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Reviews

Artist Statement

 

Mark Gordon

500 Raleigh Road North

Wilson,  NC 27893

(252) 399-6474

(252) 293-4925

e-mail: mgordon@barton.edu

 

 

 

Directions to Mark Gordon’s Studio in Wilson

 

Education

MFA in Studio Art, The Ohio State University, Columbus, 1988

BA in Philosophy, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, 1974

BA in Physical Education, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, 1974

 Teaching

Barton College, Wilson, NC, Associate Professor, 1999-present
Cascade School, Whitmore, CA, Instructor and Chair of Visual Arts, 1995-99
East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, Visiting Faculty, 1994-95
Universidad Nacional, Obera, Argentina, Fulbright Lecturer, 1991

Selected Awards and Honors

Regional Artist Project Grant, Rocky Mount Art Center, NC 2007-08

Bobbi Bowman Scholarship, North Carolina Art Education Association, 2005-06

Regional Artist Project Grant, Nash Arts, NC, 2004-05

Fulbright Senior Specialist Grant Peer Review Committee, 2002-2006

Juror for Emerging Artist Grants, Durham Arts Council, NC 2003, 2004

Regional Artist Project Grant, Arts Council of Wilson, NC, 2002-03

North Carolina Title II Panel on Teacher-Education Standards, 2001

Regional Artist Project Grant, Edgecombe County Arts Council, NC, 2000-01

Artist's Grant, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, NY, 1996

Artist's Residency, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE, 1995

Visual Arts Grant Advisory Committee, Fulbright Commission 1993-95; Chair, 1995

Visual Arts Residency, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL, 1994

Arts/Industry Residency, Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI, 1992

Artist's Residency, Gladding McBean & Co. Terracotta, Lincoln, CA, 1992

Fulbright Teaching Award to Obera, Argentina, 1991

Research and Creative Activities Award, Sonoma State University, CA, 1991

Artist's Grant, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, NY, 1990

Fellowship in Visual Arts, MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH, 1990

Visual Arts Fellowship, Arts Midwest (Regional NEA), 1989

Graduate Research Fellowship, The Ohio State University, Columbus, 1988

Alumni Fellowship, Oberlin College, OH, 1987

Research Grant to Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Tinker Foundation, 1987

 

Solo Exhibitions

2009

University of South Carolina-Upstate, Spartanburg

 

2008

Greene County Museum, Snow Hill, North Carolina

Durham Art Guild, North Carolina [partial gallery, solo]

 

2007

Francis Marion University, Florence, South Carolina

Arts Council of Wilson, North Carolina

 

2006

Concord College, Athens, WV

 

2005

University of Indianapolis, IN (2-person)

Brevard College, NC

 

2004

Bethany College, WV

Duke University Student Union, Durham, NC

Edgecombe County Arts Council, Tarboro, NC

 

2003

Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA

Circle 10 Gallery, Oriental, NC

 

2002

North Carolina Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount , NC

Onslow County Arts Council, Jacksonville, NC

 

2001

Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC

Arts Council of Wilson, NC

 

2000

Nash County Arts Council, Nashville, NC

 

1999

Barton College Museum, Wilson, NC

Highland Art Center, Weaverville, CA

 

1998

Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, OR

Rogue Gallery and Art Center, Medford, OR

 

1997

California Museum of Art, Luther Burbank Center, Santa Rosa, CA

 

1996

Coker College, Hartsville, SC

California State University, Chico, CA

 

1995

Barton College Museum, Wilson, NC

Beaufort Arts Council, Washington, NC

 

1994

Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA (site-specific installation)

Columbia Basin College, Pasco, WA

Laramie County Community College, Cheyenne, WY

 

1993

Concordia College, Ann Arbor, MI

Adrian College, Adrian, MI

Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH

 

1992

Marshall University, Huntington, WV

Contra Costa College, San Pablo, CA

Davis Art Center, CA

 

1991

Nevada Museum of Art, Reno

Community College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas

Universidad Nacional de Obera, Argentina

 

1990

Des Moines Art Center, IA

Southampton Campus of Long Island University, NY

MacNider Museum of Art, Mason City, IA

 

