Bio:
Working in the theoretical realm of John Cage and Carl Andrea, Mark Power reintegrates art-historical references and mechanical production in the creation of his post-minimalist sculptures. Operating within strict limitations of time, place and function, Power uses random mundane activities, like sweeping, wrapping and tying, as points of departure for the realization of arcane white objects - at once clinical and idiosyncratic - which remain as surrogates for the actions that generated them
Recent sculpture is part of an ongoing series of work titled " Something Pretty from the Gates of the Hoglands"
"Something Pretty from the Gates of the Hoglands" is a rumination on Clement Greenberg's discourse on beauty, Rodin's "Gates of Hell," and the sculpture of Henry Moore. Mark Power transforms a 20th century camping tent into an object of uniqueness and beauty reminiscent of the classicism of 18th century Dutch painting

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EDUCATION
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY MFA 1993
Virginia Commomwealth University, Richmond, Va. BFA 1985

AWARDS/GRANTS
Edward F. Albee Foundation, 1996
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, 1992
Johnson Foundation, 1986 - 1989

EXHIBITIONS
2000 Mark Power, Sculpture Turkish American Center, Ankara, Turkey
Fresh Produce, Charas/El Bohio, New York, NY
Sleeping With Rodin, Lotus Club, New York, NY
1999 One Degree of Seperation, Drury College, Springfield, MO.
1998 Local Color, Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY
A Skowhegan Decade, David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
New Sculpture, Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY
Wraped Plastic, Educational Alliance, New York, NY
1995 "Oooze," Black + Herron Space, New York, NY
New Painting and Sculpture, 36 38 Gallery, New York, NY
30 Pieces, 450 Gallery, New York, NY
1994 Power/Golden, Information Gallery, New York, NY
1993 Selected Projects Part 1, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
1992 Homage To Matisse, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
Casting, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
Range, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY

LECTURES Princeton University
Pratt Institute
Peninsula Fine Arts Center
Woodberry Forest School
Virginia Commonwealth University

PUBLICATIONS
New York Times, Metro Section August 10, 2000
Bangor Daily News, Bangor, Maine July 10,1992
Richmond Arts Magazine, Richmond Va 1990
Artifice In Gesture: Virginia Sculpture, Peninsula Fine Arts Center Newport News, Va 1990
The 6th Henry Moore Grand Prize Exhibition, Otsukushi-ga-hara Open Air Museum, Japan 1989
Inaugural Exhibition of 20th. Century American Art, Michener Museum, Doylestown, Pa 1988
The Trentonian, Trenton, NJ. January 26,1987
A Masterworks Showing, Carnegie Center, Princeton, NJ 1986
The Daily Press, Newport News, Va. April 2, 1985
The Richmond Times Dispatch, Richmond, Va. January 4 ,1985


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