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Nickname: Ron Becker

Country: United States

Statement: Raised in western New York, Ron’s talent was supported and nurtured by his parents and teachers. He majored in art at Niagara County Community College, helping to solidify techniques in drawing and painting. As a realist, Ron uses color and variety of tones to create drama, inviting the viewer into the painting. Exploring new techniques and ways to work with mediums to express the nature of his heart and soul, Ron focuses on environments that illicit a feeling of calm, serenity, beauty and the divine. For 5 years, Ron was the President of the Deer Park Arts Council, a non-profit charity that advocates for the visual and performing arts in the Deer Park School District. Ron has used his college training to create and offer drawing and painting classes for residents in nursing homes, hospitals and in his studio. Ron is on the Suffolk County Citizens Advisory Board For The Arts and the Advisory Panel of BACCA (Babylon Citizen Council of the Arts). His work has been exhibited in galleries on Long Island, the RIVAA Gallery in NYC, a solo exhibition at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River, NY and at galleries in MI and VA. He has won several awards in juried shows and will have an exhibit on incarceration and social justice issues in the spring of 2022.

Bio: Education: Associates Degree - Liberal Arts, major in Fine Arts, Niagara County Community College, Niagara Falls, NY, 1972 Workshops with Howard Rose, Bill Graf Iconography with Janine Manheim Exhibitions: 2007 - “The Encampment”, Roosevelt Island, NY 2011 - RIVAA Gallery, Roosevelt Island, NY 2012 - Andrew Heiskell Library Gallery, NYC, NY 2012 - Coler Specialty Hospital & Nursing Facility- Lobby Gallery, Roosevelt Island, NY 2012 - RIVAA Gallery, Roosevelt Island, NY 2012 - Art In The Park, Huntington, NY 2013 - Art League of Long Island 56th Annual Juried Art Exhibit 2013 - RIVAA Gallery, Roosevelt Island, NY 2013 - Lewiston Art Festival, Lewiston, NY 2013 - Fall For Arts Festival, Roosevelt Island, NY 2014 - Motorgate Mural Exhibit, Roosevelt Island, NY 2015 - RIVAA Gallery, Roosevelt Island, NY 2016 - solo exhibit - Art & Music In The Park, Westbury, NY 2017 - Long Island Museum Fine Arts Exhibit, Stony Brook, NY 2017 - BACCA Juried Show - 2nd place award - Painting 2017 - BACCA Juried Sculpture & Photography Show - 1st place Sculpture Award 2018 - solo exhibit - “An Artist’s Nature” - Bayard Cutting Arboretum, Great River, NY 2018 - Copaigue Library - solo exhibit, Copaigue, NY 2018 - BACCA Juried Sculpture & Photography Show - 1st place Sculpture Award 2018 - Deer Park Library - solo exhibit, Deer Park NY 2018 - Art League of Long Island Juried Show - Award of Excellence 2019 - Abbot Gallery, Farmingdale, NY 2019 - Long Island Museum Juried Show, Stony Brook, NY 2019 - BACCA Juried Show, Babylon, NY - 1st place Painting Award 2019 - St. James Art Walk, St. James, NY 2019 - Bellport Art Festival 2019 - Lewiston Art Festival - 1st place in painting for “Standing Still” 2019 - Westhampton Beach Art Festival 2019 - Long Island Museum Arts: featured “Artist of the Month” - September 2019 - BACCA Juried Sculpture & Photography Show - 1st place Sculpture Award 2020 - AARP: Art at 50 plus - “New Beginnings” 2020 - Setauket Artists’ Anniversary Exhibition 2020 - Mills Pond Gallery “Celebrating Creativity” Exhibit-winner 2020 - TBR Media - print interview 2021 - Mills Pond Gallery - Winner’s Showcase 2021 - FireFly Gallery - Honorable Mention 2021 - B’Extroidinaire Gallery - Virtual Exhibit - 1st Place 2021 - D’Art Gallery - Norfolk, VA 2021 - Setauket Artist’s 41st Annual Exhibit