Becky Merbler
Phantasmagoria is the name of my entire body of creative work. It includes portraits and landscapes. By combining outdated technology with analog processes, and sometimes adding digital components, I create a world where dreams can exist. I bring fables and real stories into the fantasy realm for people to wander through themselves. Please come and enjoy the stories for yourself.
A personal project for me is documenting protests. It is a separate project, and I never really thought of myself as a documentary photographer, but the times demand it. I want people to know that there are people who care, who are willing to stand up for others’ rights and against hypocrisy. I use black-and-white film with a fisheye lens to take these images. Because I do want the protests to still have their autonomy. I encourage any artist to do the same.
Artist CV
Becky Merbler
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
United States
Born Cleveland Ohio
Lives and works in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Education
2000 Vocational Degree Digital Design Cuyahoga Valley Career Center
2010 Associates Liberal Arts Community College of Allegheny County
2024 BFA Arizona State University
Solo Exhibition
2025 Neurotic Inclination at The Lab at Silver Eye, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Group Exhibits
2026 F-Stop Black and White 2026, Online
2025 Film Bodega Lab at Studio 4, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
2025 Shadow Work at The Lab at Silver Eye, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
2025 Crooked Rivers at Gallery East, Cleveland Ohio
2025 Capstone 2024-2025 Gallery 100, Tempe AZ
2024 New Unknowns at The Lab at Silver Eye, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Print Sales
2025 Paper at Ketchup City Creative, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
2026 Docu Magazine Special Edition- Becky Merbler
2025 Messy Food Frexxx- Book One book cover and Author Image
