Present Tense: 15th Annual Photographic Competition Exhibition
Photographic Center Northwest
900 12th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122

Featuring: Adam Satushek, Alex Leme, Carl Wooley, Chikara Umihara, Chris Letcher, Ellen Rennard, Erin Nicole Johnson, Heather M. O'Brien, Kireilyn Barber, Landon Nordeman, Mark Daughhetee, Matthew Besinger, Michael ten Pas, Sari Wynne, Steven Beckly, Tony Chirinos, Virginia Wilcox, Yoko Ikeda

The exhibition title, Present Tense, refers to state of the medium today. In recent times, we have heard intense debate about the direction of photography: questions about the future of the medium, the threat of potential extinction of the physical book, cynical commentaries that originality is a thing of the past. Denise Wolff selected projects to counter these concerns. Ms. Wolff is a photo book editor, known for her work with both contemporary and historic photography. Prior to joining Aperture last year, she worked at Phaidon Press. Throughout her career, she has had the opportunity to work on many beautiful books with some of the world's top photographers, including Mary Ellen Mark, Martin Parr, Eugene Richards, and Stephen Shore to name a few.

The exhibition runs from August 6 - September 17, 2010. The artists reception & awards ceremony will be held at PCNW on Friday August 13th, 8:30 - 10:00 pm, following the lecture with Denise Wolff, "Why Photo Books Matter" at the Seattle Art Museum.

See www.aperture.org to learn more about Aperture books & programs.
Visit www.pcnw.org for a full schedule of events.

 

 

Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
July 9, 10, & 11
Nathan Philips Square
100 Queen Street West

Friday 10:30 AM - 7:30 PM
Saturday 10:30 AM - 7:30 PM
Sunday 10:30 AM - 6:30 PM

Free Admission
Rain or Shine

Now entering its 49th year, the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition (TOAE) is a juried showcase featuring contemporary fine art and craft that takes place on Nathan Phillips Square every July. TOAE is the largest juried outdoor art exhibition in Canada that offers a fresh-air alternative to conventional art shows and galleries. More than 400 artists participate and an estimated 100,000 visitors attend the exhibition every year. Participating artists will exhibit in 14 different categories including ceramics, digital media, drawing, fibre, glass, jewellery, metal, mixed media, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, watercolour and wood.

TOAE is a charitable non-profit organization supported by a group of volunteers active in the art and corporate communities. No percentage of the artists' sales is taken by the organizers. TOAE gratefully acknowledges the support of its many sponsors and award donors.

Come visit me in the Yellow Section at Booth #642!

Preview the work of this year's 400 exhibitors in advance. A catalogue featuring work of each of the selected artists is now available on the TOAE website at www.torontooutdoorart.org. Browse the artist catalogue by media category, booth section, or search for your favourite artists by name.

 

 

 

Newspace Center for Photography
1632 SE 10th Ave
Portland, OR 97214

6th Annual Juried Exhibition
July 2 - August 1, 2010
Opening reception: July 2, 6-9 pm

Steven Beckly, Alexander Harding, Dave Jordano, Jordanna Kalman, Andrea Land, Anna Landa, Rania Matar, Meredith Miller, Karen Miranda Rivadeneira, Donna J. Wan, Charles Rozier.

Newspace Center for Photography is pleased to present its 6th Annual Juried Exhibition. This year's exhibition was curated by Darren Ching, owner of Klompching Gallery in New York City. From close to 300 entries and approximately 1,500 individual images, Mr. Ching selected these 11 photographers.

Jurors' Statement:

The challenge with curating the Newspace Center of Photography's 6th Annual Juried Exhibition, was not having a preconceived concept for the show and to allow the theme itself to emerge from the strongest photographs submitted.

Despite the comprehensive range of visual strategies employed, what materialized from the 1,500+ images submitted, appeared to be a pre-occupation with the way in which surroundings define-even embody-the notion of refuge. This notion of shelter, of sanctuary, became the curatorial concept by which final selections were made. What results is an exhibition from eleven photographers that could be seen to be emblematic of contemporary photography, exploring subjects such as vulnerability, nostalgia, intimacy and privacy.

The exhibition takes place from Friday, July 2nd through Sunday, August 1st. Please join us at the opening reception on Friday, July 2nd from 6-9 pm.


http://www.newspacephoto.org
http://www.klompching.com

 

 

Slideluck Potshow Paris
Le Comptoir Général
80 quai de Jemmapes
75010 Paris

Wed 23 June 2010
19H Potluck
21H Slideshow Part I
22H30 Slideshow Part II
00H00 Soirée After TBD

