Jerry Beck
Jerry Beck’s artistic vision was influenced by growing up in South Florida. He was inspired by traveling carnivals, the circus, pinball arcades, theme-parks, and team sports. Beck is chiefly recognized for his adventurous multi-disciplinary public art projects that transforms abandoned urban spaces. His oeuvre of artworks includes drawing, painting, collage, printmaking, sculpture, installation, art-mobiles, photography, video, film, artist-books, poetry, food art, fashion, and performance art. Due to the site-specific nature of his art, he has explored a wide-range of themes including personal and cultural identity, social justice and activism, game theory, and ecological sustainability.
Public Art
Jerry Beck/Revolving Museum, “PROJECT SOAR: The World’s Largest Paper Airplane”, Mixed-Media Collaborative Public Art Project and Festival at an Unused Airport Runway, Fitchburg, MA. 18’x65’x16’
Jerry Beck/Revolving Museum, “PROJECT SOAR: The World’s Largest Paper Airplane”, Mixed-Media Collaborative Public Art Project and Festival at an Unused Airport Runway, Fitchburg, MA. 18’x65’x16’
Jerry Beck, “Create Coral Reef”, Mixed-Media, Collaborative Public Art Project in Boston Harbor’s Fort Point Channel Arts Community involving youth,14’x22’x8’
Jerry Beck, “The Secret Ark of Icon Park”, Mixed-Media and Interactive Public Art Poject at the Historic
Charlestown Navy Yard. Project included and Artist-Book and Performances. 22’x 350’ x 350’
Charlestown Navy Yard. Project included and Artist-Book and Performances. 22’x 350’ x 350’
Jerry Beck, “The Secret Ark of Icon Park”, Mixed-Media and Interactive Public Art Poject at the Historic Charlestown Navy Yard. Project included and Artist-Book and Performances. 22’x 350’ x 350’
Jerry Beck, “The Secret Ark of Icon Park”, (Detail) Mixed-Media,. 7’x 3’ x 3’
Jerry Beck/Revolving Museum, “Stay-In-School SPOOL 500 Racetrack”, Interactive, Collaborative, and Multi-Media Public Art Project and Festival, 20’x70’x8’
Jerry Beck/Revolving Museum, “Stay-In-School SPOOL 500: Carnival Wheel”, Interactive, Collaborative, and Multi-Media Public Art Project and Festival, 24’x20’x10’
Jerry Beck/Revolving Museum, “ARTventures: Lowell: Smokestack Film Project and Water Dragon”, Collaborative and Multi-Media Public Art Festival responding to under-utilized or abandoned spaces, including 18 public artworks and performances involving the participation of over 1,800 artists, art students, youth, and community members, Lowell, MA.
Jerry Beck/Revolving Museum, “ARTventures: Lowell: The Handmade Of Human Good”, Collaborative and Multi-Media Public Art Festival and Performance Event responding to under-utilized or abandoned spaces, including over 1,800 artists, art students, youth, and community members, Lowell, MA.
Jerry Beck/Revolving Museum, “ARTventures: Lowell: Puppet Show Parade ”, Collaborative and Multi-Media Public Art Festival responding to under-utilized or abandoned spaces. The project involved the participation of over 1,800 artists, art students, youth, and community members, Lowell, MA.
Jerry Beck/Revolving Museum, “ARTventures: PINBALL ARTcade”, Collaborative and Multi-Media Public Art Festival and Performance Series. The project involved the participation of over 100 artists, art students, youth, and community members, Boston, MA. 32’x45’x80’.
Jerry Beck/Revolving Museum, “ARTventures: Nashua: Blue Boat”, Collaborative and Multi-Media Public Art Festival responding to under-utilized or abandoned spaces. The project involved the participation of over 800 artists, art students, youth, and community members, Nashua, New Hampshire. 12’x 26’ x 7’.
6-9. Jerry Beck/Revolving Museum, “ARTventures: Happy Birthday Fitchburg”, Traveling Collaborative Multi-Media Public Art Project. The project involved over 35 youth from Fitchburg neighborhoods. 10’x10’x10’.
Jerry Beck/Revolving Museum, “ARTventures: RUGGLES MINE”, Collaborative and Multi-Media Public Art Project, Performance Event, and Documentary Film, that responded to the 2nd largest mica mine in the US. The project involved the participation of over 50 visual, literary, and performance artists. Grafton, New Hampshire. 4 acres large.
Jerry Beck/Revolving Museum, “ARTventures: Lowell”, Collaborative, Interactive Multi-Media Public Art Project, Performance Event. Lowell, MA.
Jerry Beck/Revolving Museum, “WORD-PLAY: Collaborative Art-Mobile’, Text-Based, Multi-Disciplinary, Art Gallery, & Series of Performance Events. Traveled throughout South Florida, 11’x38’x7’.
Jerry Beck/Revolving Museum, “WORD-PLAY: Collaborative Art-Mobile’, (View of interior art gallery), Text-Based, Multi-Disciplinary, and Performance Events. Traveled throughout South Florida, 11’x38’x7’.
Jerry Beck/Revolving Museum, “CORONA/CROWN ART-MOBILE", An Educational, Mixed-Media and Multi-Disciplinary Public Art Project. The project honored the efforts of health care workers and community well-being. 11’x17’x7’. Boston, MA.
Jerry Beck/Revolving Museum, “The Poetry Art-Mobile", A Traveling, Educational, Mixed-Media, Multi-Disciplinary, Interactive Public Artwork. The project involved over 200 visual, literary, and performance artists, youth and community members. The project journeyed throughout New England. 14’x37’x7’.
