Link to Register-Guard Article 2008 Link to Register-Guard Review 2007 Link to story by Bob Keefer 2000 EDUCATION
1965 M.F.A (with Honors) University of Oregon
1959 B.S. University of Oregon
1957-58 Oregon State University PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1965-present Professional Artist
1983-95 Museum Technician, University of Oregon Museum of Art
1964-75 Chief Museum Exhibitions Preparator, UO Museum of Art
1971-72 Traveled and painted in Europe
1959-62 U.S. Army, Active Duty
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1975-80 Visiting Drawing Instructor, Dept. of Art, University of Oregon
1978 Visiting Painting Instructor, Portland State University
1978 Painting Instructor, Adult Ed., Lane Community College
1976-82 M.I. Kerns Art Center, Eugene, Oregon
mid 1960s Painting Instructor, M.I. Kerns Art Center, Eugene, Oregon WORKSHOPS (partial list)
Collage Alder Gallery, MI Kerns Art Center, Coos Bay Art Center
Framing & Matting University of Oregon Museum of Art
Watercolor & Collage Blandan Memorial Art Center, Fort Dodge, Iowa
Painting Emerald Art Center, Springfield, OR CORPORATE COLLECTIONS (partial list)
U.S. National Bank Freightliner Corp. Benson, Arenz, Lucus, Davis
Farmers Credit Bank of Spokane Columbia Management Equitable Savings
Dean Witter Renolds First Interstate Bank First State Bank
U.S. Bancorp Arthur Young Co. Far West Savings
The Hollman Co. Art Lutz Western Heritage Savings
Marx & Chase Canadian Imperial Bank Oregon Mutual Savings
Royal Bank of Canada Metropolitan Bank Holland House
Tom Ediefsen & Associates Lapal, Inc. O.G. Glessing, Co.
Eugene Country Club Eugene Water & Electric Eugene Public Library MUSEUM & OTHER COLLECTIONS (partial list)
Museum of Art, University of Oregon
Eastern Oregon State College
Lane County Public Services Office
Oregon Arts Commission Purchase, 1985, 2004
Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
University of Oregon School of Architecture & Allied Arts
University of Oregon Lilith Business Center RELATED EXPERIENCES (partial list)
Curator, Painters of the Oregon Landscape, Jacobs Gallery, Eugene, OR, 2002
Juror, Mayors Art Show, Jacobs Gallery, Eugene, OR
Demonstration: Painting with a Palette Knife for C.S.Price Exhibit, UO Art Museum, October, 1998 WARDS (partial list)
2001 Coos Art Museum Purchase Award, First Prize
2000 Art About Agriculture Purchase Award, Oregon State University
1979 Corvallis Art Center Annual Award
1975 Coos Bay Juried Exhibition Award
1970-71 Statewide Services Art PrePack Competition Award RECENT EXHIBITIONS
2006
March - Karin Clarke Gallery, Eugene, OR - one person
2005
August - Zeek Gallery, Salem, OR - one person
April - Figurative Show, Karin Clarke Gallery, Eugene - Group
March - Figuratively Speaking II, Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene - Group
2004
Winter - 10 Year Anniversary Show, Gallery at the Airport, Eugene - Group
Nov/Dec - 20 Year Anniversary Show, Jacobs Gallery, Eugene - Group
August - Karin Clarke Gallery, Eugene, OR - one person
June - Pacific Northwest Annual, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR - Juried group show
June - Jacob's Gallery, Hult Center, Eugene, OR - Group Show
May/June - D.I.V.A., Eugene, OR - Three person show
March - Karin Clarke Gallery, Eugene, OR - Group Show
2003
Karin Clarke Gallery, Eugene, OR - two person
Governor's Offuce, Salem, OR - one person
Coos Art Museum Annual, Coos Bay, OR
Art Space, Bay City, OR
Sitka Forrestry Center, Portland, OR
2002
Karin Clarke Gallery, Eugene, OR - two person
Retrospective, Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR - one person
Zeek Galley, Salem, OR - one person
Alder Gallery, Coburg, OR - one person
Sitka Forrestry Center, Portland, OR
1998
Taylor and Sons Fine Art Gallery, Washington DC
1994
Anderson Gallery, McMinnville, OR - one person show
1993
Traveling Exhibition: Art About Agriculture, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
1991
Alder Gallery, Eugene, OR - two person show
1989
Mark Clarke: Acrylics, Watercolor, and Collage, Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, Iowa
