1952 Born in Columbus, Ohio
Currently working in Connecticut

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 Ford Beckman: Paintings, McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
2008 Aberson Exhibits, Tulsa
2004 Visions of America, Sammlung Essl, Kunsthaus, Klosterneuburg
Regards, Artiscope, Brussels
2003 McClain Gallery, Houston
2002 Ford Beckman: If Looks Could Kill, Galerie Brennecke, Berlin
2001 Galerie Benden & Klimczak, Koln
1999 Galerie Academia, Salzburg
Galerie Brennecke, Berlin
Robert McClain & Co., Houston
1998 Galerie Baumler, Regensburg
1997 Kunstverein, Augsburg
Galerie Hachmeister, Munster
1996 Bobbie Greenfield Gallery, Santa Monica
Galerie Ribbentrop, Eltville am Rhein
Kestner-Gesselschaft, Hannover
Galerie Academia, Salzburg
1995 Galerie Baumler, Regensburg
Galerie Ribbentrop, Eltville am Rhein
TransArt, Koln
1994 Galerie Ribbentrop, Eltville am Rhein
Gian Ferrari Arte Contemporanea, Milano
Galerie Buchmann, Basel
1993 Galerie Buchmann, Basel
Ace Gallery, Los Angeles
Galleria Il Ponte, Roma
1992 Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund
Galerie Hans Mayer, Dusseldorf
Galerie Hans Mayer (Pop Show), Dusseldorf
Lindblad Thorden Gallery, Goteborg
1991 Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York
1990 Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York
The Greenberg Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
Schmidt/Markow Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York
Scott Hanson Gallery, New York
1988 Craig Cornelius Gallery, New York

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 Fisher Landau Center, Long Island City, New York
2008 100 Anni. Opere Dalle Collezioni Permanenti Del Mart Museo d'Arte
Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto
2006 Bocconi D'Arte. La Collezione Panza In Universita, Universita Luigi Bocconi, Milano
Scultura E Pittura, Opere nella Collezione Permanente del Mart, Mart Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto
Paradiso & Inferno, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art Salzburg, Salzburg
2003 15 Jahre Herbst, Galerie Brennecke, Berlin
Summertime, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Wien, Vienna
Les Grands Spectacles - 120 Jahre Kunst und Massenkultur, Museum der moderne Salzburg, Salzburg
Lunion Fait la Force: Collages & Assemblages Artiscope, Brussels
2002 La Collezione Panza di Biumo, Gran Guardia Palace, Verona
Works on Paper 8.3.2002-2.5.2002, Galerie Baumler, Regensburg
Small Works Show, McClain Gallery, Houston
Gallery Artists, McClain Gallery, Houston
2001 Pop Paintings: Andy Warhol/Ford Beckman, Galerie ATN, Hannover
I Love New York, McClain Gallery, Houston
2000 Beckman, Malone and Twombly, Robert McClain & Co., Houston
Beckman, Fleck, Palavrakis, Strawalde, Zimmer, Galerie Brennecke, Berlin
1999 New Work - New York , Robert McClain & Co., Houston
25 Years of Galerie Baumler, Regensburg
Geometry as Design-Structures of Modern Art from Albers to Paik, Neue National Galerie, Berlin
Ford Beckman: New Works, Robert McClain & Co., Houston
1998 Art is Fun, Life is Serious, Artscope, Bruxelles
Master Drawings of the 20th Century, Galerie Baumler, Regensburg
La Collezione Panza Di Biumo, Palazzo Ducale of Gubbio, Italy
Small Works, Robert McClain & Co., Houston
1997 Abstraction Paintings and Sculpture, Robert McClain & Co., Houston
Galerie Academia, Salzburg
LICHT - RAUM - SCHWARZ, Ford Beckman, Antonio Catelani, Manfred Egender, Jonathan Lasker, Gunter Umberg, Berufsvereinigung Der Bildenden Kunstler Vorarlbergs, Kunstlerhaus Palais Thurn Und Taxis
1996 America Meets Europe, Galerie Baumler, Regensburg
La Collezione Panza di Biumo, Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Roverto
Kulturzerehen Krenz, Drozesan Museum Obermunster, Regensburg
1995 Andoe - Baechler - Beckman: Recent Editions, William Shearburn Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
Pierrot, Melancholie und Maske, Haus der Kunst, Munchen
Colour aund Paint, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen
A Passion For The New, New Art in Tel Aviv
Collections, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
(W)ho (W) are you? Anders Tornberg Galleri, Lund
Glaube Hottnung Laebe Tod, Kunsthalle Wien
1994 Le Cirque, Renee Fotouhi Gallery, East Hampton, New York
Art & Jeans Matier, Memoire, Idee, Passage de Retz, Paris
20 Jahre Galerie Baumler. “Ein Blick zuruck und nach vorn,” Galerie Baumler, Regensburg
1993 Paint and Painted, Fisher Landau Center, New York
1992 American Art Today: Surface Tension, The Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami
Theoretically Yours, Chiesa di San Lorenzo, Aosta
The Eighties and the Nineties from the Collection of Count Panza di Biumo, Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano
Who’s Afraid of Duchamp, Minimalism and Passport Photography? Annina Nosei Gallery, New York
1991 Outside America . . . Going into the 90’s, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta
Who Framed Modern Art or The Quantative Life of Roger Rabbit, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
After Reinhardt/The Ecstasy of Denial, Tomoko Liguori Gallery, New York
A Passion for Art: Watercolors and Works on Paper, Tony Shafrazi, New York
18 x Kunst aus New York, Galerie Lohrl, Monchengladbach
1990 With the Grain: Contemporary Panel Painting, Whitney Museum of American Art, Fairfield County, Stamford, Connecticut
Summer Exhibit, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York
With the Grain: Contemporary Panel Painting, Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris, New York
Garage, Curated by Alan Jones, New York
Clyfford Still: A Dialogue, Philippe Briet Gallery, New York
1989 Surface & Intent: Joseph Amar, Ford Beckman, Carole Seborovski, Anderson Gallery, Virginia
Commonwealth University and Baxter Gallery, Portland School of Art, Richmond, Virginia
Group Show, Baghoomian Gallery, New York
Buena Vista, John Gibson Gallery, New York
Black & White Paintings, Schmidt/Markow Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
1988 Primary Structures, Gilbert Brownstone Gallery, Paris
Off White, Diane Brown Gallery, New York
Route 27, John Gibson Gallery, New York
Group Show, Baghoomian Gallery, New York
Art at the End of the Social, Rooseum, Malmo
Color Alone: The Experience of Monochrome, Musee St. Pierre, Art Contemporain, Lyon
The New Poverty II, Meyers/Bloom Gallery, Los Angeles
1987 Craig Cornelius Gallery, New York
The New Poverty, John Gibson Gallery, New York
Material Art, Althea Viafora Gallery, New York

PUBLICATIONS
2009 “Bend it like BECKMAN,” Connie Cronley,Tulsa People, September
2008 “Rhythm of the Spirit,” James D. Watts Jr., Tulsa World, December 28
2001 “Italy: New and Improved,” by Marcia E. Betrocq, Art In America, January
1996 Am Rande des Scheiterns, Kestner-Gesellschaft zeigt den Maler Ford Beckman, Alexandra Glanz, Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, 7. 5.
"Ford Beckman laBt die Clowns traurig grinsen," Peter Winter, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 28. 5. 1996
Lacheln hinter schwarzen Mauern, Hannovers Kestner-Gesellschaft zeigt Beckmans “Abstract & Pop Paintings” Karm Dzionara, 7.5.
Durchknallte Clowns and Comics und sundige, schwarze Bilder, Kestner- Gesellschaft prasentiert umfassend den US-Maler Ford Beckman, Henning Queren, 4. 5.
"Ford Beckman - Maler und Jongleur mit Stilen, Gottes Werk und des Kunstlers Beitrag," Martin Tschechne, ART Das Kunstmagazin, Hamburg, November
1995 "Ford Beckman: Die Nasen so rot und die Wunden so tief," Joseph Berlinger, Mittelbayerische Zeitung Regensburg, 16 January
Das Lachen uber der Wunde, Ford Beckman’s “Popworks” in der Galerie Baumler, Helmut Hern, Die Woche. Regensburg, 19 January
"Andoe - Bacchler - Beckman Recent Editions," Robert W. Duffy, St. Louis Post Dispatch, March 16
"Heute in die Galerie: Ford Beckman’s Clowns." Dorothee Baer-Bogenschutz, Frankfurter Rundschau, 11 April
"Das nicht Greifbare wird sichtbar." Ulrike Eldracher. Wiesbadener Tagblatt,\ 21 April
Schlussel zum Himmel, Constanze Cruwell, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Kunstmarkt, 15 June
"Der Maler Ford Beckman, Die besten Maler sind in New York," Marianne Hoffmann, Kunst Koln 2/95
"Lustiger Clown, trauriger Clown," Beathe Eickhoff, Kolner Stadtanzeiger, 7 June
1994 “Ford Beckman,” Jonathan Turner, Next, Winter 1993/94
“Ford Beckman, Come One Come All Children of All Ages to the Greatest Show on Earth,” Interview with Ford Beckman by Mario Codognato, Catalogue essay Galleria Gian Ferrari, Milano 1994
“Made in the USA- Statgion di un Clown,” Quadri come autoritratti di Beckman, Sebastiano Grasso, Il Corriere della Sera, March 20
“Ford Beckman”, Roberto Vidali, Juliet Art Magazine, October, n. 66 February -March
“Ford Beckman,” Gian Ferrari Arte Contemporanea/Milano, Eugenio Gazzola, Segno, March
“Ford Beckman at Gian Ferrari,” Maria Grazia Torri, Flash Art Italia, March
"Und immer wieder grinst der Clown," Wiesbadener Tagblatt, Rhein-Main-Presse, 30 Marz
"L’inventiva Privata fa la Mostra," Roberto Vidali, La Cronaca del Nord, April 9
"Beckman l’alfiene di Minimal e Pop Art," Galleria gian Ferrari, Marinella Paterniti, Lombardia oggi, April 17
“Ford Beckman, Review,” Il Giornale Dell’Arte, April
“Ford Beckman: Pop Show-Clown Portraits,” Roma in Mostra, May
“Ford Beckman,” Elena di Raddo, Tema Celeste, Summer
“Ford Beckman at Galleria Gian Ferrari,” Elisabeth Hellman Minchilli, ArtNews, September
“Ford Beckman,” Maria Campitelli, Juliet Art Magazine, Oct. - Nov.
