Becky Howland

Becky Howland (b. Niagara Falls; lives and works in New York) graduated with a BFA in sculpture from Syracuse University in 1974 and an MFA in painting from Bard College in 1999. Her work has been exhibited at Swiss Institute, MoMA PS1, Socrates Sculpture Park, Printed Matter, ABC No Rio, Moiety Gallery, and Know More Games in New York, and Freddy in Baltimore. Among many artist-organized projects in the late 1970s and throughout the ‘80s in New York, Howland was a participant in the “Times Square Show” and “Real Estate Show.” A principal organizer of the latter, she was part of the negotiation that—following the artists’ takeover and subsequent police lockout of a disused city-owned building at 123 Delancey St—led to the founding of ABC No Rio. This project was reiterated with “The Real Estate Show Revisited” on Delancey St in 2014 at James Fuentes Gallery. Following a decade of advocacy, ABC No Rio will inaugurate its new building at 156 Rivington St later in 2026.