dave beck

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Education

2007    M.F.A. - Sculpture & Extended Media, University of Wisconsin, Madison - Thesis: After the Hunt: Trompe L’Oeil Imagery with Contemporary Tools
2006    M.A. - Studio Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison - Thesis: Corporate/Domestic: Portrait of Myself at 50 in the Corporate World
2002    B.A. - Studio Art & Ancient Studies, St. Olaf College - Cum Laude, Departmental Distinction

Professional Academic Experience

Teaching
2011 – Present          Assistant Professor of Design, University of Wisconsin – Stout (Menomonie, WI)
2007 – 2011    Assistant Professor of Digital Arts & Sciences, Clarkson University (Potsdam, NY)
2004 – 2007    Instructor of 3D Design, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Art Department

Leadership
2007-2011                   Director, Digital Arts & Sciences Program, Clarkson University (Potsdam, NY)

Professional Artistic Experience

Selected Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2012    Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE (forthcoming)
2010    Continuation, Gibson Gallery, State University of New York, Potsdam
             Simulated Landscapes, SARUP Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
2009    The Interior Plot, Overture Center Gallery, Madison, WI
2007    After the Hunt, 7th Floor Gallery, Madison, WI
2006    Corporate/Domestic, Slingshot Gallery, Madison, WI
             UW-Marathon Distinguished Visiting Artist Exhibit, Marathon, WI
2005    Support Our Troops. Galerie Seven Thirty Four, Madison, WI
2004    Your Heart is No Match for My Love, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN.
2002    Rings, Dittmann Installation Room (inaugural show), St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN.

Selected Group Exhibitions
2012    Open Door 7, Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (juried by Steve Dietz)
             ArtsWest33, L.E. Phillips Memorial Library, Eau Claire, WI
             Way Up State, Courthouse Gallery, Lake George, NY
             Sustainable Seafood, Smithsonian Museum’s Sant Ocean Hall, Washington, DC
2011   Faculty Art Exhibit, Furlong Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, WI
             Somewhere Elsewhere, Larson Gallery, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
             UW-Faculty Exchange, Wankelman Gallery, Bowling Green State University, OH
             IDEAS ’11 Exhibition, Savannah College of Art & Design, GA
             Beacons, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art (UICA), Grand Rapids, MI
             Geography of Somewhere, Ferguson Gallery, Concordia University Chicago, IL
              IMPACT, Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts, Blue Mountain Lake, NY
2010    Digital Matter(s), Saranac Art Projects, Spokane, WA
              Art on Bascom, University of Wisconsin, Madison WI
2009    International Juried Art Exhibition, Frederic Remington Museum, Ogdensburg, NY
              Tabula Rasa, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ. Curated by Evonne M. Davis
             Art vs. Starlight, Madison, WI. Curated by Wisconsin Union Galleries
2008    Animal Magnetism, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
              North Country Regional Art Show, Gibson Gallery, Potsdam, NY
             Gimme Baby Robots  Touring Exhibition (Boston, Chicago, LA, San Francisco, & Memphis)
2007    iDEAs ’07 Exhibition, F.U.E.L. Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
              The Art of the Digital Show, Lyceum Gallery, San Diego, CA.  Curated by Neal Benezra
             Sculpture at the Edge, Lawton Gallery, Green Bay, WI. Curated by Stephen Perkins
             SIGGRAPH Conference Space -Time Exhibition, San Diego, CA
              Impossible Cities, Peter Jones Gallery, Chicago, IL.
              Drawing No Conclusions, UICA.  Grand Rapids, MI.  Curated by Dominic Molon
2006    PhotoMidwest, Porter Butts Gallery, Madison, WI, Curated by Catherine Edelman
             North by Northwest, Diamond Ink Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
             Art Student Invitational, State Street Gallery, Madison, WI.     
             Madison - Milwaukee Exchange, Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, WI. Curated by MIAD
2005    Art Basel International Miami Beach, The Daily Constitutional, Miami, FL
             Big Ten Conference Center Year Long Juried Exhibition, Park Forest, IL
             Things Have Been Strange, Bad Dog Gallery, DeKalb, IL. Curated by Geoffrey Todd Smith
             Online Auction of “Missile Car”, www.ebay.com
             “Missile Car” Driving Performance. Streets of Madison, WI
             Artist Designed Mini-Golf.  Mini-Golf Course, Madison, WI.
             National Compact Competition. Baton Rouge, LA.
2004    Voice Your Vote, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN. Curated by Jane Becker
             Sculpture, Silo Gallery, Stoughton, WI. Curated by Aris Georgiades
2003    The Associates, Northfield Arts Guild, Northfield, MN.  Curated by Kirsten Johnson.
             Sweets, Flaten Art Museum, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN.  Curated by Jill Ewald.
              5 Minutes of Fame, online, www.mnartists.org.  Sponsored by the Walker Art Center.
2001    Minnesota State Juried Show, Rochester Arts Center, Rochester, MN.

