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Mark Arctander
Chicago, Illinois


email:
markarctander@hotmail.com


EDUCATION
MFA, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL
BA, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL
Harper College, Palatine, IL

REPRESENTATION
Roy Boyd Gallery, 739 North Wells St., Chicago, IL 60610
Tel: 312-642-1606

REVIEWS
Dialogue Magazine, 2000
Chicago Tribune, 1999; DeKalb Daily Chronicle, 1999;
Chicago Reader, 1998; Newcity, 1998;
RAM Rockford Arts Monthly, 1998; Chicago Tribune, 1997;
artsindiana, 1997;
Nuvo News Weekly, Indianapolis, 1997; Indianapolis Star, 1997;
New Art Examiner, 1996, 1986, 1984

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

One Person
"Mixed Media Sculpture", Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL 2004
"New Work", Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL 2002
"Mark Arctander", Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL 2000
"New Work", Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL 2000
"New Work", Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL 1998
"Recent Work",
Western Illinois University Art Gallery and Museum,
Macomb, IL 1998
"New Work, New Year, New Talent", Roy Boyd Gallery,
Chicago, IL 1997
"Recent Work", McHenry County College, Gallery One,
Crystal Lake, IL 1997

Group
Books and Shelves, Gahlberg Gallery, College of DuPage,
Glen Ellyn, IL - 2004
Some Things Happening - Indiana State Museum,
Indianapolis, IN - 2004

Mark Arctander
and Jason Peot (Just Visiting), University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL - 2004
"Performance 3", Unit B Gallery, Chicago, IL 2003
"Mark Arctander & John Atkin", Crown Center Gallery,
Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL 2003
"Transitions", IUN Gallery for Contemporary Art,
Indiana University Northwest, Gary, IN 2003
"MCC Faculty Exhibition", Clair E. Smith Gallery,
Barrington, IL 2002
"30th Anniversary Exhibition", Roy Boyd Gallery,
Chicago, IL 2002
DePaul University Faculty Exhibition, DePaul University,
Chicago, IL 2002
Art Chicago Gallery Artists Group Show 2000",
Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL 2000
"Bookish", Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL 1999
"Out of the Ordinary", Elgin Community College,
Elgin, IL 1999
"Abstraction: A Major Influence of Art in this Century",
Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL 1999
"Sculpture", Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL 1998
"Gallery Artists Group Exhibition",
Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL 1997
"Unique Editions", Suburban Fine Arts Center,
Highland Park, IL 1996

International
"Art Chicago 2003", International Art Expo, Navy Pier,
Chicago, IL (Roy Boyd Gallery), 2003
"Art Chicago 2002", International Art Expo, Navy Pier,
Chicago, IL (Roy Boyd Gallery), 2002
"Booked", Chidlaw Gallery, Art Academy of Cincinnati,
Cincinnati, OH 1998
"Art '97 Chicago", International Art Expo, Navy Pier,
Chicago, IL (Roy Boyd Gallery), 1997
"SOFA: Sculpture, Objects, and Functional Art", Navy Pier, Chicago, IL (Roy Boyd Gallery), 1996
"Small Works International", Amos Eno Gallery,
New York, NY 1995

National
"A Compact Competition", Louisiana State University Art Gallery,
Baton Rouge, LA 2003
"Dark Humor", The Plant Visual Arts Center, Norfolk, VA 2000
"Beyond Tradition: Embracing Diversity",
Ceres Gallery, New York, NY 1996
"National '95", Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY 1995
"Annual", David Adler Cultural Center,
Libertyville, IL 1995, 1987, 1985

Regional
"16th Evanston and Vicinity Biennial Exhibition,
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL 2002"
"The 2000 Rockford-Midwestern Exhibition: Artists of the New Millenium" Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL 2000
"The Anti-Archival Show", Columbia College,
Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago, IL 1997
"Art Forms '97", Greater Lafayette Museum of Art,
Lafayette, IN 1997
"Regional '95", Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN 1995

Invitational
"Lost and Found: Collage and Assemblage", Evanston Art Center
Evanston, IL 2001
"In Praise of Folly", Safety Kleen Gallery,
Elgin Community College, Elgin, Illinois, 2001
"Derriere Guard Festival", Graham Foundation, Chicago IL 1998
"Ars Libris - New Expressions, New Interpretations",
Gallery Ten, Rockford, IL 1998
"Unbound", Herron Gallery, Indianapolis Center for Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, IN 1997

AWARDS AND HONORS
Illinois Arts Council Fellowship Grant, 2001
"Who's Who Among Students in
American Universities and Colleges", 1996
Northern Illinois University Teaching Fellowship, 1996-97

PANEL DISCUSSIONS/PRESENTATIONS
Lost and Found: Collage and Assemblage, Panel Discussion
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL 2001
Twentieth Century Fund Presentation and Exhibition
Northern Illinois University Gallery in Chicago,
Chicago, IL, 1996
Biblio Vertigo, Panel Discussion,
Northern Illinois University Art Museum, Dekalb, IL, 1995

INTERVIEWS/ARTICLES
"Arts Across Illinois, Arts in Evanston", WTTW Television, Chicago, June, 2002
"Everyday Objects Become Art", Arlington Heights Post,
June 20, 2002

CATALOGS
Art Forms '97, Greater Lafayette Museum of Art,
Lafayette, IN, 1997
Unique Editions, Suburban Fine Arts Center,
Highland Park, IL, 1996
Regional Biennial Exhibition, Indianapolis Art Center,
Indianapolis, IN, 1995
Biblio Vertigo, Northern Illinois University Art Museum,
Dekalb, IL, 1995

CURATORIAL
text/context, Western Illinois University Museum and Gallery, Macomb, IL, Aug. 24-Sept. 24, 1998

   
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