1988
Bush Barn Gallery, Salem, OR
1986
Editions Gallery, Portland, OR
The LaSalle Stewart Center, Oregon State University - one person show
EARLY EXHIBITIONS
1985
Pinckney Center for the Arts, Bend, OR - two person show
Pickard Art Galleries, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Central Oregon Community College, Bend, OR - two person
(Began affiliation with Pickard Art Galleries, Bush Barn Gallery, Anderson Gallery,
Gango Gallery and Alder Gallery)
1984
Gallery West, Portland, OR - one person show
Bush Barn Gallery, Salem, OR
Mayors Invitational, Eugene, OR - group
Eugene Arts Symposium Invitational, Eugene, OR - group
1983
Lakewood Gallery, Lake Oswego, OR - two person
Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, OR - one person show
Editions Gallery, Portland, OR - one person show
Traveling Exhibition: Watercolor: Oregon, Invitational group show, 1983-1985
Mayors Invitational, Eugene, OR - group
1979
Salishan Lodge Gallery, Gleneden Beach, OR - two person show
1978
Gallery West, Portland, OR - one person show
Corvallis Arts Center Annual, Corvallis, OR - group
1977
Eastern Oregon State College, Lagrand, OR- one person show
Gallery West, Eugene, OR - one person show
Coos Bay Museum of Art, Coos Bay,, OR - two person show
Treasure Valley Community College - two person show
1976
Coos Bay Museum Annual, Coos Bay, OR - group
Corvallis Arts Center Annual, Corvallis, OR - group
Mayors Invitational, Salem, OR - group
1976-1977 Bicentennial Exhibition of Oregon Artists
1975
Salishan Lodge Gallery, Gleneden Beach, OR - two person show
Coos Bay Museum Annual, Coos Bay, OR - group
Corvallis Arts Center Annual, Corvallis, OR - group
1974
Gallery West, Portland, OR - one person show
1973
Northwest Watercolor Exhibition, Seattle, WA - group
1971
Gallery West, Portland, OR - one person show
(Represented by Gallery West from 1971-1984)
Coos Bay Museum of Art, Coos Bay, OR - two person show
1970
State University of New York, Buffalo - one person show
Salishan Lodge Gallery, Gleneden Beach, OR - one person show
"Spectrum 70", Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR - group
Traveling Exhibition: Twenty Collages for Visual Arts Resources, University of Oregon
1969
Drawing and Small Sculpture Ex., Western Washington State College
1968
12th Avenue Gallery, Eugene, OR - one person show
Gallery West, Portland, OR - one person show
1967
Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR - two person show
Oregon College of Education - two person show
Bush Barn Gallery, Salem, OR - two person show
"Artists of Oregon", Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR - group
Small Sculpture and Drawing Ex., Ball State University - group
1965
Corvallis Art Center, Corvallis, OR - one person show
Yellowstone Art Center, Billings, Montana - one person show
Bush Barn Gallery, Salem, OR
1957
Oregon Annual, Juried Show, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR SELECTED PUBLICATONS
"Artist Profile: Mark Clarke", quARTerly, Fall, 2004
"Singular Visions, Shared Lives: Peg Coe and Mark Clarke have created independent careers"
by Lois Wadsworth, Oregon Quaterly, Winter, 2002
"A Modest Man: Quiet passion for the work"
by Lois Wadsworth, Eugene Weekly, January 31, 2002
"Mark Clarke: Finding the color of air" by Bob Keefer, The Register-Guard, November 26, 2000
"Living Artistically: Artists Margaret Coe and Mark Clarke thrive as working artist in Eugene"
by Paul Neevel, Eugene Weekly, February 24, 2000
"The view is everything" Inside Oregon, January, 1990
"Oregon artist Clarke enjoys both painting and teaching" by Susan B. Gwiasda, The Messenger,
Fort Dodge, Iowa, 1989
"Partners in Art" by Karen M. DuPriest, The Register-Guard, August 29, 1985
"Paintings by Margaret Coe and Mark Clarke", Joan Metcalf's "Art is", Valley Times, October 16, 1976 CURRENT REPRESENTATION (2005)
Karin Clarke Gallery, Eugene, OR
Zeek Galley, Salem, OR
Salem Art Association Bush Barn, Salem, OR
Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland, OR
Artspace Gallery, Bay City, OR
Freed Gallery, Lincoln City, OR |
