Michael Mark

1969	born Brooklyn, NY, USA

2008	Doctor of Philosophy , Melbourne University / VCA, Melbourne
1995	Master of Fine Arts , Tufts University / Museum School of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
1991	Bachelor of Arts (Distinction) , Occidental College, Los Angeles, USA

2011	New Paintings 2011, Jenny Port Gallery, Richmond
2010	New Paintings 2010, Jenny Port Gallery, Richmond
2007	New Paintings 2007, Jenny Port Gallery, Richmond
2007	Describing Air with Earth, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Victorian College of the Arts
2004	New Works, University of Illinois, Springfield
2004	Encaustics, Sadlon Gallery, Millerton, New York
1995	Paintings and Drawings, Koppelman Gallery, Boston

2010	Summer Salon, Jenny Port Gallery
2006	Burnt Lumber, PB Gallery, Swinburne University
2007	Backwash, George Paton Gallery, University of Melbourne
2006	Melbourne Abstraction II, red gallery
2005	Melbourne Abstraction I, red gallery
2005	G.Paton Gallery, Melbourne
2004	Sadlon Gallery, Millerton, NY, USA
2004	Three Painters Space Gallery, Denver, USA
2003	Sculpt/Paint, The Art Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand
2003	Robert Jacks Drawing Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery
2001	Savanah Broome Street Gallery, Broome St., NYC, USA
2000	Year End Exhibit A Gallery, Savannah, GA, USA
2000	Landscape, Tremaine Gallery, Lakeville, CT, USA
2000	Both here and there, Salisbury Gallery, Salisbury, CT, USA
1999	Group show, Lorraine Kessler Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
1999	Joel Schapira Gallery, Millerton, NY, USA
1999	Group show, Corscaden Gallery, Keene Valley, NY, USA
1998	Alumni show, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1998	The Ballroom exhibition , Hudson, NY, USA
1996	Landscape Exhibition Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA, USA

2007	F. Johnson, ‘Dissolving Into More’ The Age, Melbourne
2004	R. Nelson, 'Melbourne Abstraction', The Age, Melbourne
1998	A. Carlo, 'Creature vs. Glow Ball invades Balsamo', Register Herald, Pine Plains, New York
1996	C. Temin, 'Landscape Show lights up Boston Center for the Arts', Boston Globe, MA

2007	Laughing Water Residency, Eltham
2005	Anthony Ganim Foundation, VCA, a grant to further research pigments in South-eastern Victoria.
1997-98	Netherland America Fellowship, Amsterdam, Netherlands, a year-long grant awarded through the Fulbright commission. Investigated Rembrandt's painting techniques, collaborated with chemists, art historians and artists.
1991	Irvine Fellowship, Los Angeles. A grant funding departmental projects. Selected, photographed, and catalogued slides for a multicultural expansion of the slide library at Occidental.
1991	Prize for Artistic Excellence in Painting, Occidental College
1989	Richter Fellowship, Los Angeles, CA A travelling research grant awarded by Occidental College. Two month study in Australia, researching Australian Impressionist landscape painters. Summer.

2010 -	Deakin University, Associate lecturer
2004-10	La Trobe College or Art & Design, Lecturer
2008-10	The University of Melbourne, Victorian College of the Arts, CFI, Tutor
2006-07	The University of Melbourne, School of Creative Arts, Lecturer
2005	The University of Melbourne, Ian Potter Conservation Centre, Lecturer
2000-02	Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA, Professor of Foundations
2000	Anderson Ranch, Colorado, Instructor
1999	Simon's Rock College, Great Barrington, MA, Adjunct Faculty Methods and Materials - aquisition and the preparation of painting materials
1999	Norman Rockwell Museum, Lee, MA Visiting Instructor: Methods and Materials.
1997-08	Rijksakademie van Beelende Kunsten, Amsterdam, Visiting Lecturer. Prepared panels demonstrating techniques used by Giotto, Titian and Rembrandt.
1996-97	The Landon School, Bethesda, MD, Art Instructor. drawing, painting, photography, computer presentations, video and ceramics.
1993-95	The Museum School of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Graduate teaching assistant. Technical Painting Workshop: Renaissance approach involving gilding, egg tempera, fresco and mosaics.
1991-92	The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT. Assistant Art Instructor: painting, design and architecture, gallery assistant, co-ordinated AP program in art.
1989	The Fintona Girls School, Melbourne, Australia artist-in-residence.

Exhibitions