ARTISTS
MARK BOOTH
American, b. 1964
Lives in Chicago, IL
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EDUCATION
1999 - 2000, Creative Writing, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
1995 M.F.A., The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
1987 B.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
Endless (Perverted by Language / Delay 1968), Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
I have not yet read, KoCA, Weimar, Germany
Spanish Still Life or A Large List of Merged Animals, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2007
Suddenly one of the carrots asked 'What is crime?', Hudson Franklin, New York, NY
2005
Panda Bear Insemination Team Picnic and Other Thought Formations, Tony Wight / 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 Tongue, Richard F. Brush Art Gallery, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
1992
Works on Paper 1987-1991, Governor Drummer Academy, Byfield, MA
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
Paper Love, Devening Projects + Editions, Chicago, IL
Resounding the Environment, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
2006
Untitled (for H. C. Westermann), curated by Michael Rooks, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii
2005
Tony Wight / Bodybuilder & Sportsman Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004
Infrathin, Gahlberg Gallery, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL
2003
Summer, Tony Wight / Bodybuilder & Sportsman Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002
Painting: Nine Chicago Painters, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, WI
12 Male White Painters Paint the Same Thing Deux, The Stray Show, with Law Office, Chicago, IL
2001
CONTEXTUAL: Art and Text in Chicago, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
12 Male White Painters Paint the Same Thing Deux, The Stray Show, with Law Office, Chicago, IL
2000
Count Down, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Hot Sauce by Law Office, Dirt Gallery, Seattle, WA
Evanston Art Center Biennial, Evanston, IL
1999
Emerging Artists 1999, Gallery 312, Chicago, IL
Made at Work, Dogmatic Gallery, Chicago, IL
The Evil Show, Law Office, Chicago, IL
1998
Home Grown Cool: Recent Painting from Chicago, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
12 Male White Painters Paint the Same Thing, Rainbow Club, Chicago, IL
1997
Out of the Shadow of Ivan Albright: 12 Contemporary Chicago Artists, Illinois Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
1996
Beaublen, Booth, Carmichael, Lineage Gallery, Chicago, IL
1995
Stephanie Brooks, Mark Booth, Amy Hefland, Jason Greenbert, Gallery 2, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Mediating Text, Betty Rymer Gallery, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
New Talent 1, Contemporary Arts Workshop, Chicago, IL
MFA Exhibition, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
1994
Tenth Annual All-Illinois Graduate Exhibit, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
1993
Critic's Choice, Art Complex Museum, Duxury, MA
1991
Active/Reflective Contemporary Monoprints, Artists Foundation Gallery, Boston, MA
1987
BFA Exhibition, Wood Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
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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, College 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, Arhus, Denmark
WhiteWalls Anniversary Exhbition, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2003
"Spanish Still Life IV (365 Days Renamed)", Performing Arts Chicago Performance Festival, Chicago, IL (live audio)
"ThirteenNights", 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 Life 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", CONTEXTUAL, 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)
2000
"Sound Works", Something Else on WLUW 88.9 FM, Loyola University, Chicago, IL (audio)
1999
"A Silver Frond, a Twinkling Plateau, and Elephant Headed Horse", Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Philadelphia, PA (audio)
"Dead Horses", The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL (audio)
"Dead Horses", The Churck of Pete, Chicago, IL (audio)
1998
"Elephant Headed Horse", The Nervous Center, Chicago, IL (audio)
"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 Pete, Chicago, IL (audio)
"Woody Woodpecker and Spanish Still Life", Eye of the 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)
"My Voice in Your Head", Glowbug Theater of the Air, Blue Ryder Gallery, Chicago, IL (performance)
1992
"Moonmilk Saves the Day", Richard F. Brush Art Gallery, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY (performance with audio)
"Dirge", Richard F. Brush Art Gallery, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY (interactive audio happening)
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LITERATURE
2008
Lund, Karsten. "UBS 12x12: New Artists/New Work feat. Mark Booth", Flavorpill Chicago, June 7.
2007
Smith, Roberta.
"Mark Booth: Suddenly one of the carrots asked: 'What is crime?'", Art Listings, The New York Times, Dec 14.
2005
Artner, Alan. "Installation Uses Animals to Comment on Humanity", Chicago Tribune Online Edition, July 1.
Elms, Anthony. "Mark Booth: Panda Bear Insemination Team Picnic and Other Thought Formations", Time Out Chicago, No. 16, June 16-25, p. 52.
Camper, Fred. "Words as Pictures", Chicago Reader, June 3, Sec. 2, p. 25.
2003
Workman, Michael. "Summer Vacation", New City (Chicago), July 17, p. 19.
Hannum, Terrence. "Summer at Bodybuilder & Sportsman", Panel House (www.panel-house.com/weblog.html), July 21
1999
Rooks, Michael. "On Wooly Mammoths, the Language of Porn, and More", Dialogue Magazine, May/June.
1998
Weingart, Rob. "Mark Booth", Cakewalk, Spring/Summer.
1997
Campbell, Shane. "Studio Visit: Mark Booth", New Art Examiner, 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.
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RESIDENCIES AND FELLOWSHIPS
2003
Illinois Arts Council Fellowship, Finalist Award, Visual Arts – Painting, Chicago, IL
2000
Artist Residency Program, Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago, IL
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AUDIO RECORDINGS
2004
"Coldless", Tiny Hairs, False Walls Records
2003
"Two Radio Works", CD, Sandra Binion and Lou Mallozzi
"Den Devening/Markus Linnenbrink/Tiny Hairs/Millionaires with Guitars", 12" vinyl, En/Of Deluxe
2002
"Subtle Invisible Bodies", Tiny Hairs, False Walls Records
2001
"CONTEXTUAL", CD, Whitewalls journal in collaboration with Chicago Cultural Center
1998
"Radiophagy", CD, Lous Mallozzi, Penumbra
"In the Eye of the Ear Festival Compilation", tape, In the Eye of the Ear Festival, Chicago, IL