Gallery Address:
119 N Peoria St, 2A
Chicago, IL 60607
312.480.8390
Gallery hours:
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11am to 6pm
MARK WAGNER | Artist Bio
Brooklyn, NY
Education:
University of Wisconsin - Madison (1991-1995 BFA)Solo and 2 Person Exhibitions:
2008
“Creative Accounting,” Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
“My Portfolio,” Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, NY
2006
“Alternating Currency” (with C.K.Wilde), Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, NY
“Tags and Bills,” Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
2004
“overlooked and looked over,” Occasional Art, St. Paul, MN
2003
“Library in a Book in a Library,” Parson’s school of Design, New York City
1997
“Would I, Wood Eye,” Gallery 214, Madison, WI
1996
“New and Used Art,” Memorial Union Galleries, Madison, WIGroup Exhibitions:
2007
“Attention to Detail (curated by Chuck Close),” FLAG Art Foundation, New York
“The Colonial Show,” Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
“Money,” Hewitt Gallery of Art, Marymount Manhattan College, NY
“Making the Most of It,” Islip Art Museum, East Islip , NY
“Bits and Pieces: The Collage Impulse,” Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY
2006
“Money Changes Everything,” Schroeder Romero, New York, NY
“The New Collage,” Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, NY
“Group Show,” Kathleen Cullen Gallery, New York, NY
2005
“The Artist Turns to the Book,” Getty Center for the History of Art and Humanities, Los Angeles, CA
“Pressing Issues,” Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC
“Sketchy: Sketchbooks, Scrapbooks, and Notes,” Parson's School of Design, New York City
“Alternate Voices: Artists' Books, Comix, and Zines,” Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut
“3,” Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York City
2004
“Jonathan Mason, Christian Uhl and Mark Wagner,” 7/3 Split, Chicago, IL
“A Perfect Union...More or Less,” Renaissance Society, University of Chicago, IL
“Another Voice,” Decker Gallery, Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore
“Artists Interrogate Politics and War,” Milwaukee Art Museum, WI
“This Thing We Do,” Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
“Making Meaning: The Artist Book,” Kansas City Art Institute
“So Far...”, Occasional Art, St. Paul, MN
2003
“Rutgers Books Arts Symposium Exhibition,” Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
“Home Office,” Ronald Feldman Fine Art, NYC
“Five Degrees,” White Couch Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
“Even the Birds Were on Fire,” University of New Hampshire, Durham
“Hamady’s Problems,” Columbia College, Chicago, IL
2002
“Rare Books of the Future,” Center for Book Arts, NYC
“Parallel Botany,” Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA
“Chance Encounters,” Yale University, New Haven, CT
2001
“One Million Dollars,” 16 Beaver Group, New York City
“Scott’s Toilet Paper Show,” 16 Beaver Group, New York City
“Growing Books,” University of Massachusetts, Amherst
“Lawn D’Art,” Pyramid Art Center/Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
2000
“Artists Books,” Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
“Recent Acquisitions from the Print Department,” Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
“Made in Book Land,” Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY
“Books by Artists,” Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
Bibliography:
2009
Harpers. reproductions in the article “Infinite debt”, April 2009
The Morning News. :Million Dollar Babies” Interview. April 6, 2009
2008
Art in America. Sexton, Elaine. Review. December 2008
New City. Funari, Rachel. Review. April 17, 2008
fNews. Alderman, Ellen Hartwell. “Delicate Cash”, May 1, 2008
Time Out Chicago. Eler, Alicia. Review. April 24-30, 2008
Flavorpill. Nash, Courtney. “Mark Wagner: Creative Accounting”
New City. Foumberg, Jason. “Art Fair Hangover”, May 1, 2008
2007
“The Sienese Shredder #2.” Three reproductions
Voice of America. “For Art Lovers, Art Basel in Miami Beach Was the Place to Be” (radio interview)
The New York Times. Genocchio, Benjamin. “Collages Go to College, and Behave Accordingly”
The Brooklyn Rail. Kalm, James. “All’s Fair”
2006
The New York Times. Johnson, Ken. “Art in Review (Money Changes Everything)”
Chicago Reader. Camper, Fred. “All About the Washingtons.” Chicago, IL
Artnet. Orden, Abe. “The Windy Apple: Art Chicago.”
The New York Sun. Mullarkey, Mauree. “Reinvigorating Landscape Painting”
2005
Review Magazine "Making Meaning". NY, NY (review)
2004
“Hamady’s Problems” (show catalog)
“Overlooked and Looked Over” (show catalog)
“Booklyn: describing an artist defined aesthetic...” Artist’s Book Yearbook, Impact Press,
2000
“Made in Book Land” (show catalog)
“Artists Books” (show catalog)
1999
“Supermarket II” (show catalog)
1997
Artzine “Mark Wagner, Would I Wood Eye”, (review)
Isthmus “WalmART: Slop Brand Art Collective wallows in consumer culture.” Madison, WI
“Supermarket” (show catalog)
Isthmus. “Scavenger hunters”, Madison, WI (review)Collections:
Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
Corcoran Museum, Washington, DC
Clark Library, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Dennison Library, Mills College, Claremont, CA
Elmer L. Anderson Library, Minneapolis, MN
Getty Center for the History of Art and Humanities, Los Angeles, CA
Golda Meir Library, Milwaukee, WI
Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbuttle, Germany
Houghton Art Library, Cambridge, MA
Klingspoor Museum of Art, Offenbach am Main, Germany
Kohler Art Library, Madison, WI
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Long Island University Library, Brooklyn NY
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Mata and Arthor Jaffe Collection, Boca Raton, FLMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
Multnomah Public Library, Portland, OR
Museum of Modern Art, Library Collection, New York, NY
New York Public Library, New York, NY
Newark Public Library, Newark, NJ
Reed College, Portland, OR
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Sterling Memorial Library, New Haven, CT
Swarthmore College Library, Swarthmore, PA
UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA
UVM, Burlington, VT
Walker Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
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