Bill Beckley

1946 Born in Hamburg, Pennsylvania

EDUCATION
Kutztown State University, Pennsylvania, B.F.A.
Tyler School of Art, Temple University, M.F.A.

ACADEME
Instructor, School of Visual Arts - 1970 to present
Lectures in: Semiotics, film and literature, the philosophy of beauty
Instructor, New York University Graduate School: 1986

AWARDS
1997 Pollock-Krasner Grant
1986 New York Council of the Arts
1979 National Endowment of the Arts
1976 New York Council of the Arts
1973 New York Council of the Arts

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 Arco Madrid, Galerie Hans Mayer, Dusseldorf, Germany
ArteFiera, Studio Trisorio, Napoli/Rome, Italy
2009 Galerie Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf, Germany
Studio Trisorio, Naples, Italy
Studio Trisorio, Rome, Italy
2008 Galerie Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf
Ping-Pong Dialogues, Chelsea Space, London
Rosenbaum Contemporary Gallery Center, Florida
2007 Galerie Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf
Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Korea
Bruna Soletti Gallery, Milan, Italy
Dorfman Projects, NYC, New York
2006 Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Korea
2004 Robert McClain Gallery, Houston
Studio Trisorio, Naples
Studio Trisorio, Rome
2003 Galerie Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf
Gallery Park Ryu-Sook, Seoul
2001 Tony Shafrazi Gallery, (Fourteen Stations) New York City
Galerie Hans Mayer, (new works) Berlin
2000 John Gibson Gallery (selected works 1970-1999) New York City
1999 Anouk Taché and Carole Levy Gallery, Brussels
1998 Galerie Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf
Galeria Milano, Milan
Galeria Trisorio, Naples
1997 John Gibson Gallery, New York
1996 Ace Gallery, Los Angeles
1995 Five Easy Pieces, Ace Gallery, New York
1994 Galerie Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf
Foundation Chateau de Jau, France
1993 Galeria Pedro Oliveira, Porto, Portugal
1992 On The Road to Ra, (performance), American Opera Projects, New York
Galleria Trisorio, Naples, Italy
1991 John Gibson Gallery, New York
Drawings, Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles
1990 Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris
1989 Galleria Milano, Milan, Italy
Studio G-7, Bologna
1988 Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles
1987 Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York
Galerie Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf
1986 Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris
John Gibson Gallery, New York
Galleria Trisorio, Naples
1984 Freidus/Ordover Gallery, New York
Stadtisches Museum, Monchengladbach (retrospective)
1983 John Gibson Gallery, New York
Galerie Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf
1982 Studio Canaviello, Milan
Bonlow Gallery, New York
1981 Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris
Marian Desson Gallery, Chicago
International Center of Photography, New York
Annina Nosei Gallery, New York
1980 Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London
Galerie Loyse Oppenheim, Geneva, Switzerland
1979 Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg
Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London
Galerie Denise Rene, Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf
1978 Museum of Modern Art, New York
Studio G7, Bologna
Galerie Denise Rene, Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf
Art in Progress, Munich
1977 Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris
Galerie Denise Rene, Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf
Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London
1976 Galleria d’Allesandro, Ferranti, Rome
John Gibson Gallery, New York
Galleria Lucio Amelio, Naples, Italy
1975 Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris
Galerie Patrick Verelst-Marc Poitier dit Caulier, Antwerp, Belgium
Steinway Hall, New York (performance)
Galleria Francoise Lambert, Milan
Gallery 20, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1974 Gallery 20, Amsterdam
Francoise Lambert, Milan
John Gibson Gallery, New York
1973 John Gibson Gallery, New York
Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
1972 98 Greene Street, Holly Solomon, New York (performance)
112 Greene Street Gallery, New York
Gallery 20, Amsterdam
Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne (performance and installation)
Galleria Francoise Lambert, Milan
1971 93 Grand Street, organized by Willoughby Sharp and Avalanche Magazine, New York
1969 Wabash Transit Gallery, Chicago Art Institute, Illinois

