Kim Beck

Kim Beck (born 1970, Colorado) is an American artist living and working in New York City and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Beck works in drawing, sculpture, installation, photography, printmaking and multimedia, focusing her attention on subjects that might otherwise be overlooked. She is especially known for her artist's books and public artworks dealing with the subject of environment and landscape.

Beck's work has been reviewed by media such as Artforum, Art in America, Hyperallergic, KQED, The New York Times, and The Village Voice.

Artist's books A Field Guide to Weeds, 2007 A Flock of Signs, 2014 Pavements, Potholes & Repairs, 2019

Public art commissions

Adjutant, 2015 Adjutant — a mural installed on the concrete wall beneath the 10th Street Bypass ramp for the Fort Duquesne Bridge in Pittsburgh, PA. The mural is composed of images of oversized common weeds using silhouettes in shades of black, gray and white. A team of some 150 volunteers organized by Riverlife Pittsburgh executed the work June 6–14, 2015, during the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival. The mural is part of #TBD, a concept for public art projects to bring dramatic changes and attention to the downtown Allegheny riverfront underneath the Fort Duquesne Bridge. In June 2020, this artwork was updated with a BLM mural and subsequent additions.

Wildish, 2014 Wildish was commissioned by the Mural Arts Program of Philadelphia.

The Sky Is the Limit/NYC, 2011 The Sky Is the Limit/NYC was a temporary skywriting installation in New York City on October 10, 2011.

Space Available, 2011–2012 Space Available, was installed March 4, 2011 – January 2012 on rooftops along Washington Street, between West 13th Street and Gansevoort Street in [New York City]. Intended to be viewed from the High Line, the exhibition was commissioned by Friends of the High Line.

Professional affiliations Beck is an associate professor in the School of Art at Carnegie Mellon University.