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KELLY MARK

EDUCATION

1994 B.F.A. - Nova Scotia College of Art & Design. Halifax, Nova Scotia. 1991 Fine Art Diploma - Dundas Valley School of Art, Dundas, Ontario.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2014 Diaz Contemporary. Toronto, Ontario….Nothing is Larger Than Everything 2012 Diaz Contemporary. Toronto, Ontario…”33.333333” 2011 Silver Flag Projects. Montreal, Quebec…Letraset !@#$’s” Darling Foundry. Montreal, Quebec…Public Distrubance

Diaz Contemporary. Toronto, Ontario…Public Disturbance Art Gallery of Windsor. Windsor, Ontario…Stupid Heaven

2010 Queen Specific. Toronto, Ontario…I Forgot to Remember to Forget Platform Gallery. Seattle, Washington…Kelly Mark !@#$%^&* Kenderdine Art Gallery. Saskatoon, SK…Stupid Heaven

2009 DHC. Montreal, Quebec...All in a Day's Work: 9 to 5 (8 Hour Artist Talk - Performance) Diaz Contemporary. Toronto, Ontario…It’s Just One God Damn Thing After Another

2008 Wynick/Tuck Gallery (Project Room). Toronto, Ontario…The Kiss VOX Contemporary Image. Montreal, Quebec…Stupid Heaven (Circulated by Justina M Barnicke Gallery) Lawrence Eng Gallery. Vancouver, British Columbia…Kelly Mark: One Time MSVU Art Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia…Stupid Heaven (Circulated by Justina M Barnicke Gallery) Platform Gallery. Seattle, WA…Kelly Mark: Stupid Love Cambridge Galleries. Cambridge, Ontario…Stupid Heaven (Circulated by Justina M Barnicke Gallery)

2007 Justina M Barnicke Gallery (Hart House) & Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto., ON…Stupid Heaven

Wynick/Tuck Gallery. Toronto, Ontario…Apparent Death Satchel Gallery. Toronto, Ontario …May I Have My Autograph

Associates Gallery. London, UK… Porn: Temporary Measures 2006 IKON Gallery (Lobby). Birmingham, UK…Hiccup #2

Henry Art Museum. Seattle, WA…Kelly Mark Thanks Everyone for Everything Gallerie Sans Nom. Moncton, New Brunswick…PETE Thrid Space. St. John, New Brunswick…DEVON 2005 Wynick/Tuck Gallery. Toronto, Ontario…Drawn YYZ Artists Outlet. Toronto, Ontario…Horror/Suspense/Romance/Porn/Kung-Fu Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery (offsite). Toronto, Ontario...Glow House #3 2004 Union Gallery Queens University. Kingston, Ontario...Public Order

AKA Artist Space. Saskatoon, SK…Assorted Public Performances Tracey Lawrence Gallery. Vancouver, British Columbia…Kelly Mark: Statue Series

2003 Wynick/Tuck Gallery. Toronto, Ontario…New Work IKON Gallery. Birmingham, UK…Everything Is Interesting Wynick/Tuck Gallery. Toronto, Ontario…Works Art Gallery of Windsor. Windsor, Ontario…Knife Collection Installation

2002 Mercer Union (Platform Gallery). Toronto, Ontario…Cross-Walk. Wynick/Tuck Gallery. Toronto, Ontario…‘Bout Time. Koffler Art Center (BJCC). Toronto, Ontario…Sound Bites (Flex Site Specific Program).

2001 Stride Gallery. Calgary, Alberta…Obvious.


Winnipeg Art Gallery. Winnipeg, Manitoba…Important Instructions for Changing the World. Plug-In ICA Gallery. Winnipeg, Manitoba…Something To Do in Between Not Doing Anything & Glow House. 2000 Museum of Canadian Contemporary Art (MOCCA). Toronto, Ontario…Explorations: Kelly Mark. Proposition Gallery. Belfast, Ireland…Kelly Mark. Contemporary Art Gallery. Vancouver, British Columbia…12345. Hamilton Artists Inc. Hamilton, Ontario…Messages. Art Gallery of Hamilton. Hamilton, Ontario…Nine-to-Five.

1999 Kate’s Apartment. Toronto, Ontario…Signs of a Sick Mind. Zsa Zsa Gallery. Toronto, Ontario…Sniff.

1998 Wynick/Tuck Gallery. Toronto, Ontario…Drawings. Ace Art Inc. / Site Gallery. Winnipeg, Manitoba…Literally.

1997 Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto, Ontario… Kelly Mark : Present Tense. Wynick/Tuck Gallery. Toronto, Ontario…Black Jars. Eye Level Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia…Approximately. Dofasco Gallery. Dundas, Ontario…New Work.

1996 The Khyber. Halifax, Nova Scotia…Show of Shows. 1995 Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia…Kelly Mark Works.

The Khyber. Halifax, Nova Scotia…Sculpture & Drawings. 1994 Anna Leonowens Art Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia…Selected Works. 1993 Anna Leonowens Art Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia…Recent Work. 1992 Anna Leonowens Art Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia…Sculpture.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2015 The Glenbow Art Gallery. Calgary, AB… “Oh Canada” 2014 Scotia Bank Nuit Blanche. Toronto, ON….”Everything & Nothing” (curated by Madga Gonzalez-Mora) Confederation Centre Art Gallery. Charlottetown, PEI… “Oh Canada”

Mendel Art Gallery. Saskatoon, SK..”Contemporary Drawings from the National Gallery of Canada.”