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2004 Behind the Facts: 1968-1974, Curated by Gloria Maure Miro Foundation, Barcelona
Behind the facts: 1968-1974, Curated by Gloria Maure , Servalles Museum, Porto
Behind the Facts: 1968-1974, Curated by Gloria Maure Miro Foundation, Kassel, Germany
Four Artists, Dorfman Projects New York
2002 Made in USA: Keith Haring, Robert Longo, Kenny Scharf, Bill Beckley, Ludwig Galerie, Schloss Oberhausen, Germany
Art Downtown, curated by Richard Marshal, New York
1968-1977, L’art en cause, Capo Musée d’art Contemporain de Bordeaux
2000 Critic as Grist, curated by Michael Portnoy and Marianne Vitale, White Gallery New York
Narrative, Studio G7 Bologna, Italy
Sammlung Hoffman, Berlin
Daimler-Benz collection, Berlin
1999 Sammlung Falckenberg Museum de bildenden Kunst Leipzig, Germany
17 Contempory Artists from America, Italy, and Mexico, The Menil Collection, Houston, TX
Heroines and Heros, Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York
Americans in France, The Fish Market, Perpignan
1998 Fotoz, Siqueiros Koll Gallery, Los Angeles
Fotoz, Spiral Lounge, New York
Project Plans, John Gibson Gallery, New York
Acts of Faith, Abraham Lubelski Gallery, New York
1997 L’Arte in Faccia, Associazione Nazionale D’Arte Moderna, Milan, Italy
Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition Chateau de Jau, Cases de Pene, France
Inaugural Exhibition, Hoffmann Collection, Berlin
Numbers, Stuttgart Museum Germany
The @ Show, curated by Willoughby Sharp, Satellite Gallery, Long Island City
1996 Artist's Photographs, John Gibson Gallery
Narrative Art, Palazzo Rasponi Murat, Ravenna, Italy
1995 Narrative Art, Studio G7, Bologna
1994 Conceptual Photographs, John Gibson Gallery
Venticinquesimo, Studio d’Arte Cannaviello, Milan
1993 Collection of Vicky Remy, Musee d’Art Modern, St. Etienne, France
1992 The Seventies, John Gibson Gallery
1991 Buchstablich, Von der Heydet Museum, Wuppertal, Germany
Home Show, sponsored by Pat Hern Gallery, New York
Group Show, Elysium Art Source, New York
1990 American Express, John Gibson Gallery
Aquarian Artists, Fine Arts Center, Kingston, Rhode Island
1989 Image World: Art and Media Culture, Whitney Museum of American Art
Annual 7, Mandeville Gallery, University of California, San Diego
Words, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York
Test and Photograph, John Gibson Gallery
Micro-Sculpture Show, curated by Willoughby Sharp at University of Rhode Island
1988 This is Not a Photograph, Akron Art Museum, Akron, Ohio
This is Not a Photograph, The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia
Large Scale Photography, Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles
Ten Years if Collecting, 1976-86, Edward Downe Collection, Wellesley College Museum, Massachusetts
1987 This is Not a Photograph, The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida
1986 New Painting and Sculpture, Indianapolis Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana
1985 A New Beginning, Hudson River Museum, New York
1984 Collage Expanded, School of Visual Arts Museum, New York
Sex Show, Cable Gallery, New York
Plastic, Miriam Perle Gallery, New York
1983 Rupture, pas Rupture?, Creation Art Press, Centre Culturel de Paris
Kunst mit Photographe, National Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Kunst mit Photographe, Kolnische Kunstverein, Koln, Germany
Kunst mit Photgraphe, Munchner Stadt Museum, Munchen, Germany
Kunst mit Photographe, Kunsthalle Zu Keil, Germany
1981 A Seventies Selection, Miami Art Museum, Ohio
Alternatives in Retrospect, The New Museum, New York
1980 Pier and Ocean, Hayward Gallery, London; Rijksmuseum Kroller-Muller, Otterlo, Netherlands
Photographic Art, Museum of Modern Art, Paris
1979 Whitney Biennial Exhibition, New York
Story Art, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Bonner Kunstverein, Drefelder Kunstverein, Germany
1978 American Story Art, Contemporary Art Museum, Houston
American Story Art, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans
American Story Art, Art Gallery, Winnipeg
American Story Art, University of California, Santa Barbara and Berkeley
1977 The Surrealist Heritage, organized by Sam Hunter, Clark Institute, Williamsberg
Documenta 6, Kassel
1976 Narrational Imagery: Beckley, Rusch, Warhol, University of Massachusetts, Amhurst (organized by Sam Hunter)
Venice Biennale, Venice
Sequenced Photographs, University Art Museum, Austin, TX
Sequenced Photographs, San Francisco Art Museum, California
Sequenced Photographs, Broxtan Art Gallery, Los Angeles
1975 Camera Art, Lund Kunsthalle
Sequenced Photographs, University of Maryland Gallery
Toys, the Clocktower, New York
Reports From SoHo, Grey Art Gallery, New York
Word, Image, Number, Sarah Lawrence Gallery, New York
Paris Biennale, Paris
1974 Narrative 2, John Gibson Gallery, New York
Photographic Art, Flash Art, Milan
Verbal Visual 3, John Gibson Gallery, New York
Narrative Art, Studio d’Arte Canaviello, Rome
Art and Architecture, Royal College of Art, London
1973 7, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Story, John Gibson Gallery, New York
Xerox Show, Rochester, New York
Richard Fonke Gallery, Gent, Belgium
Contemporanea, Rome
Three Game Installations, 112 Greene St., New York
1972 Spaces, organized by Vito Acconci, School of Visual Arts, New York
Information Show, Museum of Modern Art, New York
1971 112 Greene St. installation, April, New York
112 Greene St. installation, January, New York
Projects Pier 18, organized by Willoughby Sharp, Museum of Modern Art, New York
1970 112 Greene Street, December, organized by R. Ferrer, J. Lew and A. Saret, New York
1969 Untitled, organized by Italo Scanga, Cheltenham, Pennsylvania
Art in the Mind, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohio

WORKS IN MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York (3 works)
The Guggenheim Museum, New York (4 works)
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2 works)
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, MA. (3 works)
Sammlung Hoffmann, Berlin, Germany (70 works)
La Jolla Museum, San Diego, CA (MCASD)
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
Musée Ceret, France
Basel Kunst Museum, Switzerland
Monchengladbach Museum, Germany
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Musée d'art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland

WORKS IN SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Sol LeWitt, Conn.
Jeff Koons, New York
Morton Neuman collection, Chicago
Dolores Neumann, New York
Ed Downe, New York
Holly Solomon, New York
Hans Mayer, Dusseldorf, Germany
Norman Dubrow, New York
Lise Toubon, Paris, France
Carla Pelligrini, Milan, Italy
David and Lindsey Shapiro, New York
Douglas Christmas, Los Angeles
Daimler Benz, Stuttgart, Germany
Sylvian Perlstein, Belgium
George Waterman, New York
Gerhard and Lydia Hanske, Essen, Germany
Isy Brachot, Brussels, Belgium
Rolf Krass, Stuttgart, Germany
Klaus Wolf, Essen, Germany
Kamran Diba, Paris, France
Sabine and Bernard Duare, Perpignan, France
Francesco Pellizi, New York
Dr. P. Rau, Berlin, Germany
DG Bank, Frankfort, Germany
Chase Manhattan, New York
David Quinn, London, England
Yvon Lambert, Paris, France
Ruth and Jake Bloom, Los Angeles
Esther Gruthen, Basel, Switzerland
Richard Oudenhuysen, The Netherlands