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Robert Beckmann was born in Philadelphia and grew up in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. After graduating from The College of Wooster in 1964, he took MA and MFA degrees from The University of Iowa, Iowa City. Beckmann left teaching (at Northern Illinois University) in 1971 to pursue a career as a professional artist. Over 200 of his murals exist throughout the country and his paintings are now in many public and private collections. Beckmann is a past winner of Fellowships from The Nevada State Arts Council and The Western States Arts Foundation. A past Vice Chair of The Las Vegas Arts Commission, he is listed in Who's Who in the West and the national Who's Who, Executives and Professionals. In 1996, he received The Governor's Arts Award for Excellence in the Arts from the State of Nevada. He was selected as the publisher's pick for Best Artist in the Las Vegas Review Journal's 1999 The Best of Las Vegas. Beckmann is best known for his large-scale paintings in an exhibition entitled "The Body of a House", which has toured the world and is permanently housed in the Reno Museum of Contemporary Art. Beckmann reveals the rapid disassembly of a house on the Nevada Test Site. These familiar atomic images are transformed into visions of Hell House as seen through a large ruby red glass. |
 (Since 1994)
Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, TX Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio College of Charleston, SC (during the Spoleto Festival) College of Wooster, Ohio Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA HERE Art Gallery, New York City, NY Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art (NICA), Las Vegas, NV Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV Radford University, Radford, VA Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL Sam Francis Gallery, Crossroads School, Santa Monica, CA Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA State Museum, The Artists' Necropolis, St. Petersburg, Russia University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ University of California, Riverside, CA University of Idaho, Moscow, ID University of Maine, Orono, ME University of Maryland, College Park, MD University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, WI Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 
(Since 1994)
Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA Helsinki City Art Museum, Finland Institute of Contemporary Art, Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia Institute of History, A1 Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia Kemper Museum of Art and Design, Kansas City, MO Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia Muckenthaler Art Center, Fullerton, CA 1950 Gallery, New York, NY Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Anna, CA pARTS Gallery, Minneapolis, MN Regina Public Library, Dunlop Gallery, Saskatchewan, Canada Smithsonian Institution, International Gallery, Washington, DC Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, CA World Financial Center, Battery Park, New York City, NY Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CN 
(Since 1994)
Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art ('94,'95,'96,'97) The Magic Show, Magic and Movie Hall of Fame Identity, Contemporary Arts Collective We of the CAC, Sahara West Library Desire, Contemporary Arts Collective, 5th annual juried exhibit, 1st prize Four Way Stop, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, juried, four person Naked Lunch, Contemporary Arts Collective The Horse Show, Smallworks Gallery 
Amarillo Museum of Art, TX Bank of America, Las Vegas, NV Boise Cascade Corporation, Boise, ID Boise Gallery of Art, ID Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio City of Las Vegas, NV (Mayor's Office) City of North Las Vegas, NV (City Hall) College of Charleston, SC College of Wooster, OH Denver Art Museum, CO Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID Institute Francais D'Ecosse, Edinburgh, Scotland Mobile Rehabilitation Center, Mobile, AL Northeast Nevada Museum, Elko, NV Nevada State Library, Carson City, NV Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL Radford University, Radford, VA Rio Palazzo Suites, Las Vegas, NV Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL State Museum, Artists' Necropolis, St. Petersburg, Russia University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL University of California, Riverside, CA University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA University of Maryland, College Park, MD University of Nevada, Las Vegas (Library; Special Collections), NV Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA Western Illinois University, McComb, IL Yale University, New Haven, CN   Clark County Heritage Museum, Henderson, NV Clark County Housing Authority, Las Vegas, NV KLVX-TV, (PBS), Las Vegas, NV Lied Discovery Children's Museum, Las Vegas, NV Lyon County Courthouse, Yerrington, NV McCarran International Airport, D Gates, Las Vegas Metro Center Children's Museum: Discovery, Phoenix, AZ Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art and The Rio Hotel, Las Vegas, NV North Las Vegas Library, North Las Vegas, NV Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital, Las Vegas, NV University of Nevada, Las Vegas, College of Hotel Administration, NV US Post Office, Las Vegas, NV US Air Force, Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, NV Utah Children's Museum, Salt Lake City, UT Winchester Community Center Theater, Las Vegas, NV 
American Asphalt Company, Las Vegas, NV Ameristar Casino, Council Bluffs, IA Anders & Kroll (Physical Therapists), Las Vegas, NV Bank of America, Nevada Financial Center, Las Vegas, NV Carson Construction Company, Corporate Offices, Las Vegas, NV Casino Building, Vail, CO Colorado Belle Hotel & Casino, Laughlin, NV CSR, National Corporate Headquarters, Las Vegas, NV J. Daniel Bell (Brokers), Denver, CO Diversified Interests (Executive Office), Las Vegas, NV First Interstate Bank, Downtown Branch, Las Vegas, NV Gelco Travel Services, Ken Caryl Trade Center, Park Place, Tower II, All Denver, CO Hannifen, Imhoff & Sanford, (Brokers), Denver, CO The Hughes Tower Lobby, (executive offices), Las Vegas, NV Joker's Wild Hotel & Casino, Henderson, NV Kansas City Landing Hotel and Casino, Kansas City, MO Lady Luck Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas Hilton (Sports Book), NV London Club, Aladdin Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV Main Street Station Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV Mirage Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV New York - New York Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV Teamster's Union Local #995, Las Vegas, NV Upper Ear (Stereo Systems), Las Vegas, NV Palace Station Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV Par-a-Dice Hotel and Casino, East Peoria, IL Poker Palace, North Las Vegas, NV Rio Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV Sam's Town Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV Shepherd Eye Center, Las Vegas, NV Site Systems (Planners), Denver, CO Silver Star Hotel & Casino, Philadelphia, MS Sunset Station Hotel and Casino, Henderson, NV Treasure Island Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV Vegas World Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV |
