Ken Beckles

The art that I do is very abstract in content and nature. The paintings are personal and very different from other artists work due to the way that I approach the work. I mix most of the colors that I use and I also design the unusual shapes that I use for the paintings. I try to use as many variations as I can to separate my work from the rest of the art world so that I have my own dynamic style. I also don't view other artist's work so that I am not influenced by a current style or trend. My influences come from outside the art world and they are varied as life itself. Being a professional photographer before I was an artist has also had a great deal of influence on my style of art.

The best way to describe my art is to say that it is totally abstract, with large areas of varied colors that are sometimes splashed or solid and very linear in nature. The shapes are very unusual and the colors at times are also unusual. There are also some very hard edges, sometimes there are circles and sometimes there are small paintings within the paintings. My approach to doing the paintings also varies in that sometimes I work from drawings done to scale and then at times I draw directly on the surface because the concept is so clear...

Pratt Institute
Advertising Design
Visual Communication

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2012 BILLE’S BLACK RESTURANT, NEW YORK, NEW YORK
2004 BARNES & NOBLE, NEW YORK, NEW YORK
1995 MAYER, BROWN AND PLATT NEW YORK, NEW YORK
1990 ZECKENDORF TOWERS, NEW YORK, NEW YORK
1989 HAMILTON PLAZA, NEW YORK, NEW YORK
1985 ITOKEN PLAZA, NEW YORK, NEW YORK
BARBARA BRAATHEN GALLERY, NEW YORK, NEW YORK
1983 ALTERNATE SPACE GALLERY, NEW YORK, NEW YORK
1980 MASSAPEQUA PUBLIC GALLERY, NEW YORK, NEW YORK
VERZYL GALLERY, NORTHPORT, NEW YORK

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2009 SYLVIA WHITE GALLERY, VENTURA, CALIFORNIA
2009 BABOO GALLERY, NEW YORK, NEW YORK
2009 THE ARTCOMPLEX CENTER OF TOKYO (ACT), TOKYO, JAPAN
2008 CURTIS ARTS & HUMANITIES CENTER
GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLORADO
2008 SOHO20 CHELSEA GALLERY, NEW YORK, NEW YORK
2007 LAKEWOOD CULTURAL CENTER, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO
2005 LANCASTER MUSEUM OF ART, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA
2005 BARRETT ART CENTER, POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK
2004 CERES GALLERY, NEW YORK, NEW YORK
2002 WATER MILL MUSEUM, WATER MILL, NEW YORK
2001 ART ADDICTION, INTERNATIONAL MINIATURE ART SHOW,
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
2001 ARTONPAPER, CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION, SLOVENIA
1999 SHARJAH ARTS MUSEUM, SHARJAH, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
1999 ARTSFORUM GALLERY, NEW YORK, NEW YORK
1999 STEPHEN...