RICK BECK •   HONOMU, HI

By using a fragile material to represent items usually regarded as sturdy and nearly indestructible, glass artist Rick Beck creates an interesting balance and contradiction in his work. Whether depicting figures or everyday objects, Beck creates a fascinating distortion to our sense of scale and form.

Beck received his BA degree from Hastings College (NE) and his MFA degree from Southern Illinois University. His work is in the collections of the Mint Museum of Craft + Design (NC), the Wustum Museum of Fine Art (WI), the Ogden Museum of Southern Art (LA), the Asheville Art Museum (NC) and the Columbia Museum of Art (SC). Rick currently works from his studio in Hawaii.

“I am interested in playing volumes of mass against details by extracting and exaggerating the things I find interesting. Ultimately the work should challenge the eye and the mind.”

 


ASSOCIATED EXHIBITIONS

Coralie Tweed_ Reflections on the River_ paintings_ North Carolina painter
SHOWCASE GALLERY
October 10 - December 31, 2013
Glass Secessionism_ 50th anniversary of the Studio Glass Movement
Showcase Gallery
June 7 - July 6, 2012