RESUME
GREGORY BECK
Public Art | Design | Sculpture
Lives and works in Fort Worth, Texas.
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOPS
2013 Andrew Cawrse - Advanced Level Anatomy Sculpture Workshop, Las Vegas, NV
2008 Portrait Workshop - Master Sculptor Philippe Faraut, Fort Worth, TX
2004 Loveland Academy of Art – Sculptor De L’ Esprie, Loveland, CO
2003 Loveland Academy of Art - Sculptor Martine Vogel, Loveland, CO
2002 Florence Academy of Art - Master Sculptor Robert Bodem, Florence, Italy
2001 Master’s Workshop - Master Sculptor Richard MacDonald, Carmel, CA
1972 University of Texas at Arlington – Major – Fine Art & Film Making, Arlington, TX
PUBLIC ART, MONUMENTS & COMMISSIONS
2026 Stained Glass Window Restoration - Restoration and replication of a storm-damaged stained glass window to closely match the existing adjacent sanctuary windows within the newly converted mixed-income apartment community. Maren Grove, Fort Worth, TX
2025 Bookstore Finial Re-creation - A long-missing architectural detail has been restored and returned to downtown Fort Worth. Originally part of a historic building that became Barber’s Book Store in 1925, the distinctive finial— lost sometime in the 1960s—has now been faithfully restored by Gregory Beck, Fort Worth, TX
2025 Art Deco Door Screen - Downtown Fort Worth Historic Building. Fort Worth, TX
2024 Ferro di Prua –Twin 11’ tall stainless-steel contemporary sculptures with LED lighting on canals at Indigo Hotel, Las Colinas, TX
2023 Santa Fe Trail – 50’ Long Screening Fence - 5 panels of translucent laminated polycarbonate, alternating with 5 panels of Laser-jet cut steel. Kiva East multi-income family housing complex, Dallas, TX
2021 Dancing Arch – 14’ tall translucent panels with water-jet cut aluminum frames and LED lighting; Cielo Place, Old Riverside Baptist Church conversion to multi-income family housing complex, Fort Worth, TX
2021 TEXRail DFW – Six unique 5’ tall panels at 5’ – Digital designs Incorporated into the TEXRail seating area at the DFW North Entry Platform, Grapevine, TX
2021 Bluebonnet Sunset – Multi-paneled water-jet cut aluminum hanging mural, Sunset at Fash Place, Fort Worth, TX
2018 Pieces of Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow – 85’ Long, multi-paneled, water-jet cut aluminum hanging mural, Fort Worth East Side Police Headquarters, Fort Worth, TX
2018 Liberato & Liberata - Two 9’ tall figurative, high bas-relief, cast bronze panels at Casa Del Sol y Luna Museum entrance, Chicago, IL
2017 Summer Serenade – Fort Worth Traffic Control Cabinet Wrap Graphics. City of Fort Worth Image Licensing Agreement, Fort Worth, TX
2013 M.D. Anderson Memorial – 12’ tall granite memorial incorporating 4 bronze bas-relief portraits of Monroe Dunway Anderson, his brother and business partners, Federal Building, Jackson, TN
2013 Tribute to Our Founders – Two 12’ tall cast concrete bas-relief panels, Founders Hall, Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, TX
2012 Honor for All – Veterans Memorial Monument - 22’ tall, 45,000 lb., black granite monolith with high-resolution laser-etched graphics and 8’ tall cast bronze Honor Guard Soldier, Veterans Memorial Park, Cedar Park, TX
2013 Primavera – 9’ tall cast bronze figurative sculpture. Exhibited at prominent fine art galleries and international exhibits. Private collection, Carefree, AZ
2010 Temple Portraits – 6’ tall. Three posthumous life-size cast bronze portrait sculptures of prominent religious leaders. Also commissioned, a 4’ H x 3’ W oil portrait on canvas, Dallas, TX
SOLO & JURIED EXHIBITIONS, HONORS, AWARDS
2019 Texas Sculptor Association, 27th SulptFest, Round Rock, TX
2018 Texas Sculptor Association, 26th SulptFest, Round Rock, TX
2018 Texas Sculptor Association, 1st Place Figurative, Grapevine, TX
2015 Texas Sculptor Association, 32nd Annual Sculpture Exhibition, Fort Worth, TX
2014 Sculptechluar, 1st Place, Best in Show, Frisco, TX
2013 Texas Society of Sculptors Exhibition, 1st Place Overall, Georgetown, TX
2011 Texas Visual Arts Association – Introspection, The Art of Self, Best in Show, Dallas, TX
2011 Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth. The Art of Children’s Advocacy Logo design, Nashville, TN 2010 Texas Society of Sculptors, The Crossings Exhibition, 2nd Place Overall, Austin, TX
2010 Sculpture in the Park, (exhibited 2002 – 2010), Loveland, Co
2009 The Crossings Exhibition, Texas Society of Sculptors, 1st Place, Austin, TX
2009 Sculpture at River Market Exhibition, Little Rock, AR
2008 Live Sculpting Exhibition – life-size sculpture, Samuel Lynne Gallery, Dallas, TX
2008 23rd Conservatory Art Classic Bosque Conservatory, 2nd Place, Clifton, TX
2008 Sculptors Dominion International Invitational Large Sculpture Exhibition, San Antonio, TX
2008 Abstract 08, Texas Society of Sculptors, Austin, TX
2007 22nd Bosque Conservatory Art Classic Conservatory, 2nd Place, Clifton, TX
2007 Solo Exhibition - Introspection, Illusions & Realities, Fort Worth Art Center, Fort Worth, TX
2007 Brushes to Bronze Exhibition, Keller, TX
2007 Sculptors Dominion International Invitational Large Sculpture Exhibition, San Antonio, TX
2006 Literary Sculpture, National Sculpture Society, New York, NY
2003 Biennale Internazionale dell’ Arte Contemporanea International Competition, Florence, Italy
2003 Sculpture Invitational, Loveland, CO
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & ASSOCIATIONS
Board of Directors, Texas Society of Sculptors
Art Director Circle Theater Gallery & Board of Directors National Society of Sculptors
Texas Sculpture Association
Texas Visual Arts Association
Texans for the Arts
Allied Artists of America
TEACHING
Gregory Beck Figurative Sculpture Workshops, Fort Worth, TX
MULTI MEDIUM DISCIPLINES & DESIGN SOFTWARE EXPERTISE
Cast bronze, paint, murals, mixed medium, videography, 3-D computer and graphic design. Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, SketchUp Pro, AutoDesk, Fusion 360, Procreate.
PUBLICATIONS AND VIDEO COVERAGE
2012 Cedar Park Magazine, Spring edition editorial.
2010 Jackson Sun, November, Celebrities enjoy talking with, reaching out to students editorial. 2010 Live Sculpting with Gregory Beck, video of live sculpting event, Dallas, TX
2010 Rusty Hahn, Discovery, video featuring sculpture by Gregory Beck, Dallas, TX
2009 Art Business News Magazine, January cover photo.
2007 Art of the Living Gallery episode, Gregory Beck Art from 360 degrees, The Veria Channel. 2006 Memphis Commercial Appeal, September, editorial.
2006 Art-Talk News, November, editorial.
2005 InformArt Magazine, Spring, editorial.
2005 Art World Magazine, January, Artist Vitae editorial.
2004 Art & Antique, June, editorial.