Brenda van der beek
231 Chestnut St
North Andover, MA 01845
T 978-989-9977
brenda@brendavanderbeek.com
website: brendavanderbeek.com


Current Shows

Cambridge Art Association, "Northeast Prize Show", Cambridge, MA.
Opening Reception May 20th, 6-8



Shows


2010 Cambridge Art Association, "Northeast Prize Show", Cambridge, MA. Juror: William Stover, Curator, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
2010 Arts League of Lowell, "Abstractions 2010", Lowell, MA
2010 BWAC, "Annual Juried Show",Brooklyn, NY. Juror: Anne Strauss, Assoc. Curator of 19th Century and Contemporary Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art
2010 Gallery 119, Lowell, MA. Annual Juried Exhibit. Juror: Nick Capasso, Senior Curator, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Garden, Lincoln, MA.

2009 Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA. Red: It's more then a Color". Juried by Carl Belz, Director Emeritus, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University
2009 University Hall Gallery, Art Institute of Boston. Graduate Exhibition, Cambridge, MA
2009 808 Gallery, Boston Young Contemporaries, Boston , MA
2009 Cambridge Art Association, Northeast Prize Show, Cambridge, MA

2008 Essex Art Center, Annual Juried Show, Lawrence, Ma
2008 808 Gallery, "Boston Young Contemporaries," Boston, MA
2008 Newburyport Art Association "Eleventh Annual Regional Juried Show," Newburyport, MA
Juror: Andrew Witkin, Director Barbara Krakow Gallery
2008 Cambridge Art Association, "Interior/Exterior," Cambridge, MA
Juror: James Hull
2008 Concord Art Association, "Annual FRANCES N. RODDY competition," Concord, MA
2008 Art League of Lowell, "Abstraction,"
Lowell, MA

2007 Cambridge Art Association,"RED," Cambridge, MA Juror: Jane Farver, Director, MIT List Visual Arts Center
2007 Essex Art Center, "Annual Juried Show," Lawrence, MA Juror: Carole Anne Meehan, Curator, Institute of Contemporary Art/ Boston.
2007 Cambridge Art Association ,"National Prize Show," Cambridge, MA Juror: Thomas W. Lentz, Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot, Director of the Harvard University Art Museums
2007 Cambridge Art Association, "Cool," Cambridge, MA Juror: Sara Miller, curator, the Gund Collection
2007, Cambridge Art Association, "Visions," Cambridge, MA Juror: Pamela Clark, owner/director,Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA

2006 Dugan Gallery, "Alumni Show," University of Massachusetts, Lowell
2006 Essex Art Center, "Annual Juried Show," Lawrence, MA Juror: Brian Allen, Director of Addison Gallery, Andover, MA
2006 Cambridge Art Association, "Members Prize Show,"Cambridge, MA Juror: Hiram Butler, co-director of the Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery in Houston, Texas.
2006 GALLERY 181, "Juried Show," Lawrence, MA
2006 Newburyport Art Association, "Annual Regional Juried Show," Newburyport, MA Juror: Laura Donaldson, Director of The Mills Gallery, Boston Center for The Arts, MA.
2006 Art League of Lowell, "Annual Juried Abstraction Show," Lowell, MA

2005 Cambridge Art Association, "Member Prize Show," Cambridge, MA
2005 Essex Art Center, "Annual Juried Show," Lawrence, MA. Juror: Howard Yezerski of Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston. MA
2005 Cambridge Art Association, “Decisive Moments,” Cambridge, MA
2005, Whistler House Museum, "Group Show: In Abstract,” Lowell, MA
2005 Art League of Lowell, Lowell, MA
2005 Evos Arts, Solo Show “Urban Sensations” , Lowell, MA

2004 University of Massachusetts, "Juried Student Show," Lowell, MA


Awards

2010 "Best Mixed Media" Award, BWAC, Annual Juried Show. Juror: Anne Strauss, Associate Curator, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.

2008 Juror's Choice Award, Cambridge Art Association, "Interior/Exterior". Juror: James Hull

2008 Boston Young Contemporaries


Of Note:

2009 Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant
nominee for painting