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 is an internationally exhibited artist, she 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 fifteen Art Biennales. Guttin has been featured in thirty-seven solo exhibitions. She has worked in numerous countries. Forty eight 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.
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Haegeumgang Museum, South Korea.
Museo Municipal de Cartago. Costa Rica.
Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India.
La Jolla Historical Society. La Jolla CA, USA.
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.
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.
Chula Vista Banner, San Diego CA. USA.
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.
Wolfstein Sculpture Park at Scripps Memorial Hospital. SanDiegoCA, USA.
Flag Art Festival, FIFA World Cup, Korea-Japan.
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. First Prize.
International Sculpture Symposium,Golfo dell’Asinara, Sardegna, Italy.
Herzliya, Israel.
Hospital ABC - México D.F.
Museo de Arte Moderno. Mexico City.
Forum Artis Museum – Montese. Modena, Italy.
Consulado General de Israel - Nueva York, USA.
Colegio Israelita de México - México, D.F.
Casa de Reposo para Ancianos - Cuernavaca Morelos, México.
Instituto per la Cultura e l'Arte - Catania Italy.