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EDUCATION
MA Aesthetic Theory, Prescott College, 2004.

Fulbright Fellowship in Photography, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel, 1999-2000.

BFA, Pacific Northwest College of Art, 1992.

High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Houston, TX, 1987. 
 


BOOKS BY THE ARTIST
Firmament, George F. Thompson Publishing, November 2013.

The Lost Christmas Gift, Princeton Architectural Press, October 2012.
 


PUBLIC COLLECTIONS, CORPORATE COLLECTIONS, AND PUBLICATIONS
MacArthur Foundation Art Collection, Chicago, IL.

Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO.

Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR.

Phoenix Art Museum | InFocus Foundation, Phoenix, AZ 

Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Center for Graphic Arts, Portland, OR.

Taylor Museum of Art, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College, CO.

Special Collections, Norlin Library, University of Colorado, Boulder.

Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE.

Museum of Contemporary Religious Art, St. Louis University, MO.

Special Collections, Rocky Mountain Land Library, CO.

Special Collections, McFarlin Library, University of Tulsa, OK.

Center for the Study of Place, Arthur, NE & Staunton, VA.

Franklin Furnace at Pratt Institute, New York City, NY.

Fralin Museum of Art at UVA, VA.

University of Wyoming Art Museum, WY.

Special Collections, Penrose Library, University of Denver, CO.

Sand Dunes National Park, CO.

First Western Trust Bank, Denver, CO.

Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA.

Benson Hotel, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO.
 

Fraction Magazine #98, inclusion in the Nine Year Anniversary Edition, May 2017.

L’Oeil de la Photographie, review of 10 exhibitions for Denver's Month of Photography, feature story, 3/19/2015.

Lenscratch, featured the project Firmament, May 2014.

Looking at Images, includes an essay about one of my images, Brooks Jensen, Lenswork Publishing, 2014.

ArtFocus, feature article about the Firmament exhibition at the CSFAC, fall issue 2013.

Lenscratch, featured the project As in a Mirror Dimly, September 2012.

LensWork, featured the essay Photography as a Spiritual Discipline, #89, 2010.

LensWork, featured the portfolio As in A mirror Dimly, #70, 2006.

LensWork, featured the portfolio Temples and Monuments, #53, 2004.



AWARDS AND GRANTS
2014 Pictorial Book of the Year awarded to Firmament, Colorado Humanities Center for the Book.

Nominee, Santa Fe Prize, 2011. 

Visiting Artist, Center for the Study of Place, Arthur, Nebraska, July 2011.

Fulbright Fellowship in Photography, Jerusalem, Israel, October 1999 - June 2000. 

Focus Grant, National Endowment for the Humanities, Denver, CO, 1996. 

Visiting Artist, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO, 1993.

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
A Cloud of Unknowing, Michael Warren Contemporary, Denver, CO, February-March, 2023.

Harbinger, O’Sullivan Gallery, Regis University, March 2021

An Incalculable Distance, C4FAP, Ft. Collins, CO, November 2015-January 2016.

Gustav's Observatory: When Stars Come Close, Goodwin Fine Art, Denver, CO, September-October 2015.

Firmament, Goodwin Fine Art, Denver, CO, January-February 2014.

Andrew Beckham: Firmament, Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, CO, September-November 2013.

Art from The Lost Christmas Gift, Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM, December 2012.

Covered in Light as with a Garment, Naropa University , Boulder, CO, October-December 2007.

As in a Mirror Dimly, Soke Fine Art, Denver, CO, December/January 2007.

Visual Visceral, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO, December/January 2004/5.

Questions from the Whirlwind, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO, February/March 2002.

Questions from the Whirlwind, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, NM, June 2001.

Walking Nowhere : Finding Home, CSK Gallery, Denver, CO, September 1998.

Approaching Light, CSK Gallery, Denver, CO, August/September 1997.

Wood Water Rock Bone, Opicka Gallery, Denver, CO, November 1995.