2013 Winnipeg Art Gallery. Winnipeg, MB… “The Mathematics of Art” Halifax City: The Roy Building. Halifax, NS… “Nocturne: Everything & Nothing” (curated by Eleanor King) Winnipeg Art Gallery. Winnipeg, MB. “Nuit Blanche: Everything & Nothing” Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery. Toronto, ON…. “More Than Two (Let it Make Itself) Neutral Ground (Offsite Video Billboards). Regina, SK…”Please Stare”’ Fabulous festival of Fringe Film. Durham, ON….. “Us Animals” (programmed by Corinna Ghaznavi) Dalhousie Art Gallery. Halifax, NS….”Locavore”

2012 Invisible Picture Palace. London, UK….. “How to Become Radio in a Few Seconds” Scotia Bank Nuit Blanche, Zone B. Toront, ON….”Scenes From a Film” (curated by Christina Ritchie) Access Artist Run Center. Vancouver, British Columbia …”Always Working” MASS MoCA. North Adams, Massachusetts…”Oh Canada” – upcoming May Musee d’Art Contemporain de Montreal. Montreal, QC… “On Abstraction” Robert McLaughlin Gallery. Oshawa, Ontario ..."Head to Head: 2 Person w/ Micah Lexier" 2011 Light House Cinema. Birmingham, UK…”Metal Till I Die” (video screening) Pattison Video Billboard. Toronto, Ontario…”Naure” Art Gallery of Mississauga. Mississauga, Ontario…”Eat Drink Man Woman” St. Mary’s University Art Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia..."Head to Head: 2 Person w/ Micah


Lexier" Platform Gallery. Winnipeg, Manitoba… “So Many Let Downs Before We Get Up” York Univeristy & Varley Art Gallery. Unionville, Ontario… “Cul-de-sac” Hamilton Art Gallery. Hamilton, Ontario…”Express Your Vision” Big Screen Project. New York, NY… “A Man & A Woman” Niagara Artist Center. St. Catharines, Ontario…”Bird is the Word” Gallery at Aspira. Seattle, Washington… “Just Showing Up” 2010 Anna Leonowens Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia…The King and I Hamilton Art Gallery. Hamilton, Ontario…Conversations Bass Museum. Miami, Florida…Human Rites Niagara Artist Center. St. Catharines, Ontario...lol: Kelly Mark & Thierry Delva” MKG127. Toronto, Ontario…A to B (curated by Micah Lexier) Contemporary Art Gallery. Vancouver, British Columbia… Still Life The Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto, Ontario…Sculpture As Time Embassy Gallery (Edinburgh College of Art). Edinburgh, UK…You Turn Me On & On & On Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Vancouver, BC… Culture Shock: Video Interventions @ the QET City of Vancouver, British Columbia…Vancouver Sculpture Biennale Jasper Place Hotel. (Art Gallery of Alberta & Edmonton Arts Council). Edmonton, Alberta…Store Front Cinema Night

Scotia Bank Nuit Blanche (Zone C: Independent Projects)…No Melatonin (curated by Dave Dyment)

Netwerk Centre for Contemporary Art. Aalst, Belgium…Time As Activity London Ontario Live Arts (LOLA). London, Ontario…Lightness Gallery Lambton. Sarnia, Ontario…Connecting with Collections 2: Destinations 2009 Bass Museum. Miami, FL…The Endless Renaissance La Casa Encendida. Madrid, Spain…Animaladas (video screening) California Museum of Photography. Riverside CA… Mediated Dundee Contemporary Arts. Dundee, Scotland…Time Code MacKenzie Art Gallery. Regina, Saskatchewan.…Projections The Prairie Art Gallery. Grand Prairie, Alberta…Here Now or Nowhere (curated by Micah Lexier) 2008 National Gallery of Canada. Ottawa, Ontario…Living Room Platform Gallery. Seattle, Washington…Editioned The Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto, Ontario…All Together Now The Contemporary Art Gallery. Vancouver, BC …New Feminist Slogans (Window Poster Project) The Winnipeg Art Gallery. Winnipeg, Manitoba…Transformation: Objects into Art ScotiaBank Nuit Blanche 2008 (Union Station). Toronto, Ontario…Horroridor Art Gallery of Alberta. Calgary, Alberta…Projections LOLA Fest (London Ontario Live Arts Festival). London, Ontario…Band Project Dalhousie Art Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia …Exalted Beings: Animal Relationships Lawrence Eng Gallery. Vancouver, BC… I Have No Issues Peter Buckland Gallery. Saint John, NB…Drawing Show Owens Art Gallery. Sackville, NB… A Little Art Everyday as Directed (2 Person w/ Jon Sasaki) 2007 Art Metropole. Toronto, Ontario…Goin’ Postal CAFKA Kitchener, Ontario…Haptic Kenderdine Art Gallery. Saskatoon, SK…Them (curated by Micah Lexier) The Funny Farm. Meaford, Ontario…The Electric Eclectics (Music & Sound Festival) Moot Gallery. Nottingham, UK…Chacker Chacker Kinz, Tillou & Feigen. New York, NY…By Invitation Only Belkin Satellite Gallery. Vancouver, BC…How Much Longer


University of Toronto (Hart House). Toronto, Ontario…Projections Museum of Art/Fort Lauderdale. Fort Lauderdale, Florida… Situation Comedy (circulated by: ICI, NY) Salina Art Center. Salina, Kansas … Situation Comedy (circulated by: ICI, NY) 2006 The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery. Toronto, Ontario …We Can Do This Now 224 Wallace Ave. Toronto, Ontario…Making Room

Musée Régional de Rimouski. Rimouski, Quebec…L’Abandon Blackwood Gallery at University of Toronto. Mississauga, Ontario…18:Beckett Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia...Connect the Dots MacKenzie Art Gallery. Regina, SK… Situation Comedy (circulated by: ICI, NY) Surrey Art Gallery. Surrey, British Columbia…Fiction Non Fiction Plug-In ICA. Winnipeg, Manitoba…Unlearn The Tree Museum. Gravenhurst, Ontario…A Little Piece of Heaven (site specific) curated

by David Liss Liverpool Biennale. Liverpool, UK Nuit Blanche Festival. Toronto, Ontario…Nuit Blanche

