Mark R. Smith

BIO

Mark R. Smith’s current studio practice involves use of recycled textiles which he incorporates into labor-intensive, densely patterned motifs that reference communal architecture, crowd dynamics and the behavioral aspects of social organisms. His work has been featured in institutions across the US including the Portland Art Museum, the Contemporary Art Center (Cincinnati, OH) and the Zimmerly Art Museum, Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ). His solo exhibitions include The Office of the Governor (Salem, OR), Gallery Hlemmur (Rykjavik, Iceland), The Art Gym Marylhurst University (Marylhurst, OR) and several at the Elizabeth Leach Gallery in Portland, OR where his work is represented. Smith has also received many public commissions, including projects with Trimet, Providence Hospital and the Port of Portland (all Portland, OR). His work is included in several public and private collections, including the American Embassy (Accra, Ghana), CityArts Inc. (New York, NY), King County Public Art Collection, Meta (Seattle, WA), Lewis and Clark College (Portland, OR), and Nike Inc. (Beaverton, OR). Smith received his BFA from the Cooper Union (1983) and his MFA from Portland State University (1997). 


EXHIBITIONS

ARCHIVED:

Mark R. Smith | The Silk Road
November 5, 2015 - January 2, 2016

Mark R. Smith | Vestibules and Portals
November 1 - December 29, 2012

Mark Smith | The Sojourn
October 2 - November 1, 2008 

Mark Smith | Assemblies & Exhortations
September 1 - October 1, 2005 

Ben Dallas & Mark Smith
March 2 - April 1, 2000

Mark R. Smith, David Eckard, Michael Damm & Bonnie Bronson
March 6 - 29, 1997


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