Education
2018 MFA in Studio Art - New Mexico State University, Las Cruces NM
2012 BFA in Jewelry w/ minor in G. Design - University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso TX
Grants / Awards
2018 Best in Show Juror’s Choice Student Show - University Art Gallery, Las Cruces NM
2018 Ken Barrick Graduate Memorial Scholarship - NMSU, Las Cruces NM
2018 Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award - NMSU, Las Cruces NM
2017 Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award - NMSU, Las Cruces NM
2012 Award for Excellence in Metals - UTEP, El Paso TX
Exhibitions
2020 Newfangled, Splop Design online exhibition - https://splopgallery.com/newfangled/
2020 Exhibition in Motion, Future Now - SNAG Conference (invited)
2020 Slippery and Subversive - Wellington B. Gray Gallery - Greenville NC
2019 Standing in the Light - Branigan Cultural Center - Las Cruces NM
2019 Las Artistas Juried Art Exhibit and Sale - The Old Railyard - El paso TX
2019 Exhibition in Motion, Gold - SNAG Conference - Chicago IL
2019 Earrings Galore - Heidi Lowe Gallery - Rehoboth Beach DE, Chicago IL, New York NY
2019 Solo #livingwithyourselfie - Cruces Creatives, Las Cruces NM
2018 Re: if i, MFA/BFA Exhibition - Wells Hall, New Mexico State University Las Cruces NM
2018 In Profile: Modern Cameos - Baltimore Jewelry Center -Baltimore MD (Judged by Erica Bello)
2018 Solo Treat Your Selfie - Art Obscura - Las Cruces NM
2018 Exhibition in Motion, Objects of Protection - SNAG Conference - Portland OR
2018 Here & Now - Las Cruces Museum of Art & University Art Gallery -Las Cruces NM (Judged by Joy Miller & Marisa Sage)
2018 Circa Circuit: contemporary fabrication - Cruces Creative - Las Cruces NM
2018 NMSU Annual Juried Exhibition - University Art Gallery - Las Cruces NM (Judged by Cathy Lee Curtis)
2017 Project Postcard - University Art Gallery - Las Cruces NM
2017 Exhibition in Motion, Unmasked: Concealed and Revealed - SNAG Conference New Orleans, LA (Judged by Rene Zettle-Sterling & Warren Holzman)
2017 NMSU Annual Juried Exhibition - University Art Gallery – Las Cruces NM (Judged by Steven Randall)
2017 Nasty Woman Exhibition and Fundraiser - Art Obscura – Las Cruces NM
2016 The Permanent of ALLIAGES - ALLIAGES Organization - Lille, France (Judged by Juan Riusech)
2016 Rising Eyes of Texas - Rockport Art Center - Rockport TX (Judged by Anna Stothart)
2016 True Blue - Baltimore Jewelry Center - Baltimore MD (Judged by April Wood, Beth Pohlman, & Shane Prada)
2015 Momentum, SNAG Student Show - Boston MA (Judged by Efharis Elepedis & Loring Taoka)
2015 Annual MFA Candidate Show- Texas Tech University - Lubbock TX
2014 Body Art: Contemporary El Paso Jewelry - El Paso Museum of Art - El Paso TX (Curated by Patrick Cable)
2014 La Frontera - Museo Franz Meyer - Mexico City, Mexico - Velvet da Vinci - San Francisco, CA - Houston Center for Contemporary Craft - Houston, TX
(Judged by Lorena Lazard, Mike Holmes, & Elizabeth Shypertt)
2012 Solo Peter Pan Complex - Agave Rosa - El Paso TX
2012 Annual Juried UTEP Student Art Exhibition - The Stanlee & Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts - El Paso, TX (Judged by Cheryl Hartup)
2012 Jewelry from the Edge - Jewelers’ Werk Galerie - Washington DC (Judged by Mike Holmes & Elizabeth Shypertt)
2012 Las Artistas Juried Art Exhibit and Sale - First Presbyterian Hall - El Paso TX
2011 Annual Juried UTEP Student Art Exhibition - The Stanlee & Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts - El Paso, TX (Judged by Ruth Estevez)
2011 Las Artistas Juried Art Exhibit and Sale - First Presbyterian Hall - El Paso TX
2010 13 Pilots - Union Exhibition Gallery - El Paso TX
2010 Las Artistas Juried Art Exhibit and Sale - First Presbyterian Hall - El Paso TX
2010 Annual Juried UTEP Student Art Exhibition - The Stanlee & Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts - El Paso, TX (Judged by David A. Lewis)
Commissions
2019 Public Art Community Mural - large scale acrylic mural (20’ x 8’) Cruces Creative - Las Cruces NM
Bibliography
2020 JaMS, Jewelry and Metals Survey, Vol 3
2019 JaMS, Jewelry and Metals Survey, Vol.2
2018 Art Jewelry Forum “On Offer” (https://artjewelryforum.org/on-offer-20)
2018 (f)raction Magazine 10th Anniversary Issue, Vol 110. Group 1
2013 La Frontera Exhibition Catalog
2013 The Art Avenue (http://theartave.com/victor-beckmann/)
Teaching and Professional Experience
2020 Adjunct Instructor - New Mexico State University - Art History 295 & Art Appreciation
2016 - 18 Graduate Instructor - New Mexico State University - Intro Metals
2016 - 18 Studio Technician - New Mexico State University - Metals Studio
2017 Teaching Assistant - New Mexico State University - Digital Fabrication
2016 Studio Technician - New Mexico State University - Woodshop
2013 - 14 Art Instructor - El Paso Museum of Art - Neighborhood Kids
Lectures and Workshop
2018 Speaker for Professional Art Practices, University of Texas at El Paso (once per semester)
2017 Speaker for Professional Art Practices, University of Texas at El Paso (once per semester)
2016 Speaker for Professional Art Practices, University of Texas at El Paso (once per semester)
2014 Masterfully Inspired, Jewelry Workshop - El Paso Museum of Art
2014 Polymer Clay, Jewelry Workshop - El Paso Museum of Art
Curatorial Projects
2018 Circa Circuit: contemporary fabrication - Cruces Creative - Las Cruces NM
2017 Graduate Open House - New Mexico State University
2012 Salon des Refuses Show - University of Texas at El Paso
2011 Salon des Refuses Show - University of Texas at El Paso
Internships and Volunteering
2018 Silent Auction Organizer at 2018 SNAG Conference
2017 Juror for Las Artistas Fine Art and Crafts Show
2017 PACE Engineering and Design Competition – Design Consultant
2016 Artist for the SHUMLA Archaeological Project – Comstock, TX
2015 Artist for the Dos Hombres to Gran Cacao Archaeological Project (Humboldt State Project) - La Milpa Archaeological Research Center, Belize
2015 - 16 Exhibitions and Speakers Committee at Texas Tech University
2015 - 16 Medici Circle Graduate Representative at Texas Tech University
2015 Chinati Foundation Open House Volunteer
2014 - 15 Texas Metals Symposium Planning Committee
2009 - 11 Chinati Foundation Open House Volunteer