| Born 1961, Salt Lake City, Utah Lives and works in NYC |
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| EDUCATION | |
| 1987 | Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY |
| Degree: Master of Fine Arts; Graduated with Distinction | |
| Major: Painting; Minor: Art Criticism | |
| 1984 | University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT |
| Degree: Bachelor of Fine Arts; Graduated Cum Laude | |
| Major: Painting and Drawing | |
| ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2024 | Gratitude and Expectations, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2020 | Losing the Cow, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2018 | Long Island City, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2017 | President’s Office, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY |
| Rosenberg Gallery, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY | |
| 2015 | Ohio State University, Lima, OH |
| 2013 | Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2010 | Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2008 | Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2005 | Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2003 | Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2001 | Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1989 | Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY |
| 1984 | University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT |
| TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2004 | Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL |
| GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2018 | Surface and Substance, The Painting Center, New York, NY |
| 2017 | New Gallery/New Work, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York |
| Thru the Rabbit Hole Part II, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY | |
| 2016 | Smart Dust, SLA307, New York, NY |
| Thru the Rabbit Hole, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY | |
| Faculty Exhibition, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY | |
| Surface and Substance, The Painting Center, New York, NY | |
| 2015 | Festivus, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2013 | Wit, The Painting Center, New York, NY |
| Slideshow Nation, Slideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY | |
| 2012 | Revisions, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
| Collage Invitational, Allyn GAllup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL | |
| 2011 | Remix: Selections from the International Collage Center, Samek Art Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA |
| Its All Good!; Apocalypse Now, Slideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY | |
| Faculty Exhibition, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY | |
| 2010 | It's A Wonderful Life, Sideshow, Brooklyn, NY |
| Gallery Artists Group Exhibition / Summer, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 2008 | “Punchbowl”, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY |
| Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Some Beautiful Things Part II, Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota , FL | |
| Cosmix, South Florida Museum of Art, Bradanton , FL | |
| Manufactured Unreality; The Art of Collage, Francis M. Naumann Fine Art Ltd., New York, NY | |
| The 183 rd Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, The National Academy , New York, NY | |
| 2007 | Bits and Pieces: The Collage Impulse, curated by Susan Hoeltzel, Lehman College Art Gallery, Lehman College, Bronx, NY |
| In Context: Collage + Abstraction, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, NY |
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| 2004 | Balancing Act, curated by Rene Lynch, Abrons Arts Center, Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY |
| 2003 | Drawing Conclusions: Work by Artists-Critics, New York Arts, New York, NY |
| Art for Kids' Sake, IS-20, New York, NY | |
| 2002 | The Elements, New York Studio School, New York, NY |
| New to Sarasota, Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL |
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| Art Space II, Birmingham, MI | |
| 2001 | Art for Kids' Sake, IS-20, New York, NY |
| 2000 | Art for Kids' Sake, Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY |
| 1999 | Benefit Auction, New York Studio School, New York, NY |
| 30 Years of Printmaking, Alvin Gittins Gallery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT | |
| Art for Kids' Sake," Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY | |
| Benefit for the New York Studio School, David McKee Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 1997 | Abstraction Index, Condesco-Lawler Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1996 | Benefit Auction, New York Studio School, New York, NY |
| 1995 | New York Selections 1995-96, Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY |
| 1994 | Citibank, Long Island City, NY |
| 1993 | European and American Works on Paper, Margarete Roeder Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1991 | LaFond Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA |
| International Design Center, Long Island City, NY | |
| 1990 | A Decade of the Marketplace, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY |
| 1989 | Artist in the Marketplace, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY |
| 1988 | Summer Spectrum, Strathmore Hall Arts Center, Rockville, MD |
| Pete and Repeat, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT | |
| 1987 | Small Works, Brooklyn Arts Council, Brooklyn, NY |
| 1985 | Utah, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
| 2013 | Franklin Einsprunch, " Improvisational Geometry ", Mario Naves at Elizabeth Harris Gallery, The Sun |
| 2010 | Del Conde, Teresa, "Gabriel Orozco en al MoMA", La Jornada, March 3 |
| Mandarino, Grant, "Magazine Rack," Artnet.com, February | |
| 2008 | Cohen, David, "Mario Naves: Postcards from Florida", The New York Sun, September 4 |
| 2005 | Mullarkey, Maureen, " Mario Naves: Collages ", The New York Sun, December 8 |
| Walentini, Joseph, "Mario Naves, the Elizabeth Harrris Gallery", Abstract Art Online, December 1 | |
| 2004 | Esplund, Lance, "Mario Naves at Elizabeth Harris", Art in America, January, pp 104-5 |
| Johnson, Ken, "Art Guide: Balancing Act," The New York Times, Feb. 20 | |
| 2003 | Mullarkey, Maureen, "Mario Naves", artcritical.com, September |
| Cohen, David, "Gallery Going" The New York Sun, September 25 | |
| Walentini, Joseph, "Mario Naves at Elizabeth Harris Gallery", Abstract- ArtonLine, September | |
| _______"Interview with Mario Naves, Part 1", AbstractArtonLine, March | |
| _______"Interview with Mario Naves, Part 2', AbstractArtonLine, April | |
| Halasz, Piri, (An Appropriate Distance From) The Mayor's Doorstep.com, April 15 - Panero, James, "Mario Naves Writes In", armavirumque: Commentary, April 8 |
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| Finch, Charlie, "When Your Friends Make Art", Artnet.ComMagazine, March | |
| Kramer, Hilton, "I Finished One Point Up on Immanuel Kant", The New York Observer, January 13 | |
| 2002 | Halasz, Piri, (An Appropriate Distance From) The Mayor's Doorstep.com, October 15 |
| Allen, Greg, Greg.Org, August 7 | |
| Anonymous, "New Art in the Old Town Tonight", The Pelican Press, June 27 | |
| Anonymous, "Another Newspaper, More Bad Art Criticism", Artnet.Com Magazine News, April 16 | |
| Boner, Art, "Jed Perl and Gerhard Richter", Artforum.Com talk Back, April 2 | |
| 2001 | Belasco, Daniel, "Crashing the Predator's Ball", The Jewish Week, December 7 |
| Walentini, Joseph, "Mario Naves at Elizabeth Haris Gallery", Abstract Art Online, December | |
| _______, "Mario Naves: Focused Nonchalance", Abstract Art Online, March | |
| Nordland, Gerald, Richard Diebenkorn, Rizzoli, New York, NY | |
| Plagens, Peter, "Postmodern Churn", Artforum, Spring | |
| 1996 | Lewis, Michael, "Homer, Hopper and the Critics", The New Criterion, September |
| GRANTS | |
| 2017 | CUNY Adjunct Fellowship Grant |
| Hofstra Faculty Research and Development Grant | |
| 2015 | CUNY Adjunct Fellowship Grant |
| 2011 | Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant |
| 2003 | George Sugarman Foundation Grant |
| 1994 | E.D. Foundation Grant |
| 1989 | National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artists Fello |
| 1987 | Binney and Smith Liquitex Grant |
| AWARDS | |
| 2010 | Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT |
| 2008 | John Pike Memorial Award, National Academy Museum & School, New York , NY |
| 2003 | George Sugarman Foundation Grant |
| 1994 | E.D. Foundation Grant |
| 1989 | National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artists Fellowhip |
| 1987 | Binney and Smith Liquitex Grant |
| CRITICISM | |
| 2010- | Too Much Art, blog dedicated to visual culture |
| 2009-2012 | City Arts, New York, NY, Gallery critic |
| 1999-2009 | The New York Observer, New York, NY |
| Weekly gallery critic for the column "Currently Hanging" | |
| 1989- | Freelance Art Criticsm: |
| Essays on art have been published in Smithsonian, American Art: The Journal of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, ARTS, COVER, New Art Examiner, The New Criterion, The New York Review of Art,The New York Sun, Tema Celeste, Contemporary Art Review, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Times Book Review. | |
2004 - "Striking Poses: Fashioning Fiction in Photography, Slate.com
2003 - Ann Schaumberger (catalogue essay), A.I.R. Gallery
- "Eros Uprooted From the Garden, Displayed and Photographed", The New York Observer, May 5
- "Stitching Up 'Art and Craft': The Abstract Marvel of Quilts", The New York Observer, February 21
- "Heads Up: Fine Sculptor Reconfigures the Nogging,", The New York Observer, January 13
2002 - "It's a Michelangelo", Smithsonian, September
- "The Paintings of Joan Mitchell", The New Criterion Online, Summer
- "Learning to Say 'No'", American Art:: The Journal of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Spring
- "Rejoicing in the Multifariousness of American Art", The New York Sun, April 25
- "With Nauseating Richter Show, MOMA to Shut with a Whimper",The New York Observer, March 18
- "From Paris to Pollock and All the Self-Doubt in Between", The Wall Street Journal, January 3
2001 - "Art That Traverses the Kama Sutra", The New York Observer, September 24
2000 - "Looking at Art, Stripping Away the Hype", The Wall Street Journal, June
1999 - Sue Hettmansperger (catalogue essay), A.I.R. Gallery
1998 - John Dubrow (catalogue essay),Salander-O'Reilly Gallery
1997 - American Art Today: The Garden (catalog essay), Florida International Museum
1994 - "The British Invasion (of New York), New Art Examiner, May
1989 - "History Subsumed: The Paintings of Ross Neher", ARTS, Summer
TEACHING
2017 - Pratt in Venice, Painting instructor for program based in Venice, Italy
2015 - GATE Educational Consultation Services, Advisor in Portfolio Development for China-based Students
2013 - Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, Assistant /Adjunct, Undergraduate Classes
2012 - Hofstra University, Adjunct Professor in Fine Art Department
2009 - Monclair State University, Montclair, NJ, Visiting Professor in Graduate Fine Arts Department
2008 - Brooklyn College, Brooklyn , NY , Adjunct Professor of Fine Arts;connoisseurship & drawing
2006-8 - The Ringling Professor of Drawing, taught Junior & Senior Paintingand Basic Drawing & Painting
2006 - The New York Studio School , New York , NY , Visiting Instructor inlife drawing classes
2003-6 - Pratt Institute, Brooklyn , NY , Visiting Professor, Graduate Paintingand Drawing, Fine Arts Department
2002 - present - Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, Visiting Professor, Fine Arts - Department. Taught Graduate Painting and Drawing, Senior Seminar, Painting Processes, Life Study, Foundation Drawing, Color & Design and Portfolio Development
1999 - Cooper Union, New York, NY, Instructor of drawing for Saturday Outreach Program
1996 - The New York Studio School, New York, NY, conducted art history seminars on undervalued 20th century artists
1989-95 - Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, Instructor of drawing for the School of Professional Studies
VISITING ARTIST APPOINTMENTS, LECTURES & PANELS
2010 - Juror, "Carolina's Got Art," Elder Art Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Juror, Student Art Exhibition, Hofstra University City, Hempstead, NY
“The Review Panel: Four Critics on Four Shows," Panel Discussion, The National Academy of Design, New York, NY
2009 - Moderator, “Twenty-Five Under Thirty-Five," The Painting Center, New York, NY
2008 - “Art is the Communication - It is the Ability to Manipulate People ”, The Art Directors Club, New York, NY
“Artist's Talk", Cooper Union, New York, NY
“Artist's Talk on Art ", Ringling College of Art & Design, New York, NY
“The Review Panel: Four Critics on Four Shows," Panel Discussion, The National Academy of Design, New York, NY
2007 - “ Fairfield Porter as Art Critic: Idiosyncratic and Indespensable”, CAA Annual Conference, New York, NY
-“Artist's Conversation with Olive Ayhen”, The New York Public Library New York, NY
-“The Collage Aesthetic in Painting”, New York , NY
2006 -“Art Critics Panel: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly”, Sarasota Season of Sculpture, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens , Sarasota , FL
-“On My Work”, The New York Studio School , New York , NY
2005 -Graduate Art Critique, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University , New Brunswick , NJ
-The Review Panel: Four Critics on Four Shows , Panel Discussion, The National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts , NYC
-Why Isn't Abstract Painting Dead? Panel Discussion, The PaintingCenter, NYC
-Visiting Artist/Critic, Ringling School of Art & Design, Sarasota , FL
-“Balancing Act” Panel Discussion, Abrons Art Center , Henry StreetSettlement, NYC
-Juror, Utah Arts Council Fellowship, Salt Lake City , UT
-Visiting Artist/Critic, School of Art and Architecture, University of Utah ,Salt Lake City , UT
2004 -“The Review Panel: Four Critics on Four Shows”, Panel Discussion, The -National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts , New York ,NY
-“Why Isn't Abstract Painting Dead?, Panel Discussion, The Painting Center, New York , NY
-Visiting Artist/Critic, Ringling School of Art & Design, Sarasota , FL
-Balancing Act Panel Discussion, Abrons Art Center, Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY
- Juror, Utah Arts Council Fellowship, Salt Lake City, UT
- Visiting Artist/Critic, School of Art and Architecture, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
2003 - "Dia Beacon: A Discussion", sponsored by Modern Painters, Border's Books, New York, NY
- Selection Committee, Lambent Fellowship in the Arts, New York, NY
- Senior Painting Critique, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
- Graduate Symposium, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
- Mentor Program, College Art Association Annual Conference, New York, NY
- "Artists Talk on Their Art", The Little Red School House, New York, NY
1999 - Visiting Artist, School of Art and Architecture, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
1997 - Visiting Artist, The Chapin School, New York, NY
1996 - "On the Importance of Drawing: Critic's Lecture Series", The New York Studio School, New York, NY