Education:
1972 MFA, SUNY at Buffalo. Visual Studies Workshop, Photographic Studies,
Rochester, NY
1966-67 Private Workshop with Nathan Lyons
1968 BFA, Rochester Institute of Technology, Photographic Illustration, Rochester, NY
1963-64 Sam Houston State College, Photographic Studies, Huntsville, TX
Teaching:
2011 Professor Emeritus, Tyler School of Art, Temple University
Professor and Area Coordinator Photography and Digital Imaging
Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
1985-86 Associate Professor, Photography, Temple Abroad, Temple University, Rome, Italy
1973 Instructor of Photography, Tyler School of Art
1972 Instructor of Photography, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Instructor of Photography, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
1971 Teaching Assistantship, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY
Professional:
1969-1971 Head of the Reproduction Center, International Museum of Photography at
George Eastman House.Rochester, NY
1986 - 1999 Owner- Becotte and Gershwin Offset Lithography,Warminster, PA
Printer: Specializing in the reproduction of artwork for museums, galleries and artists.
Selected Client List 1997 - 1999
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Aperture Foundation, Inc. New York, NY
Arthur Ross Gallery University of Pennsylvania Phila. PA
American Craft Council New York NY
Barry Friedman Ltd. New York NY
Baruch College New York NY
Beaver College Art Gallery Glenside, PA
Bronx Museum Bronx, NY
The Drawing Center New York NY
Fordham University New York
Guild Hall Museum New York NY
Institute of Contemporary Art University of Pennsylvania Phila. PA
Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore MD
Lehmann Maupin Gallery New York NY
Le Bec Fin Philadelphia PA
Matthew Marks Gallery New York NY
James A. Michener Art Museum Doylestown, PA
Moore College of Art & Design Phila. PA
The Swiss Institute New York NY
The New Museum of Contemproary Art New York NY
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Philadelphia PA
Society for Contemporary Arts & Crafts Pittsburgh PA
Steuben Glass New York NY
SUNY at New Paltz Art Gallery New Paltz NY
Susan Sheehan Gallery New York NY
The Drawing Center New York NY
Thread Waxing Space New York NY
University of Rochester Art Gallery Rochester NY
University of Delaware Gallery Newark DE
University of the Arts Phila. PA
Whitney Museum of American Art New York NY
Yancey Richardson Gallery New York NY
Zabriskie Gallery New York NY
2000-2011 Owner- Becotte Design Design & Production of Artists Books for Museums and Galleries
Grants and Awards:
2003 Study Leave, Temple University
1990 Study Leave, Temple University
1989 Pennsylvania Council for the Arts Artist’s Fellowship
1983 Pennsylvania Council for the Arts Artist’s Fellowship
1983, 82 National Endowment for the Arts, Photography Publications Grants, for “Quiver.”
1981 National Endowment for the Arts Individual Photographer’s Fellowship
1981 Study Leave, Temple University
1979 Summer Research Fellowship, Temple University
1978 Grant in Aid of Research, Temple University
1976 Grant in Aid of Research, Temple University
1975 National Endowment for the Arts Individual Photographer’s Fellowship
1975, 74, 73 Materials and Purchase Grants, Polaroid Corp.
Nominated “Discoveries,” Photography Year / Time Life
Solo Exhibitions
2006 James A Michener Art Museum “Constructions” Doylestown PA
2005 Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA
1991 Book Trader Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1990 Road Island School of Design, Red Eye Gallery, Providence, RI
1990 Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Elkins Park, PA
1986 Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA
1986 Temple Abroad, Temple University, Rome, Italy
1981 University of Wisconson, Madison, WI
1980 Lansing Community College, Langsing, MI
1980 Fotogaleria Secuencia, Lima, Peru
1979 University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
1978 Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
1978 Bard Color Photography Series, Bard College, Annandale, NY
1977 University of California at Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
1977 Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY
1976 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1975 University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
1974 International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House “Road Shots,” In collaboration
with Roger Mertin. Rochester, NY
1974 Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Elkins Park, PA
1973 Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
1972 Visual Studies Workshop “ A Diagonal Slice” Rochester, NY
1971 Center of the Eye. Aspen, CO
Group Exhibitions:
2013 Photography Faculty Exhibition, Tyler School of Art,
Temple University, Philadelphia , PA
2013 “Making Magic: Beauty in Word and Image”
Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA
2012 “Parting Gifts: Artists Honor Bruce Katsiff, Director/Ceo, 1989-2012”
Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA
2010 “Society of Photographic Education Faculty and Student Exhibition”
Tyler School of Art March 4, 2010 Philadelphia PA
2009 “An Evolving Legacy: Twenty Years of Collecting at the James A. Michener Art Museum”
June 2009 – January 2010
2007 Center for Book Arts “Production, Not Reporduction”
September 28, 2007–December 8, 2007 New York, N.Y.
