Noah Becker

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Noah Becker
Genres Jazz
Occupations Artist, painter, art writer, publisher, musician
Instruments Saxophone
Website noahbeckerart.com

Noah Becker, born in 1970,[1] is a Canadian artist and publisher who lives and works in New York City.[2][3][4] Becker is also a jazz saxophonist.[5]

Becker's oil paintings have been exhibited in numerous museums, galleries, and major art fairs in Canada, the United States and Europe, including in New York,[6][7] Los Angeles,[8] Detroit,[9] London,[10]Vancouver,[11] Toronto,[12] Montreal,[13] Miami,[14] and Switzerland.[15] In 2009, Becker was one of 15 artists nominated for the RBC (Royal Bank of Canada) Painting Prize. This exhibition toured Becker's painting to Musée D'Art Contemporain De Montréal and the Power Plant in Toronto.

Becker is the founder and editor-in-chief of Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art, an online contemporary art magazine.[16] He is also a contributing writer for Art in America Magazine, Canadian Art Magazine and the Huffington Post.

Becker's first album Where We Are features guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel. Becker's recent recordings as a sideman have been with Canadian hip hop artist Moka Only.

References

  1. ↑ http://curatorsintl.org/collaborators/noah-becker
  2. ↑ http://ladygunn.com/art-3/noah-becker
  3. ↑ http://momaps1.org/studio-visit/artist/noah-becker
  4. ↑ http://artefuse.com/interview-with-artist-noah-becker/
  5. ↑ http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=33495
  6. ↑ http://www.interviewmagazine.com/art/beth-rudin-dewoody-james-salomon-hunt-chase-sag-harbor#_
  7. ↑ http://hyperallergic.com/66445/scope-new-york-brings-the-streets-to-the-fair/
  8. ↑ http://www.torranceartmuseum.com/unseen_cities_kidd.php
  9. ↑ http://blog.expositionchicago.com/art-seen-national/oakland-university-art-gallery-the-roving-eye/
  10. ↑ http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=62906#.UfWP7VGLjG4
  11. ↑ http://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/the_exhibitions/exhibit_how_soon_is_now.html
  12. ↑ http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=conewsstory&tkr=RY:US&sid=aStnpT.lv0vo
  13. ↑ http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=conewsstory&tkr=RY:US&sid=aStnpT.lv0vo
  14. ↑ http://mostinterestingacademy.com/Article/Details?articleID=192
  15. ↑ http://noahbeckerart.blogspot.com
  16. ↑ http://www.curbsandstoops.com/noah-becker-interview/

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