Hyde Park Art Center at EXPO
September 19-22 Booth #469
Entering its eighth year as a leading international art fair, EXPO CHICAGO, has included Hyde Park Art Center in the Special Exhibitions program to exhibit ground-breaking Contemporary Art produced in Chicago alongside more than 135 leading international exhibitors in Navy Pier Hall.
At EXPO BOOTH #469, Hyde Park Art Center introduces a new collaboration between artists Assaf Evron and SaraNoa Mark, who have both been active in exhibitions and making work in the Jackman Goldwasser Residency studios at the Art Center. The title of the exhibition references Pres. John F. Kennedy’s cold war era speech on labor and progress where he proclaims, “use time as a tool, not a couch.” This sentiment of building on history and applying that knowledge forward, is one of many conceptual threads that run through the work of both artists. This unique installation combines the shared interest of Evron and Mark in the language of presentation of artifacts to reconsider human perception of history, national borders, and culture. Together, the Chicago-based artists enact a controlled logic of placement with photography, drawing, and clay sculpture to transform common didactic museum display techniques into speculative gestures that attempt to make time physically present.
Israli artist, Evron contributes his large-scale digital print incorporating the concrete modernist mural in Herzliya by Shlomo Eliraz (1912–1994), which presents parallels between architectural history and cultural legacy. Sand collected from around the world, reconfigured museum display structures, and hand-etched clay columns made by American artist, Mark methodically intersect with Evrons image and build a unique immersive space. The exhibition,Time as a tool, offers a transliterate experience of the visual graphics that permeate throughout geographies and dynasties in attempt to transfer knowledge before it disappears.
We had the chance to catch up with artist SaraNoa Mark about her practice and her collaboration with Hyde Park Art Center at Expo 2019. Entering its eighth year as a leading international art fair, EXPO CHICAGO, has included Hyde Park Art Center in the Special Exhibitions program to exhibit ground-breaking Contemporary Art alongside more than 135 leading international exhibitors in Navy Pier Hall. We are introducing a new collaboration between artists Assaf Evron and SaraNoa Mark, who have both been active in exhibitions and making work in the artist’s studios at the Art Center.
How would you describe your practice?
I’ve been thinking a lot about removal, invisibility, loss, and exile, and how to draw andarchive formlessness. The question of representing the presence of absencechallenges cartographers and led to the mathematical concept of zero. My method of drawing is a subtractive process where I carve into my media to create extremelyintricate renderings of removal. I look to other carved languages, to canyons hollowed by water, to fragments, to extracted earth, to aerial views of excavations, and echo’s of invisibility. My practice begins with questions and a deep need to navigate mystery through materials. My process is physical, my practice is devotional.
What are you most excited about your collaboration with artist Assaf Evron?
I am very excited about this collaboration, Assaf and I are both interested in land, and visual strategies and political structures that frame our relationships and our experience of place. He and I both continually observe and collect existing imagery to then create works that enact forms of translation. Working in this way allows us to generate physical conversations with places and forms that have captured our imaginations, and to investigate the transmission of history and information. This is my first time collaborating with another artist on an exhibition and I am fascinated by how our interests and artistic instincts work together. We are creating an environment for EXPO Chicago that represents both of our practices.
I think our collaboration is becoming more about storytelling and about simultaneously creating and dismantling, locating and then dislocating a sense of place. I am mystified by time. My drawing practice is a labor of evidencing the constant and invisible activity of time. I am moved by the quiet traces of time passing on the earth. Using my hands to make my work helps me feel inside time.
Processing An Archive of Touch at Goldfinch Gallery
Sixty Inches from the Center
Review of An Archive of Touch at Goldfinch Gallery written by Amanda Dee
The creative act for the artist lends gravity to small actions, as motions and brush strokes become big decisions. In the group exhibition “An Archive of Touch,” each artist reconsidered their decisions through the lens of the titular concept, creating as a process of archiving touch. The output: documents of acrylics, carved clays, oils, stoneware, yarn; histories of relationships with objects, others, and themselves. Residing in East Garfield Park at Goldfinch Gallery through August 3, “An Archive of Touch” is comprised of works by Yesenia Bello, Dana DeGiulio, Andreas Fischer, Alejandro Jiménez-Flores, Joyce Lung, SaraNoa Mark, and Kellie Romany.