“Face Value,” exhibition catalogue essay by Charles A. Riley Ph. D., Galerie Ribbentrop
1993 “Der Clown als Ikone unserer Zeit,” Sabine Gebhardt, Basler Zeitung (Feuilleton), 28 Januar
“Ford Beckman,” Basel Review, Gerhardt Mack, Kunst-Bulletin Nr. 1/2, Januar- Februar
“Ford Beckman, “Roberto Vidali, Juliet Art Magazine, October
“Skin Deep” exhibition catalogue essay by Jonathan Turner, Galleria Il Ponte, Roma
1992 “Ford Beckman,” Joan Snitzer, Tema Celeste, January, March
“The Paris Review”, Spring 1992, No. 122, Table of Contents illustration (Reproduction of “Pop Painting” 1991)
En alldeles egen Pop Konst, Maria Werner, Sydvenska Dagbladet, March 7
“Bildtext,” Jelena Zetterstrom, Sydvenska Dagbladet, March 23
“The Eighties and the Nineties from the Collection of Count Panza di Biumo,” essay by Giuseppe Panza di Biumo, exhibition catalogue, April
“American Art Today: Surface Tension,” Stephen Westlall The Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami, Florida
“Who’s Afraid of Duchamp, Minimalism and Passport Photography?”, Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, exhibition catalogue
1991 “Who Framed Modern Art or the Quantitative Life of Roger Rabbit,” essay by Collins & Milazzo, exhibition catalogue, January 10 - February 9
“Dossier: New York! New York!,” ed. Horst WInz with Rainer Gross and Clemens Weiss, Juni, Edition 2.3/1991
“Outside America. . . Going into the 90’s,” essay by Collins & Milazzo, exhibition catalogue, Fay Gold Gallery
“Recalling others’ works: Why?”, Roberta Smith, The New York Times, November 29
1990 “Minimalism on the March More and More, Less and Less” Roberta Smith, The New York Times, January 26
“Existential Blocks Ford Beckman,” Collins & Milazzo, Tema Celeste, January - March
“Talk of the Trade”, Charles A. Riley II, Art & Auction, March
“Buena Vista,” Alan Jones, Tema Celeste, January - March
“Ford Beckman, Gnostic Painter: The New Suprematism of Surface and Light,” exhibition catalogue essay by Donald Kuspit, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York
“A Curatorial Project: Ford Beckman,” Collins & Milazzo, Scott Hanson Gallery, exhibition catalogue
“Ford Beckman at Tony Shafrazi and Scott Hanson,” Sandra Goldman, Art News, April
“Painters Embracing Wood,“ Vivian Rainor, The New York Times, April 29
“Ford Beckman at Tony Shafrazi and Scott Hanson,” John Zinsser, Art in America, July
“Past, Present, Future: Count Giuseppe Panza di Biumo,” Stuart Morgan, Artscribe, Summer
“A Black and White World,” Joan Levinson, The Riverfront Times, October
“The Varnished Truth,” Alexandra Bellos, The Riverfront Times, October
1989 “Surface and Intent: Joseph Amar, Ford Beckman, Carole Seborovski,” Essay by Steven High, Virginia Commonwealth University, exhibition catalogue,
1988 “Color Alone The Experience of Monochrome,” Musee St. Pierre, exhibition catalogue
“Art at the End of the Social,” essay by Collins & Milazzo, Rooseum exhibition catalogue
Kunst vid Samhallets Slut. Britt Yngveson, Sydvenska Dagbladet, July
1987 “The New Poverty,” Essay by Collins & Milazzo, John Gibson Gallery, exhibition catalogue

SELECTED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Thomas Ammann, Zurich
Peter Brant, New York
Emily Fisher Landau, New York
Janet Green, London
Panza Collection, Italy
Saatchi Collection, London
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Baltimore Museum of Art
Israeli Museum, Jerusalem
The Chrysler Museum, Virginia
Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover
Städl Museum, Frankfurt
DaimlerChrysler Collection, Stuttgart
Kunstverein Augsburg E.V.
Fondo Per l’Ambiente Italiano
Museo Canonale d’Arte, Lugano
Palazzo Ducale, Gubbio
Essl Collection, Vienna
Kunstlerhaus Palais Thurn & Taxis, Bregenz, Austria
Palm Springs Art Museum
Denver Art Museum
Armand Hammer Foundation