Today we’d like to introduce you to Becky Guttin.
Becky Guttin was born and raised in Mexico City. The education she got from her parents, was enriched with museums visits, art conversations, reading and meeting with artists. Without knowing it, that’s where her passion for art started. Becky got a degree in Mexico City as a Hebrew and Yiddish teacher. After some years of teaching she asked for a Sabbatical year, which in fact continues until today.
That’s when she started consciously practicing art. All the family trips, together with the numerous working trips, have enriched her professional and personal life. Guttin has been a guest lecturer all over the world. She has received seven art prizes and has participated in seventeen International Art Symposia and in fourteen Art Biennales. Guttin has been featured in thirty-five solo exhibitions.
She has worked in numerous countries. Forty-four of Her pieces belong to permanent collections in museums, and in private and public spaces, such as universities, consulates, sculpture parks, cultural centers, hospitals, schools, etc. She worked as a volunteer at Scripps Hospital Encinitas for five years, where she led art therapy workshops. She Lives and works in San Diego. Becky Guttin has an independent studio where she continues to create sculpture, drawings, photography, installations and video. She loves to spend time with her family and friends, meet people and travel. beckyguttin.com
We’d love to hear more about your art. What do you do you do and why and what do you hope others will take away from your work?
My purpose is to use, recover and recycle waste material. In my works, I underline the contrast between materials, each of which has its own cultural and spiritual content. This contrast, as well as the elements which conform it and what they symbolize, are very significant to my work. I show the truth of each material, they are natural. Neither their color nor the traces left by time on them are covered up. They each maintain their own presence. On one hand, I use natural organic materials, handmade and household objects, and on the other, processed metals, like aluminum, iron, copper, brass or stainless steel, representing technological advance. All the objects are like articles that contain historic records of everyday life. I seek to establish an association by contrasting the rational and the irrational, the emotive. My art deals with thought and it mediates between the inner and the outer world.
Do you have any events or exhibitions coming up? Where would one go to see more of your work? How can people support you and your artwork?
Guttin’s work can be found in numerous permanent collections around the world, including:
Voitsberg, Austria., Graz University, Botanical Garden, Austria., Osten. World Gallery of Drawing.Republic of Macedonia.,Museo Memoria y Tolerancia, Mexico DF. Mexico., Soka Art Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., World Calligraphy Biennale, Jeollabuk-Do, S. Korea., Park Hagalil, Karmiel, Israel., World Calligraphy Biennale, S.Korea.,Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA, USA.,(drawing) , Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach CA, USA. Serie La Linea # 1.,Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, San Diego CA, USA., ITM, Institute of Technology and Management. Gwalior, India., Public Park at Goyang, Seoul, Korea., Mulpa Art Center-Son Byung Chul, Jongnogu, Seoul Korea., Regional Clinic Jordan Valley, Israel., San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego CA, USA., World Calligraphy Biennale, S. Korea., Gani Sculpture Garden, San Diego CA, USA., Museum of Latin American Art. Long Beach CA, USA., World Calligraphy Biennale, S. Korea., Jewish Academy. San Diego CA, USA., Flag Art Festival, FIFA World Cup, Korea-Japan., Wolfstein Sculpture Park at Scripps Hospital. San Diego CA, USA., Museo del Parco, Centro Internazionale di Scultura all’Aperto. Porto Fino, Italy., Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park – Skokie, Illinois, USA., Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey – Campus Estado de Mexico., Herzliya, Israel., Hospital ABC – México D.F., Consulado General de Israel – Nueva York, USA., Forum Artis Museum. Montese. Modena Italy., Colegio Israelita de México – México, D.F., Casa de Reposo para Ancianos – Cuernavaca Morelos, México., Instituto per la Cultura e l’Arte – Catania Italy., Parque Ecológico Huayamilpas – México, D.F.1994 – Galleria Civica d’Arte Contemporanea di Suzzara – Mantova, Italy., Museo de las Ciencias, Universum – México, D.F., Plaza Israel – Acapulco Guerrero, México., Museo Universitario del Chopo – México, D.F., Museo de las Ciencias, Universum – México D.F., Centro Deportivo Israelita – México D.F., Museo de Arte de las Américas – Washington D.C., USA., Museo del Vidrio – Monterrey Nuevo Leon, México., Museo Universitario Contemporáneo de Arte – México, D.F., Jardín Escultórico de la Ciudad de México.
Becky Guttin lives and works in San Diego, CA USA. She has an independent studio where she continues to create sculpture, drawings, photography, installations and video.
Contact Info:
- Address: 7949 Silverton Av.suite 923
San Diego CA 92126 - Website: beckyguttin.com
- Phone: 6199979595
- Email: beckyguttin@gmail.com
- Instagram: becky guttin
- Facebook: becky guttin
Image Credit:
Serie Tecomates with acrylic.
Survival, Sculpture Park, Skokie Il.
Untitled, Pachuca, Mexico.
Installation, Sledgehammer Theater. San Diego CA.
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