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email: markgens@markgens.com
EDUCATION:
2016
MFA, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. Graduated with Distinction.
2014
BFA, Otis College of Art, Los Angeles, CA. Graduated with Honors.
SELECT EXHIBITIONS:
2017
Filmideo17. Index Art Center, Newark, NJ. Video screened in festival.
2016
Pathetic Fallacy, Steuben Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
2015
Give Me Some Space, Steuben Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
Summer Group Show, Schafler Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
Alive Tonight, Dekalb Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
2014
All Small, Alcove Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Picnic Invitational, Eagle Rock Recreation Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Maximum Occupancy 10, Otis College of Art, Los Angeles, CA.
2013
Video Show, Otis College of Art, Los Angeles, CA.
What Gives... Bolsky Gallery, Otis College of Art, Los Angeles, CA.
General Population, Bolsky Gallery, Otis College of Art, Los Angeles, CA.
2011
Punch/Utopia, Glendale Area Temporary Exhibits, Glendale, CA.
Artists & Educators, Glendale College Gallery, Glendale, CA.
2006
Group Show, Me & You Variety Candy, Los Angeles, CA.
The Artist in the Library, UCLA Powell Library, Los Angeles, CA.
2005
New Work, Andrew Gray Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2003
Aperture, Lucas LA, Los Angeles, CA.
1999
Structural Elements, Transamerica Pyramid Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Static Theory, Jenn Joy Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1998
Rotation, (Permanent Installation) Waltham Woods Corporate Center, Waltham, MA.
Summer Group Show, Andrea Marquit Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
Artcetera ’98, Cyclorama, Boston, MA.
Occupied Space, Fort Point Artist’s Community Gallery, Boston, MA.
1997
Distillery Invitational, The Distillery Gallery, Boston, MA.
Constructions, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
1990
New Vision, Bronx River Art Gallery, Bronx, NY.
1989
Art Against Apartheid, Bronx River Art Gallery, Bronx, NY.
CURATORIAL PROJECTS & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT:
2018
Co-curator, Undergraduate Fine Arts Painting and Drawing Exhibit, Pratt President's office, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn NY.
Guest Critic, One-on-one studio critiques, Graduate Fine Arts Department, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn NY.
2017
Guest Critic, Grad/Undergrad Alternative Substrates Reviews(Fall), Digital Arts, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn NY.
Guest Critic, First-Year Graduate Seminar Reviews(Fall), Digital Arts, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn NY.
Guest Critic, Undergraduate Interactive Arts Reviews(Fall), Digital Arts, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn NY.
Guest Critic, Graduate Sculpture Reviews(Spring), Fine Arts Department, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn NY.
Art Instructor, Rikers Island, NYC Department of Correction, New York, NY.
Visiting Artist exhibition and lecture. Eagle Hill School, Hardwick, MA.
2016
Co-facilitator, Art Education Workshop. Rikers Island, NYC Department of Corrections, Youth Offenders Division.
Graduate Critical Session with Paddy Johnson. Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.
Graduate Critical Session with Lee Ann Norman. Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.
2015
Co-curator, Image/Text. Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.
2014
Thesis Exhibition Design Committee, Maximum Occupancy 10. Otis College of Art, Los Angeles, CA.
Coordinator, Junior Juried Exhibition. Otis College of Art, Los Angeles, CA.
2013
Co-Curator, On the Floor. Otis College of Art, Los Angeles, CA.
Co-Curator, Off the Floor. Otis College of Art, Los Angeles, CA.
2008-2012
Facilitator of student-run Gay-Straight Alliance. Glendale College, Los Angeles, CA.
2007
Participant, Positive in Los Angeles Project, UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures.
2006
Researcher/Presenter, LGBTQ Representation in Television. UCLA Film & TV Archive, Research and Study Center, Los Angeles, CA. Presentation at the UCLA LGBTQ Resource Center.
Research Assistance, 4th Annual Fusion Film Festival/Outfest Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA.
2005-2006
Assistant Organizer World AIDS Day Program. UCLA Film & TV Archive, Research and Study Center, Los Angeles, CA.
