Biografie von Mark DION (1961)
Personal data
Birth : 1961 - New Bedford MA Massachusetts, United States
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United States
Address
New York NY New York, United StatesRepresentatives
Galerie Christian Nagel – Richard-Wagner-Strasse 28 – Cologne, Germany
Georg Kargl – Schleifmühlgasse 5 – Vienna, Austria
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery – 521 West 21 Street – New York NY, United States
Education
1982 – 1984 : SVA School of Visual Arts – 209 East 23rd Street – New York NY, United States
1985 : Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program – 100 Lafayette Street – New York NY, United States
1985 : University of Hartford – 200 Bloomfield Avenue – West Hartford CT, United States
Work
Categorie and medium
Sculpture-Volume : Installation
Audiovisual-Multimedia :
Subject
animalshistory/society
science
Works
Alexander Wilson-Studio | |
Date of creation : 1999 Medium : Installation Materials : mixed media Technical data : wooden structure, mixed media | |
The Great Chain of Being | |
Date of creation : 1998 Medium : Installation Technical data : wooden cabinets, artifacts, botanical and zoological specimens, objets d'art, glassware, books, rocks, minerals, fungi, various bones, cabinets | |
Grotto of the Sleeping Bear | |
Date of creation : 1997 Medium : Installation Materials : mixed media | |
When Dinosaurs ruled the Earth | |
Date of creation : 1995 Medium : Installation Materials : mixed media | |
The Department of marine animal identification of the city of New York (Chinatown division) | |
Date of creation : 1992 Medium : Installation Materials : mixed media | |
Polar Bears and Toucans (From Amazonas to Svalbard) | |
Date of creation : 1991 Medium : Installation Technical data : stuffed toy polar bear, Sony Sports cassette player, cassette recorded in Venezuela-Amazonas territory, wash tub, tar, crate, orange electrical cord Size : 231 x 112 x 75 cm | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2008
The Octagon Room
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery – New York NY, United States
02/16/2008 – 03/15/2008
2004
Projects 82
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
11/20/2004 – 03/14/2005
2003
Kunstverein – Hanover, Germany
07/05/2003 – 08/17/2003
L’ichthyosaure, la pie et autres merveilles du monde naturel
Centre d’art Le Cairn – Digne-les-Bains, France
06/06/2003 – 09/07/2003
Full House
The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art – Ridgefield CT, United States
01/19/2003 – 05/14/2003
2001
Mark Dion : New England Digs Project
Fuller Museum of Art – Brockton MA, United States
06/02/2001 – 09/02/2001
Mark Dion : Cabinet of Curiosities
The Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum – Columbus OH, United States
02/24/2001 – 05/27/2001
2000
Galerie Christian Nagel – Cologne, Germany
11/2000 – 12/23/2000
1999
Tate Thames Dig
Tate Modern – London, United Kingdom
07/19/1999 – 08/13/1999
1997
Natural history and Other Fictions
De Appel – Amsterdam, Netherlands
08/29/1997 – 10/19/1997
Natural history and Other Fictions
Kunstverein – Hamburg, Germany
06/19/1997 – 08/10/1997
Mark Dion : Cabinet of Curiosities
Wexner Center for the Arts – Columbus OH, United States
05/10/1997 – 08/10/1997
Natural history and Other Fictions
Ikon Gallery – Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
01/25/1997 – 03/31/1997
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2007
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : in Situ – 10 rue Duchefdelaville – Paris, France
2006
Paris Photo n°10
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/16/2006 – 11/19/2006
Represented by : Galerie Florence Loewy – 46 avenue René Coty – Paris, France
Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Tanya Bonakdar Gallery – 521 West 21 Street – New York NY, United States
2004
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Galerie In Situ – Galerie In Situ/Fabienne Leclerc 6 rue du pont de Lodi – Paris, France
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Tanya Bonakdar Gallery – 521 West 21 Street – New York NY, United States
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Tanya Bonakdar Gallery – 521 West 21 Street – New York NY, United States
Art Forum Berlin, n° 8
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/01/2003 – 10/05/2003
Represented by : Georg Kargl – Schleifmühlgasse 5 – Vienna, Austria
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galleria Emi Fontana – Viale Bligny 42 – Milan MI, Italy
Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n°15
Frankfurt, Germany
04/27/2003 – 05/01/2003
Represented by : Comme ci Comme ça II – Salon d’Éditions – Weidengasse 55 – Cologne, Germany
KUNSTKÖLN 2003 – Internationale Messe für Editionen, Art Brut, Kunst nach 1980
Rheinhallen – Cologne, Germany
04/05/2003 – 04/09/2003
Represented by : Salon Verlag – Pauliplatz 14 – Cologne, Germany
The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : American Fine Arts – 530 West 22nd Street – New York NY, United States
2002
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Tanya Bonakdar Gallery – 521 West 21 Street – New York NY, United States
Art Forum Berlin, n° 7
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
09/26/2002 – 09/30/2002
Represented by : Galerie Christian Nagel – Richard-Wagner-Strasse 28 – Cologne, Germany
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galleria Emi Fontana – Viale Bligny 42 – Milan MI, Italy
Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 14
Frankfurt, Germany
05/26/2002 – 05/30/2002
Represented by : Salon Verlag – Pauliplatz 14 – Cologne, Germany
The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : American Fine Arts – 530 West 22nd Street – New York NY, United States
2001
ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 8
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
11/15/2001 – 11/18/2001
Represented by : Galería Marta Cervera – Plaza de las Salesas, 2 – Madrid, Spain
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galleria Emi Fontana – Viale Bligny 42 – Milan MI, Italy
Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 13
Frankfurt, Germany
04/28/2001 – 05/01/2001
Represented by : Salon Verlag – Pauliplatz 14 – Cologne, Germany
ArtBrussels – 19th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2001 – 04/24/2001
Represented by : Aeroplastics Contemporary Art – 32 rue Blanche – Brussels, Belgium
KUNSTKÖLN 2001 – Internationale Messe für Editionen, Art Brut, Kunst nach 1980
Rheinhallen – Cologne, Germany
03/29/2001 – 04/01/2001
Represented by : Salon Verlag – Pauliplatz 14 – Cologne, Germany
The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : American Fine Arts – 530 West 22nd Street – New York NY, United States
2000
ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 7
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
10/05/2000 – 10/08/2000
Represented by : Galleria Emi Fontana – Viale Bligny 42 – Milan MI, Italy
Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 12
Frankfurt, Germany
03/24/2000 – 03/27/2000
Represented by : Limited Semper – Am Haverkamp 31 – Münster in Westfalen, Germany
1999
Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Galerie Christian Nagel – Richard-Wagner-Strasse 28 – Cologne, Germany
ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 6
Turin TO, Italy
10/07/1999 – 10/10/1999
Represented by : Galleria Emi Fontana – Viale Bligny 42 – Milan MI, Italy
1998
Art Moscow – III International Art Fair
Moscow, RUSSIAN FEDERATION
03/05/1998 – 03/09/1998
Represented by : Galerie Christian Nagel – Richard-Wagner-Strasse 28 – Cologne, Germany
Group exhibitions
2002
Last Minute to the End of Eternity
Vecchio Ospedale Soave – Lodi, Italy
05/12/2002 – 06/16/2002
2001
Sculpture Contemporaine
Les Subsistances – Lyon, France
11/23/2001 – 01/20/2002
2000
Paradise Now : Picturing the Genetic revolution
Exit Art / The New World – New York NY, United States
09/09/2000 – 10/28/2000
1999
Carnegie International 1999/2000, n°53
Carnegie Museum of Art – Pittsburgh PA, United States
11/06/1999 – 03/26/2000
Eric Duyckaerts, Mark Dion, Jean-Pierre Khazem, Kolkoz, Henri Plenge Jakobsen, Christophe Touzot, Kenji Yanobe, …
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin – Paris, France
09/15/1999 – 11/10/1999
The Museum as Muse : Artists Reflect
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
03/14/1999 – 06/01/1999
1998
Lenguajes de la tierra – III Bienal Barro de América
MACCSI Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Imber – Caracas, Venezuela
05/1998 – 10/1998
Artranspennine98
Tate Liverpool – Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
05/23/1998 – 08/16/1998
The Sound of One Hand – The Collection of Collier Schorr
Apex Art Curatorial Program – New York NY, United States
03/19/1998 – 04/18/1998
1997
Skulptur Projekte in Münster, n°3
Münster in Westfalen, Germany
1997
Futuro, presente, passato – 47° Biennale di Venezia
Giardini di Castello / Arsenale – Venice VE, Italy
06/15/1997 – 11/09/1997