Participating artists: Natalie Ayala, Romain Alary, Chris Anderson, Neil Atherton, Audrey Bardou, Juliana Beasley, Steven Beckly, Agnes Ben Meyer, Carolle Benitah, Ana Bloom, Aglae Bory, David Burnett, Olivier Cablat, Arnaud Contreras, Scarlett Coten, Bruce Davidson, Agnes Dherbeys, Giovanni Del Brenna, Estelle Dougier, Julia Griner, Laurent Gudin, Soraya Hocine, Pierre Hybre, IN PUBLIC, Helene Jayet, Catherine Larre, Andrialavidrazana Malala, Antonio Martinez, Beaudoin Mouanda, Osuke Okahara, Jon Ongkiehong, Pascal Otlinghaus, Louis Quail, Bruno Quinquet, Markel Redondo, Nick Shiflet, Gerard Uferas, Ana Lisa Unkuri, Michael Sawyer, Pieter Ten Hoopen, Patrick Tourneboeuf

Slideluck Potshow is pleased to present the premier edition of Slideluck Potshow Paris, taking place on 23 June, 2010 in an enchanting venue, Le Comptoir Général on the banks of Canal Saint Martin, as part of the 2010 global tour, launched in in May during New York Photo Festival.

The event will consist of a slideshow and potluck dinner, bringing together members of the photography, art and media communities for an evening of eating, drinking and sharing work. For over ten years, Slideluck Potshow has been bringing photo party events to cities all over the world. What began in Seattle as a grassroots effort by photographer, Casey Kelbaugh, in 2000 has now become an international cultural phenomenon.

With 100 shows in over 40 cities around the world, SLPS has grown exponentially and has taken place in cities including New York, Berlin, Oslo, São Paolo, Milan, Los Angeles, Barcelona, Chicago, Mexico City, Nairobi, Copenhagen, Toronto, Seville, Rome, Bogotà, San Francisco, Madrid, Minneapolis, Stockholm, Rio de Janeiro, London Panama City, New Orleans, London and now, Paris.

If you are in Paris, Wednesday 23 June, please come and join us for an evening of photography and other delights.

http://www.slideluckpotshow.com
http://network.slideluckpotshow.com/events/slps-paris

 

 

Exposed: Pervasive Infuence
Gladstone Hotel - 2nd Floor
May 6 - 19
Opening: May 6, 6-10 pm

1214 Queen St W
Toronto, M6J 1J6
Daily 12 - 5pm

Steven Beckly, Genevieve Blais, Colin Carney, Geneviève Caron, Tiffany Doldron, Sheryl Dudley, Aaron Vincent Elkaim, Sarah Febbraro, Derek Flack, Joe Fleming, Ruth Gillson, Brett Gundlock, Sophie Hogan, Katia Houde, Courtney Kelsey, Nicole Koster, Lindsay Lauckner, Esmond Lee, Miklos Legrady, Ben Ng, Gil Reynolds, Walter Segers, Natalia Sokolovska, Barry Stoch, William Suarez, Daniela Tersigni, Genevieve Thauvette, Shelley Wildeman

Exposed: Pervasive Influence seeks to examine the tyranny of the photograph. How does an image colonize perception? How are false realities created through different photo genres? This group show illuminates layers of perception by unmasking cultural appropriation, interrupting the fashion photographer's narrative, decoding the anthropomorphization of animals through fantasy portraiture, and by confronting us with the effects of omnipresent advertising on our bodies; each work reveals new possibilities for reading images.

This exhibition is co-produced by the Gladstone Hotel and SpeakEasy and curated by Christina Zeidler and David Brown.

http://scotiabankcontactphoto.com/open-exhibitions/172
http://www.gladstonehotel.com/events/exhibitions/contact-photography-festival-2010

 

 

 

Steven Beckly, Eating Breakfast, 2010, digital chromogenic prints, 16" x 20" each

Before and After
Launch Projects
April 28 - May 16
Opening: May 1, 2-5 pm

404 Adelaide St W
Toronto, M5V 1S8
Wed - Sun, 12 - 5pm

Shannon Baker, Steven Beckly, Mike Callaghan, Christopher Durocher, Linda Fitz, Sandra Hawkins, Karina Kraenzle, Benjamin Lenzner, Scott Massey, Andreas Rutkauskas, Guylaine Seguin and Swapna Tamhane

Before and After considers the way photography informs and transforms behavior and examines connections between mass media, consumerism, advertising, art and photography. The works address how photography has the power to affect and influence culture, and how the consequences of recording the "before and after" can inform our emotional and political actions, whether impulsively or rationally.

http://scotiabankcontactphoto.com/open-exhibitions/21
http://www.launchprojects.ca

 

 

At the Same Time
Opening: Saturday April 3, 7:30pm
Exhibition runs until April 17
Islington Mill, Salford, Greater Manchester, M3 5HW

A group exhibition of photography featuring works by:
Zachary Ayotte & Ted Kerr (Edmonton, Canada)
Steven Beckly (Toronto, Canada)
Colin Quinn & Oisín Share (Manchester, UK)

WWW.ISLINGTONMILL.COM

 

 

I am thrilled to be a selected winner in this year's 2010 Center Awards. I am among the 10 recipients of the Director's Choice Award, selected by Laura Valenti, Program Director & Chris Bennett, Executive Director of the Newspace Center for Photography. Other winners in the category include: J. Carrier, Michal Chelbin, Gloria Baker Feinstein, Martha Fleming-Ives, Andrea Land, Brad Moore, Matt Slaby, Tabitha Soren, and Martin Stranka.

