Statement

“Several years ago, while I was sitting across the table from my late father on his 90th birthday, it became clear to me, for the first time, that his dementia had taken a significant part of him away. That was a very powerful moment and the catalyst for the entire “Scratch” series.The work comes together around notions of the unknown, incremental loss, perceptions, transformation and the corners of ourselves, individually and collectively, we may rather leave in the dark.” – CB

Bio
Craig Becker is a self-taught, photo-based artist whose varied creative experiences – gallerist, professional photographer and digital collagist – are each marked by the search for the visually evocative. From his lakeside studio in rural Maine, his work starts with a general theme, but is constantly transformed during an intuitive and spontaneous process. The resulting images are psychologically complex, inviting exploration to the edges of the human experience.

His award-winning work has been widely exhibited at galleries and museums across the country including the Ogden Museum, New Britain Museum of American Art, Griffin Museum of Photography, Center for Fine Art Photography, Martin Museum of Art & Maine Museum of Photographic Arts. Portfolios of his work have been published in Musee’ Magazine, F-Stop Magazine, BETA19, Lenscratch and was one of Feature Shoot’s Emerging Photographers for 2017.

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Craig Becker CV
(b.1959, US)

Education: Continuing

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2018

PORTRAITS.ASmith Gallery,TX

TREE TALK. Griffin Museum of Photography, MA

PORTRAITS 2018.Maine Museum of PhotographicArt, Portland, ME

2017

NOR’EASTER. New Britain Museum ofAmericanArt. New Britain, CT
SOHO PHOTO GALLERY.Annual National Competition. NY
PORTRAIT: WITHINTIME + SPACE. South x Southeast Gallery. GA
INTIMATE PORTRAITS. PhotoPlace Gallery, VT
ELSEWHERE.A. Smith Gallery.TX
LIQUID. NewYork Center for Photographic Arts, NY
ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION. Providence Center for PhotographicArts. RI

2016

CURRENTS 2016. Ogden Museum, New Orleans, LA
PETER URBAN LEGACY EXHIBITION.  Griffin Museum of Photography, MA CENTER FORWARD 2016.The Center for FineArt Photography, CO
RESIDUE. University of Maine at FarmingtonArt Gallery, ME
TPS 25. Big Bend Museum,TX, Martin Museum ofArt,TX, Grace Museum,TX
THE CREATIVE PORTRAIT. LACenter for Photography, CA
NEUROTICA. Union of Maine VisualArtist.  Portland, ME
MASKS.The Southeast Center for Photography. Greenville, SC
NOR’EASTER. New Britain Museum ofAmericanArt. New Britain, CT THE CURATED FRIDGE. The OpenAperture Gallery. Newport, RI
WHAT YOU SEE.Carver Hill Gallery, Rockland, ME

2015

PORTRAITS 2015. The Center for FineArt Photography, CO
ROTATION. Susan Maasch FineArt, Portland, ME
ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBIT. Peter Miller FineArt. Providence, RI
ART2015. Annual Juried Exhibit. Harlow Gallery. Hallowell, ME
CENTER FORWARD 2015.The Center for FineArt Photography, CO
ART& INNOVATION. WEX.  South Portland, ME
NEW NEW ENGLAND. Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA

2014

WHAT IS A PORTRAIT. Ripe Gallery, NY
NEW CREATIVITY. NewYork Center for PhotographicArts, NY
NEW ENLAND COLLECTIVE V. Galatea FineArt, Boston, MA
ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBIT. Danforth Museum ofArt. Framingham, MA TRANSFORMATION. Saccarappa Art Collective. Westbrook, ME Solo Exhibit

2010

THE DIGITAL COLLAGE. Shaw Gallery. Northeast Harbor, ME
WALLSAND WINDOWS. WaterfallArts. Belfast, ME

Craig Becker
AWARDS & RECOGNITION

INTIMATE PORTRAITS. PhotoPlace Gallery, VTJuror’s Choice. Joyce Tenneson

FEATURE SHOOT Emerging PhotographerAward 2017

LIQUID. NewYork Center for PhotographicArts, NYSecond Place 2017 Deborah Klomp Ching

ELSEWHERE. A Smith Gallery,TX Director’sAward 2017 Amanda Smith

TEXAS PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY 25. First Place. Juror Rixon Reed 2016

MASKS.The Southeast Center for Photography. Juror’s Choice. Aline Smithson 2016

CRITICAL MASS FINALIST. Photolucida 2016

LENSCULTURE. Scratch series. Editor’s Pick 2015

YOUR DAILYPHOTOGRAPH.  “First Place”. Duncan Miller Gallery, CA 2015

CRITICALMASS FINALIST. Photolucida 2015

NEW PORTRAITURE. Saatchi Art 2015

NEW CREATIVITY. NewYork Center for PhotographicArts, NY Grand Prize & First Place, JurorAline Smithson  2014

WHAT IS A PORTRAIT? Ripe Gallery, NY Best in the Surreal category. Juror Ruben Natal-San Miguel 2014

PUBLICATIONS

FEATURE SHOOT. Portraits Born From a Sense of Loss. 2017

F-STOP MAGAZINE. Portfolio Issue. Featured artist portfolio and interview. 2017

MUSEE MAGAZINE. Chaos Issue. Spotlight Artist  2016

BETA 19. developments in photography 2016  Cover & 18 page portfolio

PROFANE LITERARY JOURNAL. WINTER 2016. Cover & Featured Artist

MAINE ARTS JOURNAL. Neurotic 2016 Cover

MAINE HOME + DESIGN.TheArtist Issue 2016

EDGE OF HUMANITY MAGAZINE.Artist Expose’ 2016

MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM. “What You  See” review by Dan Kany 2016

FRACTION MAGAZINE. 7th Anniversary Issue 2015

CENTER FORWARD 2015.The Center for Fine Art Photography, CO
Exhibition Catalog Cover 2015

THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION. Exposure Awards 2015

BIBLIOTHEQUE. October 2015

NEW CREATIVITY. NewYork Center for PhotographicArts, NY
Exhibition Catalog Cover 2014

MiLDRED MAGAZINE. Art’s Sake Profile 2014