Bell Beecher Pitkin (b. 2001, Charlotte, NC) is a multi-media artist who lives and works between Charlotte, North Carolina and Boston, Massachusetts. They received their BA from Wellesley College where they studied Cinema and Media with a concentration in Photography. They also received formal training in wet plate and large format photography at Anderson Ranch Arts Center. Within their practice, Bell works primarily with medium format photography to explore notions of the archive, family, and the queer identity, often situated in the landscape and mysticism of the Southern United States.  

Bell currently serves as the Gallery Manager for the Leica Boston Gallery and as a Curatorial Assistant & incoming Board Member for Sinister Wisdom.

Exhibitions

TCF Autumn 2024 Show, The Curated Fridge, Somerville, MA, Autumn 2024
Echoes of the Past, the Light Factory, Charlotte, NC, Summer 2024
A Plea to Nine Muses, Behind VA Shadows, Cambridge, MA, Summer 2024
Jewel Box: Exploring Queer Art, FPAC Assemblage Art Space, Boston, MA,  Summer 2024
Memory as Collage, Gallery 14BC, New York, NY, Spring 2024
Interlochen Faculty and Staff Exhibition, Dow Center for Visual Arts, Interlochen, MI, Summer 2023
Remember A Place Not Here, Jewett Art Gallery, Wellesley, MA, Spring 2023
Photographic Resource Center Student Show, Panopticon Gallery, Boston, MA, Spring 2023
A Possible Sum, A--Company, New York Fashion Week, New York, NY, Spring 2022

Publications

Femme Dyke Zine,  ‘Love Letter’, Issue 3,  Summer 2024
The Eclectic Collective, ‘Dykes and Doobies’, Issue 2, Spring 2024
Femme Dyke Zine, ‘Diary of a Dyke’, Issue 2, Fall 2023
The Wellesley Review, Issue 29, Fall 2022
Sinister Wisdom, ‘Glorious Defiance’, Issue 125, Summer 2022
Pentimento Magazine, “Art in the Environment’, Issue 2, Spring 2022
Neophyte Zine, ‘Hearts and Spades’, Issue 2, Spring 2022
The Wellesley Review, Issue 28, Spring 2022
The Wellesley Review, Issue 27, Fall 2021
Neophyte Zine, Issue 1, Fall 2021
The Wellesley Review, Issue 26, Spring 2021
The Wellesley Review, Issue 25, Fall 2020

Independent Curatorial Work

Out Dykes, Outside, design and art curation for the Sinister Wisdom 2025 Calendar
A Summer in Boston Through their Eyes, writing and photo curation for the Trustees of Reservations
Radical Creativity, art curation for the Sinister Wisdom 2024 Calendar