Joe Becker himself holding his perpetual beer
Joe and his beer at Metris Uptown Fine Art Festival. Minneapolis, MN - 2006

About Us

ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENTS
 *Collaborative art piece accepted to Corning Glass Museum, Corning, New York
 *Individual and collaborative art pieces in numerous private collections; Nationally and Internationally

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS AND AWARDS
 *Best in Glass: Artigras, Palm Beach, FL March 2006
 *Award of Excellence: Art and Apples Festival, Rochester, MI September 2004
 *Finalist: Uptown Art Fair, Minneapolis, MN, August 2004
 *Best In Sculpture: Boardwalk Art Show, Virginia Beach, VA, June 2004
 *Award of Excellence: Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival, Pensacola, FL, November 2003
 *First Place, 3D Non Functional: Gold Coast Art Festival, Chicago, IL August 2002
 *Award of Merit:  Gasparilla Festival of the Arts, Tampa, FL, March 1999 and 2002
 *Best in Glass:  Art in the Barn, Barrington, IL, September 1997, 2000, 2001 and 2002
 *Award of Honor:  Manatee Arts Festival, Apollo Beach, FL, March 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001
 *Third Place Glass:  Coconut Grove Arts Festival, Coconut Grove, FL, February 1999
 *Best in Glass:  Miami Beach Festival of the Arts, Miami Beach, FL, February 1999
 *Best in Glass and *Excellence Award:  Minnesota Crafts Festival, St. Paul, MN, June 1998
 *Award of Excellence:  College Hill Arts Festival, Cedar Falls, IA, June 1995, 1996 and 1998

SELECTED GALLERY
 DiBenedetto Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio

Joseph W. Becker Art Glass

I love to blow and grind...glass

2053-221st Avenue NE

Cedar, MN  55011

 

Phone: (763)434-6185 or cell: (612) 730-8665

E-mail: joe1glassblower@yahoo.com

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JOSEPH W. BECKER ART GLASS

As the Artist, I do all the blowing of the free form sculptures and all of the rough grinding and polishing to create the form that will be the finished sculpture. Horizontal diamond lapidary wheels are used for the actual cutting of the glass.  An assistant comes in and helps with the final polish on the shapes I have created.  I can actually blow any of the pieces in about an hour or less.  The grinding and polishing is the time consuming part of my work and can take up to thirty to forty hours per piece.

EDUCATION
 *University of Wisconsin, River Falls (September 1992 to May 1994)  Bachelor of Fine Arts, Broad Area Art Major, Emphasis on glass blowing, metal working, sculpture and Art History
 *Anoka-Ramsey Community College (September 1989 to May 1992)  Associate in Applied Science, Business Management