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MARC DENNIS Born: Danvers, MA Lives: Brooklyn, NY and Elmira, NY Education: 1993 University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX - M.F.A. 1985 Tyler School of Art at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA - B.F.A. Select Solo Exhibitions: 2005 Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York, NY, scheduled for October - November John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI, scheduled for February April 2004 Bettcher Gallery, Miami, FL, scheduled for November 27 January 15, 2005 2003 Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York, NY, 64 page full-color catalog available, essay written by Andrea Inselmann of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY published by Palace Press, Hong Kong, 2003 2002 Slugfest Gallery, Austin, TX, Recent Prints & Drawings Houghton Gallery, 171 Cedar Arts Center, Corning, NY, Flora & Fauna Signal 66 Gallery, Washington, DC, Recent Drawings 2001 Haas Gallery of Art, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA 2000 Kougeas Gallery, Boston, MA, Nervous Beauty Recent Paintings Lincoln Arts Center Gallery, Fort Collins, CO Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE, MEDICINE PIANO , A bi-cultural musical and visual interactive installation awarded the Diverse Visions Grant by Intermedia Arts , funded by The National Endowment for the Arts, The Rockefeller Foundation and The Andy Warhol Visual Arts Foundation 1999 The Roger Smith Gallery, New York, NY, Marc Dennis Paintings In Khan Gallery, New York, NY, The Sleep of Reason, Marc Dennis Recent Paintings Gallery Emanuel, Great Neck, NY, Freaks in Paradise, Marc Dennis Paintings Welles Gallery, Lenox, MA, Marc Dennis New Paintings Martin-Rathburn Gallery, San Antonio, TX, Marc Dennis Paintings 1992 Frank Bustamante Gallery, New York, NY, Song of Love Marc Dennis Paintings Carnegie Art Center, Leavenworth, KS, Marc Dennis Paintings and Drawings Crux Gallery, Chicago, IL, Marc Dennis Recent Paintings 1990 Frank Bustamante Gallery, New York, NY, Marc Dennis New Paintings & Drawings 1988 Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, FL, Marc Dennis Large Paintings Diverse Works, Houston, TX, Marc Dennis Paintings & Drawings Select Group Exhibitions: 2004 Bettcher Gallery, Miami, FL This is What You Want , July August, six person show Conner Contemporary Art, Washington, DC, 'Seven (more things we like)' , July, seven person show Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York, NY, Water - Gallery Artists Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA, Call of the Wild , VanGo Project, one year traveling exhibition Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY, Heroes, Villains, and Average Joes , May 22 July 11, Four person show, Curated by Alex Baker; exhibition sponsored in part by The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, The Lilly Auchincloss Foundation and Harvey S. Shipley Miller John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI, Metamorphosis , January 25th May 30th Roberson Museum & Science Center, Binghamton, NY, Cosmos & Chaos: A Cultural Paradox , Curated by Hall Groat II, Binghamton, NY, February 1 April 30, twelve person show, including Eric Fischl, Lucien Freud and Jerome Witkin; 40 page full-color catalog ADM Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Small Works , December February, Twenty person show 2003 Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York, NY, Home - Gallery Artists Gallery Two, Austin, TX - Keep em Rollin' Images of War , Two person show ADM Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Small Works Exhibition , Twenty person show Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY, Man Walks Into a Room , Four person show, exhibition sponsored in part by The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, The Lilly Auchincloss Foundation and Harvey S. Shipley Miller. 