1989

Grinnell CollegeGrinnell, IA

Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH

Galeria Arte Fuego, Caracas, Venezuela

 

1988

Obetz Gallery, Columbus, OH

Findlay College, OH

 

1987

Geoffrey Taber Gallery, Columbus, OH

 

1985

American Cultural Center, Cairo, Egypt

American Cultural Center, Jerusalem, Israel

 

1984

Museo Nacional de la Cerámica Gonzalez Marti, Valencia, Spain

Centro Cultural Municipal Viera Y Clavijo, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

 

1983

Instituto Dominicano de la Cultura Hispanica, Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic

Galeria Nouveau, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

 

1982

Instituto Cultural Dominico-Americano, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic   

 

1981

Casa de Teatro, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Centro de la Cultura de Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic

Galeria Experimental, Altos de Chavon, La Romana, Dominican Republic

Recent Juried and Invitational Group Exhibitions

2008

Lagrange National Biennial XXV, Lamar Dodd Art Center, Lagrange, GA

Continental Ceramics, Concordia College, Saint Paul, MN

ClaySpace Juried National, Warrenville, [Best of Show for “Halo”]

Nellie Allen Smith Commemorative Juried Pottery Competition, Cape Fear Studios, Fayetteville, NC

[First Place in Functional  for “Urn II”; Third Place in Non-Functional for “Orbit I”] 

Willow Walk, Alamance County Arts Council, Graham, NC

4th Annual “Ashes to Art” The Gallery at Funeria, Graton, CA

Ceramics Biennial, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester

“Artistic License” Invitational Mask Exhibition, Municipal Utility District Art Gallery, Sacramento,CA

Tristate Sculptors Members Exhibition, Eastern Tennessee State University, Johnson, TN

Salmagundi XII, Rocky Mount Arts Center at the Imperial Centre, NC

Sculpture Celebration, Caldwell Arts Council, Lenoir, NC

 

2007

 

“Handcrafted” Rocky Mount Art Center, NC]

29th Annual Raleigh Fine Arts Society Exhibition, Meredith College, NC

9th Annual Regional Art Exhibition, The Renaissance Center, Dickson, TN

MicroMonumentals Traveling Exhibition, Tri-State Sculptors Educational Association,   Western Carolina University, Cullowhee

ANA 35, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT

Tristate Sculptors Members Exhibition, Rocky Mount Art Center, NC

Three Hounds Gallery, Wilmington, NC

Placas de Artistas, San Pedro Garza Garcia, Monterrey, Mexico

“Eyes, Nose, Mouth: A Contemporary Mask Exhibition,” Municipal Utility District Art   Gallery, Sacramento, CA

“Countdown to Peace” Ayden, North Carolina

 

2006

Feats of Clay XIX, Lincoln Arts and Culture Foundation, CA

Skin Deep: A National Juried Exhibition Celebrating the Variety and Beauty of Ceramic Surfaces, Francis Marion University, Florence, SC

49th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition, Rocky Mount Art Center, NC

Southworks 11, Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA

“10th Anniversary Reunion Exhibition,” Mims Gallery, N.C. Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount

ELITE Tile Triennial, Museo de Ceramica, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Concordia Continental Ceramics Competition, Concordia University, St. Paul, MN

28th Annual Raleigh Fine Arts Society Exhibition, Meredith College, NC

MicroMonumentals Traveling Exhibition, Tri-State Sculptors Educational Association,   Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, MA  

Sculpture Salmagundi X, Rocky Mount Arts Center, NC

Amazing Clay 3: A regional invitational ceramics exhibition Staunton Augusta Art Center, Staunton, VA

Invitational Mask Exhibition, Lincoln Arts, CA

 

2005

39th National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX

 “Greater Midwest International Exhibition XX,” Central Missouri State University,    Warrensburg

Gateway Juried National, Northwest New Mexico Arts Council, Farmington Museum, Farmington, NM

“Handcrafted” Rocky Mount Art Center, NC

Tri-State Sculptors exhibition, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC

24th Annual, Community Council for the Arts, Kinston, NC

Craven County Arts Council Pottery Invitational, New Berne, NC

“Blueprint” Elon University, NC

4th “Added Dimensions,” Caswell Arts Council, Yanceyville (--Honorable Mention)

The Down East Sculpture Exhibition, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

4th Annual SCHWA Exhibition, Emerge Gallery, Greenville, NC

Page-Walker Arts and History Center, Cary, NC

Salmagundi IX Sculpture Exhibition, Rocky Mount Art Center, NC

Suitcase Exchange Traveling Show, Tri-State Sculptors Educational Association [2002-  05]: Artstation, Auckland, New Zealand [2005]; Percy Thompson Gallery, Stratford,    New Zealand; Randolph County Art Guild, Asheboro, NC; University of North Carolina- Asheville; Elon University, NC; Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC; Redux, Charleston, SC; East Carolina University, Greenville, NC; Community Council for the   Arts, Kinston, NC; Transylvania County Arts Council, Brevard, NC; Delta State       University, Cleveland, MS; Caldwell Arts Council, Lenoir, NC 

 

2004

26th Annual Raleigh Fine Art Society Juried Exhibition, Meredith College, NC

San Francisco Bay Area National Juried Show, Marin Society of Artists, Ross, CA American Crafts Council Southeastern Regional “Spotlight 2004” Tamarack, Beckley, West Virginia and West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Charleston

47th National Juried Art Exhibition, Rocky Mount Art Center, NC

Gateway Juried National, Northwest New Mexico Arts Council, Farmington Museum, NM

12th Southeast Regional Fine Arts Exhibition, Arts and Design Society of Fort Walton   Beach, Okaloosa-Walton Community College, Niceville, FL

“Amazing Clay Too: A Regional Invitational Ceramics Exhibition” Staunton Augusta Art Center, Staunton, VA

Salmagundi VIII Sculpture Exhibition, Rocky Mount Art Center, NC

“Sight Unseen: A Touchable Exhibition” Durham Art Guild, NC

        traveled to Duke University Eye Center, Durham, NC

Placas de ArtistasFeria del Libro y la Cultura de MERCOSUR, Corrientes, Argentina

Tri-State Sculptors Invitational, Sawtooth Art Center, Winston-Salem, NC

40th Juried Fine Arts Show, Beaufort County Arts Council, Washington, NC

  Irene Glover First Place Award in Pottery)

9th Annual Nelly Allen Smith Commemorative Juried pottery Competition Cape Fear Studios, Fayetteville, NC (--Third Place, Sculptural Ceramics)

“Fine Contemporary Crafts” National Juried Exhibition, ARTSPACE, Raleigh, NC

 

2003

NCECA (National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts) National, R.B. Stevenson   Gallery, San Diego, CA  

Ragdale Invitational, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL

“Quintessence” Invitational, Grace Li Wang Gallery, Raleigh, NC

Tri-State Sculptors Invitational, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC

Salmagundi VII Sculpture Exhibition, Rocky Mount Art Center, NC

(Outdoor installation:) Elon University, NC

4th Annual Juried Show, Carolina Artist Studio Gallery, Morehead City (--First Place Award in Non-Functional Category; Honorable Mention in Non-   Functional Category)

“Handcrafted” Rocky Mount Art Center, NC

39th Juried Fine Arts Show, Beaufort County Arts Council, Washington, NC

  [Juror: Vae Hamilton](--Irene Glover First Place Award in Pottery)

24th National Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, Arts Council of Wayne County, Goldsboro, NC

2nd “Added Dimensions” Exhibition for 3-Dimensional Art, Caswell Council for the Arts,       NC (--Award of Distinction)

Eastern Plains Juried Show, Arts Council of Wilson, NC

 