The Shape of a Whisper and Its Echo at Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
Curated by Greg Ruffing
Opening Friday, July 12th 4:30PM to 6:00PM
Artists: Kevin Demery, Liz Ensz, Ashley Freeby, Dan Hojnacki, Kelly Kristin Jones, Sam Kirk, Fran Lightbound, SaraNoa Mark, Tamara Becerra Valdez
An Archive of Touch at Goldfinch Gallery
opening reception is Sunday, June 30, 3-6pm
June 30 – August 3, 2019
Group show with Yesenia Bello, Dana DeGiulio, Andreas Fischer, Alejandro Jiminez Flores, SaraNoa Mark, Kellie Romany
I am excited to share that I have been awarded a Luminarts Fellowship
Visit PAFA's Alumni stories to read about my upcoming arts research Fulbright in Turkey.
"Time Share" and "Warm Welcome" at Monaco Gallery, St. Louis
New Art Examiner
Review of Time Share and Warm Welcome at Monaco, written by Rusty Freeman
Time Share at Monaco
Opening Reception: Friday May 10th, 7 - 10 pm
Curated by Jeff Robinson
Artists: Tom Burtonwood, Mark Joshua Epstein, Kelly Kaczynski, Mary Laube, Melissa Leandro, Frances Lightbound, SaraNoa Mark
The Chicago Artists Coalition, a nonprofit organization based in the Windy City, has revealed the 15 Chicago-based artists who will receive its first-ever SPARK microgrants, which come with unrestricted purses of $2,000 each.
The 2019 awardees are: Alexandra Antoine, Gregory Bae, Rose Blouin, Laksha Dantran, Coriama Davis, Kevin Demery, Ashley Freeby, Jacquelyn Guerrero, Candace Hunter, Liang Luscombe, SaraNoa Mark, Meida McNeil, Carlos Barberena de la Rocha, Dorian Sylvain, and Chunbo Zhang.
Traces of Absence: A Review of SaraNoa Mark at Chicago Artists Coalition
The exhibition “Temporarily Removed” at Chicago Artists Coalition comprises a body of work by SaraNoa Mark that emerged during her BOLT residency. Mark moves the viewer through an assemblage of sculptures, reliefs and objects, using each axis of a 334-square-foot gallery space as a line of archaeological inquiry. The exhibition guides the viewer to consider how time marks the earth and what becomes of materials once they have been extracted from their places of origin.
Temporarily Removed at the Chicago Artists Coalition
Opening Reception: FEBRUARY 21st 5-8pm
The show will run February 21st - April 4th 2019
Preview 8
Opening Friday, November 30, 2018 - 6:00pm to Thursday, December 20, 2018 - 5:00pmOpening Reception: Friday, November 30, 6-9 pm
Chicago Artists Coalition is pleased to present Preview 8, a group exhibition featuring the 2018-2019 BOLT Artists-in-Residence.
Preview 8 presents works by Danny Giles, Erin Hayden, Cathy Hsiao, Mev Luna, SaraNoa Mark, Devin T. Mays. This group show reveals new works by each of the artists in anticipation of their solo exhibitions occurring in 2019. Preview 8 is curated by Jared Quinton.
Open Studios Night
During the opening reception of Preview 8, visit the BOLT Open Studios to see other works by the Artists-in-Residence.