Permanent Collections & Commissions
Smithsonian Museum
Culver’s Corporation
Wells Fargo

Fellowships
2012    Board of Directors Award Fellow, KHN Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE
             Fellow, Lanesboro Artist Residency, Lanesboro, MN
2010    Fellow, Minnesota Science Museum Pine Needles Residency, St. Croix, MN
2009    Fellow, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE
02-03   Apprentice Fellowship, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN (9-month residency)

Honors & Awards
2011    NYFA Award: New York Foundation for the Arts MARK ‘11 Participant
2010    2010 Innovative Program Award (given to the Clarkson program I directed), iDMAa
             Outstanding New Teacher Award, Clarkson University
             Honorable Mention, Scientific Visualization Challenge, National Science Foundation
2008    Phalanx Commendable Service Award, Clarkson University
2006    Distinguished Visiting Artist Exhibition & Lecture Series Participant, UW-Marathon, WI
             Artwork chosen to represent UW-Madison at The Big Ten Conference Center, Park Ridge,IL
2002    Departmental Distinction, St. Olaf College Art Department, Northfield, MN

Reviews
Marc Leuthold, Sculpture Magazine, September 2011, Vol. 30, # 7, Pgs. 68-69
Kelly Nosari, DailyServing International Contemporary Art Forum, 5/4/11
Molly Kimelman, “Luminous Art exhibit illuminates galleries at UICA”, Grand Rapids Press, 1/13/11
Sean Ryan, “Artists, Architects Collaborate at UWM,” The Milwaukee Business Journal, Nov. 5, 2010
Todd Moe, North Country Public Radio Interview, 11 minutes, www.ncpr.org, 9/15/10
Grace Johnson, “Artist Works with Volunteers for GPS Project” Nebraska City News-Press, 5/28/09
Kristian Knutsen “Rockstar Squashes Online Installation” www.isthmus.com 2/14/06
Dave Beck, “My Car/Missile” The Daily Constitutional, 12/05 www.dailyconstitutional.org
Elizabeth Wachowski, “Madison man, missile make a statement on eBay” WI State Journal, 8/28/05
Doug Moe, “Artist Spitting Image to be Shown” Capital Times, 2/7/05
Jakki Spicer, “Mortality in Deer and Infants at the Soap” www.mnartists.org, 6/4/04
Kelly Zwagerman, "Minneapolis Artist Working at St. Olaf on a Grant," Northfield News, 1/11/03

Publications
The New York Times Online Slideshow “Visualizing Science” Image 3, 2/19/10
National Geographic Online Slideshow “Best Science Pictures Announced”, 2/19/10
National Science Foundation Online International Science & Engineering Challenge Winners, 2/19/10
Science, International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge Winners, 2/19/10
the blogpaper (UK-based newspaper about blogs), Jellyfish Burger (page 9) Issue #1 9/25/09
Jellyfish Burger (artist credit) in DISCOVER Magazine Online, 7/09 www.discovermagazine.com
Jellyfish Burger (artist credit) in BlueSci Magazine, Issue #15 of 4/09, University of Cambridge, England
“Gamescenes. Art in the Age of Videogames” (Featured artist) Bittanti Quaranta. 2006. gamescenes.org

