Exhibitions & Events
Upcoming
Current
Past
“A Hole Is Not a Void : Extraction, Addiction, and Aesthetics” essay published in
The Opioid Epidemic and US Culture
Edited by Travis D. Stimeling
University of West Virginia Press
December, 2020
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FotoFocus Biennial, Cincinatti, OH
2020
Photo LA
De Soto Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Latitude Artist Residency, Chicago IL
2019-2020
New Normal
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
April 30, 2019
View Finder: Landscape and Leisure in the Collection
MoCP (Museum of Contemporary Photography)
July 19 – September 30, 2018
Mana Artist-in-Residence
Chicago, IL
2017 — 2018
MIT Press / The New Museum: Critical Anthologies in Art and Culture; Trap Door: Trans Cultural Production and the Politics of Visibility
Book Launch and Conversation
February 2, 2018
Same Rock
Actual Size Gallery, Los Angeles
July 15 — August 6, 2017
Montalvo Arts Center
Lucas Artists Residency Program
June 3 — July 4, 2017
OnCurating: Issue 31 / Estrangements
Becker is co-editing the July 2016 issue of OnCurating on the topic of estrangement.
July 2016
Jonas N.T. Becker: Westward Bound
Lancaster Museum of Art and History
Opening Reception: October 11, 2:00 – 6:00 PM
September 29 – November 16, 2015
Happening
LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions)
Reception: May 20, 7:00 – 10:00 PM
May 17 – 20, 2015
Incognito
Santa Monica Museum of Art
Reception: May 2, 7:30 – 10:30 PM
May 2 – 3, 2015
Jonas N.T. Becker Solo Presentation
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
April 18th – April 19th, 2015
Jonas N.T. Becker: The Pile
The Craft & Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles
Opening Reception: January 24, 6:00 – 9:00 PM
January 25 – May 3, 2015
Poor/Fancy Pt. 2
Part-Time Gallery, Los Angeles
December 6, 2014, 6:00 – 10:00 PM
Threads That Bind
Hebrew Union College Art Gallery, Los Angeles
Opening Reception: November 6, 6:30 – 8:00 PM
November 6 – December 31, 2014
Jonas N.T. Becker: Almost Always
Moving Image Experience At Silicon Valley Art Fair
April 10 – April 13, 2014
Jonas N.T. Becker: Zol Zayn // What if?
Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles
Opening Reception: January 11, 7:00 – 9:00 PM
January 11 – March 8, 2014
Enter a Camera, Photo on the Go
Fowler Museum, Los Angeles
Sunday, May 5, 2013, 1:00 – 4:00 PM
2012102: Apocalypse Now?
5118 York Gallery, Los Angeles
Friday, December 21, 2012, 8:00 PM – 12:00 AM
A time-specific art event and screening of footage from the film 2012102. Becker shoots live in Mexico as believers and skeptics—cultural tourists, spiritual leaders and doomsday conspiracy junkies—gather to prepare and honor the end of time prophesied by Mayan texts.
Mulholland Deríve
LA Road Project, Los Angeles
Sunday, December 9, 2012, 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Mulholland Drive and Laurel Canyon Drive, Los Angeles
ReVisions of LA: Mobile Projections
LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions)
Sunday, September 2, 2012, 1:00 – 4:00 PM
Lomography Lecture Series and Workshop
Lomography Gallery Store, Los Angeles
Saturday, April 21, 2012, 12:00 – 2:00 PM
Becker talks about her practice, followed by a pinhole camera workshop.
Seder
Workmen's Circle / Arbeter Ring
Thursday, March 29, 2012, 7:00 – 9:00 PM
Becker selected to present her work at Seder Micro-Grant Event.
Artist Bailout Grant
Human Resources
December 10, 2011
Becker is awarded Artist Bailout Grant for the Mobile Pinhole Project.
"Re-designer Modern Exhibition" Course
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Becker instructs a ten week course through a joint LACMA/Heart Project Initiative. Stay tuned for the student exhibition at LACMA as part of the Caifornia Modernism exhibition.
Vertigo
LA Art Mart, Los Angeles
Opening Reception: October 21, 7:00 – 10:00 PM
October 21 – December 2, 2011
InLight Richmond 2011
1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
Opening Reception: October 21, 2011, 7:00 PM
Becker's site specific installation featured as part of InLight Richmond 2012.
Mobile Pinhole Project
Becker founds the Mobile Pinhole Project, a mobile youth arts program using a van turned into a giant pinhole camera. Learn more...
The Desocialized Landscape
Foundation for Art Resources (D-Block Projects)
Opening Reception: August 13, 2011, 7:00 – 9:00 PM
Erasing Traces
Autonomie Gallery
Opening Reception: August 11, 7:30 – 9:30 PM
August 11 – September 1, 2011
The Mobile Pinhole Project Fundraising
IndieGoGo
August 10, 2011
The Mobile Pinhole Project begins it's Annual fundraising campaign: help us support the creative leaders of tomorrow! Donate today!
Nine Stories
LAXART
Opening Reception: July 3, 6:00 – 9:00 PM
July 3 - 10 , 2010
MFA Thesis Exhibition
University of California, Irvine Art Gallery
Opening Reception: May 20, 6:00 – 9:00 PM
May 20 – 28, 2010
Thank G-d For Mississippi
Monongalia Art Center: Benedum Gallery
Opening Reception: May 4, 2010, 4:30 – 6:00 PM
April 4 – 30, 2010
The Art of Photography
Lyceum Gallery, San Diego, CA
Opening Reception: August 29, 6:00 – 9:00 PM
August 29 – November 1, 2009
Betamax
University of California, Irvine, Art Gallery
Opening Reception: February 19, 6:00 – 9:00 PM
February 19 – March 6, 2009
Key Word Lecture Series: Authorship (panelist)
University of Irvine, Critical Theory Institute and Dept. of Women's Studies
Lecture and Panel Discussion: March 3, 2009, 4:00 PM
Five invited panelists elucidate the term author—Nina Becker (Studio Art, UCI), Marisa Cohn (Informatics, UCI), Burcu Polat (Comparative Literature, UCI), Antoinette Lafarge (Studio Art, UCI, discussant) and Kavita Philip (Women's Studies, UCI, moderator).
Huts
EGS Gallery, Saas-Fee, Switzerland
July 12 – August 16, 2008
Reclaiming the F-Word—Posters on International Feminisms (panelist, curator)
California State University Northridge Art Galleries
Panel Discussion: June 7, 2008, 2:00 PM
June 4 – July 3, 2008