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MARK BOOTH

Born in Camden, NJ 1964

 

Lives in Chicago, IL

   

 

EDUCATION

1995
  

M.F.A., School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

1999-2000

Continuing Studies (Creative Writing), S.A.I.C, Chicago, IL

1987

B.F.A. in Fine Arts, Printmaking, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2005

Panda Bear Insemination Team Picnic and Other Thought Formations, Bodybuilder & Sportsman Gallery, Chicago, IL

1997

Euphemisms, RX Gallery, Chicago, IL

1996

Putrid, Bees and Sea Foam, RX Gallery, Chicago, IL

1993

Secretions, Residues, and Radio Teeth and Toungue, Richard F. Bush Art Gallery, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY

1992

Works on Paper 1987-1991, Governor Drummer Academy, Byfield, MA


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2005

Bodubuilder and Sportsman Gallery, Chicago, IL

2004

Infrathin, Gahlberg Gallery, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL

2003

Summer, Bodybuilder and Sportsman Gallery, Chicago, IL

2002

Painting: Nine Chicago Painters, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, WI

 

12 Male White Painters Paint the Same Thing Deux, Law Office Booth, Stray Show, Chicago, IL

2001

CONTEXUAL: Art and Text in Chicago, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL

 

Ocean State Art Fair, 202 South State Gallery, Chicago, IL

 

12 Male White Painters Paint the Same Thing Deux, Law Office Booth, Stray Show, Chicago, IL-Miami, FL

2000

Print + Mass, Gallery 2, SAIC, Chicago, IL

 

Count Down, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA

 

Hot Sauce by Law Office, Dirt Gallery, Seattle, WA-Chicago, IL-Dallas, TX

 

Evanston Art Center Biennial, Evanston, IL

1999

Emerging Artists 1999, Gallery 312, Chicago, IL

 

Made at Work, Dogmatic Gallery, Chicago, IL

 

The Evil Show, The Law Office, Chicago, IL

1998

Home Grown Cool: Recent Painting from Chicago, Wake Forest University, Winton Salem, NC

 

12 Male White Painters Paint the Same Thing Duex, Rainbo Club, Chicago, IL

1997

Out of the Shadow of Ivan Albright: 12 Contemporary Chicago Artists, Illinois Art Gallery, Chicago, IL

1996

Beaubien, Booth, Carmichael, Lineage Gallery, Chicago, IL

1995

Stephanie Brooks, Mark Booth, Amy Hefland, Jason Greenberg, Gallery 2, SAIC, Chicago, IL

 

Mediating Text, Betty Rymer Gallery, SAIC, Chicago, IL

 

New Talent I, Contemporary Arts Workshop, Chicago, IL

 

Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, SAIC, Chicago, IL

 

Artists Choose Artists, Chicago, IL

1994

Tenth Annual All-Illinois Graduate Exhibit, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

1993

Critic's Choice, Art Complex Musuem, Duxury, MA

1991

Active/Reflective: Contemporary Monoprints, Artists Foundation Gallery, Boston, MA

1987

Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibiton, Wood Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI


SELECTED AUDIO AND ART PERFORMANCES

2005

Blindspot (member of "Blind Spot" a weekly live to air radio program on WLUWfm), Chicago, Il

 

Collage Poetry by John Beer, Daniel Borzutzky, Mark Booth, Collage Conference, University of Iowa, IA (text)

2004

Success, (Directed by Erik Pold), Judge Hunde Festival, Kanonhallen, Copenhagen (soundscape)

 

Compositions for Automobiles, (Bjorn Ross and Mark Booth), at "People Like Noise They Just Don't Know" curated by NoiseJihad, Arhus Art Society, Arthus, Denmark

 

WhiteWalls Anniversary Exhibition, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL

2003

Spanish Still Life IV (365 Days Renamed), Performing Arts Chicago Performance Festival, Chicago, IL (live audio)

 

Thirteen Nights, Lou Mallozzi/Sandra Binion (vocal performer)

2002

Vocabulary Lesson, Dance/Audio Art collaboration Mark Booth/Charles King/Molly Shanahan, Equal Footing Equal Earing Festival, Hot House, Chicago, IL (audio)

 

Spanish Still Live IV (365 Days Renamed), Dark Nights Series, 1926 Gallery, Chicago, IL (audio)

 