2002 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Birmingham, MI, Collision/Glide , Four person show Dabora Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Images of Death Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York, NY, Flocks, Covies and Gaggles The Bird Show - Avenue Art Gallery, Endicott, NY, Art of Our New Millennium Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Annual Realism Invitational , Full-color 40 page catalog available with essay written by Patricia Failing, regular contributor to Art news and Professor of Modernism, University of Washington, Seattle, WA National Theater of Annecy Cultural Arts Center, Haute-Savoie, France, King Size Images of Elvis 2001 Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY, Horse Tales American Images and Icons, 1800-2000 , Curated by Susan Edwards, Director of Museum; and Ezra Shales, Director of Museum Education; Full-color 55 page catalog available with essays written by Susan Edwards, Ezra Shales, Charlotta Kotik, and Deborah Bright National Soaring Museum, Elmira, NY, In God's Pocket Chemeketa Gallery, Chemeketa College, Salem, Oregon Musee International des Arts Modestes, Paris, France, King Size Images of Elvis The Rockwell Museum of Art, Corning, NY, New Acquisitions Permanent Collection 171 Cedar Arts Center, Houghton Gallery at The Drake House, Corning, NY, Faculty Exhibition Corning Corporation at Steuben Gallery, New York, NY, Realism Invitational Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Annual Realism Invitational , Full-color 40 page catalog available with essay written by John O'Hern, Director of Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY 2000 Cazenovia College, Cazenovia, NY, Elmira College Art Department Faculty Exhibition 171 Cedar Arts Center, Houghton Gallery at The Drake House, Corning, NY, Faculty Exhibition Atrium Gallery, Corning Community College, Corning, NY, Billboard Artists Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Annual Realism Invitational , Full-color 44 page catalog available. 1999 Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, Realism for a New Millennium The Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY, Re-presenting Representation IV , Full-color catalog available; essay written by John O'Hern, Director of Arnot At Museum Catherine J. Smith Gallery, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, Origins of the Species-ist , Curated by Sue Coe, Artist Hobart, William & Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York, Elmira College Art Faculty MMC Gallery, Manhattan Marymount College, New York, NY, Animal Lives The Alternative Museum, New York, NY, New Voices, New Visions 1998 Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX, New Acquisitions for the Michener Collection The Honolulu Academy of Art, Honolulu, HI, Elvis + Marilyn - 2X Immortal The San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA, Elvis + Marilyn - 2X Immortal 1997 John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI, In Memory of Pleasure , Five Young Artists , Curated by Andrea Inselmann, currently Curator at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Martin-Rathburn Gallery, San Antonio, Gallery Artists The Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN, Elvis + Marilyn - 2X Immortal The Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH, Elvis + Marilyn - 2X Immortal 1996 The Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK, Elvis + Marilyn - 2X Immortal The Portland Museum of Art, Portland, OR, Elvis + Marilyn - 2X Immortal Martin-Rathburn Gallery, San Antonio, Gallery Artists The Jacksonville Museum of Art, Jacksonville, FL, Elvis + Marilyn - 2X Immortal 1995 The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, Elvis + Marilyn - 2X Immortal The Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC, Elvis + Marilyn - 2X Immortal The Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX, Elvis + Marilyn - 2X Immortal 1994 Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA, Elvis + Marilyn - 2X Immortal , Traveling Exhibition Debut; Curated by Wendy McDaris Exhibit Group; 100+ person show including Willem deKooning, Andy Warhol, Christo, James Rosenquist, Roger Shimomura, Joseph Cornell, Keith Haring, Richard Pettibone and Peter Halley; Full- color 177 page catalog available with essays written by David Halberstam, Norman Mailer, and Wendy McDaris; published by Rizzoli Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE, Reality & Beyond Steinbaum/Krauss Gallery, New York, NY, Gallery