Assorted Prints
Mosaic Virus
The Scenic Un•Real
When The Real Is No Longer What It Used To Be
Sanctuarium Naturalis
Animations
Mementos

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MARY CLAIRE BECKER

Assorted Prints
Mosaic Virus
The Scenic Un•Real
When The Real Is No Longer What It Used To Be
Sanctuarium Naturalis
Animations
Mementos

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PERSONAL WORK

The Scenic Unreal , 2019, Gallery Installation View Lithography, digital pigment print, mixed-media sculpture, video animation

The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, After Thomas Moran , 2019, 50” x 10” x 10” Slip-cast porcelain, papier-mache, acrylic paint, globe, wood, digital pigment print, LED lights

The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, After Thomas Moran , 2019, Detail of 50” x 10” x 10” sculpture Slip-cast porcelain, papier-mache, acrylic paint, globe, wood, digital pigment print, LED lights

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Experience the Great Outdoors, 2019, 28” x 22” Stone lithography and photolithography

Wallpaper for Digital Botanists , 2019, Detail of 6’ x 8’ x 8’ installation Linocut digitally-scanned, distorted in Photoshop, and output as digital pigment print

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Mosaic Virus I (After Hans Bollongier) , 2019, 30”x22” Handcarved linocut with laser-cut woodblock halftone color layers

Mosaic Virus II (After Ambrosius Bosschaert) , 2019, 30”x22” Handcarved linocut with laser-cut woodblock halftone color layers

Mosaic Virus II (After Ambrosius Bosschaert) , 2019, detail of 30”x22” print Handcarved linocut with laser-cut woodblock halftone color layers

When The Real Is No Longer What It Used To Be , 2018, Gallery Installation View Letterpress-printed linocut, lithography, silkscreen, ceramics, stop-motion animation

Garland , 2018, detail of 6’ x 12’ installation Plotter-cut lithograph and silkscreen prints, slip-cast porcelain

Garland, 2018, 6’ x 12’ Plotter-cut lithograph and silkscreen prints, slip-cast porcelain

Two Vases , 2018, 12” x 8” x 8” Stoneware with sgraffito, china paint, and gold luster

Parlour Bramble (Pigeon Year) , 2018, Detail of 11’ x 26’ Installation Letterpress-printed reduction linocut

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The Gardener and The Gardened , 2017, 5’ x 8’ Laser-cut paper, woodcut and silkscreen

The Gardener and The Gardened , 2017, Detail of 5’ x 8’ installation Laser-cut paper, woodcut and silkscreen

Courthouse Falls , 2016, 20” x 15” Stone lithography

Graveyard Fields , 201, 40” x 30” x 4” Stone lithography, photolithography, silkscreen

STUDENT WORK

Silkscreen, 22”x15”, 2019 This print was made while the BFA student was reading Gaston Bachelard’s The Poetics of Space per my recommendation. She is interested in the memories contained within structures, the nostalgia of decay, and the relationsh

iPhone Photography, Digital Pigment Print, 25”x25”, 2019 This BFA student was interested in text as image, highlighting the strangeness of the mundane, and documenting patterns and textures from everyday objects. She was also interested in combinat

Silkscreen and Acrylic Paint, Each Print 25”x22”, 2019 Diptych of screenprints based on digital drawing and combined with acrylic paint applied using artist-made brush. Brushes for the series were made from found materials (this one was metal chain

Linocut and Monoprint, Detail of 12’ x 4’ Installation, 2020 Students responded to the following prompt: The year is 2500 and the Earth as we once knew it is completely changed. Humanity’s well-being is stable, but we have survived by living in a s

Aluminum Plate Lithography with Silkscreen Color Layers, 22”x15”, 2018 Prompt: Research and respond to a theme in contemporary art. Students were provided with a list of themes and related resources and asked to fill out a worksheet that functioned

Intaglio (hardground, softground, aquatint, and à la poupée), 12”x9”, 2018 Prompt: Research and respond to a theme in contemporary art. Students were provided with a list of themes and related resources and asked to fill out a worksheet that funct

Polyester lithography plate with laser-printed halftone, ballpoint pen, and sharpie, Hand-colored, 7”x10”, 2018 Prompt: Combine digital and hand-drawn imagery to create a narrative.

Silkscreen, Each wallpaper at least 36 square feet, 2019 Prompt: Students will explore the basics of silkscreen printing while designing repeating patterns. Their wallpaper patterns will come together in a collaborative large-scale installation. T

Silkscreen, detail of 5' x 8' wallpaper, 2019.

Letraset, Laser-cut Paper, Letterpress Pressure Printing, Letterpress Typesetting, Each print 12"x9", 2019 Objectives: Work with letterforms to create abstract compositions, establish a relationship between foreground text and background image, a

Linocut, 24’x2’ installation, 2018 Prompt: Each student will design, carve, and print one building and one other object that might be found in a city. We will each print an edition of 5, and then cut out and collage our prints to create an imagin

Linocut, Detail of 24’x2’ installation, 2017 Prompt: Each student will design, carve, and print one building and one other object that might be found in a city. We will each print an edition of 5, and then cut out and collage our prints to create

Seven-Layer Reductive Woodcut, 15” x 11”, 2018 Prompt: This project is a woodcut image based on a song lyric, with colors chosen to reflect the mood of the song. The song this student referenced was You’re So Vain by Carly Simon.

Woodcut and Monoprint, 12"x9", 2018 Prompt: Use monoprinting techniques to plan color layers that register correctly with a woodblock key image.

Reductive three-layer monoprint (Ink is rolled onto plexiglass with a brayer and wiped away with q-tips and rags. Colors are then printed in overlapping layers on the same sheet of paper. ), 9”x12”, 2018 Prompt: Using a drawing as reference, desig

Charcoal, india ink, cut paper. Each composition 12”x9”, 2019 Prompt: Choose three distinct shapes and duplicate them at various sizes, alternating between black, grey, and white. Collage the shapes together to demonstrate the Gestalt Principles

Graphite, 24”x19”, 2019 Prompt: Create a hybrid animal based on studies of taxidermy specimens drawn from life at the Natural History Museum and invent a landscape for your creature to live in. This assignment teaches students to combine imagery fr

Charcoal, combining additive and reductive drawing methods, 24”x19”, 2019 Prompt: Self-portrait with exaggerated facial expression. Your other decisions for the image (background, clothing/costume, stylistic decisions) should complement and suppor

Charcoal and white chalk on oversize kraft paper, 4 foot x 6 foot, 2019 Prompt: Work in groups of 3 to build a 2-point perspective structure from your imagination. Decide as a group whether you want to construct an interior space (like a room), an

3D collage using cardboard, paper, acrylic paint, and Mod Podge, 12”x12”x5”, 2019 Prompt: Research an artist, present to the class, and create an artwork inspired by your research. The finished work should reference the artist without being a dire