›› zu den Werken von Claire Becker

geboren in Paris, aufgewachsen in Strasbourg
dort Studium: Musik, Theater, Tanz und Kunst
1987-1997 New York City zunächst Tanzstipendium, arbeitet später als Tänzerin und Künstlerin
1993 findet in der Skulptur ihre Kunstform
seit 1997 lebt und arbeitet in Mexiko

regelmäßige Reisen in die USA und Europa

Einzelausstellungen
2007 - Agridulces y amarguras, Chopo Museum in la casa Reyes Heroles, Mexico City, Mexico
2007 - Exuberancias de la luna, Matthei gallery, Santiago de Chile, Chile
2007 - Todos llegaremos al cielo, Agora de la ciudad, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
2005 - La realidad desarmada, Museum of Anthropology, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
2003 - La mesa puesta, Marie-Louise Ferrari gallery, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
2002 - Envolturas del deseo, Misrachi gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
2001 - Reconciliation, Alva de la Canal gallery, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
1997 - Lumières rituelles, Marie-Louise Ferrari gallery, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
1991 - Painting, Aktuaryus gallery, Strasbourg, France
1991 - Moods, Ward Lawrence gallery, New York, NY, USA
2010 – Endangered specie, Alva de la Canal gallery, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico

Gruppenausstellungen (Auswahl)
2009 - 53rd Venice Biennale, The air we breathe, public sculpture, Venice, Italy
2009 - ZONAMACO, Mexico Arte Contemporaneo, international art fair, Ginocchio gallery, Mexico City
2009 - Fifteenth anniversary of the MACAY, Museum Ateneo of contemporary art of Yucatan, Merida, Mexico
2008 - Expo Arte al Límite 2008, Santiago de Chile, Chile
2008 - Las violetas son flores del deseo, gallery of the department of literature of the National Institute of Fine Arts (INBA), Mexico City, and Literature festival in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
2007 - National print salon, guest artist, La Havana, Cuba
2007 - ArtCologne international art fair, Pablo Goebel Fine Arts, Cologne, Germany
2006 - World Trade Center Art-Fest, World Trade Center, Mexico City, Mexico
2006 - Confrontations, Pablo Goebel Fine arts, Mexico City, Mexico
2005 - Blog Arthur Rimbaud, Castello di Rivara Museum, Turin, Italy
2005 - World Trade Center Art-Fest, World Trade Center, Mexico City, Mexico
2005 - Cow Parade Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
2003 - Auction for the Museum of folk art, Mexico City, Mexico
2003 - La mano sobre la línea- prints, Marie-Louise Ferrari gallery, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
2002 - Salon d’Automne, Espace Auteuil, Paris, France
2002 - Juntas pero no revueltas, Centro Cultural Carmen Autrique, Mexico City, Mexico
2001 - First international sculpture symposium, The sculpture garden, Xalapa, Veracruz
2000 - Winter group show, Misrachi, gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
2000 - Fifteen’s anniversary Alva de la Canal gallery, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
1996 - International Chess Collector Convention, Washington DC, USA
1994 - Salon des Indépendants, Grand Palais, Paris, France
1994 - Artists in Residence Exhibition, Arthur Danzinger gallery, Gallery One) New York, NY
1992 - Grand Opening Show, Abney gallery, New York City, NY, USA
1994 - M&J Rausher gallery, Strasbourg, France
1991 - Art Actuel: first salon of young painting, French Union, Montreal, Canada
1991 - On the cutting Edge, Montserrat gallery, New York City, NY, USA

Öffentliche Skulpturen
- Fuente de las sonrisas, 2009, Fraccionamiento Las Cumbres, Xalapa, Veracruz
- Plenitud, 2008, Bronze, Fraccionamiento Las Cumbres, Xalapa, Veracruz
- Penitencia 7, 2001, Marble, Campus of the Vracruz University, Xalapa, Veracruz

Auszeichnungen und Preise (Auswahl)
2006-2007 Grant from the State of Veracruz, IVEC y CONACULTA, Veracruz, Mexico
2004-2005 Grant from the State of Veracruz, IVEC y CONACULTA, Veracruz, México
2000 Silver medal for sculpture, Academic society of Arts–Sciences–Lettres, Paris, France
1996-1997 scholarship from the Fantasy Fountain, The Art Student League, New York, NY, USA
1994-1997 Apprenticeship for Sculpture, Cropsy Foundation, Greg Wyatt studio in the St. John The Divine cathedral, New York city, NY, USA