Curriculum Vitae
Beck Levy
becklevy at gmail dot com
becklevy.info
Selected Performances & Exhibitions
2022 “Rivka Goes To Hell” in group exhibition Spew, Tokyo, JP
2021 “Marcy in the City” dir. Derek Zimmer, narration for short film, New Orleans, LA
2020 “Risograph Printing by Max Seckel,” group show at Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2019 “Endurance Art,” solo show at Hey! Cafe, New Orleans, LA
2018 Book Release for Tri X Noise by Bill Daniel, New Orleans, LA
2017 Dupont Underground, Goethe-Institut, Washington, DC
2017 Special selections from HGJ vs. USA, solo reading, Red Onion Records, Washington, DC
2017 Test Editions, group exhibition, Black Spring Coffee Company, Oakland, CA
2016 Ragnar Kjartansson's Woman in E, performer, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC
2016 Taffety Punk's An Iliad, composer & accompanist, Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, Washington, DC
2016 Aunty's Tea Party, exhibitor, Open Studio DC, Washington, DC
2015 Peoples Secret History, EM Wolfman Bookstore, Oakland, CA
2015 Common Prism, Mills College, Oakland, CA
2015 Language on the Page, Mills College, Oakland, CA
2015 Mandatory Divination, solo exhibition, Black Spring Coffee Company, Oakland, CA
2015 Visions of Arrakis, Bergeron’s Books, Oakland, CA
2015 Mapping, Mills College, Oakland, CA
2014 Artist Takeover, featured artist, Chromatic Coffee, San Jose, CA
2014 Radical Relief, solo exhibition, Sub Rosa, Santa Cruz, CA
2014 Artifactual Modulations, performer and exhibitor, Mills College, Oakland, CA
2014 Book Art Minor Show, Mills College, Oakland, CA
2013 Telegraph-ing, performer and exhibitor, Mills College, Oakland CA
2013 Visible Language, performer and exhibitor, Mills College, Oakland, CA
2012 DC Zine Fair, featured artist, The Fridge, Washington, DC
2008 Artomatic, performer, Washington, DC
Lectures & Panels
2021 Guest Lecturer, Women in and Beyond the Global Prison, George Washington University
2019 Facilitator, “New Monthly Magazines,” New Orleans Comics and Zine Fest
2017 Visiting Artist Lecture, George Washington University, Washington, DC
2016 Demystifying Medicine, panelist, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
2016 Visiting Artist Lecture, Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC
2016 "Book Art Towards a World Without Prisons," College Book Art Association, Nashville, TN
2013 "Against Policing of Ecological Activism," facilitator, George Washington University
2012 "The Future of Occupy," facilitator and panelist, George Washington University
2012 "LGBTQ Sex Positivity," panelist, George Washington University
2012 "We Will Demand Nothing," Eckles Library, George Washington University
2012 "Intricate Identities," panelist, LGBTQ Studies Symposium, George Washington University
Selected Published Art
2020 Hooded Mosher for Demystification Magazine, Washington DC
2019 Centerfold for Demystification Magazine, Washington DC
2019 “Presidential Flannel,” comic series, ANTIGRAVITY Magazine, New Orleans, LA
2015 Cover art for Feminist Formations, Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, MD
2014 "Therapists I Have Known" for Miserable & Worthless, pub. Bassen & Eyth, Brooklyn, NY
2014 "Days of Dayquil, Nights of Nyquil" for Animal Kingdom Anthology 2, AK Pub, Philadelphia, PA
2013 "Justify Your Existence" for Animal Kingdom Anthology 1, AK Pub, Philadelphia, PA
Selected Bylines
ANTIGRAVITY Magazine
The Campanil
Cash Music
Maximum Rocknroll
The Media
She Shreds
Washington City Paper
Women in and Beyond the Global
Discography
2021 “Running Dry (Neil Young),” Blood Recital, Community Printshop, New Orleans, LA
2017 Devotionals, Hand Grenade Job, cassette & digital, Sister Polygon Records, Washington, DC
2016 War is Hell, Hand Grenade Job, digital, self-released, Washington, DC
2013 Winter Demos, Hand Grenade Job, digital, self-released, Washington, DC
2012 Hand Grenade Job, Hand Grenade Job, cassette & digital, self-released, Washington, DC
2011 Mostly in Sickness, The Gift, vinyl LP & digital, Amor y Lucha Records, Washington, DC
2010 The Gift, The Gift, cassette & digital, self-released, Washington, DC
2009 Split with Pygmy Lush, Turboslut, vinyl LP & digital, Exotic Fever Records, Riverdale, MD
2008 Order of the Turboslut, Turboslut, cassette & digital, self-released, Washington, DC
Press
2021 Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, "Bridging the Divide Between Local News and Online Platforms"
2016 Washington Post, "For Hand Grenade Job, everything is site-specific," November 3
2016 Smithsonian Institution Eye Level, "Five Questions + Two with Hand Grenade Job," October 25
2016 Washington Post, "In ‘An Iliad,’ the epic glory and terror of war," October 11
2016 Washington City Paper, "One Track Mind: Hand Grenade Job," June 16
2016 Impose Magazine, "Hand Grenade Job Breathes Eeriness into New Work," June
2015 Oakland Magazine, "The Printing Press Is Hot in Oakland," December
2014 The Media, "Fan Club: An interview with Beck Levy," Issue 28
2013 Antigravity Magazine, "Toil and Trouble with Hand Grenade Job," March
2012 Washington City Paper, "One Track Mind: Hand Grenade Job," October 18
2011 Washington City Paper, "One Track Mind: The Gift," July 8
2011 Washington Post, "Album review: The Gift’s ‘Mostly in Sickness,'" June 23
2009 Washington City Paper, "One Track Mind: Turboslut," February 13
Additional Training
2014 Text, Image, & the Narrative, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC
2011 Advanced Letterpress Techniques, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Silver Spring, MD
2009 Intro to Letterpress, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Silver Spring, MD
Honors/Awards
2015 Rosalind Keep Award for Excellence in Book Art, Mills College, Oakland CA
2015 Queer Studies Essay Prize, Mills College, Oakland, CA
2015 Women's Studies Essay Prize, Mills College, Oakland, CA
2015 Ardella Mills Prize for Literary Composition, Honorable Mention, Mills College, Oakland, CA
2013 Nicole Paul Endowment for Feminist Activism, George Washington University, Washington, DC
2012 Eckles Research Prize, first place, George Washington University, Washington, DC
2010 Women’s Studies Achievement Award, Montgomery College, Takoma Park, MD
2010 Writing in the Disciplines Award - Ethics, Montgomery College, Takoma Park, MD
2010 Winner, Regional Community College Ethics Bowl, Montgomery College, Takoma Park, MD
Collections
Ohio State University Libraries, Columbus, OH
Penn Women's Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
DC Punk Archives, District of Columbia Public Libraries, Washington, DC.
