Beck Whitehead
Chair, Paper & Book Arts Department
210-224-1848 ext. 419
bhwhitehead@swschool.org
Education
MFA, University of Texas at San Antonio, 1980 – Sculpture
BA, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, 1973 – Fine Art
Institute for European Studies, Vienna, Austria, 1972‑1973.
Professional Experience/Workshops/Residencies/Lectures
2012
University of Alabama Book Arts Program
2009
Oxbow, Paper/Book Intensive
2006
American Museum of Papermaking, Atlanta, GA
Haystack, Deer Isle, MN, paper workshop
2005
IAPMA Congress, Banff, Alberta, Canada
2004
Texas A & M University Corpus Christi, TX, bookbinding workshop
2003
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, papermaking
Blanton Museum of Art, Austin TX, bookbinding workshop
Carleton College, Northfield MN, paper workshop
Minneapolis College of Art & Design, Minneapolis, MN paper workshop
2000
Haystack, Deer Isle, MN, paper workshop
1999
Pyramid Atlantic, Riverdale, MD, paper workshop
1997
Pyramid Atlantic, Riverdale, MD, paper workshop
Solo Exhibitions
2006
American Museum of Papermaking, Beck Whitehead, Atlanta, GA
2004
Joan Grona Gallery, Old Dogs and New Beginnings, San Antonio
1997
Aviart, Everything and Other Things, San Antonio
1991
The Exhibition Space at the Interchurch Center, New York, NY
Group Exhibitions
2010
Ville Finale Invitational, “Art from Architecture”, San Antonio
Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, Essentials, San Antonio
2008
Craft Alliance Gallery, The Embedded Image, St Louis, MO
2007
Arrowmont, Faculty Exhibition, Gatlinburg, TN
2005
Paper Posey, Pulp Fiction, San Antonio
Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts, 4th International Triennial, Chicago, IL
Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Plane & Form: Contemporary Handmade Paper,Minneapolis, MN
2004
Textures Gallery, With or Without Words, A Collection of Artists’ Books, San Antonio
2003
Louisiana State University Library, Pulp Paintings & Handmade Books, (2-person) Baton Rouge, LA
Del Rio Art Center, (2-person) Del Rio, TX
2002
Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts, Contemporary American Paper Artists, Chicago, IL
2000
Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts, Pages, Chicago, IL
St. Mary’s University, In On Of Paper: Paper Works, (2-person) San Antonio
Columbia College of Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts, Pages, Chicago, IL
Columbia College of Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts, The 2nd National Book and Paper Arts Biennial, Chicago, IL
1999
Corcoran School of Art, Four Papermakers, Washington, D.C.
1998
Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Turning Up the Page: International Invitational, Laurel, MD
1997
Sonoma State College, Dard Hunter Membership Exhibition, Rohnert Park, CA Second Place Award
Primary Object, Working the Surface, (2-person) San Antonio
1996
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, National Paper Show, Ann Arbor, MI
Center for Book Arts, Paper, Art & the Book. New York, NY
Women and Their Work, The Book Re-Configured, College Station, Corpus Christi & Dallas, TX (Traveling Exhibit)
1990
The Art Center, Paper/Fiber XIII. Iowa City, IA
Laguna Gloria Art Museum, New American Talent. Austin, TX
1989
University of Nevada‑Reno, Paper 1989, Reno, NV
Plaza of the Americas, Excellence 89, Dallas, TX
California State University, Bakersfield, CA
Knoxville Museum of Art, Works on Paper, Knoxville, TN
1987
University of Kansas, Wichita, KS
Rojo Galeria de Arte, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
New York University, New York, NY
Reviews/Publications
Sures, Lynn and Whitehead, Beck. The 2010 Pulp Painting Symposium in San Antonio. Hand Papermaking, Vol. 25, No. 2.
Noted Exhibitions: “The Embedded Image: Current work in Hand Papermaking” at Craft Alliance, St. Louis, Missouri. Hand Papermaking, Vol. 23, No. 1.
Noted Exhibitions: Beck Whitehead, “New and Recent Works” at Robert C. Williams Paper Museum at Georgia Tech, Atlanta. Hand Papermaking, Vol. 21, No. 2.
Whitehead, Beck. Winter 1991. Collaborations in Paper at the Southwest Craft Center, Hand Papermaking, Vol. 6, No. 2.