2007 Faculty Exhibition Tyler School of Art Rome, Italy
2006 “Vernacular Spectacular” Society of Photographic Education Invitational
Exhibition, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
2005 “RIT – The Philadelphia Connection” Photo West Gallery Philadelphia PA
2005 Washington Art Consortium Online Web project of work form the
collections of seven art museums in Washington State
2004 International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House” Site
Seeing Photographic Excursion and Tourism” Traveling Exhibition,
International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Rochester NY
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago IL,
Norton Museum Of Art, West Palm Beach FL
Rochester Institute of Technology “ Alumni Exhibition” Rochester NY
Madison Art Center “Untitled 1974” from the museum collection. Madison WI
2002 ADM Gallery “Philadelphia Professors of Photography”, Philadelphia, PA
2002 Print Center 76th Annual International Competition Phototgraphy
Philadelphia, PA Award: Olcott Family Award Catalog Published
2002 RE/Viewing Photography The PHoto Review @ 25
Photo West Gallery Philadelphia PA
2002 “Roger Mertin Memorial Exhibition”
PARTS Photographic Arts Minneapolis, Minnesota
2001 Faculty Exhibition Tyler Gallery and Center City Gallery
Tyler School of Art
2000 Photography Faculty Exhibition Tyler School of Art
2000 “Work From The Collection” Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia PA
2000 Spectrum Gallery selected VSW Alumni Exhibition Rochester New York
2000 Visual Studies Workshop Alumni Exhibition Rochester New York
1997 “Pennsylvania Photographers 10” Allentown Art Museum Allentown Pa.
1997 Visual Arts Faculty: Past and Present Temple University Rome
1996 Blue Sky Gallery 20th Anniversary Exhibition Blue Sky Gallery Portland OR
1993 Book Trader Gallery, “Action Aids Benefit” Philadelphia, PA
1992 “Mesiac Fotografie” Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
1991 “The Abstract / Abstraction Show”, Foreman Gallery, Hartwick College Oneonta, NY
1990 “Philadelphia Art Now: Contemporary Philadelphia Artists: A Juried Exhibition,”
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
“1960’s Abstraction,” nternational Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
“Montgomery County Artists Invitional Art Show,” Montgomery County Community College,
Montgomerville, PA
“Philadelphia Photo Review Benefit Auction Exhibition,” Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1989 “ Hard Choices, Just Reward,” Levy Gallery, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship Recipients. Traveling Exhibition
“Pennsylvania Photographers VI” Allentown Art Museum Allentown Pa.
“Graphic Arts and Design Faculty Exhibition” Temple University Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa.
1987 “Pennsylvania Photographers V,” Allentown Art Museum Allentown Pa.