2001
Visiting Artist Lecture, McCormick Co., Amarillo, TX.
1999
Designer, Informational Posters, Hospitality Program, Boston, MA.
Exhibitor, Couture for the Cure, Toomey/Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1997-1998
Organizer, Gay & Lesbian Artists Group. Exhibition of group’s work coincided with annual Pride Festival, Boston, MA.
1990-1992
Co-Facilitator, Youth Self Expression and Drug Abuse Prevention workshops, Single Parent Resource Center, New York, NY.
1990
Presenter, Children’s Awareness Program. The Youth Committee of Bronx Community Board 12.
Curator, Puerto Rican Heritage Festival, NY Commission Human Rights, Neighborhood Stabilization Program, Bronx Community Board 12.
1989
Facilitator, Art Experience Workshop. The Bronx House of Detention, NYC Department of Corrections.
Art Installer, Anti-Apartheid Poster Exhibition, Gallery 1199. Political posters from the Schomberg Center for Research and Black Culture, New York, NY
Facilitator, Roberto Clemente State Park Summer Art Festival. In conjunction with the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, Bronx, NY.
Curator, Work On A Grand Scale. Edenwald-Gunhill Neighborhood Center & Bronx Community Board 12.
Curator, Celebration of Community Artists. Edenwald-Gunhill Neighborhood Center & Bronx Community Board 12.
Coordinator/Curator, Summer Arts Festival ’89. Bronx River Art Center.
PUBLICATIONS, AWARDS & CERTIFICATIONS:
2017
A Critical Analysis of Art in the Post-Internet Era. Gnovis Journal, Spring 2017. Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
Limp Wrist. Caustic Frolic Journal, Spring 2017. New York University, NY.
2016
Excellence in Academic Achievement, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.
2014
Introductory Essay, Senior Thesis Exhibition Catalog, Otis College of Art, Los Angeles, CA.
Academic Excellence Award, Otis College of Art, Los Angeles, CA.
2013
Ebell Scholar, The Ebell of Los Angeles.
Hing Alan Cheung Scholarship, Otis College of Art, Los Angeles, CA.
2011
Educators Featured in College Exhibit, Glendale News Press by Terri Martin, 7/29/2011.
1999
What’s Wrong With This Picture, San Francisco Chronicle by Kenneth Baker, 7/24/1999.
Static Theory, Citysearch.com by Collin Berry, 7/21/1999.
1998
Skin and Bones, Bay Windows by Shawn Hill, 1/15/1998.
1997
Being Themselves, Bay Windows by Shawn Hill, 6/5/1997.
1991
Peer Programming Certification, State of NY Division of Substance Abuse Services.
Working with Adolescents Certification, State of NY Division of Substance Abuse Services.
1990
Certificate of Award for dedicated creative service to youth in the NYC Police Athletic League.
1989
When the Villain is Colonialism…, New York Times by Vivian Raynor, 10/29/1989.
African American View, Bronx Times Reporter by Ralph E. Smith, 3/16/1989.
Looking at Art Through a Child’s Eyes, The Bronx Gannett by David Talbot, 2/19/1989.
New York City Council Citation for Excellence in Community Service in Art Education.
1988
Certified Youth Group Facilitator by the Office of Catholic Schools Diocese of Brooklyn.
ART CRITICISM & ANALYSIS:
A Critical Analysis of Art in the Post-Internet Era (Gnovis Journal)
Disrupting Authorship: Queerness and Electronic Literature (PDF)
The Legacy of Invisibility: Disappearing Race in Art AIDS America (PDF)
The Complexities of Representing the Cambodian Genocide (PDF)
Sculptural Interventions in Architecture: Reflection, Aggression, and Dematerialization (PDF)
Jonathan Monaghan’s Escape Pod (PDF)
Andy Warhol's Outer and Inner Space (PDF)
Jenna Osman's Public Figures (PDF)
Truth, Lies & Videotape: Constructed Identity in Video Art (PDF)
Michael Fried, Minimalism, and a Trip to Dia:Beacon (PDF)
Scary Monsters... and Super Creeps (PDF)
