SaraNoa Mark

SaraNoa Mark

Education
2023         Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, ME
‘19-’20      Fulbright Research Award, Anatolian Living Rock Monuments and the Art of Place, Turkey
2015         BFA Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts  (hereafter PAFA), Philadelphia, PA

Selected Exhibitions
2025         (Forthcoming) Dreamsong, solo exhibition, Minneapolis, MN
2024         Objects &  Power, The Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine Collegeof Art 
                  Lambertville Painting Show, Hibernia  Firehouse, NJ
                  Artadia, three-person exhibition at EXPO Chicago, Chicago, IL
2023         Closing the Circle, MATCA Art Space, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
                  Groundwork, Dreamsong, Minneapolis, MN

                  Amuleto, Mayfeild, Chicago, IL Curated by Alberto Aguilar and Madeline Aguilar
                  the shape of your error, 5533, Istanbul, Turkey Curated by Melih Aydemir

                  This Earth, Concord Art, Concord, MA Curated by Stefan Hagan
2022         Carved Conversations, Sultan Han, Turkey
                  And Still No Rain, Daniel Faria Gallery, Toronto, ON Curated by Madeleine Taurins and Melanie Scheiner
                  Encounters, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL

                  The Land Between the Sea, Engage Projects, Chicago, IL Curated by Noah Hanna

                  Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow’, Design Museum of Chicago, Chicago, IL
                  Barely Fair with Goldfinch Gallery, Chicago, IL

                  Moon Spiral Heart Attack, Dreamsong, Minneapolis, MN

                  Visualizing Spaces, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony, IN
2021         36° 15’ 43” N 29° 59’ 14” E, Solo Exhibition, Goldfinch Gallery, Chicago, IL

                  We Are All Guests Here, Bridge Projects, Los Angeles, CA (Exhibition book)
                  This Earth: Notes and ObservationsSouthern Utah Museum of Art, Cedar City, UT
                  What flies but never lands, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL Curated by Minh Nguyen
                  Hypnotic Stranger, Night Club, Minneapolis, MN
                  Tender to the bone, Goldfinch Gallery, IL Curated by Elizabeth Lalley

                  Havruta, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL Curated by Shterna Goldbloom and Liam O'Connor
                  Visual Sirens, St. Kate, Milwaukee, WI Curated by David Najib Kasir
                  Codex Project, Works on Paper Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
                  LtdWear5, Tusk + LVL3, Chicago, IL

                  Newcity's Breakout Artists, Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago, IL
2020         Chicago Sculptural Biennial, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art Curated by Adrienne Kochman
                  Surface Tension, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL Curated by Pia Singh

                  Preserving a Find, Tiger Strikes Astroid, Philadelphia, PA Curated by Adam Lovitz and Megan Biddle
2019         Temporarily Removed, Solo exhibition, Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago, IL

                 Time as a tool, two-person exhibition, Hyde Park Art Center at EXPO Chicago, Chicago, IL
                 The Shape of a Whisper and Its Echo, Donnelley Foundation, Chicago, IL

                 An Archive of Touch, Goldfinch Gallery, Chicago, IL

                 Time Share, Monaco, Saint Louis, Missouri Curated by Jeff Robinson

                 Art at Kings Oaks, Newton, PA
                 Do what you love, bring what you got, come as you are, Oggi Chicago, IL
                 Luminarts Visual Arts Exhibition, Union League Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
                 Sub(Urban), Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL Curated by Audrey Moyer
2018         Preview 8, Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago, IL Curated by Jared Quinton
                 PLS, White Columns Curated by Francisco Correa Cordero

                 Impossible Archive, Historic Landmark Building, Philadelphia, PA

                 Winter Selection, Davis & Langdale Company, New York, NY
                 Introductions, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY Curated by Enrico Gomez
2017         Recent Contemporary Works, Davis & Langdale Company, New York, NY
                 Lower Gallery Group Exhibition, Davis & Langdale Company, New York, NY
                 Emerging Artist Exhibit, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
                 Lower Gallery Group Exhibition, Davis & Langdale Company, New York, NY
                 The Imperceptive, NoBA Artspace, Bala Cynwyd, PA
                 Meditations, Snyderman-Works Galleries, Philadelphia, PA Curated by Leigh Werrell
2016         Places Recalled, Three-person exhibition, Groton Public Library, Groton, MA
                 Responding to Place, Concord Art, Concord, MA (exhibition catalogue)
                 Paths that cross, The Cameron St Gallery, Winchester, VA Curated by Drew Kohler

                 50 Shades of Red, Herter Gallery, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA

                 Personal Space, Snyderman-Works Galleries, Philadelphia, PA Curated by Leigh Werrell 
2015         Group Exhibition, Davis & LangdaleCompany, New York, NY

                 Emerging Artists Exhibition, The Drawing Room Gallery, Greenwich, CT

                 Emerging Artists Exhibition from PAFA, Oxford Arts Alliance, Oxford, PA Curated by E.M. Saniga 
2014         Drawing Not Drawing, C. Ettinger Studio, Philadelphia, PA Curated by Astrid Bowlby, Robert Cozzolino 
                 The Journey, Smithsonian Institution’s S. Dillon Ripley Center, Washington, DC

                  Essential Variations, Gallery 128, Philadelphia, PA Curated by Astrid Bowlby, Peter Van Dyck 
                  Convergence, Gallery 128, Philadelphia, PA Curated by Neysa Grassi, Bill Scott 

Grants +Awards
2024       Harpo Foundation Grant for Visual Artists
2023       Chicago Artadia Award

