Mark Stafford

from Anchorage, Alaska

 lives in Brooklyn, New York

SOLO EXHIBITION HISTORY

2012

--- Table of Contents ---,  SLAG Gallery,  New York, NY 

2009

—W O R K—, Bronx Blue Bedroom Project. Bronx, 

SELECTED ART FAIRS 

2023

FOCUS New York, New York

2021

SCOPE Miami Beach, Florida

2009

The Fountain Art Fair, Alice Chilton Gallery. Miami, FL, curated by Jill McDermid  

2008

Aqua Art Fair Miami/Wynwood. Miami, FL Curs: Kathleen O’Hara and Caroline Taggart 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024

Salon des Refusés (Deux), Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, curated by Alicia Degener

Emerging in the Fall, Gallery BQE Brooklyn, NY Curated by Kalcium Fortified

The Living Collection, Caffeine Underground

2022

The Collection Vol #3, OPEN DOORS and the Center for Transformative Action, 2022

2019 

North x Northwest, Yellowstone Art Museum.  Billings, MT,  juried by Julia Andrews 

Library and Museum of Electronic Waste, LES Ecology Center. New York, NY,  curated by Christine Datz-Romero

Third Person, Ground Floor Gallery. Brooklyn, NY, curated by Krista Scenna w/ Cat Glennon)

2014 

Apocryphal Times, Friedman Benda. New York, NY curated by Tamara Kostianovsky

SELECT 2014, Phillip Bloom Gallery. Miami, FL curated by Tim Goossens 

The Bushwick 500, English Kills Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2013 

Friends of Ai Weiwei / Advancing Human Rights, AW Asia Gallery. NY, NY 

David, Shirey Gallery. Brooklyn, NY curated by Stan Narten and Matt White

2012 

Every Exit is an Entrance, Exit Art. New York, NY curated by Papo Colo

2011 

Fellowship Exhibition, Franconia Sculpture Park, Franconia, MN curated by John Hock

RE/Mixed Digital Art Festival. Brooklyn, NY curated by Tom Tenny

2010 

Cityscape: Surveying the Urban Biotope, Socrates Sculpture Park. Queens, NY curated by Alyson Baker and Marichris Ty

The Last Book, The Zentralbibliothek. Zürich, Switzerland, project by Luis Camnitzer

Illiterature, Frumkin/Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA curated by Mark Carter

2009 

The Act of Drawing, VIVID. Birmingham, United Kingdom curated by Laura Coult

Plan B, NurtureART. Brooklyn, NY curated by Krista Saunders

Maximum Perception, English Kills Gallery, Brooklyn, NY curated by Peter Dobill.

Illiterature, LIMN Gallery. San Francisco, CA curated by Mark Carter

2008 

AIM 28:How Soon is Now?, Bronx Museum of Art. Bronx, NY curator: Erin Riley-Lopez

Catching the Word, Black & White Gallery//Chelsea. NY, NY curator: Tatyana Okshteyn

Works on Paper, O’H+T. Boston, MA curators: Kathleen O’Hara and Caroline Taggart

2007

Renegades, Exit Art.  NY, NY.  Curated by Papo Colo 

Lets Bolt! Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center.  NY, NY.  Curated by Metro Color Collision

Divided by, Serious Games, Exit Art.  NY, NY

Ignite Annual, Trenton City Museum. Trenton, NJ. Curated by Matthew Lucash.  

Wood, English Kills Gallery. Brooklyn, NY

Construct, The Building Show, Exit Art.  NY, NY

2006

Filter, The Drop, Exit Art. NY, NY

IN&OUT, Medianoche.  NY, NY Curated by Katiushka Melo

Wrote for Luck, Kouros Gallery. NY, NY Curated by Kevin Reay

1st Semiannual, Monkeytown. Brooklyn, NY Curated by Matt Lucas.

2005

Mantra, Praying Project, Exit Art. NY, NY

MFA Biennial, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art. Wilmington, DE.  Curated by Margaretta S. Frederick 

Thresholds, Hamilton Gallery. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum. Philadelphia, PA

5/INTO/ONE: Philadelphia Sculptors’ Exhibition. Moore College of Art. Philadelphia, PA Curated by Brian Wallace

Art Full Text, City Hall.  Philadelphia, PA  

2004

Open Video Call, Institute of Contemporary Art. Philadelphia, PA juried by the people's choice.

New American Paintings, M.F.A. annual 2004 curated by James Rondeau curator & Chief Contemporary Art, the Art Institute of Chicago

Against the End, Art Around Gallery.  Philadelphia, PA

Maps, Gallery the.  Brooklyn, NY

All Open, 1301 Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Obsolescence, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery.  Philadelphia, PA

SELECTED REVIEWS 

Barbara Hoffman and Calla Salinger, The New York Post. “Be a part of the art: Sculpture you can walk through- or picnic”. 

Leah Ollman, the Los Angeles Times, “Review: ‘Illiterature’ at Arena 1 Gallery.” 03/05/2009

R.C. Baker, Village Voice. “Best in Show: 'How Soon Is Now?' at the Bronx Museum of the Arts ”July 30th 2008. 

The New Yorker. Goings on About town. “Bronx Museum of the Arts.” 7/21/2008

The Brooklyn Rail, Performance Anxiety review by James Kalm. 10/2008

Brooke Sopelsa, www.cnbc.com, “Recession Inspired Art Grows in Brooklyn” 

Yes, Starlings! Yes! blogger review of New American Paintings, Lincoln, NE.  Mathias Svalina

Art Full Text Exhibition at City Hall, review. City Suburban News, page 8. March 23, 2005.  Philadelphia, PA

Center City's Weekly Press and Philly1.com; "This week in the arts"  review of Art Full Text and front page & home page image.

AWARDS & HONORS 

2011

Jerome Fellowship – FSP 

2010

Socrates Production Grant 

2009 

Puffin Foundation Grant 

RESIDENCIES

2011

Franconia Sculpture Park, Minnesota 

2010

Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, New York 

2008

Artist in the Marketplace, The Bronx Museum. The Bronx, New York 

PUBLICATIONS and INTERVIEWS

Visionaries: Artists Shaping The Future. Contemporary Art Curator Magazine, 2025.

Marquis Who's Who, Biography Registry 2025

ART IDEAL Magazine, Circle Foundation, September/October 2020

Socrates Sculpture Park, Thirty Years.  Introduction by John Hatfield, essays by Jamie Bennett, Mark di Suvero, and Phong Bui 2019.

AIM 28: How Soon is Now?. Forward essay by Claire Barliant. Publ: Bedwick & Jones, 2008.

New American Paintings. Northeastern Competition, #68. Boston: The Open Studio Press, 2007. 

EDUCATION 

2002 

BFA – Studio Art & Art Education. School of Art, 

The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 

2005 

MFA – Studio Art. 

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Philadelphia, PA

Collections upon request.  Mark Stafford lives and works in Brooklyn, New York 

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