B.A. Fine Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University
M.A. Fine Arts, The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Tufts University Boston

“The virtues of painting, therefore, are that its masters see their works admired and feel themselves to be almost like the Creator.” — Leon Battista Alberti, On Painting

Caleb Beck grew up in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Radford, Virginia. He earned his B.F.A. at Virginia Commonwealth University and his M.F.A. jointly at The School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and Tufts University.

After graduate school Mr. Beck moved to Chicago, and worked as an adjunct faculty member at Chicago State University, Roosevelt University, and the City Colleges of Chicago. He also founded an art gallery specializing in emerging Chicago artists. His own paintings have been exhibited in New York City, Chicago, Boston, and Richmond.  He is a member of the New Art Dealers Alliance and of the Catholic Art Institute.

In April 2024, Mr. Beck and his wife Kaitlyn had their first child, a beautiful baby girl.