Mark Gens

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EDUCATION:
2016 MFA, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. Graduated with Distinction.
2014 BFA, Otis College of Art, Los Angeles, CA. Graduated with Honors.
SELECT EXHIBITIONS:
2021 All You know I Know. Lower East Side Printshop, New York, NY.
2021 Love 2021. Maison 10, New York, NY.
2019 Queer Autonomy. Pfizer Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
2018 Spellbound. Maison 10, New York, NY.
2017 Filmideo17. Index Art Center, Newark, NJ. Video screened in festival.
2016 Pathetic Fallacy, Steuben Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
2015 Give Me Some Space, Steuben Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
Summer Group Show, Schafler Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
Alive Tonight, Dekalb Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
2014 All Small, Alcove Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Picnic Invitational, Eagle Rock Recreation Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Maximum Occupancy 10, Otis College of Art, Los Angeles, CA.
2013 Video Show, Otis College of Art, Los Angeles, CA.
What Gives… Bolsky Gallery, Otis College of Art, Los Angeles, CA.
General Population, Bolsky Gallery, Otis College of Art, Los Angeles, CA.
2011 Punch/Utopia, Glendale Area Temporary Exhibits, Glendale, CA.
Artists & Educators, Glendale College Gallery, Glendale, CA.
2006 Group Show, Me & You Variety Candy, Los Angeles, CA.
The Artist in the Library, UCLA Powell Library, Los Angeles, CA.
2005 New Work, Andrew Gray Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2003 Aperture, Lucas LA, Los Angeles, CA.
1999 Structural Elements, Transamerica Pyramid Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Static Theory, Jenn Joy Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1998 Rotation, (Permanent Installation) Waltham Woods Corporate Center, Waltham, MA.
Summer Group Show, Andrea Marquit Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
Artcetera ’98, Cyclorama, Boston, MA.
Occupied Space, Fort Point Artist’s Community Gallery, Boston, MA.
1997 Distillery Invitational, The Distillery Gallery, Boston, MA.
Constructions, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
CURATORIAL PROJECTS & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT:
2020-2021 Artist in Residence/Keyholder, Lower East Side Printshop, New York, NY.
2018-2021 Co-curator /Exhibit designer, Pratt Institute Admissions Gallery, Brooklyn NY.
2017-2019 Guest Critic, Graduate Fine Arts Department, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn NY.
2017 Visiting Artist exhibition and lecture. Eagle Hill School, Hardwick, MA.
2016 Co-facilitator, Art Education Workshop. Rikers Island, NYC Department of Corrections, Youth Offenders Division.
Graduate Critical Session with Paddy Johnson. Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.
Graduate Critical Session with Lee Ann Norman. Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.
2015 Co-curator, Image/Text. Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.
2014 Thesis Exhibition Design Committee, Maximum Occupancy 10. Otis College of Art, Los Angeles, CA.
Coordinator, Junior Juried Exhibition. Otis College of Art, Los Angeles, CA.
2013 Co-Curator, On the Floor. Otis College of Art, Los Angeles, CA.
Co-Curator, Off the Floor. Otis College of Art, Los Angeles, CA.
2008-2012 Facilitator of student-run Gay-Straight Alliance. Glendale College, Los Angeles, CA.
2007 Participant, Positive in Los Angeles Project, UCLA Department of World Arts and Cultures.
2006 Researcher/Presenter, LGBTQ Representation in Television. UCLA Film & TV Archive, Research and Study Center, Los Angeles, CA. Presentation at the UCLA LGBTQ Resource Center.
Research Assistance, 4th Annual Fusion Film Festival/Outfest Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA.
2005-2006 Assistant Organizer World AIDS Day Program. UCLA Film & TV Archive, Research and Study Center, Los Angeles, CA.
2001 Visiting Artist Lecture, McCormick Co., Amarillo, TX.
1999 Designer, Informational Posters, Hospitality Program, Boston, MA.
Exhibitor, Couture for the Cure, Toomey/Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1997-1998 Participant, Gay & Lesbian Artists Group.
PUBLICATIONS, REVIEWS & AWARDS:
2019 Repositioned. Caustic Frolic Journal, Fall 2019. New York University, NY.
2017 A Critical Analysis of Art in the Post-Internet Era. Gnovis Journal, Spring 2017. Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
Limp Wrist. Caustic Frolic Journal, Spring 2017. New York University, NY.
2016 Excellence in Academic Achievement, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.
2014 Introductory Essay, Senior Thesis Exhibition Catalog, Otis College of Art, Los Angeles, CA.
Academic Excellence Award, Otis College of Art, Los Angeles, CA.
2013 Ebell Scholar, The Ebell of Los Angeles.
Hing Alan Cheung Scholarship, Otis College of Art, Los Angeles, CA.
2011 Educators Featured in College Exhibit, Los Angeles Times by Terri Martin, 7/29/2011.
1999 What’s Wrong With This Picture, San Francisco Chronicle by Kenneth Baker, 7/24/1999.
Static Theory, Citysearch.com by Collin Berry, 7/21/1999.
1998 Skin and Bones, Bay Windows by Shawn Hill, 1/15/1998.
1997 Being Themselves, Bay Windows by Shawn Hill, 6/5/1997.
1989 When the Villain is Colonialism…, New York Times by Vivien Raynor, 10/29/1989.
ART CRITICISM & ANALYSIS:
A Critical Analysis of Art in the Post-Internet Era (Gnovis Journal)
Disrupting Authorship: Queerness and Electronic Literature (PDF)
The Legacy of Invisibility: Disappearing Race in Art AIDS America (PDF)
The Complexities of Representing the Cambodian Genocide (PDF)
Sculptural Interventions in Architecture: Reflection, Aggression, and Dematerialization (PDF)
Jonathan Monaghan’s Escape Pod (PDF)
Andy Warhol’s Outer and Inner Space (PDF)
Jenna Osman’s Public Figures (PDF)
Truth, Lies & Videotape: Constructed Identity in Video Art (PDF)
Michael Fried, Minimalism, and a Trip to Dia:Beacon (PDF)
Scary Monsters… and Super Creeps (PDF)

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