Artists + 2 1993 Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX, University of Texas MFA Exhibition Mexi-Carte Museum, Austin, TX, Prints , Five person show Belvoir Terrace Fine and Performing Arts Center, Lenox, MA, Faculty Exhibition 1992 The New Gallery, University of Texas at Austin, Works on Paper Binney & Smith Corporate Headquarters Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, Excellence in Art Exhibition 1991 Commercial Street Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 1990 Winnebago Indian Reservation, Winnebago, NE, Water Serpent 1986 Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, CORE Fellowship Artists in Residence Exhibition Residencies: 1990-91 Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE 1985-86 CORE Fellowship Artist in Residence, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Awards & Grants: 2004 Benjamin Fidelman Award, Elmira College Faculty Development Grant 2001 Arts Partnership Award '01 , from Arts of the Southern Finger Lakes and New York State Council for the Arts, for research on clandestine art made by prisoners in Nazi concentration camps 2001 Faculty of the Year Award , (voted by student body), Elmira College 2000 Arts of the Southern Finger Lakes and New York State Council for the Arts Billboard Project 1992 Liquitex Painting Grant , Binney & Smith Corporation, Easton, PA 1992 Intermedia Arts Foundation Diverse Visions Grant , Minneapolis, MN, for MEDICINE PIANO ; an interactive visual and musical installation art project; Sponsored in part by: The National Endowment for the Arts; The Rockefeller Foundation; and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts 1992 Presidential Scholarship , Graduate Program Tuition Award, University of Texas at Austin 1991 Basil H. Alkazzi Foundation Award , London, England Selected Reviews and Articles: The Press & Sun Bulletin, February 12, 2004, Lifestyle, Cosmos & Chaos Packs a Wallup , by Sarah D'Esti Miller The Press & Sun Bulletin, February 11, 2004, Lifestyle, Art Bars are in Good Taste , by Elizabeth Cohen The Press & Sun Bulletin, January 30, 2004, Lifestyle, Cosmos & Chaos, Major Art Exhibition Examines Collision of Science and Human Nature , by Sarah D'Esti Miller The Austin American-Statesman , July 12, 2003, Artswatch, Marc Dennis at Gallery Two by Michael Barnes World Art Magazine , October 19, 2002, Images of Death at Dabora Gallery , Brooklyn, by Gary Rhinehardt The Village Voice , August 14-20, 2002, Vol. XLVII No. 33, A Bird Show by Vince Aletti The New York Times , August 9, 2002, Arts, A Bird Show by N. Johnson The Austin American-Statesman , April 18, 2002, Artswatch, Marc Dennis at Slugfest Gallery by Jeanne van Ryzin The Washington Post , Sunday, March 3, 2002, Five Artists at Signal 66 , by Art Staff Writer The Star Gazette , Tuesday, September 11, 2002, Artists Respond - Red, White, (Black) & Blue September 11 th Memorial Exhibition at Elmira College by John Cleary The New York Times , Tuesday, September 18, 2002, Williams Syndrome Camp is All Music and Smiles , by Natasha Randall, Special to the Times The Corning Leader , Saturday, September 15, 2002, September 11 th Memorial Art Exhibition by Mary Perham The Star Gazette , Sunday, December 22, 2001, Creative Passion by Jim Pfeifer The Jewish Reporter , Saturday, April 2, 2001, Greetings From Auschwitz , George Waters Gallery, Elmira College The Star Gazette , Sunday, March 23, 2001, Marked for Life, A Holocaust Survivor by Jim Pfeifer The Star Gazette , Thursday, September 7, 2000, Their Only Release Hidden Art of the Holocaust Taught by Marc Dennis by Jim Pfeifer The Corning Leader , Saturday, August 26, 2000, Holocaust Humanized with Marc Dennis by Jeremy Ehrenreich The Corning Leader , Sunday, July 16, 2000, Billboard Art Project by Mary Perham The Boston Globe , Thursday, Feb. 17, 2000, Living/Arts Section, Marc Dennis at Kougeas Gallery by Cate McQuaid City Magazine, Rochester's Alternative Newsweekly , Vol. 29, Dec. 15-21, 1999, Facing Reality by Ron Netsky The Star Gazette , Thursday, Oct. 14, 1999, Time Out Section, Re-presenting Representation , by Dan Aloi The Corning Leader , Sunday, Oct. 10, 1999, Marc Dennis - Looking to Make a Mark , by Jeremy Ehrenreich The Star Gazette , Thursday, Sept. 30, 1999, Time Out, Local Artist Marc Dennis , by Dan Aloi The Star Gazette , Sunday Edition, Feb. 7, 1999, Front Page, Elmira College Students Pull All-Nighter Professor of Art, Marc Dennis' students pull second all-night painting marathon . WENY, ABC Affiliate , Elmira, NY, Evening News Report, Aired Oct. 1998, Robert Brown, Reporter; Students in Marc Dennis' Painting Class at Elmira College Explore Local Landscapes The Star Gazette , Saturday, Sept. 26, 1998, Twin Tiers Life - Local; Take Back the Night Happens in Elmira, Marc Dennis' Art Students Participate in Clothesline Project for the Task Force on Children & Families of Chemung County, Inc. The Star Gazette , Thursday, Sept. 10, 1998, Marc Dennis, New Faculty at Elmira College Chemung Valley Reporter , Thursday, Sept. 3, 1998, New Elmira College Faculty to Unleash Students' Creativity NY Arts Magazine , Vol. 16, Dec./Jan. 1998, Marc Dennis at In Khan Gallery, NYC by Allyson Norwood Art Papers , Sept. - Oct. 1997, In Memory of Pleasure at Kohler Arts Center by Heather Hewett New Art Examiner , June, 1997, In Memory of Pleasure by Nadine Wasserman Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , May, 1997, In Memory of Pleasure by James Auer San Jose Mercury News , Sun., Nov. 24, 1996, The King and the Showgirl by Stephen Whitty San Francisco Sunday Examiner & Chronicle , Nov. 24, 1996, Art Section, Images of Pop by Andrew Goodwin Metro Arts , San Jose, CA, Nov. 22, 1996, Elvis + Marilyn:2X Immortal by Rick Stentz SPEAK Magazine , San Francisco, CA, Nov. 20, 1996, Homage to Elvis by Greil Marcus, The Other Paper , Portland, OR, Aug. 1, 1996, The Guide Section, I Wish I Hadn't Seen This - Dennis' Severed Elvis Head by Karen Simonian Willamette Week , Feb. 7, 1996, Portland Art Museum's Exhibit Icons and Images by Bruce Hainley Oregonian , Portland, Feb. 3, 1996, Off the Wall, Elvis and Marilyn Exhibit by Randy Gragg Cleveland Magazine , Aug. 1995, Entertainment Extra, Rockin' & Mythologizin' by Anne Brooks Ranallo Solon Herald Sun , Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 1995, Marilyn & Elvis Still Out There by Rachael Butler Jewish News , Cleveland, Aug. 11, 1995, Elvis and Marilyn: Multiplied at CMA by Fran Heller Cleveland News Herald , Sat., Aug. 5, 1995, The Immortals, CMA Exhibit by Janet Podolak The Journal , Winston-Salem, NC, June 1995, Eye on Art, Mint Museum Fascination by Tom Patterson The News & Observer , Charlotte, NC, Sun., April 23, 1995, Double Exposure by Chuck Twardy Houston Chronicle , Feb. 3, 1995, Elvis + Marilyn, Weird Carnival by Patricia C. Johnson Boston Globe , Jan. 1, 1995, Pulse, Foundation, ICA to explore Elvis' roots by David Wildman The New York Times , Sun., Dec. 18, 1994, ART VIEW, A Pair of Saints Who Refuse to Stay Dead by Vicki Goldberg Boston Globe , Nov. 1, 1994, Elvis + Marilyn: You ain't nothing but an icon by Christine Temin Boston Herald , Nov. 1, 1994, Spirited Time at ICA, Art Staff Writer Omaha World Herald , Sept. 14, 1994, Reality and Beyond , by Kyle Macmillan San Antonio Express News , June 10, 1994, The Eerie Beauty & Ugliness of Marc Dennis' Paintings by Dan R. Goddard The Forward , May 20, 1994, Painting Freaks in Paradise - Rebel Art Breeds Theological Science by Gabriel Price The Long Island Jewish Week , Feb. 25 - March 3, 1994, Jarring Images on Exhibit by Toby Axelrod The Long Island Jewish Week , March 4 - March 11, 1994, Marc Dennis' Paintings Should Be Removed (letter submitted by Janet Goldner/Artst), appeared in Letters to the Editor Great Neck News , Feb. 18, 1994, Gallery Emanuel, Marc Solomon Dennis by Art Staff Writer The Berkshire Eagle , July 29, 1993, Visual Punster at Work at Welles Gallery by Daniel Grant ARTnews , Vol. 92, Nov. 1993, Marc Dennis at Martin/Rathburn Gallery by Saundra Goldman Art Papers , Vol. 17, No. 5, Sept. & Oct. 1993, Marc Dennis at Martin/Rathburn Gallery by Roy Gary San Antonio Express News , April 25, 1993, Marc Dennis Uses Old Forms to Explore New Myths by Dan R. Goddard The Leavenworth Times , July 6, 1992, Marc Dennis Explores Chaos , Staff Writer The Asbury Park Press , April 20, 1989, Anima, Animus The Spirited Paintings of Marc Dennis by Robin Goldberg |
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