“Faculity Exhibition,: Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia,PA
1985 “Contemporary Photographers,” Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
“Pennsylvania Photographers IV,” Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
1984 “Platinum and Gold,” Jeffery Fuller Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
“200 Photographs from the Museum Collection,” Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
“Using Photographic Imagery,” Beaver College, Glenside, PA
“Philadelphia Photography,” Jeffery Fuller Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
1983 “Structures/Constructs: Formalist Vision in Photography Since 1975,” 2nd Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
“Using Photographic Imagery,” Invitational, Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
“Current Works,” Pyramid Arts Center, Rochester, NY
“SPE Photo Educators Exhibition,” Art Institute of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
1982 “Century IV Exhibition,” Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
“Contemporary Photography,” Jeffrey Fuller Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
1981 “Made in Philadelphia 5,” Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
“Permanent Collection of Artists Books,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
“Contemporary Photographers,” Jeffrey Fuller Fine Art, Philadelpia, PA
1980 “The Gary M. Hoffer ‘74 Memorial Photography Collection,” Charles A. Dana Arts Center,
Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
“Pittsburg Film Makers Inc. Invitational Exhibition,” Governor’s Mansion, Harrisburg, PA
“Contemporary Photography,” Jeffrey Fuller Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
“US Eye Exhibition,” Olympic Games, Lake Placid, NY
“Invisible Light,” Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
“Blue Sky Anniversary Exhibition,” Portland, OR
“Contemporary Photographers,” Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
“Primavera,” Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, PA
“Tyler School of Art of Temple University Faculty Exhibition,” Walnut Street Theatre Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1979 “Some Twenty Odd Visions,” Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
“Photoworks 79,” Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
“Annual Juried Exhibition,” The Print Club, Philadelphia, PA
“Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts,” Juried Photo Exhibition, Zoller Gallery, Penn State, PA
“Mail Art Etc,” Traveling Correspondence Art, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
“Anniversary Celebration Alumni Photography Exhibition,” Rochester Institute of Photography, Rochester, NY
“International Self Portrait Invitational,” North light Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
1978 “Three Contemporary Photographers,” with Martha Madigan and Linda Conner
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
“Photographic Poster Art,” The Catskill Center for Photography Traveling Exhibition, NY
“The Art of Offset Printing,” School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
“Instant Photography,” Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
“Visual Studies Workshop Bookshow,” Franklin Furnace Archive, New York, NY
1977 “The Great West Exhibition- Real-Ideal,” University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
traveled by the Smithsonian Institution
“Locations in Time,” International Museum of Photography of Photography at
George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
“Invitational Exhibition,” Photography Place, Stafford, PA
“Extended Frame Exhibition,” A traveling exhibition by the Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY
“Photography from the Polaroid Collection,” Clarence Kennedy Gallery, Cabridge, MA
“On the Offset Press,” Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
“Some Twenty Odd Visions,” Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
“Philadelphia Landscape Photography,” Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
“Fresh From Pholadelphia,” Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
1976 “Peculiar to Photography,” Art MUseum, University of New Mexico, Albuerque, NM
“American Landscape Photography,” The Print Club, Philadelphia, PQ
Invitational Exhibition, University of Nevada, Reno, NV
“Innovators and Inventors in Color Photography, 1850-1975,” Yale University Art, Gallery, New Haven, CT
1975 “Contemporary Photographers Traveling Exhibition,” prepared by the International Museum of Photography
at George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
“Repeated Images,” The Slocumb Gallery, E. Tennessee State Univ., Johnson City, TN
Harrisbury Arts Festival, Harrisburg, PA
1974 “Photography Unlimited,” Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA
“Visual Interface,” Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA
“Variety Show II,” Humbolt State University, Arcata, CA
1973 “Celebrations,” Massachesetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
“The Dog Show,” International Museum of Photography at GEH, Rochester, NY
“Light and Substance,” University of New Mixico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM
1972 “Gli Americani,” Fotografia Oggi, Torino, Italia
“Four Photographic Centers,” Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA,
Image Works, Cambridge MA, and Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY
1971 Print Show and Sale, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY
1970 “Photography Invitational,” Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, M
“100 Man Show,” Photographic Studies Workshop at seven galleries in Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston,
New York, San Francisco, Rochester and Newport Beach
“Contemporary Photographers VI,” a circulating exhibition by IMP at GEH, Rochester, NY
1969 “Vision and Expression,” a circulating exhibition prepared by IMP at GEH, Rochester, NY
1968 “Four Photographers,” Riverside Studio, Rochester, Ny
Collections
James A. Michener Museum of Art Doylestown, PA
National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Musuem of Modern Art, New York, NY
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia
Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, MN
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY
University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM
Polaroid Corporation Collection, Cambridge, MA
University of Washington, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA
California State University, Long Beach, CA
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
The Desert Museum, Palm Springs, Ca
Fotografiska Museet, Moderna Museet Skeppsholmen, Stockholm,Sweden
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
University of Oklahoma Museum of Art, Norman, OK
Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Publications
2013 “Making Magic: Beauty in Word and Image”, Michener Art Museum Exhibition Catalog.
