “Marcel Dzama: Straying From the Intimate,” Artfusion, Iss. No. 8, pp. 33-35.
EDUCATION
2020 –
2022
M.L.S., Queens College, CUNY, Flushing, NY
2015 –
2017
M.F.A., The New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture, New York, NY
CURATION
2019
Reading Painting, curated by Seth Becker and Maya Strauss, Treasure Town, Brooklyn, NY, January 19-26, 2019.
TEACHING
2020
Visiting Artist, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
2019 –
2022
The New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture, Adjunct Professor of Painting
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2018
Four Pillars Artist Residency, Mount Gretna School of Art, Mount Gretna, PA
2017
Royal Drawing School Residency Fellowship, Dumfries House, Ayrshire, Scotland
2015 –
2017
Jane Chace Carroll Scholarship, The New York Studio School of Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture, New York, NY