White Columns Online 'PLS' curated by Francisco Correa Cordero
"A limit can be understood as something to be pushed and/or reached beyond; as a maximum or minimum capacity to act; or, as the threshold beyond which one can never reach. The limit, then, is highly significant to our understanding of what a body could be and its inhabitation of space. Uncovering, experiencing, or experimenting with what, where and when the limits of the body are, [...] can make evident or potentially disrupt our notion of what it means to be a human being in the world." – Sebastian Abrahamsson, The limits of the body: boundaries, capacities, thresholds (2011)
“PLS,” short for “phantom limb sensations” or “phantom limb syndrome,” refers to the feelings (sometimes pain) in limbs that are no longer part of oneself, and is perceived outside of the limits and borders of the body. It was originally believed that it was caused by the grieving over the loss of the limb, but as opposed to other types of chronic pain, psychological factors are not precisely the cause. In some cases, this feeling is perceived in limbs that never existed in the first place. It is actually due to a reorganization of the nervous system. This peculiar phenomenon and adaptation to new conditions, is at the core of this exhibition.
Francisco Correa Cordero is the founder and director of the contemporary art space Lubov in Lower Manhattan and the executive coordinator at Independent Curators International (ICI) in New York.
This exhibition is the seventh in a series of online exhibitions; this exhibition was curated from White Columns' Artist Registry.
Participating Artists Include:
Daryl Bergman, Jerry Blackman, Gabriel Simon Cohen, Kristine Eudey, Nicolas Fleming, Tania Jade Houtzager, Daniel Jensen, Katie Kirk, SaraNoa Mark, Chris Pousette-Dart, John J. Richardson, Barb Smith
SARANOA MARK A CONVERSATION WITH ANCIENT OBJECTS
I am grateful to Chester Alamo-Costello for including me in the Chicago Artist Portrait Project and for offering me the space to reflect on my studio practice in writing, to read the interview please visit: http://www.thecompmagazine.com/saranoa-mark/
Impossible Archive
Kaitlyn Basta | Rosemarie Chiarlone | Jacintha Clark | Emily Elliott | SaraNoa Mark | Kate McCammon | Ana Vizcarra Rankin
July 12 - September 2
Opening Reception: Thursday, July 19th 5-7 pm
Alumni Gallery, Historic Landmark Building
Everyday realities, unfathomable scale and untold histories come together inImpossible Archive. Chosen through an open call juried by PAFA’s Edna S. Tuttleman Director of the Museum, Brooke Davis Anderson and Director of Exhibitions, Judith Thomas, the works of seven PAFA alumnus - Kaitlyn Basta, Rosemarie Chiarlone, Jacintha Clark, Emily Elliott, SaraNoa Mark, Kate McCammon, and Ana Vizcarra Rankin - question how one might place themselves within the vast, complexity of existence. Through tiny slices in a surface, painted interventions as writing, or explorations in human and natural history, each work in Impossible Archive acts as a document of experience - whether collective or personal.
BOLT RESIDENCY
I am excited to share that I have been named a BOLT Resident for 2018- 2019 along artists: Erin Hayden, Devin Mays, Cathy Hsiao, Danny Giles, Mev Luna.
BOLT Residency is a highly competitive, juried, one-year artist studio residency program offering emerging and established artists the opportunity to engage the Chicago arts community and its public in critical dialogue about contemporary art.
Located at the Chicago Artists Coalition’s brand new 6,700-square-foot facility in the vibrant Kinzie Industrial Corridor, BOLT provides workspace, creative community, exhibition opportunities and professional development for Chicago-based, contemporary artists.
White Columns' Curated Artist Registry
New profile in White Columns' Curated Artist Registry
I am currently a Co-Director at the 4th Ward Project Space
4th Ward Project Space is an artist-run exhibition space that honors the artistic direction of individual artists without regard to commercial interests. 4WPS seeks to exhibit underexposed artists and cultivate an inclusive audience.
DAVIS & LANGDALE COMPANY, INC.
