Jeffery C. Becton

American, born May 6, 1947, Englewood, New Jersey

 Education

1976  MFA, Graphic Design, Yale School of Art
1970  BA History, Yale College

Select Individual Shows

2010  Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, ME
2008  Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, ME
2007  Domaine Gallery, Portland, ME
2006  Marine Environmental Research Institute
2006  Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle ME
2004  Clark House Gallery, Bangor, ME
2001  Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME

Select Group Shows

2012 Around The House 2012 , Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine
2011 PhotoNational 2011 , University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, Maine
2010 Capture,  Elizabeth Moss Gallery, Falmouth, Maine
2009 Photography,  George Marshall Store Gallery, York, Maine
2009 A Pictureʼs Worth,  Elizabeth Moss Gallery, Falmouth, Maine
2008 Home and Away , Munson-Williams-Proctor Museum of Art, Utica, NY
2008 An Other World,  Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine
2007 Altered Nature , Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine
2006 Underexposed , Center for Maine Contemporary Art @ June Fitzpatrick Gallery
2006 New Acquisitions 2005  Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine
2005 48th National Exhibition of American Art , Chautauqua Center for the Visual Arts,
2005 Portland Museum of Art Biennial , Portland, Maine
2004 Biennial Juried Exhibition,  Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine
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2004 National Small Works Exhibition  - Schoharie County Arts Council, NY
2003 Portland Museum of Art Biennial
2003 Manifest 2003, The Copley Society of Art,  Boston, MA
2000 43rd National Exhibition of American Art,  Chautauqua Center for the Visual Arts
2000 Photographing Maine 1850-2000 , Center for Maine Contemporary, Rockport , ME
1998 Portland Museum of Art Biennial Exhibition,  Portland, ME
1985 Maine Photography Biennial , University of Southern Maine

Awards

2005 Purchase Prize, Portland Museum of Art 2005 Biennial
2005 Chautauqua Center for The Visual Arts Award , Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY
2004 First Place, Black and White Photography 30th Annual Westmoreland Art Nationals
2000 First Place - Millenial Images  - web-based juried exhibition, Bradley U.
2000 Third Place - National Small Works Exhibition  - Schoharie Arts Council, NY .
1998 Pix Digital Annual Awards  Photo District News, NY, NY
1976 Alice G. K. Garland Prize , Yale School of Art

Teaching

1982  Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Deer Isle, Maine
1978  Visiting Lecturer in Photography, Yale College

Selected Publications

2007 Nash Editions, Photography and the Art of Digital Printing,  Peachpit Press
2002 Better Photography  Magazine, India
2002 Digital Imaging and Design , Australia
2002 The Complete Guide to Digital Imaging
2001 digitalFoto Magazine , February
2001 Popular Photography 2001 Digital Imaging Guide
1998 Photo District News , December

Museum Collections

New Orleans Museum of Art , New Orleans, Louisiana
Portland Museum of Art , Portland, Maine
Farnsworth Museum of Art , Rockland, Maine
Munson, Williams, Proctor Museum of Art , Utica, NY
University or Maine Museum of Art,  Bangor Maine

Corporate Collections

United Technologies
Becton-Dickinson
Damariscotta National Bank

 Private Collections

Bruce Brown , Curator, Center for Maine Contemporary Art
Judith Glickman,  Photographer, Portland, Maine