Noah Becker
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| Born | 1970 Cleveland, Ohio, United States |
| Citizenship | (dual) American and Canadian |
| Occupation | Artist, painter, art writer, publisher, musician |
| Website | noahbeckerart |
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| Genres | Jazz |
| Instruments | saxophone |
Noah Becker (born 1970) is an American and Canadian artist, writer, publisher and jazz saxophonist who lives and works in New York City.
Becker was born in Cleveland, Ohio and grew up on a 40-acre farm on Thetis Island, off the coast of British Columbia, Canada. He moved with his family to Victoria, British Columbia, at age 15, after their house burned down. He had little early formal education and did not attend high school. He was a student at Victoria College of Art, and completed a year studying saxophone at Humber College, before moving to New York in 2004.
Working from his studio in Brooklyn, Becker's oil paintings have been exhibited in numerous museums, galleries, and major art fairs in Canada, the United States and Europe, including in New York City,Los Angeles, Detroit,London,Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal,Miami and Switzerland. His most recent New York solo exhibition was in November, 2013.
Becker is the founder and editor-in-chief of Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art, an online contemporary art magazine. He is also a contributing writer for Art in America Magazine, Canadian Art Magazine and the Huffington Post. Becker coined the term "Zombie Formalism", which has been widely used by critic Walter Robinson and art dealer Stefan Simchowitz.
Becker's first album, Where We Are, features guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel. Becker's recent recordings as a sideman have been with Canadian hip hop artist Moka Only. Rosenwinkel and Only also contributed music to the soundtrack of New York Is Now, Becker's 2010 documentary on the New York art scene.
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