Jerry Beck/Revolving Museum, “The Poetry Art-Mobile”, (View of interior), A Traveling, Educational, Mixed-Media, Multi-Disciplinary, Interactive Public Artwork. The project involved over 200 visual, literary, and performance artists, youth and community members. The project journeyed throughout New England. 14’x37’x7’.
Jerry Beck/ in collaboration with Darren T. Wells. Revolving Museum, (Detail of performance) “The SPEAK OUT-MOBILE”, A Traveling, Educational, Mixed-Media, Multi-Disciplinary, Interactive, Public Artwork, Performances and Activism. The project was created to support the African-American community against violence and systemic racism as well as issues of racial profiling, police brutality, and racial inequality. 16’x20’x7’.
Jerry Beck. “The Onto-Umm: Poetry Project”, A Traveling, Public Artwork. The project featured poetry signs of Beck’s 3-line poems. 10’x15'’x7’.
Jerry Beck in collaboration with UMASS Lowell Art Students. “Water Wheel & The Discovery Of Ethnicity”, A Rolling Mixed-Media, and Interactive Public Artwork. 16’x16’x4’.
Mixed-Media Collages, Paintings & Drawings
Jerry Beck. “She Warrior”,
Mixed-Media, 34”x24”
Mixed-Media, 34”x24”
Jerry Beck, “Puerto Rican Princess”, Mixed-Media, 36”x24”
Jerry Beck, “The Forgotten Prince”, Mixed-Media, 36”x24”
Jerry Beck. “Young Owl”,
Mixed-Media, 37”x28”
Mixed-Media, 37”x28”
Jerry Beck, “Between Lovers and Warriors”, Mixed-Media, 30”x32”
Jerry Beck, “Greeting Gater”, Mixed-Media, 24”x 34”
Jerry Beck, “Shark Submarine”, Mixed-Media, 30”x32”
Jerry Beck, “UFO-Sighting”,
Mixed-Media, 38”x26”
Mixed-Media, 38”x26”
Jerry Beck “Girl And Motorcycle", Mixed-Media, 62”x74"
Jerry Beck, “The Girl In The Race Car”, Mixed-Media, 28”x34”
Jerry Beck “Don’t Listen To Death”, Mixed-Media, 38”x46”
Jerry Beck. “The Dream Of The Girl At 22”, Mixed-Media, 24"x36"
Jerry Beck. “Take Me To Your Leader”, Mixed-Media, 36”x24"
Jerry Beck. “Cowboy Boot Series:Shaman=Green Chemist”, Mixed-Media, 24”:x36”
Jerry Beck. “Cowboy Boot Series: Smoke”, Mixed-Media, 24”x36”
Jerry Beck, “Jealous Cactus”, Mixed-Media, 24”x32”
Bread Artworks
Jerry Beck/Revolving Museum “Community Bread Art Project” Collaborative Mixed-Media Bread Installation at the American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD. 10’x60’x1’
Jerry Beck/Revolving Museum “Community Bread Art Project” Collaborative Mixed-Media Bread Installation at the American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD. 10’x60’x1’
Jerry Beck/Revolving Museum “Community Bread Art Project” (Detail, Work-In-Process), Collaborative Mixed-Media Bread Installation at the American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD. 10’x60’x1’
Jerry Beck/Revolving Museum “CRUMBS COMPANY: Bread Artworks Created By Youth” (Detail) Collaborative Mixed-Media Bread Installation at Fitchburg’s Boys & Girls Club. 12’x14’x12’.
Jerry Beck/Revolving Museum. “CRUMBS COMPANY” , (detail) bread art workshop class with community youth from the Fitchburg Boys and Girls Club.
Jerry Beck/Revolving Museum. “CRUMBS COMPANY” , (detail), Bread art work by Camillo Neves at the Fitchburg Boys and Girls Club. 32”x28"
Jerry Beck/Revolving Museum. “CRUMBS COMPANY” , (detail), Bread artwork by Georgie Beck at the Fitchburg Boys and Girls Club. 55"x 72”x4”.
Jerry Beck/Revolving Museum. “CRUMBS COMPANY” , (detail), Collaborative bead artwork by a team of artists and youth at the Fitchburg Boys and Girls Club. 65"x 72”x4”.
Poetry In Public Spaces
Jerry Beck. “EVERY BOOK BEGINS BY RUBBING TWO LINES TOGETHER”, Mixed-Media, 20’x56’.
Jerry Beck. “SNOWFLAKES ARE THE COOL ART OF WINTER”, Mixed-Media, 20’x46’.
Jerry Beck. “White Noise”, Multi-media installation and performance piece. 12’x24’x26'
Jerry Beck/The Revolving Museum. “Street Sign Poetry Art-Mobile”, Mixed-Media and collaborative, 10’x16x7’.
Ed Marshall.& Jerry Beck and “Onto Umm..Poetry Project”, A multi-disciplinary public art collaboration in an abandoned storefront in Fitchburg, MA. The project included a series of performance events.
Jerry Beck/The Revolving Museum. “Street Sign Poetry Art-Mobile”, (close-up), Mixed-Media. 16”x12"
Jerry Beck. “It’s March”, (Detail), Series of poem collages on street signs utilizing vintage music sheets, 18”x12”.
Jerry Beck. “Confucius Says”, (Detail), Series of poem collages on street signs utilizing vintage music sheets, 18”x12”.