Natasha Becker
Curator
Exhibitions
A Perfect Storm
Curator, Group Show
Faction Arts Project, New York, NY, February 15 - March 8, 2020
Forever is Composed of Nows
Co-curator, Group Show
A.I.R gallery, New York, NY, February 14 - March 15
Girls, Girls, Girls
Curator, Solo Show
Assembly Room, New York, NY, October 17 - December, 1 2019
Interior Landscapes
Co-curator, Group Show
Assembly Room, New York, NY, June 26 - August 4, 2019
Radical Love
Co-Curator, Group Show
Ford Foundation for Social Justice Art Gallery, New York NY, June 11 - August 17, 2019
Perilous Bodies
Co-Curator, Group Show
Ford Foundation for Social Justice Art Gallery, New York NY, March 5 - May 11, 2019
Present Passing
Co-Curator, Group Show
Osage Art Foundation, Hong Kong, China, February 24 - June 15, 2019
Multiplicities
Curator, Group Show
Assembly Room, New York, NY, October 19 - November 5, 2019
What Can Be Seen
Curator, Group Show
Spring/Break Art Show, New York, NY, March 2018
Dialogues In Drawing
Curator, Group Show
Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA, March 16 - May 23, 2017
Americanah
Curator, Group Show
Spring/Break Art Show, New York, NY, March 2017
Weights & Measures
Co-Curator, Solo Show
Constitution Hill Museum, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2017
Shirin Neshat: Dreamers
Curator, Solo Show
Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa, August 20 - September 14, 2016
Sue Williamson: The Past Lies Ahead
Curator, Solo Show
Goodman Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa, February 4 - March 2, 2016
Ruby Amanze Onyinyechi: Salt Water
Curator
Goodman Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa, 2015
Edge of Silence
Curator, Group Show
Goodman Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa, 2015
Speaking Back
Curator, Group Show
Goodman Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa, 2015
Professional
Experience
2019 Curatorial Advisor
Étant Donnés Contemporary Art Program, Face Foundation, New York, NY
2019 Visiting Critic
Art OMI Residency Program, New York, NY
2019 Visiting Critic
Residency Unlimited, New York, NY
2019 Guest Speaker
SCAD deFINE ART 2019, Savannah, GA
2019 Curator
Osage Art Foundation, Hong Kong
2018 - 2019 Curator
Ford Foundation, New York, NY
2018 International Jury Member
Art OMI Residency Program, New York, NY
2018 Jury Member
New Prints, International Print Center, New York, NY
2018 Co-Founder
Assembly Room, New York, NY
2018 Co-Founder
The Underline Show, Johannesburg, South Africa
2015 - 2017 Senior Curator
Goodman Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
2007 - 2013 Assistant Director, Research and Academic Program
Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA
2005 - 2007 Adjunct Lecturer
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2003 - 2005 Teaching Assistant, Art History
Binghamton University, New York, NY
Published
Work
Forthcoming 2021 'In the Wake of Okwui Enwezor'
Essay, NKA: Journal for Contemporary African Art Special Issue on Curator Okwui Enwezor
March 2020 'To Imagine a Future World'
Curatorial Essay, exhibition catalogue, 'Present Passing,' Osage Art Foundation, Hong Kong, China
February 2020 'Forever if Composed of Nows'
Curatorial Essay, exhibition catalogue, A.I.R gallery, New York, NY
February 2020 'Pushing Through a Public Memorial'
Guest Contributor, Brooklyn Rail Critics Page, New York, NY
November 2019 'Where Does My Heart Reside?'
Guest Contributor, Brooklyn Rail Critics Page, New York, NY
May 2019 'An Ode to Love'
Curatorial Essay, Ford Foundation Art Gallery, New York, NY
October 2015 'Encountering Virginia Chihota'
Exhibition catalogue essay, Tiwani Contemporary:
Virginia Chihota | A Thorn In My Flesh (munzwa munyama yangu)
Education
2006 All But Dissertation (ABD), PHD in the History of Art
Binghamton University, New York, NY
2003 Masters in African History
University of the Western Cape, South Africa
2001 Honors in Philosophy
University of the Western Cape, South Africa
2000 Higher Diploma in Education
University of the Western Cape, South Africa
1997 Bachelor of Arts in English, History and Philosophy
University of the Western Cape, South Africa