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Susan Johnson Beck (1943-), of Salt Lake City, is a mixed-media artist, painter, and educator. She studied at the University of Utah (B.A., 1965; M.F.A., 1968) and the California College of Arts and Crafts. Her work has been shown at the Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City; Salt Lake Arts Center Faculty Exhibition; Utah Biennials; Utah Arts Council shows; Springville Museum of Art; Weber State College; S.L.A.C. with Bonnie Susec and Meredith Moench (Summer 1997)etc. Teaching experiences include University of Utah (1969-); S.L.A.C. (1969-70); Artist in Education Program of Lollapalooza (a children's art program); Salt Lake City Arts Council; private instruction; etc. Phillips Gallery handles her work. Beck is an excellent teacher with extensive training in traditional painting technique. Described as a portrait specialist in the mid-1970's, she was painting a series of detailed still-life objects by the end of the decade. Yet her ideas have drawn her increasingly toward the use of mixed media and a wider range of expressive forms in more recent years. Her work shown at the Salt Lake Art Center (Summer 1997) was her best yet, especially in terms of the visual ideas involved.

Professional Activities
1999-2003 - Board of Trustees of the Salt Lake Art Center
1996-2003 - Visual Arts Committee of Utah Arts Council
1994-present - Art teacher at Rowland Hall
2001- present - Teacher for Utah State University at Tooele Campus

Awards
1995 - Utah Artist Fellowship Award Finalist, Salt Lake Art Center
1993 - Utah Women's Art Project (juried) National Museum of Women in Arts, Washington, D.C.
1987 - Utah Women - Utah Museum of Fine Arts - selected for traveling exhibit (award)
1983 - Utah Women - Utah Museum of Fine Arts - selected for traveling exhibit (award)
1982 - Utah Annual - Utah Museum of Fine Arts - (award)
1978 - Utah Annual Springville Museum of Art (award)
1969 - Utah Annual - Utah Museum of Fine Arts - (award)

Biography courtesy the artist.

Susan Beck

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