EDUCATION
BS - U. of Wisconsin, Madison
Graduate Studies - Institute Design - Illinois Institute Technology
Graduate Studies - Midway Studios - University of Chicago
MFA School of the Art Institute of Chicago – sculpture
1995 moved Chicago to Santa Fe, N. M. – switched to photography
2006 moved to Hudson Valley, 100 miles north of NYC
WORKS EXHIBITED MUSEUMS & GALLERIES INCLUDING:
EAST
Bard College in Annandale On Hudson, New York
BCB Gallery in Hudson, New York
Chelsea Gallery, New York, N.Y.
Yeshiva University Gallery, New York, N. Y.
WEST
Albuquerque Museum of Fine Art
The Harwood Museum in Taos, N.M
The Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe
Eastern University of New Mexico, Portalas, N.M
New Mexico State Capital: “Light Images” and Permanent Collection
Verve Gallery, Santa Fe
St. Johns College, Santa Fe
Farrell Fischoff gallery, Santa Fe
Katrina Lasko Gallery, Bernalillo, N.M.
MIDWEST
The Museum of Contemporary Art,Chicago,
The Chicago Cultural Center
The Society for Contemporary Photography,Kansas City
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois
Federal Center, Chicago, Illinois
Flatfile Gallery in Chicago
Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, Illinois
Wustum Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
GROUP AND SOLO EXHIBITS LAST 5 YEARS
Coming in 2015
LBGTQ gallery, solo show, July-August, Kingston, N.Y.
2014
PHOTOgraphy - Red Hook, N.Y., juried show
NAWA - National Association of Women Artists, NYC
2013
"PHOTOgraphy" - RHCan, Red Hook, N.Y., juried first place award
"Annual Juried Show" - Columbia County Council for the Arts, Hudson Opera House, Hudson, N.Y., second place award
"FAR AND WIDE" - WAAM (Woodstock Artists Association and Museum national show), Woodstock, N.Y.
Solo Show InSITE - Montgomery Row - Rhinebeck, N.Y.
"NEW DIRECTIONS" - Barrett Art Center - Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
2012
"PHOTOgraphy" - Red Hook CAN, juried, Red Hook, N.Y., first place prize
"PAINTERS AND POETS" - Columbia County Council for the Arts, Hudson, N.Y.
2011
"Art in the Loft" - Millbrook Winery, Millbrook, N.Y.
"Art Pop" - Red Hook, N.Y.
2010
"Far and Wide" - Woodstock Gallery and Museum, Woodstock, N.Y.
2009
"Museum Narratives" by Arlene Becker - BCB Gallery, Hudson, N.Y.
"Photographic/Photograph" Becker/Lipgar - GAS Gallery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
“Manhattan Neighborhoods” – Office President of Manhattan Boroughs, N.Y.
“The River” – Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, Woodstock, N.Y.