2022       Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant
                Luminarts Project Grant

2021        U.S. Mission to Turkey's Embassy Grants Program, U.S. Embassy Ankara, Turkey
                Individual Artist Program, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events
2020       Illinois Arts Council Agency Individual Artists Support Program
                West Collections LIFTS Grant

‘19-’20    Fulbright Research Award, “Living RockMonuments and the Art of Place”, Turkey
                Luminarts Fellowship, Union League Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
                SPARK Grant, supported by the Joyce Foundationin Chicago, IL
2015       The John Anson Kittredge Fund

                The Women’s Board Travel Scholarship, Europe

Residencies
2025      Dieu Donne, Brooklyn, NY
               The Albers Foundation, Bethany, Connecticut
’24-’25   On Site Assistant Workspace Residency, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Manhattan, NY
‘23-‘24   Workspace Residency, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Manhattan, NY
2023      Wave Hill Winter Workspace Residency, Bronx, NY

2019      Jackman Goldwasser Residency, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
’18-‘19    BOLT Residency, Chicago Artist Coalition, Chicago, IL

2017       Montello Foundation, Montello, Nevada

2016       Art Kibbutz Residency, Governors Island, NY

Bibliography
2024        Maine NPR Station, Heather McDougall, Sunday, October 27: Objects and Power
                 Portland Press Herald, Jorge S. Arango, A powerful show at MECA&D raises questions about the display of art
2023        The Markaz Review, Matt Hanson, Anatolian Journey: A Writer Travels to Sultan Han
                 Hyperallergic, Rhea Nayyar, Chicago Artists Exploring Meaning-Making Win 2023 Artadia Awards             
                 ArtNews, Maximiliano Duran, Artist Award Round up: Preis der National galerie Goes to Four Artists, Sobey  Art Award Reveals Long List, and More

                 Newcity: Ray Pride, Today In The Culture, April 11, 2023: Artadia Awards Named 
                 Argonotlar: Yıldız Öztürk, Sanat ve güvencesizlik: Artık konuşmanın zamanı gelmedi mi? 
2022        ArtAsiaPacific: Matt Hanson, Carved Conversation
                 Tablet, Armin Rosen, A Sukkah in February, and the Revelations Within 
2021         Art [Memo], Cooper Johnson, We Are All Guests Here 
                 Hyperallergic, Matt Stromberg,Our Wandering, Rootless Nature, Given Shape by a Jewish Tradition        
                 Newcity, Kerry Cardoza, Time Marches Forward: What Flies But Never Lands? Asks Us To Reconsider The Past

                 Newcity, Kerry Cardoza, Art Top 5: August 2021

                 Sixty Inches From Center, Row Särkelä, Review: LtdWear5 at LVL3

                 Sixty Inches from Center, Christina Nafziger, Review: 36° 15’ 43” N 29° 59’ 14” E at Goldfinch Gallery   
                 Newcity, Lori Waxman, 60wrd/min COVID Edition: SaraNoa Mark

                 Newcity, Kerry Cardoza, Breakout Artists 2021: Chicago’s Next Generation of Image Makers

                 Newcity, Kerry Cardoza, Art Top 5:April 2021

                 Bad at Sports, The Visualist, TOP V.WEEKEND PICKS (2/25-3/3) 
2020        Philadelphia Inquirer, Edith Newhall, Here are the shows you should see in Philly art galleries now 
                 Buck Local News: ART AT KINGOAKS: Bucks County couple curates art exhibition at Wrightstown Township farm

                 Sixty Inches From Center, Amanda Dee, Processing An Archive of Touch at Goldfinch Gallery 
                 New Art Examiner, Rusty Freeman, "Time Share" and "Warm Welcome" at Monaco Gallery2019             
                 Hyperallergic, Jasmine Weber, Art Movements 
                 ARTNEWS, Claire Selvin, Chicago Artists Coalition Names Inaugural Recipients of SPARK Microgrants 
                 Newcity, Pia Singh, Traces of Absence: A Review of SaraNoa Mark at Chicago Artists Coalition
                 the Merg, Liam Ze'ev O'Conner Temporarily Removed @ CAC 
2018        The COMP Magazine, Chester Alamo-Costello, SaraNoa Mark A Conversation with Ancient Objects 
                Title Magazine, Gordon Stillman, Personal Space
2015

Publications
2023      Akiva Sanders – SaraNoa Mark, “Living Rock Monuments and Water in Mediterranean Anatolia: Three Case Studies.” Contributi e Materiali diArcheologia Orientale,                      XX:71-89
2022      SaraNoa Mark – Akiva Sanders Water Drawing: Rituals of Return, Berkeley Art and Interreligious Pilgrimage  Project, Graduate Theological Union 

Lectures + Visiting Artist + Panels
2023      Visiting Artist, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

               Panelist, The Uncertainty of Rain,Creative Impact Lab Amman, supported by U.S. Embassy Amman
2021      Artist Talk, Experimental Drawing, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2019      Gallery Talk: "Drawing from the Collection,"The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, Chicago, IL

2018      Artist Talk, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C.

2016      Artist Talk, Groton Public Library, Groton,MA

2011      GalleryTalk: “The Hebrew Bible through the Lens of Medieval Christian Art,” The METCloisters, NY 

Related Experience 
2023 – Present Archivist for Frank Stella Estate
2017 – 2023 4th Ward Project Space Co-Director, Chicago, IL 
2016 – 2020 Museum Guard, Institutefor the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum, Chicago, IL 

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