Winter Selection:
JOHNWHITE ABBOTT, NICOL ALLAN, CRESSIDA BELL, ROBERT BEVAN,RICHARD DADD, THOMAS DEWING, SHARON ETGAR, WILLIAM GLACKENS, SHEILA HICKS, GWEN JOHN, ROBERT M. KULICKE, DAVID LEVINE, EDWARD LEAR,SARANOA MARK, ROBERT OHNIGIAN, SIR WILLIAM ORPEN, ROBERT ANDREW PARKER, CHARLES PRENDERGAST, HARRY ROSEMAN,THOMAS ROWLANDSON, PAUL SANDBY, AARON SHIKLER, STUART SHILS,WALTER RICHARD SICKERT, JOHN SLOAN, ALBERT STERNER, JOHN THIRTLE, CORNELIUSVARLEY, JOHN VARLEY, ALBERT YORK
DAVIS & LANGDALE COMPANY, INC.
231 East 60 Street
New York, NY 10022
(212) 838-0333
HOURS: Tuesday - Saturday 10am to 5pm
Trestle Gallery
Introductions 2018
Opening Friday January 19, 7-9pm
On View January 19 - February 28
Trestle Gallery
850 3rd Ave, Suite 411
Brooklyn, NY 11232
DAVIS & LANGDALE COMPANY, INC.
RECENT CONTEMPORARY WORKS:
NICOL ALLAN, CRESSIDA BELL, SHARON ETGAR, SAMUEL GUILLÉN, SHEILA HICKS, SARANOA MARK, ROBERT OHNIGIAN, ROBERT ANDREW PARKER, HARRY ROSEMAN, PAM SHEEHAN & STUART SHILS
DAVIS & LANGDALE COMPANY, INC.
AUGUST EXHIBITION:
NICOL ALLAN, ROBERT M. KULICKE, JANET MALCOLM, SARANOA MARK,
HARRY ROSEMAN, ANNE RYAN, ALLYSON STRAFELLA, & ALBERT YORK
DAVIS & LANGDALE COMPANY, INC.
231 EAST 60 STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10022
http://www.davisandlangdale.com/Pages/AugustExhibition17.html
DAVIS & LANGDALE COMPANY, INC.
LOWER GALLERY EXHIBITION:
June - July 2017
NICOL ALLAN, JANET MALCOLM, SARANOA MARK, HARRY ROSEMAN, ANNE RYAN, STUART SHILS, ALLYSON STRAFELLA, & ALBERT YORK
DAVIS & LANGDALE COMPANY, INC.
231 EAST 60 STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10022
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The Imperceptive
June 6, 2017 to August 6th, 2017
Aaron Thomson, Adam Bush, Grace Isabell, SaraNoa Mark, Kathryn Vaughn, Kevin McCullough, Joseph, Lozano
Opening June 6th 11am - 4pm
200 Bala Ave
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
Meditations
April 7, 2017 to May 13, 2017
SaraNoaMark, Samantha Mitchell, Rowland Ricketts
Opening April 7th 5:30 - 8:00pm
303 Cherry Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Tuesday - Saturday, 10 am - 6 pm
Places Recalled
October 25 - December 24, 2016
Nina Earley, SaraNoa Mark, Darcy Schultz
All are welcome to a reception on Thursday, November 17,6:30-8:30 pm, with a talk by the artists at 7:00 pm.
Groton Public Library
99 Main Street
Groton, MA 01450
Responding to Place
June 16 -August 16, 2016
Bernard Chaet, Kim Bramhall, Ken Vincent, John Walker, AndyKarnes, Lois Dodd, Elizabeth O'Reilly, Stuart Shils, SaraNoa Mark, Wolf Kahn,James Urbaska, Rick Fox, Kathleen Jacobs, Allen Whiting, Susan Howland
Opening Reception: June 16, 6-8 pm
ConcordArt
37 Lexington Road, Concord MA
http://www.concordart.org/explore-galleries/main-galleries
Paths that cross
March 11 - April 11, 2016
Ian Barken-Ducharme, Selene Bataille, Philippa Beardsley, GregBiche, Miles Burke, Sinead Cahill, Jesse Friedman, Kathryn Hedley, Ben Jones,Will Kelly, Alyssa Kreilick, Douglas Krueger, Erick Riley Miller, SaraNoa Mark,John Mitchell, Bettina Nelson, Janice Nowinski, Celia Reisman, