Mark Harris

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Autumn Quarter 2009 Courses

• 23FAA411 Independent Study
• 23FAA520 Senior Thesis Project
• 23FAA680 Studio Research Assistantship
• 23FAA681 Professional Internship

Topics of research and/or creative and professional work

Recent Work

Mark Harris

Solo and collaborative exhibitions/events
2007 Wexner Center, Columbus, State Fare
2006 2kolegas, Beijing, "Utopian-Bands"
2003 1 000 000mph, London, "Streets of London" with Peter Lloyd Lewis
2001 Trans Hudson Gallery, New York
1999 Economist Building, London
1996 Trans Hudson Gallery, Jersey City
1995 Hopkins Hall Gallery, Ohio State University, Columbus
1993 TennisportArts, New York
1991 Condeso/Lawler Gallery, New York
1988 Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago
Studio Carlo Grossetti, Milan
1986 Juda Rowan Gallery, London
1985 Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago
Studio Carlo Grossetti, Milan
1983 Studio Carlo Grossetti, Milan


Selected group exhibitions
2007
Hopkins Hall Gallery, Ohio State University, "Text, Image, Form"
New Museum of Contemporary Art, Louisville, "Skirting the Line"
Peeler Art Center, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, 2007 DePauw Biennial
Publico, Cincinnati, "Special Arrangements"

2006
Keith Talent Gallery, London, "Year_06"
University Galleries on Sycamore, Cincinnati, "Bad Drawing: malevolent, misbehaving, misunderstood"
Publico, Cincinnati, "Ever and Over"
PLP Gallery, New York, "Artists Throwing Money Out the Window (A.T.M.O.T.W.)"

2005
Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, England, "OMap"

2004
Studio Grossetti, Milan, group show
Gallery Gazon Rouge, Athens, "The Sneeze"
Collaborative Creative Concepts, Beacon, NY, "Compound Interest"

2003
Icon Gallery and Mattress Factory, Birmingham, "Science Fiction - Double Feature"
1 000 000mph, London, curated by Denise Hawrysio, "15/1(2)"
Tablet Gallery, London, curated by Peggy Atherton and Marcia Farquhar, "Hair the Show"
Kreisverwaltungsreferat, Munich, "LIFTARCHIVE" von SZUPER GALLERY

2002
Croydon town centre video projections, curated by Skyline Projections, "Tabula Rasa"
Artspace, Peterborough, Canada; Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, Contemporary Art Museum, New Plymouth, New Zealand, "Critical Video Lounge"
Wolverhampton Art Gallery, curated by Gavin Wade, "Strike"
Artspace, Peterborough, Canada, group exhibition
Five Years, London, "The Difference Between You & Us"
Rosamund Felsun Gallery, Los Angeles; at Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, "Song Poems"

2001
Cohan, Leslie & Browne, New York, curated by Stephen Hull, "Song Poems"
York City Art Gallery, curated by David Mabb, "Critical Video Lounge"
Five Years, London, curated by Val Sutton, "Deadwall Reverie"
Beaver College, Philadelphia, "Snapshot"
Tate Modern, "Century City," "Big Blue" component curated by Peter Lewis
Bridport Museum, curated by Judith Frost, "Other People's Gardens"

2000
Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, "Snapshot"
Sharjah Museum, UAR, "Inroads"
Hayward Gallery touring exhibitions, "Dream Machines," curated by Susan Hiller, Dundee Contemporary Arts Centre; Mappin Gallery, Sheffield; Camden Arts Centre, London; Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea

1999
Kunsthalle, Vienna, "Get Together-Art as Teamwork"
18 Museum House, London, "relocation"
Five Years, London, "The Blood Show"
Aizu Wakamatsu City, Japan, "Dream Centenary"
Bregenz Kunstverein, Kunst in der Stadt, "Naturally Art"
30 Paris Street, London, "The Manchurian Candidate," curated by Ciara Ennis and David Goldenberg
Workspace, New York, "Imaginative Liberties," curated by Judy Mannarino
BAC, London, "Dumbfounded"
Sali Gia Gallery, London, "Klega's flat," curated by David Mollin
Cardiff Art and Time, "About Time"
MOTA gallery, London, "Stretching the Intimate"

1998
Trans Hudson Gallery, New York, "Educating Barbie"
20th Century Women's Club, Los Angeles, "I'm Still in Love with You," curated by Stephen Hull
Tramway, Glasgow, "Host," curated by Peter Lewis
Centro Cultural Salar, La Paz, Bolivia, "Estirando lo Intimo," video show curated by Fabian Cereijido

1997
Serge Sorokko Gallery, New York, "Quirk"
Richard Salmon, London; Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, "Craft"
Trans Hudson Gallery, New York, "Variations of Structure"
Gallery Korea, New York, "recurrence," curated by Theresa Chong
Richard Salmon, London, "Bad August"
Tricia Collins Grand Salon, New York; Gallery Idea, Mexico City; Centro Jacopo Borges, Buenos Aires, "Cereijido's Summer Video Festival"
Coins Cafe, London, Cafe Adler/Cafe Fix, Berlin, "The Big Blue," curated by Peter Lewis
Studio Carlo Grossetti, Milan, group exhibition
Shillam+Smith 3, London, "Irredeemable Skeletons"
Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY, "After the Fall: Aspects of Abstract Painting since 1970"
Gasworks, London, "FHOH," curated by Sean Cummings
Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, "Cause and Defect"

1996
450 Broadway Gallery, "Lines and Dots," curated by Theresa Chong
Studio Carlo Grossetti, Milan, "Continua"
Trans Hudson Gallery, New York, "Current Geometries in Abstraction"
Penine Hart Gallery, New York, "The Great Pretender"
Bennington College, Vermont, "Painting in an Expanding Field," curated by Saul Ostrow

1995
Knotts Mill, Manchester "Ha!"

1994
Studio Carlo Grossetti, Milan, "Painting and Sculpture"
Trans Hudson Gallery, Jersey City, "Abstraction, discipline, freedom"
Trans Hudson Gallery, Jersey City, "Installations"

1993
The Drawing Center, New York, "The Return of the Exquisite Corpse"

1992
Four Walls at Artists' Space, New York, "The Radio Show"
Four Walls, Brooklyn, New York, "Representing Death"
TennisportArts, New York, "Three installations"
Jack Tilton, New York, "Water Bar/Vox Vendor"

1991
Art Fair, Los Angeles, Studio Carlo Grossetti
Studio Carlo Grossetti, Milan, "Today"

1989
Palazzo del Permanente, Milan, "Quadriennale"
Condeso/Lawler Gallery, New York

1988
A.I.R. Gallery, New York, "At Home for the Holidays"

1987
Gray Art Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
Bradford Print Biennale, Bradford, England, "British Open"
Studio Carlo Grossetti, Milan, "Contemporanea"

1986
Henry Moore Gallery, Royal College of Art, London

1984
Bruna Soletti Gallery, Milan, "British and German painters"
Riverside Studios, London, "Five Painters"


Awards, Scholarships and Residencies
2007 Faculty Development Award, University of Cincinnati
2006 University Research Council Faculty Award, University of Cincinnati
2005 British Arts Council Fellowship, Long March Space, Beijing
2003-04 Visiting Artist, Sculpture, Painting and Printmaking Depts., Virginia Commonwealth University
2000 Visiting Artist, Ohio State University, Columbus
1998 British Council Grant, exhibitions abroad, Educating Barbie, Trans Hudson Gallery, New York
1997 Art Omi, New York
1996 British Council Grant, exhibitions abroad, one-person show, Trans Hudson Gallery, Jersey City
1995 Visiting Artist, Ohio State University, Columbus
1994 Triangle Workshop, Pine Plains, New York
1986 Fulbright Award
Sainsbury Award, Bradford Print Biennale
1984 Mexican Government Award
British Council Grant, exhibitions abroad, Studio Carlo Grossetti, Milan
1982 Italian Government Award


Teaching
2004- Director, School of Art, University of Cincinnati
2002-04 Programme Leader, Fine Art BA, Loughborough University
2000-02 Programme Leader, Painting and Printmaking BA, Loughborough University
1997-2000 Senior Lecturer, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, BA Art & Aesthetics
1998-99 Seminar lecturer, Goldsmiths College of Art, London, MA Fine Art
1989 Princeton University, New Jersey, BA Painting
1987 East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, BA Painting
1982 Maidenhead College of Art, Foundation


Visiting Lecturer
2000 University of Kent, Canterbury
1999 Manchester Metropolitan University
University of Central England, Birmingham
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
1998 Manchester Metropolitan University
1997 University of Central England, Birmingham, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
1996 University of Newcastle upon Tyne
1986 Winchester College of Art
1985 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, visiting artist


External Examiner
1999- Exeter School of Arts & Design, University of Plymouth, BA Combined Honours - Fine Art with Languages


Course Validation
2003 Member of external committee revalidating BA Fine Art course at Bournemouth Institute of Art


Curating
2006
University of Cincinnati Galleries on Sycamore, "Bad Drawing"

1999
Battersea Arts Centre, London, "Dumbfounded" (artists included Phyllida Barlow, Nick Bolton, David Burrows, Leila Galloway, Susan Hiller, Yinka Shonibare, Janette Parris)

1998
Trans Hudson Gallery, New York, "Educating Barbie" (artists included Mary Ellen Carroll, Cheryl Donegan, Graham Durward, Kirten Mosher, Louise Lawler, Jim Shaw)

1997
Shillam+Smith 3, London, "Irredeemable Skeletons" (artists included Luca Buvoli, Christine & Irene Hohenbüchler, Susan Hiller, Joel Fisher, Charles Long, Simon Patterson, Amy Sillman, Fred Wilson)

1995
Trans Hudson Gallery, Jersey City, curated and wrote catalogue essay for exhibition "Material Abuse," (artists included Drew Dominick, Dominique Figarella, Elana Herzog, James Hyde, Beom Kim, Suzanne McClelland, Stephen Parrino, Lauren Szold)

1984
Casa degli Artisti, Milan, Corso Garibaldi, 89


Writing
2007 Tony Luensman, Arenas, catalog essay for Cincinnati Art Museum
Porn, Performance and Objectification: New Forms of Desire, Frozen Tears 3, ARTicle Press

2006
"Mary Jo Bole," Untitled Magazine, Spring 2006, ISSN 0969-9716
MFA catalog essay, Indiana University, Bloomington

2005
"Walter Benjamin's Hashish Intoxications," /seconds. online magazine, www.slashseconds.org
"Sculpting in Time and Space: New Approaches to Sculpture and Film," Henry Moore Institute Newsletter, Issue No. 59, April 2005
Interview with Simparch, Miser & Now magazine
"How does your geographic location affect your practice?," Grouper magazine, Publico gallery, Cincinnati
"Mel Jackson," essay for Matt's Gallery, London, ISBN 0 907 623 48 4

2004
"Suite Amerika - Kafka, Kippenberger and Furniture Row," Miser & Now magazine; March
"Christopher Wool - Image as Noise," article for Camden Art Centre publication; January. ISBN 1 900470 26 8

2002
"100 Reviews Backwards," reviews, editor Matthew Arnatt, Alberta Press

2001
"Becks Futures," review, NY Arts, May 2001
"100 Reviews," introduction and editing for book by Matthew Arnatt and David Mollin
"London pats itself on the back," NY Arts, April 2001

1999
"Introducing Nick Bolton, Video Artist," The Harris Museum, Preston, exhibition essay on Nick Bolton

1998
"The Press Release and Alternative Spaces," in "Who's Afraid of Red, White and Blue?," ARTicle Press
"Noises Off," Art Monthly, September, article,
"BANK's Death," New Observations #117, New York
"Like a dog biting its own tail," Make, the magazine of Women's Art, March-May
"Drawing," for Wimbledon Drawing MA catalogue

1997
"Immaterial Culture," Art Monthly, June, article
"Trading Up or Selling Out," Art Monthly, February, article
"On your bike!," Untitled, Spring, article

1996
"Possessed in a most puzzling way of intelligibility, yet very hard to grasp,"
Shillam + Smith 3, London, catalogue essay on Roxy Walsh
"Putting on the Style: avant-garde style in New British art," Art Monthly, February, article

1995
"Material Abuse," Trans Hudson Gallery, Jersey City, catalogue essay
"Uncovering the Visible," Yoon Gallery, Seoul, catalogue essay on Beom Kim

Reviews for Art in America
John Stezaker, May 2005
Mel Jackson, February, 2004
Milena Dragicevic, December, 2003
Merlin Carpenter, Magnani, July 2001
Simon Starling, Camden Arts Centre, May 2001
Jemima Stehli, Chisenhale Gallery, April 2001
BANK, Galerie Poo-Poo, February 1999
Rose Finn-Kelcey, Camden Arts Centre, July 1998
Tim Noble and Sue Webster, 20 Rivington Street, July 1998
Sarah Lucas, St. John's Lofts and Sadie Coles HQ, January 1998
Joan Key, Richard Salmon, March 1997
Angela Bulloch, Robert Prime, May 1997
Jake and Dinos Chapman, I.C.A., October 1996
Simon Patterson at the Lisson Gallery, July 1996

Reviews for Art Monthly
Charles Harrison, Painting The Difference: Sex and Spectator in Modern Art, Alyce Mahon Surrealism and the Politics of Eros, 1938-1968, Alyce Mahon Eroticism & Art, book review, 2006
"Part Object Part Sculpture," Wexner Center, Columbus, February 2006
"Go Between," Palais Thurn & Taxis and Magazin 4, Bregenz, Art Monthly, October 2005
Mike Kelley and Tony Oursler, The Curve Gallery, Barbican Art Centre, July/August 2003
Blinky Palermo, Serpentine Gallery, May 2003
Oliver Herring, Rhodes + Mann Gallery, October 2002
Helio Oiticica/Liam Gillick, The Whitechapel Gallery, June 2002
Ian Breakwell and Nick Stewart, Video Projects for the BFI, December 2001
Mary Heilmann, Camden Arts Centre, May 2001
Multiple Store and HOAX, Lux and The Juggler Cafe, May 2001
Robert Melee, White Cube, September 2000
Conrad Atkinson, Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, February 2000
"Intimate House," South London Art Gallery, December 1999
"Performing the Body/Performing the Text," book review, November 1999
"Accelerator," Southampton Art Gallery, December 1998
Keith Edmier, Sadie Coles HQ, June 1998
Charles Long, London Projects, July 1997
Sally Heard, 12 Aberdeen Road and Whitechapel Public Library, December 1996
Angus Fairhurst, White Cube, December 1996
Chris Burden, London Projects, October 1996
"Gargantua" by Julian Stallabrass, book review, September 1996
Robert Wilson/Hans Peter Kuhn, Clink Street, November 1995


Conferences, Talks and Seminar papers
2007
CAA conference New York, "Electric Orange Paisley," speaker on panel "The Field of Abstraction and the Thickness of Paint," convened by Lane Relyea

2006
Royal Academy of Art, London, "USA Today," speaker on panel

2005
Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, "Art21," speaker on panel
Midwest Art Historians Society Conference, "Intoxicated alienation as aesthetic strategy: from Diderot to young British artists"

2003
Whitworth Gallery, Manchester, paper title "Aragon in the Arcades" given at conference "Fantasy Space: Surrealism and Architecture", organised by Research Centre for Studies of Surrealism and its Legacies, The University of Manchester, the University of Westminster and the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London.

2001
Camden Arts Centre, talk on "Gordon Matta-Clark and Mary Heilmann in the context of 1970s New York"

2000
National Museum & Gallery of Wales, Cardiff, conference title: "The Subject of the Artist," Title of paper: "Consistently Inappropriate - BANK and Four Walls in the face of avant-gardism"
Seminar on "Dream Machines," Camden Arts Centre, London

1999
Paper given at New York Abstract Artists' Association Seminar on "Monochrome Painting," New York Studio School
Research seminar on pornography, contemporary art and 1970's feminist performance, Goldsmiths College, London

1998
University of Central England, Birmingham; conference title: "Who's Afraid of Red, White and Blue?" Title of paper: "Press releases of alternative spaces"
Tramway, Glasgow; seminar title: Collaborative practice; title of paper: "Press releases of alternative spaces"
College Art Association Conference, Toronto; title of session: "Off-Color;" Title of paper: "Pollock and Fontana; abstraction in excess"


Conferences chaired/organized
2004
Wexner Center, Columbus: chaired session in Barnett Symposium, "It's More Than the Making: Educating Artists in the 21st Century"

1999
Tate Britain, London: chaired "Pollock and Automatism, including Mike Bidlo and Susan Hiller"

1998
I.C.A., London: chaired "Space and Installation," including Martin Creed, John Frankland, Michael Petry, Tomoko Takahashi
I.C.A., London: chaired "Alternative Spaces," including Malcolm Dixon, Mark Hutchinson,
Stefan Kolmar, Kim Sweet

1986-87
New York Studio School; co-organized "Art and Intentionality," including Lucio Pozzi, Mel Bochner, Jed Perl, Nancy Spero
New York Studio School; co-organized "Working from Observation," including Leland Bell, John Alexander, Jane Freilicher, Deborah Rosenthal and Jane Wilson


Web references
Published articles for Art in America: http://www.findarticles.com/p/search?qt=Mark+Harris&tb=art&qf=m1248

Blackbird Magazine lecture/performance: http://www.blackbird.vcu.edu/v3n1/gallery/harris_m/index.htm

Blackbird Magazine artwork: http://www.blackbird.vcu.edu/v3n1/gallery/harris_m/work/work_1.htm

Sneeze: http://www.80sneezes.com/index1.html

/seconds. Magazine:
http://www.slashseconds.org/issues/001/001/articles/08_mharris/index.php

Long March Space Residency: http://www.longmarchspace.com/residency/e-MarkHarris.htm

Art Monthly index: http://www.artmonthly.co.uk/letterh.htm


Bibliography
Sean Foley, "State Fare," Wexner Center
Mary Ann Kearns, "The Sneeze," ARTicle Press, 2006
"Drug Dealer," artist pages, Miser & Now 8, London, 2006
Jon Cambell, "Midnite in China," Contemporary, November, 2005
Jon Cambell, "Singing the Praises of Chairman Mao," South China Morning Post, November 1, 2005
Jon Cambell, "Stanzas of a Struggle," South China Morning Post, July 19, 2005
Miser & Now, London, issue 2, 2004 spread on "Streets of London" project
Sally O'Reilly, review of group show "15/1 (2)" at 1000000mph, London, Art Monthly, September 2003
"Critical Home Video," (publication) Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, Contemporary Art Museum, New Plymouth, New Zealand, 2003
"Strike," (publication) Wolverhampton Art Gallery, 2002
Joe Hill, review of one-person show at Trans Hudson Gallery, Art in America, November 2001
Stephen Hull, (publication) "Song Poems," group show at Cohan, Leslie & Browne, New York, June 2001
Oliver Karlin, review of one-person show at Trans Hudson Gallery, NY Arts, April, 2001
Kim Levin, review of one-person show at Trans Hudson Gallery, Village Voice, New York, Feb 28-March 6, 2001
Richard Cork, review of "Dream Machines," The Times, October 4, 2000
"Dream Machines," (publication) Hayward Galley, London, 2000
"Get Together-Art as Teamwork," (publication) Kunsthalle, Vienna, 1999
"The Blood Show," (publication) Five Years, London, 1999
Jonathan Jones, review of "The Blood Show," The Guardian, August 6, 1999
Michael Wilson, review of "The Blood Show," Art Monthly, September 1999
Polly Staple, review of "The Blood Show," Time Out, August 18-25, 1999
Wendy Shillam and Contemporary Arts Society, (publication) Economist Building, London, 1999
Maria Walsh, review of Economist show, Art Monthly, September 1999
Martin Coomer, review of Economist show, Time Out, August 26-September 1, 1999
Jonathan Jones, Economist show, Thursday Guide, The Guardian, September 2, 1999
"Dream Centenary," (publication) Aizu Wakamatsu City, Japan, 1999
Naturally Art, (publication) Kunst in der Stadt, Bregenz, 1999
Alison Green, (publication) "Dumbfounded," BAC, London, 1999
Stephen Hull, (publication) "I'm Still in Love with You," 20th Century Women's Club, Los Angeles, 1999
Ken Johnson, review of "Educating Barbie," The New York Times, September 11, 1998
Carol Kino, review of "Educating Barbie," Time Out, New York, September 17-24, 1998
Elisabeth Mahoney, review of "Host," Contemporary Visual Arts, London, issue 1998
Emmanuel Cooper, review of "Craft," Crafts UK, London January/February, 1998
Joan Key, Simon Watney, Janis Jefferies and Roy Voss, catalogue for "Craft," Richard Salmon Gallery, London, 1997
Tania Guha, review of "Bad August," Time Out, London, August 20-27, 1997
Lilly Wei, "After the Fall: Aspects of Abstract Painting since 1970," (publication), The Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art at Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY, April 1997
Gilda Williams, review of curated show "Irredeemable Skeletons," Art Monthly, May 1997
Vivien Raynor, review of curated show "Material Abuse," The New York Times, March 1995
Paola Morsiani, review, Juliet, Trieste, May/June 1991
Michael Brenson, review, The New York Times, February 1, 1991
Gabriele Perretta, review, Juliet, Trieste, October/November 1988
Gian Piero Vincenzo, review, Flash Art, Italian Edition, October/November 1988
Alan Artner, review, Chicago Tribune, May 27, 1988
Andrew Brighton, "Art Expo's class act," New Art Examiner, Summer 1988
Alistair Hicks, review, The Spectator, London, October 4, 1986
Phoebe Tait, review, Flash Art, Italian Edition, November 1985
Phoebe Tait, review, Financial Times, International Edition, August 12,1985
Alan Artner, review, Chicago Tribune, April 25, 1985
Elio Grazioli, "Young Artists in Milan," Flash Art, Italian Edition, January 1985
Caroline Collier, "Five Painters," Flash Art International, May 1984
Flavio Belocchio, review, Flash Art, Italian Edition, March/April 1984
Mel Gooding, "Five Painters," Arts Review, March 1984
Waldemar Januszcak, "Five Painters," The Guardian, March 1984
Elio Grazioli, review, Flash Art, Italian Edition, spring 1984

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