Kunstverein. Wolfsburg, Germany…Canada Dreaming Chicago Cultural Center. Chicago, IL… Situation Comedy (circulated by: ICI, NY)

Winnipeg Art Gallery. Winnipeg, MB… Situation Comedy (circulated by: ICI, NY) Mercer Union. Toronto, Ontario…Infinity Etc 2005 The Contemporary Museum. Honolulu, HI… Situation Comedy (circulated by: ICI, NY)

Oakville Galleries. Oakville, Ontario…Fuzzy Center on Contemporary Art. Seatlle, WA…”Wish: The Alchemy of Desire” Lisson Gallery. London, UK…I Really Should -Curated by Stefan Kalmar Musee D’Art Contemporain. Montreal, Quebec…The Hidden Side of Appearances Albright Knox Art Gallery. Buffalo, New York…”Beyond- In Western New York Biennale” Ottawa Art Gallery. Ottawa, Ontario (3 person)...Dead Nature Tracey Lawrence Gallery. Vancouver, BC…More is More Katherine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects. Toronto, Ontario…Nothing From Nothing

2004 CAC de Basse-Normandie. St. Clair, France…18th Recontres Video Art Plastique Leadbased. Brooklyn, New York…”Really” Artspeak Gallery. Vancouver, British Columbia (4 person)…Spill 02- Meniscus Forest City Gallery. London, Ontario…Tracing One Warm Line YYZ Artists Outlet. Toronto, Ontario…Beans, Bananas & Yams (Performance Art Relics) Bishops University Art Gallery. Lennoxville, Quebec…Beyond Words Tracey Lawrence Gallery. Vancouver, British Columbia…Bassel Art Fair Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art. Middlesbrough, UK…eQSLi (FM Audio broadcasts) ZieherSmith Gallery. New York, NY…Important Canadian Art Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia…Work Work Work Cambridge Galleries. Cambridge, Ontario…Video Heroes

Blaffer Gallery. Houston, Texas…Inset (Atopia Projects) Helen Day Gallery. Vermont…Making Their Marks

2003 Toronto International Art Fair. Toronto, Ontario…Fountain of Youth, The News at 5 Saidye Bronfman Center for the Arts. Montreal, Quebec…Video Heroes Gladstone Hotel. Toronto, Ontario…Staff Performance (FADO Performance Night) Real Art Ways. Hartford, Connecticut…Container

Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia…Beyond Words Tracey Lawrence Gallery. Vancouver, British Columbia…Some Videos We Like (4 Person)

The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery. Toronto, Ontario…Stretch Art Metropole @ Christopher Cutts Gallery. Toronto, Ontario...Instant Gratification (fundraiser show) WFMU Independent Free-Form Radio. New Jersey, New York…I Really Should…(1000)


Weewerk Project Space. Toronto, Ontario..."Weewerk 06/Bauhauswerk" Alliance Francais. Toronto, Ontario..."35 Years Today"

2002 Tracey Lawrence Gallery. Vancouver, British Columbia…Another Drawing Show Wynick/Tuck Gallery. Toronto, Ontario…Informal Ideas: Collage Show. Museum of New Art. Detroit, Michigan…New Season. Tracey Lawrence Gallery. Vancouver, British Columbia…Skip/Rewind.

Goldsmiths, Horniman Museum, Museum of Installation Art & Canada House. London, UK…Backpacker.

Wynick/Tuck Gallery. Toronto, Ontario…Summer Show. The Other Gallery. Winnipeg, Manitoba…Another Other Show. Physics Room. Christchurch, New Zealand…Beautiful Stranger (3 Per. w/ Micah Lexier & Janet Werner)

Detroit Artists Market. Detroit, Michigan…Dealer’s Select. Douglas Udell Gallery. Edmonton, Alberta…Superb Executions & Great Hangings. Forest City Gallery. London, Ontario…Remote Control (4 Person Video Show). 2001 Museum London. London, Ontario…Play Making. Art Gallery of Calgary. Calgary, Alberta…Wallpapers. Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia…Do Try This at Home. Open Space Gallery. Victoria, British Columbia…Mapping the Body. Ottawa Art Gallery. Ottawa, Ontario…Optical Verve. University of Waterloo. Waterloo, Ontario…Compulsion (2 Person w/ Ben Walmsley). Burlington Art Center. Burlington, Ontario… Compulsion (2 Person w/ Ben Walmsley). 2000 Public Access Collective at Central Tech. Toronto, Ontario…Being On Time : Site Specific

Projects Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art. Toronto, Ontario…257 (2 Person w/ Mitch Robertson).

Wynick/Tuck Gallery. Toronto, Ontario…Play. Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Halifax, Nova Scotia…Wallpapers. Blackwood Gallery at University of Toronto. Mississauga, Ontario…Logo City. The Money House. Toronto, Ontario…Tee Vee Show. Platform Gallery (Window Space). Melbourne, Australia…Sniff (Video Installation). Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia…Sniff (Video Screening) El Convento Rico. Toronto, Ontario. Organized by Instant Coffee…Sniff (Video Screening) 1999 Art Gallery of Hamilton. Hamilton, Ontario…Centrifugal (Site Specific Parking Lot

Projects). Art Gallery of Hamilton. Hamilton, Ontario. Photophobia Film Festival…Sniff (Video Screening).

The Money House. Toronto, Ontario…Style Show. Art Gallery of Ontario (Art Sales & Rental). Toronto, Ontario…Toronto Under 40. Art Gallery of Mississauga. Mississauga, Ontario…Performing Generations. Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. Victoria, British Columbia…Performing Generations.

ATA Center for Contemporary Art. Sofia, Bulgaria…Video Archaeology Film Festival (Video Screening) Art Gallery of Hamilton. Hamilton, Ontario. Messages Film Festival…1000 Hemlock Hits (Video Screening)

1998 Art Gallery of New South Wales. Sydney, Australia…Every Day : 11th Biennale of Sydney. Wynick/Tuck Gallery. Toronto, Ontario…Layers. Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery…Grid Works. HARAC. Hamilton, Ontario…Above Ground. Art Metropole. Toronto, Ontario…Cease & Desist. Wynick/Tuck Gallery at Navy Pier. Chicago, Illinois…Art Chicago 98’. 1997 Art Gallery of Windsor. Windsor, Ontario…Southwest Triennial : Public Order.


Carpathian. Hamilton, Ontario…Class & Trash. The Palace at 4 am. London, Ontario…Common Place. 1996 Articule Gallery. Montreal, Quebec…Compact Abundance (2 Person w/ Shelly Low). London Regional Art Gallery. London, Ontario…London Life Young Contemporaries 96’.

Dalhousie University Art Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia… London Life Young Contemporaries 96’. The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. Victoria, British Columbia… London Life Young Contemporaries 96’.

Gallery B312. Montreal, Quebec…Effluent. Gallery Connexion. Fredericton, New Brunswick… Effluent. Eye Level Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia… Effluent. Mercer Union. Toronto, Ontario…3 Person w/ Bill Crane & Carl Trahan. Owens Art Gallery. Sackville, New Brunswick… Small as a Way of Working. Wynick/Tuck Gallery. Toronto, Ontario…List. 1995 Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Halifax, Nova Scotia…Object Lessons. The Khyber. Halifax, Nova Scotia…Printed Matter. Lethbridge University Art Gallery. Lethbridge, Alberta…The Whiteness of the Whale. 1994 Eye Level Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia…Members.

St Mary’s University Art Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia…Sculpture Expo 94’ (Off Site : City Centre Atlantic)

1993 Eye Level Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia…2 Person w/ Jane Mothersell. 1992 Anna Leonowens Art Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia…To Leave A Mark. Anna Leonowens Art Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia…Summer Sculpture. Anna Leonowens Art Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia…Sculpture in Stone. 1991 OO Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia…Celebrating Our Survival. ART FAIRS 2010 Aqua Art Miami – Aqua Hotel. Miami, FL (Platform Gallery) Toronto International Art Fair. Toronto, Ontario (Diaz Contemporary) 2009 Toronto International Art Fair. Toronto, Ontario (Diaz Contemporary) 2008 Art Basel Miami – Supernova (Lawrence Eng Gallery) Aqua Art Miami – Aqua Hotel (Platform Gallery)

Toronto International Art Fair. Toronto Ontario (Lawrence Eng Gallery) 2007 Toronto International Art Fair. Toronto, Ontario (Wynick/Tuck Gallery) 2006 Toronto International Art Fair. Toronto, Ontario (Wynick/Tuck Gallery) 2005 Toronto International Art Fair. Toronto, Ontario (Wynick/Tuck Gallery) 2004 Toronto International Art Fair. Toronto, Ontario (Wynick/Tuck Gallery) 2003 Toronto International Art Fair. Toronto, Ontario (Wynick/Tuck Gallery) Toronto International Art Fair. Toronto, Ontario (Tracey Lawrence Gallery) 2002 Toronto International Art Fair. Toronto, Ontario (Wynick/Tuck Gallery) 2002 Affordable Art Fair. New York, NY (Quiver Projects) 2001 Toronto International Art Fair. Toronto, Ontario (Wynick/Tuck Gallery) 1999 Art Chicago 99’. Chicago, Illinois (Wynick/Tuck Gallery) 1997 ARCO 97’ International Art Fair. Madrid, Spain (Wynick/Tuck Gallery) BIBLIOGRAPHY 2013 Sky Gooden & Kelly Mark: “18 Questions with the Hard-Working..”. Blouin ArtInfo.

February 21, 2013 2012 Daniel Joyce: “Head to Head: Micah Lexier and Kelly Mark.” Visual Art News. Spring 2012 Robin Metcalfe: “Micah Lexier & Kelly Mark: Head-To-Head” (exhibition catalogue).


Halifax NS: SMU Art gallery. 2012. Stella Melchiori: “Paulette Phillips & Kelly Mark at Diaz Contemporary.” A Centric. March

2, 2012. 2011 Bill Clarke: “Kelly Mark: Diaz Contemporary”. Art News. May 2011 Gabrielle Moser: “Kelly Mark, Diaz Contemporary”. Esse Magazine. June 2011

Caroline Andrieux: Kelly Mark: Public Disturbance. (exhibition essay). Montreal PQ: Darling Foundry 2011

2010 Jen Graves: “Currently Hanging: The Other Side of Kelly Mark”. The Stranger. November 24, 2010 Jen Hutton: “Critics’ Picks: A to B”. Artforum.com July 2010 Emma Frank: “Kelly Mark: It’s Just One God Damn Thing After Another”. C Magazine. Spring 2010 Betty Ann Jordan: “Where the Art is”. Fashion Magazine. PP 116, Winter 2010 Christopher Régimbal: "Kelly Mark: It's Just One God Damn Thing After Another". Magenta. Feb 4, 2010

2009 Murray Whyte: “For Kelly Mark, Making Artwork all in a Day’s Work”. Toronto Star. Aug 30, 2009 Robin Laurence: “Here Now or Nowhere”. Border Crossings. PP 93-94, Issue #110, June 2009

Amy Fung: “Here Now or Nowhere”. Canadian Art. PP 92, Volume 26, Summer 2009 Stuart F. Andrews: “Scream & Scream Again”. Rue Morgue Magazine. PP 30-32, Issue # 86 Jan/Feb 2009

Andi Campognone: “Mediated”. The Magazine – Los Angeles Review. May 2009 2008 Jérome Delgado: “La Mesure du Tempts”. Le Devoir. October 5, 2008

Barbara Fischer: Kelly Mark: Stupid Heaven (exhibition brochure). Montreal PQ: Vox Contemporary Image 2008 Laura Kenins: “Work In Progress”. The Coast. May 29, 2008 Julie Cruikshank: “A Little Art Everyday as Directed”. The Argosy: MTA Newspaper. March 27, 2008 Mary MacDonald: A Little Art Everyday as Directed (exhibition brochure). Sackville NB: Owens Art Gallery 2008 Nate Lippens: “Kelly Mark’s Installation Tunes into Our Love for TV”. Seattle Post I

ntelligencer. April 3, 08 Robert Enright: “Elegant Stupidities”. Border Crossings. PP 20-21, Issue #105, 2008 Sandra Q Firmin: “Kelly Mark”. Art Papers. PP 69-70, January/February 2008 Robert Reid: “Visual Poet Finds Lyricism in Life’s Prosaic Moments”. The Record. February 4, 2008 Nicholas Walsh: “Kelly Mark’s Stupid Heaven”. Echo Weekly. January 10, 2008

2007 Dan Adler: “Kelly Mark: Justina M Barnike Gallery”. Artforum. December, 2007 Rosemary Heather: “Kelly Mark: Always Working”. Canadian Art. PP. 50-54, Volume 24 #4, Winter 2007 Sarah Milroy: “Passing Time, Wasting Time, Marking Time”. The Globe & Mail. September 26, 2007 Andrea Grassi: “Some Recognition for the Previously Un-Marked” The Medium (UofT). October 1, 2007 Fran Schechter: “Mark Pushes Paradoxes” Now Magazine. October 4, 2007 Jade Colbert: “Stupid Heaven”. The Newspaper (UofT). September 27, 2007 J.J. Kegan McFadden: How Much Longer (exhibition brochure) Vancouver: Belkin Satellite Gallery 2006 Sarah Milroy: “Doing it in the Dark”. The Globe & Mail. May 5, 2007 Dan Adler: “We Can Do This Now”. Artforum pp 328. March, 2007 Jennifer Allen: “Critics Pick: We Can Do This Now”. Artforum.com January, 2007


2006 Ray Cronin: Kelly Mark – Everyday People (exhibition brochure). St John: 3rd Space Gallery, 2006 Peter Goddard: “Just The Facts”. The Toronto Star December 21, 2006 Alan Dunn: Liverpool AZ: Kelly Mark & Tenantspin (catalogue for DVD). Liverpool: FACT, 2006 Tara Marshall: “Infinity Etc.” Canadian Art pp. 96-97, Summer 2006 Gill Saunders & Rosie Miles: Prints Now- Directions & Definitions. London: Victoria & Albert Museum 2006 Donna Wawzonek: Peak Performance (Performance Series Catalogue). Saskatoon: AKA Gallery, 2006 Sara Krajewski: “A Curatorial Indulgence” Visual Codec, April, 2006 Kevin Temple: “From Here to Eternity” Now Magazine. March 15, 2006 Regina Hackett: “Kelly Mark…Messes w/the Previous Generations Script” Seattle Post Intelligencer. Mar 10, 2006 Jen Graves: “Killing Them: The Comedy & Labor of Kelly Mark” The Stranger March 9, 2006 Sara Krajewski: Kelly Mark Thanks Everyone for Everything (exhibition catalogue) Seattle: Henry Art Gallery 2006 Stephen Michael Vroom: “Kelly Mark Thanks Everyone for Everything” Vroom Journal. Seattle, WA Feb. 2006 Dave Dyment: Infinity Etc (exhibition catalogue) Toronto: Mercer Union 2006 Michael Workman: “Eye Exam: Funny Ha Ha” New City Chicago. July 2, 2006 Terri Whiteheaad: “I Really Should” C Magazine, Issue #88 Winter 2005, PP 42

2005 Leslie Jen: “You Glow Girl”. Canadian Architect, June 2005 Nadja Sayej: “Beyond in Western New York” Artpapers, 2005 Scott Sawtell: Fuzzy (exhibition brochure). Oakville: Oakville Galleries, 2005 Barbara Isherwood: “Kelly Mark“ Border Crossings Issue 95, PP 106-108

Sarah Milroy: “Not So Stupid Art Tricks“ Globe & Mail. July 25 2005 Andrea Carson: “A Glowing Intervention“ Fuse Magazine. Volume 28, #3.August 2005. PP 44-45

Catherine Osborne: “Kelly Mark“ Time Out – London June, 2005 Terri Whitehead: “Kelly Mark“ Art Review Magazine, June/July 2005. PP 108 Timothy Comeau: “Alphabetics“ Blog TO, April 24, 2005 Gilles Godmer: Hidden Side of Appearances (ex catalogue). Musee D’Art Contemporain. Montreal, 2005 Nathalie de Blois: Hidden Side of Appearances (ex catalogue). Musee D’Art Contemporain. Montreal, 2005 Kevin Temple: “One Glorious Glow House”. Now Magazine April 14, 2005 Peter Goddard: “It’s An Artist: Someone Call Security”. The Toronto Star April 9, 2005

Leah Rumack: “Shine Little Glow House”. The National Post April 8, 2005 Sarah Milroy: “The Glow Within”. The Globe & Mail April 8, 2005 David Balzer: “Eye Candy, Kelly Mark” Eye Magazine April 7, 2005

Liz Clayton: “Electric Avenue”. The Globe & Mail April 2, 2005 Dave Dyment: Glow House (Exhibition Poster & Images Festival Cat.) Toronto: YYZ & Power Plant 2005. Kelly Large: QSL (audio project catalogue). Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art. UK, 2005

Emily Falvey: Dead Nature (exhibition catalogue). Ottawa Art Galllery. Ottawa, 2005 Colleen Brown, Melanie O’Brian: Spilled (Exhibition Catalogue). Vancouver: Artspeak Gallery 2005.

2004 Trevor Mahovsky: “Kelly Mark at Tracey Lawrence Gallery”. Artforum Sept 2004, pp. 278


Jonathan Safran Foer & Lee Henderson: Important Canadian Art (ex. catalogue). NY: ziehersmith 2004

Carolyn Tripp: “Samplesize This”. Broken Pencil July, 2004 Catherine Osborne: “Making Her Mark in Cyberspace”. The National Post Mar 20, 2004

Ingrid Jenkner: Work Work Work (exhibition catalogue). Halifax: MSVU 2004 2003 Matthew Erikson: "When Less is More, Canada Style". Hartford Courant. Oct 10, 2003

Josh Rivera: "Canadian Conceptual Art Comes to Hartford". The Informer. Oct 22, 2003 David Yee: “Since When – Five Shows to See this Fall”. CBC Radio3.com October, 2003 Peter Goddard: “Fall Art Harvest Big on Ideas”. Toronto Star. October 2, 2003 Catherine Osborne: “Here’s A Concept: Art That Demands Very Little”. The National Post Sept 27, 2003 Robert Fulford: “Art That Demands and Rewards”. The National Post. June 24, 2003

Sarah Milroy: “Something out of (Almost) Nothing”. The Globe and Mail. July 10, 2003 Daphne Gordon: “Power Hungry at the Ball” The Toronto Star. June 5, 2003. Robin Lawrence: “Drawing Out an Artistic Revival” The Georgia Straight. Feb 2003. Terry Grimley: “Kelly’s Shining Example of Artistic Enterprise” Birmingham Post, April 2003.

2002 Shelley Ouellet: “Obvious” Fuse Magazine. Volume 24, No.3, 2002 Christopher Brayshaw: “South Granville Spawns a Satisfying Summer Show” The Georgia Straight. Sept 2002. Robyn Peers: “Views of Remoteness” The Press. April 24, 2002. Richard Rhodes: “The Cat’s Name” Canadian Art. Summer 2002, pp 15.

J. Perry Arnott: “Kelly Mark Obvious” Artichoke. Spring 2002, pp 42-43. Sarah Milroy: “Critic’s Pick : Kelly Mark at Wynick/Tuck Gallery” The Globe & Mail. April 13 2002, pp. James Patten: “Important Instructions for Changing the World” (Catalogue Essay) Winnipeg : WAG 2002.

2001 Sarah Milroy: “Masters of the Art in Canada” The Globe & Mail. December 1st, R13. Jessie Lacayo: Mapping the Body (Exhibition Catalogue). Victoria: Open Space 2001. Sylvie Fortin: Optical Verve (Exhibition Catalogue). Ottawa: Ottawa Art Gallery 2001.

Carol Podenworny: Compulsion (Exhibition Catalogue). Waterloo: University of Waterloo 2001.

James Patten: Important Instructions…(Exhibition Catalogue). Winnipeg: WAG 2001. Brad Marcoux: “This is an Obvious Thing” (Catalogue Essay) Calgary : Stride Gallery 2001. Jennifer McVeigh: “The Structure of Beauty” FFWD. November, 2001. Melanie Scott: “Optical Verve Shows New Moves in Art” Ottawa Citizen. February 27th, B7-B8.

2000 Cliff Eyland: “Kelly Mark” (Catalogue Essay) Hamilton : Art Gallery of Hamilton 2000. Ivan Jurakic: “The Buddha of the Banal” (Catalogue Essay) Hamilton : AGH 2000. Shirley Madill: “Aestheticizing the Everyday” (Catalogue Essay) Hamilton : AGH 2000.

Eileen Sommerman: “Don’t Let the Truth Stand in the Way of a Good Story” (Cat. Essay) Hamilton : AGH 2000. Melanie O’Brian: “Griddy Realism : Kelly Mark Mixes Media” Border Crossings. Issue #76 pp.83-84. Elaine Hujer: “Compelling Art on Compulsion” The Hamilton Specator. January 20-2000, N4. Marie Ann Todkill: “Remarking the Unremarkable” Canadian Medical Association Journal. May 2000 pp.1595-96.

Blake Gopnik: “Young Leaders” The Globe & Mail. July 1 2001, R6. Eileen Sommerman: “Centifugal” (Exhibition Catalogue) Hamilton : Art Gallery of Hamilton 2000.


Germaine Koh: “Kelly Mark 9-5 at the Art Gallery of Hamilton” Lola # 6. (Shot-Gun) Summer 2000 pp.80. Sally McKay: ”Kelly Mark : Signs of a Sick Mind at Kate’s Apartment” Lola # 6. (Shot-Gun) Summer 2000 pp. 74. Lisa Gabrielle Mark: “Marks of Obsessive Invention” (What Was C’n). C Magazine. Spring 2000 pp. 19. Catherine Osborne: “Kelly Mark : Sniff at Zsa Zsa Gallery” Lola # 5. (Shot-Gun) Winter 1999-00 pp. 81. Blake Gopnik: “Conceptually Clever and a Little Off Kilter” The Globe & Mail. January 22-2000 R13.

1999 Jessica Wyman: “Performing Generations” Lola # 4. Summer 1999 pp. 54-55. John Massier: “Kelly Mark & Hanna Wilke” Lola # 4. (Shot-Gun) Summer 1999 pp. 83. 1998 Ihor Holubizky: “Biennale of Sydney : Everyday” Canadian Art. Winter 1998 pp. 82-84.

Jan Allen: “Kelly Mark” (Catalogue Essay) Sydney : Biennale of Sydney 1998. Lisa Gabrielle Mark: “Kelly Mark – Art Gallery of Ontario” Artforum. Summer 1998 pp. 139-40 Cliff Eyland: “Critical Distance – Literally” (Catalouge Essay). Winnipeg : Ace Art Inc. (Volume 3 #7) 1998. Gillian MacKay: “Wynick/Tuck Show Digs into Artistic Past” The Globe & Mail. June 13-1998 C12.

Dennis Gill: “Kelly Mark at Eye Level Gallery” C Magazine (Web Issue #54). Spring 1998. Eileen Sommerman: “Child’s Play” Canadian Art. Spring 1998 pp. 86.

Joyce Mason: “General Idea & Kelly Mark – What to C” C Magazine. Nov 97-Jan 98 / Issue #56 pp. 10.

1997 John Bentley Mays: “The Light and Dark of Kelly Mark” The Globe & Mail. November 27-1997 C6. Gillian MacKay: “Kelly Mark at the AGO & Wynick/Tuck” The Globe & Mail. November 22-1997 C16.

Christina Ritchie: “Kelly Mark : Present Tense” (Catalogue Essay). Toronto : AGO 1997. Ingrid Jenkner: “Approximately” (Catalogue Essay). Halifax : Eye Level Gallery 1997.

Robin Metcalfe: “Southwest Triennial : Public Order” (Catalogue Essay). Windsor : Art Gallery of Windsor 1997.

Betty Ann Jordan: “Artists Worth a Look” The Globe & Mail. February 8-1997 C13. 1996 James Patten: “London Life Young Contemporaries” (Catalogue Essay). London : London

Regional Art Gallery 1996. Valerie Lamontagne: “Compact Abundance” (Catalogue Essay). Montreal : Articule Gallery 1996.

Gil McElroy: “Kelly Mark Works” Arts Atlantic. Spring 1996 pp. 11. Moritz Gaede: “Efflluent” (Catalogue Essay). Halifax : Eye Level Gallery 1996.

Barbara Carter: “Small As a Way of Working” (Catalogue Essay). Sackville : Owens Art Gallery 1996. Lisa Gabrielle Mark: “Bill Crane, Kelly Mark & Carl Trahan” (Catalogue Essay). Toronto : Mercer Union 1996.

1995 Robin Metcalfe: “Kelly Mark (Spotlight)” Canadian Art. Winter 1995 pp.34-37. Gil McElroy: “Object Lessons” Arts Atlantic. Fall 1995 pp. 19-20.

Robin Metcalfe: “Object Lessons” (Catalogue Essay). Halifax : Art Gallery of Nova Scotia 1995.

Ingrid Jenkner: “Kelly Mark Works” (Catalogue Essay). Halifax : MSVU Gallery 1995. 1994 Robin Metcalfe: “Scultpure Expo 94’ – The Mall Show” Canadian Art. Winter 1994 pp. 81-

82. Ray Cronin: “Scultpure Expo 94’ – The Mall Show” (Catalogue Essay). Halifax : SMU Gallery 1994.


GRANTS & AWARDS Chalmers Art Fellowship - 2002 K.M. Hunter Artist Award - 2002 Canada Council – Assistance to Visual Artists (Long Term Grant) – 2009 Canada Council – Individual Artist Grant / Mid Career – 2001, 2002, 2005 Canada Council – Travel Grant – 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008 Ontario Arts Council – Individual Artist Grant / Senior – 2007 Ontario Arts Council – Individual Artist Grant / Mid Career – 2002, 2004, 2006 Ontario Arts Council – Individual Artist Grant / Emerging – 1998, 2000 Ontario Arts Council – Exhibition Assistance Grant – 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2007, 2008 Toronto Arts Council – Individual Artist Grant / Mid Career – 2002, 2004, 2008 Nova Scotia Arts Council – Exhibition Assistance Grant – 1995, 1996

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Victoria & Albert Museum (Wallpaper Collection) London, UK National Gallery of Canada. Ottawa, Ontario Canada Council Art Bank. Ottawa, Ontario Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto, Ontario Musee D’Art Contemporain. Montreal, Quebec Justina M Barnicke Gallery, Hart House University of Toronto. Toronto, Ontario Kenderdine Art Gallery. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Museum London, London, Ontario Art Gallery of Hamilton. Hamilton, Ontario Winnipeg Art Gallery. Winnipeg, Manitoba Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. Victoria, British Columbia Agnes Etherington Art Gallery at Queens University. Kingston, Ontario Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Halifax, Nova Scotia Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia *numerous private & corporate collections.

RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2013 Artist Talk – University of Toronto. Toronto, ON 2012 Studio Tour – Art Toronto. Toronto, ON. 2011 Artist Talk – Sunset Community Centre. Vancouver, British Columbia – upcoming April Artist Project – Hunter & Cooke Magazine (6 pages) Artist Talk & MFA Critiques – University of Windsor. Windsor, Ontario Artist Talk – Art Gallery of Windsor. Windsor, Ontario Board Member: The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery. Toronto, Ontario 2010 Artist Talk - Cornish College. Seattle, Washington Artist Talk – Niagara Artist Center. St. Catharines, Ontario

Panel Discussion - Gerald Ferguson: Artist, Teacher Mentor. The Robert McLauglin Gallery. Oshawa, Ontario

Juror – KM Hunter Artist Award. Toronto, Ontario Artist Talk – Kenderdine Art Gallery. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Board Member: The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery. Toronto, Ontario 2009 Artist Talk - DHC Art. Montreal, Quebec Artist Talk - Explore Design @ Metro Convention Centre. Toronto, Ontario Artist Talk – Jasper Place Hotel. Edmonton, Alberta


