Albuquerque, NM

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2026night crawlingphoenix, az
paintings of running into the darkness, movement, chaos, the year of the horse, traveling into and out of the mind 

These paintings started after I ran Javelina Jundred in October 2025. I was inspired by the costumes, music, and party atmosphere. Running 100 miles changes things, I came out different. 

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Night crawlers, oil on paper, 51 x 130 inches, 2026 *
Dollhouse, oil on canvas, 10 x 8 inches, 2026
Green fairy, oil on panel, 7 x 5 inches, 2025
funky midnight dance, colored pencil on paper, 4.25 x 6.5 inches, 2026 *
Pink Pony Club, oil on canvas, 24 x 20 inches, 2026 *
two evil glowing red eyes, oil on canvas, 12 x 9 inches, 2026 *
Gag on it, oil on canvas, 16 x 20 inches, 2026 *
an angel appeared, oil on canvas, 60 x 48 inches, 2026 *
Baby you got lucky ‘cause you’re rocking with the best, oil on canvas, 32 x 24 inches, 2026 *

pasta dinner, colored pencil on paper, 4.5 x 11.5 inches, 2026 *
2026castles in the skyvarious locations around colorado
castles in the sky is an ongoing project around my experiences mountaineering in colorado. Some paintings are memory maps of routes, others reflect on the psychological drama of resting on exposed cliffs. 

 On August 4, 2017, I climbed my first 14,000+ foot mountain with my dad and dog. There are 58 such mountains in Colorado, I had little hiking and 0 mountaineering experience, but I knew I wanted to do them all. Slowly, over the last ten years, I’ve bulit up my skills and endurance, climbing more and more difficult mountains. I’ve since climbed 57 14ers and completed 2 of the 4 great traverses. My time spent in the mountains has been some of the best in my life. It has been the closest I’ve come to death, and the most alive I have ever felt. When I paint from my experiences, I am painting my psychological process as well as my physical one. 



little bear with its back turned, oil on paper, 22 x 15 inches, 2026 *
wayfinder, oil on panel, 7 x 5 inches, 2026
Edge of time, oil on canvas, 12 x 9 inches, 2026 *
Castle in the sky,  oil on canvas,  42 x 51 inches, 2026 *
2025rim to rim to rimgrand canyon, az
Rim to rim to rim is a series of paintings from the ultra classic route of the Grand Canyon. It goes from the South Kaibab trail to the North Rim and back again, for a whopping total of 45 miles and 14,000 feet of elevation gain. 

I jumped through portals, flew as high as Icarus, and stood on the edge of complete obliteration. It was easily one of the most transformative runs of my life.
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Staring into the pure black void, oil on canvas, 36 x 40 inches, 2025 *
Phantom Ranch, oil on canvas, 54 x 60 inches, 2025 *
The brightest angel was Lucifer, oil on canvas, 60 x 48 inches, 2025 *
Tailwind reclining, oil on paper, 5 x 10 inches, 2025 *
GU slouching, oil on paper, 6.5 x 8 inches, 2025 *
SiS on the chaise lounge, colored pencil on paper, 5 x 10 inches, 2025 *
Tuiti trying to cover up, oil on paper, 10 x 5 inches, 2025 *
Honey Stinger with knees to chest, watercolor on paper, 6.5 x 8 inches, 2025 *
Larabar spread eagle, oil on paper, 5 x 10 inches, 2025 *
GU soft lean, watercolor on paper, 10 x 5 inches, 2025 *
Chews with mouth open, colored pencil on paper, 7.25 x 7.25 inches, 2025 *
SiS with hand on hip, oil on paper, 10 x 5 inches, 2025 *
demuir pose, oil on paper, 10 x 5 inches, 2025 *
beta fuetal position, oil on paper, 6.5 x 8 inches, 2025 *
map of r3, oil on canvas, 40 x 50 inches, 2025 *
the night before, oil on canvas panel, 8 x 10 inches, 2025 *
descending into phantom ranch, oil on canvas panel, 8 x 10 inches, 2025 *
2024a dream in a language i didnt understandcarretera austral, chile
In 2022, I set off on a bikepacking trip in Chile. Known as the Carretera Austral, four friends and I made the seven hundred mile trek from Puerto Montt to El Chalten in Argentina. 