Spanish Still Life IV (365 Days Renamed) Audio Relay Project, Temporary Services, 60dum, Chicago, IL (portable pirate audio transmitter and sonic archive)

2001

Spanish Still Life II, CONTEXUAL, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL (audio)

 

Spanish Still Life III, Immeasurable Distance Series, Hot House, Chicago, IL (audio)

 

Moon, Flower, Season, Halicki, Borzutzky, Booth Trio, 1926 Gallery, Chicago, IL (audio)

2000

Spanish Still Life II, Experimental Sound Studio "The Outer Ear" Sound Art Festival, Chicago, IL (audio)

 

Sound Works, "Something Else," WLUW 88.9 FM, Loyola University, Chicago, IL (audio)

1999

A Silver Frond, a Twinkling Plateau, and Elephant Headed Horse, Philidelphia Fringe Festival, Philadelphia, PA (audio)

 

Dead Horses, SAIC, Chicago, IL (audio)

 

Dead Horses, Church of Pete, Chicago, IL (vocal performer) (audio)

1998

Elephant Headed Horse, The Nervous Center, Chicago, IL

 

Lou Mallozzi, Xoinx Tea Room, Chicago, IL (vocal performer) (audio)

 

Thirty Shapely Minutes of Silence Punctuated by an Odd Assortment of Fluids, Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Philadelphia, PA (audio)

 

The Charles King Lucite Buttercup, The Church of Peter, Chicago, IL (audio)

 

Woody Woodpecker and Spanish Still Life, Eye and Ear Audio Festival, Links Hall, Chicago, IL (audio)

1996

My Voice in Your Head, Glowbug Theater of the Air, N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, IL (performance art)

 

My Voice in Your Head, Glowbug Theater of the Air, Blue Ryder Gallery, Chicago, IL (performance art)

1992

Moonmilk Saves the Day, Richard F. Brush Art Gallery, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY (performance art with audio)

 

Dirge, Richard F. Brush Art Gallery, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY (interactive audio happening)

1991

McLan, Nico, "Active Reflective: Contemporary Monoprints," Art New England. April/May.

 

McQuaid, Cate. "Word and Image," South End News. February, 20.

   


LITERATURE

2005

Camper, Fred, "Words as Pictures", Chicago Reader, June 3, 2005, Section 2, (pg, 25)

2003

Workman, Michael, "Summer Vacation", New City (Chicago), July 17, (pg.19)

 

Hannum, Terrence. "Summer @ Bodybuilder and Sportsman" Panel-House, (http://www.panel-house.com/weblog.htm) July 21, 2003

1999

Rooks, Michael. "On Woody Mammoths, the Language of Porn, and More," Dialogue Magazine, May/June.

1998

Weingart, Rob. "Mark Booth," Cakewalk, Spring/Summer.

1997

Cambell, Shane. "Studio Visit: Mark Booth," New Art Examiner, May.

1996

Francis, Nicole. "Reality Check: Artworks on the Tenth Floor," F Magazine, May.

1992

Termin, Christine. "No Theme, But Plenty of Talent in "HEY!" Exhibit," Boston, Globe, June 17.

1991

McLan, Nico. "Active Reflective: Contemporary Monoprints," Art New England, April/May.

 

McQuaid, Cate. "Word and Image," South End News, February 20.

   



RESIDENCIES AND FELLOWSHIP

2003

Illinois Arts Council Fellowship Program, Finalist Award, Visual Arts Painting, Chicago, IL

2000

Artists Residency Program, Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago, IL

   

AUDIO RECORDINGS

2004

COLDLESS, Tiny Hairs, False Walls Records-FWCD 003.

2003

TWO RADIO WORKS, Sandra Binion and Lou Mallozzi, CD (vocal)

 

Dan Devening/Markus Linnenbrink/Tiny Hairs/Millionares with Guitars, Split 12", en/Of Deluxe 1. (12" vinyl)

2002

Subtle Invisible Bodies, Tiny Hairs, False Walls Records-FWCD 002.

2001

CONTEXUAL, Whitewalls Journal in collaboration with Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL (CD).

1998

Radiophagy, Lou Mallozzi, Penumbra, -(CD)(Guest).

 

In the Eye of the Ear Festival (1998) Compilation, In the Eye of the Ear Festival, Chicago, IL. (tape)