2011 “From Polaroid to Impossible, Masterpieces of Instant Photography” – The Westlicht Collection,
WestLicht, Schauplatz fur Fotografie, Wien / Vienna
2009 “An Evolving Legacy: Twenty Years of Collecting at the James A. Michener Art Museum” June 2009-January
2010 Exhibition Catalog
2006 James A. Michener Art Museum “Quarterly” Fall 2006 Doylestown PA
2006 The Photo Review Newsletter October/November Philadelphia PA
2001 Bella Roma monograph of photographs made in Rome 1985-1986
1997 Blue Sky Gallery 20th Anniversary CD ROM Portland OR
1992 “Mesiac Fotografie,” Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
1992 The Photo Review Newsletter Cover Image from the series “Constructions”
1985 “Artist’s Stamps,” Quiver #10, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1984 A Critical History of American Photography 1945 to Present, Jonathan Green, Abrams
1982 American Roads, Portffolio of original prints, Landweber, Los Angeles, CA
1981 Invisible Light, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
1980 “The Altered Print,” Quiver #6, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA
Made in Philadelphia, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of PA, Philadelphia, PA
Anniversary Exhibition, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
American Photographs 1970-1980, The Washington Arts Consortium
Afterimage, Visual Studies Workshop
“Forecast the 80’s,” Modern Photography, 44:7, July 1980, pp 78-79
1979 Mail Art Etc, University of Colorado, Tyler School of Art and Florida State University
Photoworks 79, Belleview Art Museum, Belleview, WA
1978 Portfolio, a Contemporary College Photography Magazine, vol. 1:1
Lighting in Photography, Norman Ker
Some Twenty Odd Visions, a Book of Twenty-four Unique ways of Seeing the World,
edited by Blue Sky Gallery, University of Washington Press
“Art with a Camera,” Philadelphia Magazine, May
1977 The Great West Real/Ideal, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Auction Catalog, International Museum of Photography at GEH, Rochester, NY
Luminations, a Portfolio of Offset Lithography, Michael Becotte
1976 Peculiar to Photography, Art Museum, University of New Mexico
1975 Space Capsule, Photographs by Michael Becotte, Pentacle Press, Carlisle, MA
Repeated Images, East Tennessee State University
1974 “A Concise Cronology of Instant Photography 1947-1974,” Camera Magazine, vol 10, Oct. p. 26
Celebrations Minor White, Aperture
1973 Gli Americani, Torino, Italy
Light and Substance, University Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM and IMP at GEH
1969 Vision and Expression, George Eastman House, Horizon Press
1968,67 Symposium, Rochester INstitute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Articles
Philadelphia Inquirer Exhibition Review by Victoria Donohoe, January 14, 2007
2007 Time Off “Daydreams and Decay” online exhibition review
Packetonline.com December 2006 Jillian Kalonick
1988 The Photo Review, “Pennsylvania photographers VI Allentown Art Museum
Volume 11 Number 4 Fall 1988 p. 21
1985 The Express, Allentown Pa, May 10, pp 20-21
Bethlehem Globe Times, The Sunday Globe, May 5
1981 “Emerging Photographers in Philadelphia,” New Art Examiner, May, p. 19
1980 “Art at the Olympics/ Photography,” Art in America, p. 63
1979 “The Automobile as Viewfinder,” Views: New England Journal of Photography, vol 1, No.2, pp 10, 11
1978 “Visions Through the Lens”, Northwest Magazine, The Sunday Oregonian, Jack Everley, May 28
“Photography Books for the Christmas List of Literature”, The Washington Star,
(Space Capsule) Washington, DC
1974 “ In Review”, Sally Walsh, Democrat and Cronicle, Rochester, NY Dec.