I kept a watercolor sketchbook with me that I painted in every day. I recorded what was around me, and then took it back to my studio and made paintings that reflected my inner world as well as my outer one. 
2023 and beyondDream work, dioramas, REM cyclesFort Collins, ColoradoThese are older works, from my time falling in love with painting at Colorado State University, and then graduating and my eventual descent into becoming a dirtbag. 

During this time, I was making work that explored dreams and the subsonscious.  Saskia Becker (she/they) 

b. 1996
Currently lives and works in Albuquerque, New Mexico


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Substack      Saskia Becker grew up in Fort Collins, Colorado where she received her BFA from Colorado State University in 2019. She is currently working towards her MFA at the University of New Mexico and will graduate May 2027. Her work reflects on subconscious possibilities and physical limitations. Her interest in movement and endurance has informed much of her understanding of the world. 

Education 
2027 - Master of Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing, University of New Mexico, NM
2019 - Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing, Colorado State University, CO 

Exhibitions
2026 - Kukani Gallery. The Act of Arriving. Albuquerque, NM.
2025 - 6th Street Gallery. Best of Luck. Albuquerque, NM.
2024 - John Sommers Gallery. At First Sight. Albuquerque, NM.
2023 - Half Snake Creative. EcoPunk. Fort Collins, CO.
2022 - Horlock House Art Gallery. Strange New World. Navasota, TX.
2022 - Horlock House Art Gallery. Artist-in-Residence Opening Show. Navasota, TX.
2021 - Half Crown Creative. Pandemic Dreams. Fort Collins, CO.
2021 - Las Laguna Art Gallery. Painterly. Laguna Beach, CA
2021 - Gallery 114. These Truths. Portland, OR.
2021 - Dallas Metro Arts Contemporary. Animal? Mineral or Vegetable?. Dallas, TX.
2020 - 3 Square Art. 3rd Annual Studio Artist Exhibition. Fort Collins, CO. 2019 - Clara Hatton Gallery.2019 B.F.A. Graduate Exhibition. Fort Collins, CO.
2019 - The Bean Cycle. R.E.M. Fort Collins, CO.
2019 - Carnegie Creative Center. Pairs. Fort Collins, CO.
2019 - C.S.U. Mini Gallery. Dreams. Fort Collins, CO.
2019 - Wesley Chapel. Body Like Scripture. Boulder, CO. 
2019 -Wolverine Farm. Body Like Scripture. Fort Collins, CO. 2018 - Downtown Artery. Ntro Xtro Painting Capstone Exhibition. Fort Collins, CO.
2018 - Lory Student Center, Curfman Gallery. Student Exhibition. Fort Collins, CO.
2018 - Museum of Old and New Art, Dark Mofo Winter Festival. Panopticon II. Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
2017 - Lory Student Center, Curfman Gallery. Student Exhibition. Fort Collins, CO.

Awards
2026 - Clarence and Emily Rogers Research Grant, Summer, University of New Mexico
2026 - Susan Deese-Roberts Outstanding Teaching Assistant of the Year recipient
2025 - Clarence and Emily Rogers Research Grant, Fall, University of New Mexico
2025 - Joan Gentry Endowed Scholarship, University of New Mexico.
2025 - Wortham W. Akin Memorial Scholarship, University of New Mexico. 
2017- 2019Tracie Noah Memorial Scholarship, Colorado State University.

Residencies
2021- 2022 - Navasota Artist Residency, Navasota, TX.
2020- 2021 - Half Crown Creative Artist Residency, Fort Collins, CO.

Professional Experience 
2026 Fall - Teaching Assistant (instructor of record), Painting I, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
2026 Spring - Teaching Assistant (instructor of record), Painting I, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
2025 Fall - Teaching Assistant (instructor of record),  Drawing I, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
2025 Spring - Teaching Assistant (instructor of record),  Drawing I, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
2024 Fall - Teaching Assistant (instructor of record),  Drawing I, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
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