Artist Talk – Diaz Contemporary for Power Plant Members. Toronto, Ontario Artist Talk – University of Toronto. Toronto, Ontario Artist Talk – Grand Prairie Regional College. Grand Prairie, Alberta Board Member: The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery. Toronto, Ontario 2008 Visiting Artist & Critiques – Guelph University. Guelph, Ontario Artist Talk & MFA Critiques – York University. Toronto, Ontario Artist Talk & Critiques – Lethbridge University. Lethbridge, Alberta Board Member: The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery. Toronto, Ontario Button Design – for the Toronto International Art Fair (TIAF) Toronto, Ontario Artist Talk - Cornish College. Seattle, Washington Artist Talk - Guelph University. Guelph, Ontario Juror - KM Hunter Artist Award Juror - John B. Aird Drawing Competition 2007 Artist Talk & MFA Critiques - University of Western Ontario. London, Ontario Artist Talk & MFA Critiques - Guelph University. Guelph, Ontario Artist Talk – Kitchener City Hall. Kitchener, Ontario Artist Talk – University of Toronto Art Centre. Toronto, Ontario Artist Talk – Concordia Univeristy. Montreal, Quebec Artist Talk – Sheridan College. Toronto, Ontario 2006 Artist Talk - University of Toronto. Toronto, Ontario Visiting Artist Critiques – Guelph University. Guelph, Ontario Artist Talk – McKenzie Art Gallery. Regina, SK Artist Talk – Gallerie Sans Nom. Moncton, New Brunswick Artist Talk – Third Space Gallery. St John, New Brunswick Artist Talk – Ontario College of Art. Toronto, Ontario Juror – KM Hunter Artist Award Artist Talk – Henry Art Gallery. Seattle, Washington Artist Talk – Brock University. St Catharines, Ontario Curatorial- Diaz Contemporary. Toronto, Ontario…”Untitled: Thoughts about Sound, Music, Silence & Confusion” 2005 Teaching – (Guest Artist Studio). Toronto School of Art. Toronto, Ontario Artist Talk- Toronto School of Art. Toronto, Ontario Curatorial- Wynick/Tuck Gallery. Toronto, Ontario…”The Horse They Rode in On” Canada Council Jury Member (International Studio Program) – Canada Council. Ottawa, Ontario Board Member - Art Metropole, Toronto, Ontario. (until 2008) Curatorial - Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery. Halifax, NS..."Free Sample" Artist Talk & Critiques - Nova Scotia College of Art & Design. Halifax, NS Artist Talk - Ottawa Art Gallery. Ottawa, Ontario Artist Talk & Critiques - Queens University. Kingston, Ontario 2004 Artist Talk - Bishops University. Lennoxville, Quebec Judge/Jurour - Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition . Toronto, Ontario Artist Talk & MFA Critiques - University of Northern Illinois. Dekalb, Illinois US Artist Talk & Critiques- University of Manitoba. Winnipeg, Manitoba Artist Talk & MFA Critiques - University of Victoria. Victoria, BC Artist Talk - Rice University. Houston, Texas US Artist Talk - Blaffer Gallery (University of Houston). Houston, Texas US 2003 Critiques - Nova Scotia College of Art & Design. Halifax, Nova Scotia Panel Discussion - The Khyber. Halifax, Nova Scotia ("The Economics of Art") Artist Talk - Mount Saint Vincent Univeristy Art Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia Artist Talk - Ontario College of Art. Toronto, Ontario Open Studio - Art in Site Tours. Toronto, Ontairo


Panel Discusion - Real Art Ways. Hartford, Conneticut US (for the exhibition "Container") Artist Talk -The Learning Annex at Wynick/Tuck Gallery. Toronto, Ontario Artist Talk - Toronto School of Art. Toronto, Ontario Artist Talk w/ Catherine Osborne (Canadian Art Hop) - Wynick/Tuck Gallery. Toronto, Ontario Artist Talk - The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery. Toronto, Ontario Founder of samplesize.ca (a new Canadian web initiative, artist projects, gallery etc...) 2002 Artist Talk - Museum of New Art (MONA). Detroit, Michigan US Open Studio / Artist Talk - University of Toronto (class visit). Toronto, Ontario 2001 Artist Talk - University of Western Ontario. London, Ontario Artist Talk - Fanshawe College. London, Ontario Open Studio / Artist Talk - University of Toronto (class visit). Toronto, Ontario Artist Talk - University of Calgary. Calgary, Alberta Visiting Artist & Critiques - Alberta College of Art & Design. Calgary, Alberta Artist Talk - Ottawa Art Gallery. Ottawa, Ontario Artist Talk - Burlington Art Center. Burlington, Ontario 2000 Artist Talk- Contemporary Art Gallery. Vancouver, British Columbia Artist Talk - Toronto School of Art. Toronto, Ontario Artist Talk - Art Gallery of Hamilton. Hamilton, Ontario Artist Talk - Hamilton Artists Inc. Hamilton, Ontario 1999 Artist Talk & Critiques - Toronto School of Art. Toronto, Ontario 1998 Artist Talk & Critiques - McMaster University. Hamilton, Ontario Artist Talk - Art Gallery Of New South Wales. Sydney, Australia Artist Talk - Perc Tucker Regional Art Gallery. Townsville, Australia Artist Talk - James Cook University. Townsville, Australia Artist Talk & Critiques - The Nova Scotia College Of Art & Design. Halifax, Nova Scotia Artist Talk - Ace Art Inc./Site Gallery. Winnipeg, Manitoba 1997 Canada Council Jury Member (for Artist Run Centers) Ottawa, Ontario 1996 Advanced Studies Program: Dundas Valley School Of Art. Dundas, Ontario 1995 Artist Talk - Articule Gallery. Montreal, Quebec Artist Talk & Critiques - The Dundas Valley School Of Art. Dundas, Ontario 1994 Panel Discussion: "Object Lessons/Eight Nova Scotia Sculptors"- NSCAD. Halifax, Nova

Scotia. 1993 Critiques - The Technical University Of Nova Scotia. Halifax, Nova Scotia

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