Newspace Center for Photography will host, The Curve, an exhibition of the Choice Award winners on September 3-26, 2010. The jurors state, "Our selection is unified by a subtle elegance, a delicate humanity, and a sense of mystery, as well as a remarkable clarity of perspective and a high level of craft. As a whole, the images chosen speak to our primary interest in showcasing challenging contemporary fine-art and fine-art documentary work. We are pleased to offer our gallery as an exhibition venue for the winners and look forward to a gorgeous show at Newspace in September."

For a full list of winners and categories, visit Center's website and Fraction Magazine's feature.

 

 

 

Unless You Will is an online journal that showcases a vision within photo-based art.

Issue 5 features the works of five artists: Darren Rigo's "Displacement," Fabio Severo's "Portraits," Justin Walker's "Father's Mine," Rodolfo Vanmarcke's "Modern Solitudes," and Steven Beckly's "Little Wolf."

Note from editor, Heidi Romano: At the heart of this journal you'll find five artists who use photography as an art that transforms their world into stills, touching upon telling stories that strive for new visions. Often I imagine them to work in complete silence, their eyes trained intensely on refinement. These images are a little love affair which seduce and hypnotise - they are a source of inspiration, perfectly balanced and reduced to their most basic essence.

WWW.UNLESSYOUWILL.COM

 

 

A5 Magazine is an art and design magazine based in Tel Aviv, Israel. Each issue presents works from various fields of art and design based on a given theme. The latest edition, "The Remix Issue" features issue 77 artists from around the world creating original interpretations of their favourite songs.

The issue includes 82 separate postcards (size 19x19 cm, printed in black and white) resembling vinyl sleeves in a special limited-edition box-set. For the full experience you can find all the songs that were remixed at their website. Information on how to order your copy, also available at their website.

My contribution: http://stevenbeckly.tumblr.com/post/368913245/
Order your copy: http://www.thea5magazine.com/shop/A5_Shop.html
A5 Magazine website: http://www.thea5magazine.com

 

 

At the Same Time
January 18 - March 7, 2010
Opening reception: Friday, January 22 - 7-10 pm

Zachary Ayotte
Steven Beckly
Ted Kerr
Quinnford+Scout

The Artery
9535 Jasper Avenue
Edmonton, AB
780.441.6966

At the Same Time is the work of three couples who use photography to explore the nature of their relationships. Colin Quinn and Oisin Share (aka Quinnford & Scout), Steven Beckly (with partner, Dylan MacNeil), and Ted Kerr and Zachary Ayotte have been working independently on documenting and uncovering their intimate personal and sexual relationships with their partners. Geographically separated, the artists developed their series independently but simultaneously. As the title suggests, the collection of these works reveals a common stream of consciousness, a simultaneous creation.

Each exhibition of the collected works will be curated by the artists in their hometowns (Zachary Ayotte and Ted Kerr in Edmonton, AB, Steven Beckly and Dylan MacNeil in Toronto, ON, and Colin Quinn and Oisin Share in Manchester, UK). The exhibitions will be documented throughout their three locations. This is the first of the three exhibitions.

WWW.THEARTERY.CA

 

 

 

A5 Magazine
The Remix Issue Event
January 6, 2010
23.30h

Saloona
17 Tirza Street
Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel

I have some work in the latest edition of A5 Magazine, The Remix Issue. There is a launch party to celebrate the release of the issue in which 77 artists from around the world present works inspired by their favourite songs. There will be live performances by Anat Segal and Udi Sharbani, and screenings of video & animation shorts inspired by original music, created in joint cooperation between musicians and digital artists.

Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=221564082913
A5 Magazine website: http://www.thea5magazine.com

 

 

 

Let the Seasons Begin
Steven Beckly
January 7 - February 1, 2010
Opening reception: January 7, 7-9 PM

Drake Hotel General Store
1144 Queen Street West
Toronto, ON
416.531.5042 ext 101

Toronto's iconic art and concept shop, The Drake Hotel General Store will house a new series of photographs entitled, Let the Seasons Begin from January 7 to February 1, 2010. There is an opening reception on January 7 from 7PM - 9PM. Come help me celebrate my first show of 2010.

Event listing: http://www.thedrakehotel.ca/events/9067/steven-beckly-exhibition-opening
Installation shots: http://stevenbeckly.tumblr.com/post/318552147/
General Store website: http://www.thedrakehotel.ca/dgs

 

 

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