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Michael Markowsky
Birthplace
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Birth year
1977
Website
Schools
Cooper Union, 1998
Art Center, 2002, MFA
Royal College, 2000
Representing galleries
Axis Contemporary Art
Tags
video-art, landscape, performance, painting, drawing, abstract
Statement
statement
My art is about moving through the landscape.
Over the course of the last ten years I have focused my energies on a series of drawings and paintings I call ”Driving Artworks”. Originally, I began this project by creating semi-abstract drawings of the landscape while driving my automobile. Feeling frustrated by the limitation of having to drive and draw simultaneously, I quickly enlisted friends to drive so that I could paint in the passenger seat.
I was immediately struck by how difficult it was to draw and paint the landscape as I moved through it. How do I draw a tree when I see it for only a second? How do I paint a car that is speeding past me? How do I represent a building that grows as I approach it?
Is it even possible to describe such a dynamic visual experience with a pencil or paintbrush? What an incredible challenge! When I think about my art practice, my heartbeat quickens with great excitement!
This is a completely new way of approaching the tradition of landscape painting! Rather than standing still with my easel by the side of a babbling creek, I am being hurtled along the asphalt, desperately plucking details out of the passing environment before they disappear from view.
Education:
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1999-2002
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Art Center, Pasadena, California, USA (Master of Fine Arts)
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2000
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Royal College of Art, London, England, UK
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1995-1999
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Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honors )
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1998
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Cooper Union School of Art, New York City, New York, USA
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Selected Professional Experience:
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2003-2009
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Faculty, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California
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2002
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Teacher's Assistant to Mike Kelley, Art Center, Pasadena, California
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2001
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Teacher's Assistant to Sylvere Lotringer, Art Center, Pasadena, California
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Selected Solo Exhibitions:
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Driving Paintings and Sculpture, Axis Contemporary Art, Calgary, Alberta |
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Driving Drawings and Paintings, Axis Contemporary Art, Calgary, Alberta |
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2004
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Blind to the Sun, Banff Center for the Arts, Banff, Alberta
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2002
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Private Investigations; After the New Color. MFA Thesis Exhibition, Art Center Graduate Gallery, Pasadena, California
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2002
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Out of the corner of my eye, I glimpsed _______ in the shadows, Art Center Graduate Gallery, Pasadena, California
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2001
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Chasing Chance, Art Center Graduate Gallery, Pasadena, California
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2001
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Falling in Love, Holt Renfrew, Calgary, Alberta
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2000
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Assignment, Art Center Graduate Gallery, Pasadena, California
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1999
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ATTACK! Marion Nicoll Gallery, Center for the Performing Arts, Calgary, Alberta
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Selected Group Exhibitions:
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Off The Wall, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California |
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2006
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Carmada, MAK Center for the Arts, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
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2006
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UpClose, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California
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2005
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Drive Time, Wignall Museum, Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, California (with Sean Duffy, Karl Haendel, Annetta Kapon, etc.)
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2005
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San Francisco-Oakland Bayennale, Fruitvale Transit Plaza, Oakland, California
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2005
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The Lateral Slip, The Sweeney Gallery, University of California, Riverside, California (with Ed Ruscha, Bas Jan Ader, Pae White, Jorge Pardo, Skip Arnold, David H. Bailey, Mark Bennett, Jessica Bronson, John Divola, Robbert Flick, Mark Flores, Kevin Hanley, Jesse Hering, Gil Omry, Jaro Straub, Mungo Thomson, Lincoln Tobier, Kerry Tribe, Ultra-Red, Benjamin Weissman & Jim Shaw.)
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2004
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Collage Party, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
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2004
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ARTRAGEOUS, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
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2004
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Under the Influence of Warhol, Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, Venice, California
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2004
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UpClose, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California
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2003
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Summer Show, Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, Venice, California
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2002
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Beyond Text Festival, Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, Venice, California
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2001
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Communique, Cactus Bra, Blue Star Art Complex, San Antonio, Texas
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2001
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Selected Artists, ArtSpace, Calgary, Alberta
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1999
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The End of the World - Millennium Show, The Uptown, Calgary, Alberta
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1999
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BFA Thesis Exhibition, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
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1999
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The Army Show, Main Hall, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta
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1999
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Annual Exchange Show, The Little Gallery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
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1998
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Discover / Uncover, Marion Nicoll Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
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1998
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Annual Film and Video Festival, Cooper Union, New York City, New York
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2002
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Tracing Los Angeles, Beyond Text Festival 2002, Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center,Old Venice City Hall, Venice, California
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2002
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Starring role as "The Initiate" in Jim Shaw's video Initiation Ritual of the 360 Degrees, Los Angeles, California (shown in Gallerie Praz-Delavallade, Paris, France). Other roles performed by Mike Kelley, Stephen Prina, Dave Muller, Ivan Morley, Evan Holloway, Doug Harvey, Mayo Thompson, James Duck, Tom Recchion, Michael Intriere, Randy Kelley and Erik Olson.
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2002
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Performed for Joe Herring at the Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California
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2001
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Performed for Joe Herring's MFA Thesis Exhibition, Art Center Graduate Gallery, Pasadena, California
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2000
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Performed w/ Stan Kaplan for Stephanie Taylor, Chinatown, Los Angeles
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2000
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Performed for Joe Herring, Art Center Graduate Gallery, Pasadena, California
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1999
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Performed live (w/ Tyson Reeder and Caroline Thomas) for Stephanie Taylor, China-Art Objects, Los Angeles, California
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1999
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Emerging Artists, Lebensraum Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
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2003-2004
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Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, Old Venice City Hall, Venice, California
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2006
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The Art Institute of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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2006
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New Horizons School, Pasadena, California
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2004
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Traditional Art Practices and Digital Media, University of California Irvine
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2006
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Canada Council for the Arts, Visual Arts Project Grant, Ottawa, Canada
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2003-2004
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Teaching Fellowship, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California
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2002
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Yvonne Segerstom Grant, Art Center, Pasadena, California
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1999-2002
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Academic Achievement Scholarship, Art Center, Pasadena, California
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1999
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runner-up for the Board of Governor's Award, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta
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1999
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Student Services Volunteer Award, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta
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1998
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Illingworth Kerr Scholarship, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta
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1996
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Gregory Arnold Memorial Award, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta
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