2002

Grand Arts at Green Hill Arts Center, Greensboro, NC

25th Anniversary Ragdale Foundation Exhibition, Chicago, IL

24th Annual Raleigh Fine Art Society Juried Exhibition, Meredith College, NC

NC Clay Invitational, Carolina Artist Gallery, Morehead City

45th National Juried Art Exhibition, Rocky Mount Art Center, NC

Handcrafted, Rocky Mount Art Center, NC

Salmagundi VI Sculpture Exhibition, Rocky Mount Art Center, NC

38th Juried Fine Arts Show, Beaufort County Arts Council, Washington, NC

Antiques as Art, Arts Council of Wilson, NC

Juried Electronic Gallery Membership Exhibit, National Conference of National Art     Education Association, Miami, FL

Barton Faculty Exhibition, Johnston County Community College, Smithfield, NC

 

2001

20 Years of Excellence, Bemis Foundation, Omaha, NE

29th Annual North Carolina Artist Exhibition, Fayetteville Art Museum

Handcrafted, Rocky Mount Art Center, NC  

Converging Cultures, Rocky Mount Art Center, NC

Salmagundi V Sculpture Exhibition, Rocky Mount Art Center, NC

Southeastern Juried Exhibition, Art International, Asheville, NC

The Art of Gardening, Arts Council of Wilson, NC 

National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts, Barton Museum, Wilson, NC

Faculty Exhibition, Barton Museum, Wilson, NC

 

2000

22nd Raleigh Fine Art Society Juried Exhibition, Meredith College, NC 

15th National Ceramics Exhibition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, TX

21st National Fine Arts Exhibition, Arts Council of Wayne County, Goldsboro, NC

34th National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX

Handcrafted, Rocky Mount Art Center, NC

LaGrange National Exhibition, Lamar Dodd Art Center, La Grange College, GA

Written Reviews

 

 

Reviews (webpage)

 

Artwork in Professional Publications

2009

“Plumb Bob IV” and “Hemisphere Vessel” in Kakalak Poetry Anthology, Spring [Honorable Mention]

[with photographs]

2008

1

“ Pushing the Envelope: Mortar Construction“ in Potterymaking Illustrated, September/October [7 photographs of process and artwork]  Cover photo; article

“Creating Complex Ceramic Sculpture with Bone-Dry Clay and a Simple Mortar,” online article for www.ceramicartsdaily.org

 

2007

Hot-Wired: Wrapping Raku Pots with Wire” in Raku, Pit & Barrel Firing Techniques, Edited  by Anderson Turner; The American Ceramic Society; Ceramic Arts Handbook Series

 

2006

 “Pyre” in Kakalak Poetry Anthology, Spring

“Morningstar,” “SpikeLog,” Cylinder Arch,” BrickSphere with Inclusions,” “Goblet Log,” in Clay Times: The Journal of Ceramic Trends and Techniques (pdf file), September/October (“Mark Gordon's Textural Forms of ‘Wonder Clay’: Rustic Antiquity,” by Mac Ward)

 

2005

“Wire-Wrapped Raku Vessels” in Potterymaking Illustrated (pdf file), May/June

“Green Star” in Clay Times: The Journal of Ceramic Trends and Techniques, May/June

“Tile XVIII” in Ceramics Monthly, September

Ceramica Raku Cubierta con Alambre,” Revista Internacional Ceramica (pdf file), No.99 [Madrid]

 

2004

1

1

“Goblet Arch” in Ceramics Monthly, February

Bricksphere with Inclusions” in Clay Times: The Journal of Ceramic Trends and Techniques, March/April

“Hemisphere Pod” in American Craft, April/May

“Critic’s Picks: Michele Natale on the best art” in What’s Up, Raleigh, North Carolina, December 3 [no photograph]

 

2003

“Tripod,” “BrickSphere,” “Ovoids,” and “Cones and Bricks” in Ceramics: Art and Perception (pdf file), #53, Fall (“Mark Gordon’s Action Sculptures” by Elaine Marshall)

 

2002

 

“Tripod” in Ceramics Monthly, December

“Brick Arch IV” in Clay Times: The Journal of Ceramic Trends and Techniques, May

BrickSphere” in Ceramics Monthly, January 

Served as Program Reviewer, Panelist, Juror

 

2006: North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, Visual Art specialist for program review, Art Education Program, Appalachian State University