Grants
2012    Professional Development Grant ($3780), University of Wisconsin – Stout
             Curricular Incubation Grant ($7181), University of Wisconsin - Stout
2011    JIT Professional Development Grant ($1000), University of Wisconsin – Stout
             George I. Alden Trust Facilities Improvement Grant ($150,000), Clarkson University
2008    Creativity & Visual Communications Seminar Leader, STEM Grant (08-09)
2007    Safe Schools, Healthy Students of St. Lawrence County Grant Co-Coordinator (07-08)

Teaching, Service, & Learning

Courses Taught
University of Wisconsin – Stout, School of Art & Design (2011- Present)
DES 220          2D Digital Imaging (Fall 2011)
DES 372          3D Modeling & Animation I (Spring 2012)
DES 373          Digital Characters (Fall 2011)
DES 374          3D Modeling & Animation II (Spring 2012)
DES 381          Advanced Animation (Fall 2011, Spring 2012)

Clarkson University, Digital Arts & Sciences Program (2007-2011)*
DA 100            Introduction to Digital Art (Summer 2011)
DA 200            3D Digital Design (Fall 2007- 2010)
DA 225            Digital Painting (Fall 2010)
DA 300            3D Imagery & Animation (Spring 2008-2011)
DA 310            Digital Object Design (Fall 2007-2009)
DA 400            Directed & Collaborative Development (3D Modeling and Animation) (Fall & Spring 08-11)
DA 410            Directed & Collaborative Development (Digital Object Design) (Fall & Spring 08-11)
DA 470            Motion Capture (Fall 2010)
DA 491            Professional Practice (Fall 2007-2009)
DA 492            Senior Studies (Spring 2008, 2009, 2011)

*All above Clarkson courses were created and designed by Beck, as Program Director

Clarkson University, Team-Taught Courses and Graduate-Level Courses (2007-2011)
ES 305              Interdisciplinary Product Design (taught w/ Engineering & Business Faculty) (Fall 08 & 09)
MA 705           Graduate Course: Physics Based 3D Animation w/ Numerical Modeling (Spring 2010)

University of Wisconsin – Madison, Department of Art (2005-2007)
ART104           Introduction to 3D Design (Fall 2006 & Spring 2007)
ART108           Foundations of Contemporary Art (Fall 2005)
ART208           Current Directions in Art (Spring 2006)

Advising
2011-Pres.    University of Wisconsin – Stout, School of Art & Design (Advised 5-10 undergraduate students)
2011-Pres.    University of Wisconsin – Stout, Game Design & Development Program (Advised 10-15 undergraduate students)
2007-2011    Clarkson University, Digital Arts & Sciences Program (Advised 50-75 undergraduate students)

Service
Service within UW-Stout School of Art & Design
2011    School of Art & Design Curriculum Committee Member

Service within Profession
2012    Consultant, Astrum Terra (Science & Art Consultants for Video Games)
2011    Reviewer, Call for Papers, International Digital Media and Arts Association Conference
2010    Juror, Remington Museum Members Exhibition, Ogdensburg, NY
2009    Juror, SUNY-Potsdam, Potsdam, NY
             Juror, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY

Professional International Affiliations
IGDA      Member, International Game Developers Association
iDMAa   Advisory Board Member, International Digital Media and Arts Association
CAA        Member, College Art Association
FATE      Member, Foundations in Art: Theory and Education
ISC          International Sculpture Center

Sculpture Skills
Expertise in casting and digital 3D printing, specifically with plaster, synthetics, and bronze.  Expertise in foundations-level sculpture (wood working, found object, etc) and proficient in welding & other forms of direct-metal work (including metal lathe, milling, and CNC machinery).