Andrew Beckham: Recent Work, Camerawork Gallery, Portland, OR, April 1992.
 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Highlights:

Drawn: From the Source, by invitation, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, CO, June-August, 2023.

New Territory: Landscape Photography Today, Denver Art Museum, included works by Andrew Beckham, Sally Mann, Matthew Brandt, Abelardo Morell, David Maisel, Andreas Gursky, Gregory Crewdson, Dornith Doherty, and others. Denver, CO June-September 2019.

Excerpts: Andrew Beckham, Linda Connor, David Maisel, Binh Dahn and Brenda Biondo. Goodwin Fine Art, Denver, CO, February 22 - April 11, 2015. 


Selected Chronology:

X: Tenth Anniversary Group Exhibition/The Color of Alpine Michael Warren Contemporary, Denver, CO, March-April 2024.

Looking Up, by invitation, Fralin Museum of Art at UVA, March-July, 2023.

Arboretum: Andrew Beckham, Angela Faris Belt, Jody Guralnick, Heidi Jung, Marietta Patricia Leis and Meredith Nemirov, Michael Warren Contemporary, June 2021, Denver, Colorado.

The Art of the State, by invitation, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Winter 2019, Arvada, Colorado.

Coors Western Art Exhibition, Benefiting the National Western Scholarship Trust, January 2019, 2020, 2021.

Art and Conflict, by invitation, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Fall 2017, Arvada, Colorado.

Varied Perceptions: Andrew Beckham, Marcus DeSieno & Amy Giese, Colorado Photographic Arts Center/The Art Gym, Denver, CO, March 2-25, 2017.

InFocus: Self-Published Photo Books, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ, December 2016 - April 2017.

The Art of the State, by invitation, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Winter 2016, Arvada, Colorado.

Flood: James Balog, Andrew Beckham, Kevin O’ Connell, Chuck Forsman, Chris Brown, Katie Harwood, and Richard Van Pelt, Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, CO, September 10-October 10, 2014.

4x4: Four Curators, Four Artists, Gallery of Contemporary Art (GOCA) at UCCS, April 30-July 9, 2010.

Great Sand Dunes National Park: The Art of the Dunes (by invitation), Denver International Airport, Fall 2010.

Call and Response, FAC Modern, Colorado Springs, CO, April 2009.

Selections from the Fulbright Project, Vision Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel, 2002.

The West: New Ways/Old Visions, (by invitation), Center for the Visual Arts, Metro State, Denver, January 2000.

Mountain West Biennial Photography Exhibition, (Peter Goin, juror), Nora Harrision Museum of Art, USU, Logan, UT, March/April 1993.

Beckham, Harvey, Bringle: Recent Works, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO, November 1992.
 


FILM FESTIVALS
Acceptances and screenings for A Rent in the Veil:

Official Selection, Los Angles International Short Film Festival, 2019.

Honorable Mention, Los Angles Underground Film Forum, 2019.

Finalist, Best Spiritual Category, Great Lakes international Short Film Festival, 2019.

Official Selection, Woodbury Film Festival., 2020.

Official Selection, Roma Cinema DOC, 2020.

Official Selection, Blazing Sun Film Shorts Festival, 2020.

Official Selection, Fine Arts Film Festival, Venice Institute of Contemporary Art, 2020.



TEACHING
Visual Arts Department Chair, St. Mary’s Academy, Englewood, CO, 2000-present.   

Visiting Artist and Faculty, Naropa University, Boulder, CO, 2007.

 
Lectures and Workshops:

Denver Art Museum | Anderman Lecture Series
Longmont Museum of Art
Regis University
University of Colorado Denver
Colorado Photographic Arts Center
National Art Educator's Association
Colorado Art Educator's Association
Oregon School of Arts and Crafts
Rocky Mountain Land Series/Library 
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College


REPRESENTATION
Art and Photography: Michael Warren Contemporary, Denver, CO

Publishing: Joanna Hurley/Hurley Media, Santa Fe, NM