2005-present: Council on International Exchange of Scholars, Fulbright Senior Specialist Review Committee

2005: North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, Visual Art specialist for program review, Art Education Program, Mars Hill College

2002-05: Council on International Exchange of Scholars, Fulbright Scholar Grant Review Committee

2003: North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, Visual Art specialist for program review, Art Education Program, Methodist College

2003-05: Juror for Emerging Artist Grants, Durham Arts Council, NC

2001-02: North Carolina Title II Panel on Teacher-Education Standards,

1993-05: Member Grant Advisory Committee, Fulbright Commission Chair, 1995

Articles, Essays, CD Entries 

[--authored]

2006

 

"The Quest For Visual Literacy: Some Principles for a College-Level Educational Program in 3-Dimensional Art (link to pdf)," The American Juried Art Salon, www.artsalon.com; June

Criteria for a Juror: Response to the Artwork (link to pdf),” The American Juried Art Salon, www.artsalon.com; April

“Thoughts: Stephen Hill Workshop at Dan Finch Pottery” in By Design, NC Art Education Association, Spring

 

2004

“Art of the Alhambra” in The Alhambra Restoration: Universally Designed Problem-Based Learning-Challenging Curriculum for All Students [CD]

 

2003

“A Message from the Faculty Forum President: Liquid Nails and Barton Students” Faculty Communique, Barton College Faculty Forum, Fall

 

2002

 

[Co-authored] Title II Program Review Standards, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction

Served as Co-Chairperson of the Title II Program Review Standards Panel in Visual Arts, under the auspices of North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI). The panel drafted evaluation guidelines to be used by teams reviewing Art Education licensure programs in North Carolina’s colleges and universities.

“A Time of Renewal: My Fulbright Experience in Argentina” for Faculty Communique, Barton College Faculty Forum, Fall

Work included in Collections:

 

Nevada Museum of Art, Reno

Greenville Museum of Art, North Carolina

Des Moines Art Center, Iowa

Monroe Community College, Michigan

Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Concordia College, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Coker College, Hartsville, South Carolina

Grinnell College, Iowa

Mills College, Oakland, California

C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University, Brookville,NY

California State University, Chico

Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia

Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa

Long Island University, Southampton, New York

Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio

Bethany College, Bethany, West Virginia

Blount Bridgers House, Tarboro, North Carolina

Adrian College, Michigan

Elon University, North Carolina

Walla Walla Community College, Washington

Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington

Eastern Oregon State College, La Grange, Oregon

Laramie County Community College, Cheyenne, Wyoming

East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina

Barton College, Wilson, North Carolina

Columbia Basin College, Pasco, Washington

Lincoln Arts and Culture Foundation, Lincoln, California

MacNider Museum of Art, Mason City, Iowa

Wilson Art Center, North Carolina

Rocky Mount Art Center, North Carolina

Community Council for the Arts, Kinston, North Carolina

Nora Eccles Harrison Museum, Utah State Univ., Logan

Buena Vista College, Storm Lake, Iowa

Gladding McBean & Company Terracotta, Lincoln, California

J.M. Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Lenox China, Kinston, North Carolina

 

 

Egypt:           

            American Cultural Center, Cairo

Israel:

            American Cultural Center, Tel Aviv

Dominican Republic:

            Galeria Nacional de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo

            American Cultural Center, Santo Domingo

Spain:

            Museo de la Cerámica Gonzalez Marti, Valencia

            Centro Cultural Viera  y Clavijo, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Venezuela:

            Museo Ciudad Bolivar in El Correo Orinoco, Ciudad Bolivar         Galeria Municipal Tito Salas, Petare

            Museo de Loza Historica y Popular, Coro

Argentina:

Museo de Artes Plasticas Claudio Sempere, Buenos Aires

Museo de la Cultura San Nicolas, Buenos Aires

Museos Provinciales: Rio Negro; Corrientes; Salta;Neuquen; La Pampa; La Plata; Misiones; Santa Cruz; Chaco; Entre Rios; Mendoza Universities: San Luis; Cuyo; La Plata; Misiones; Cordoba; Rio Negro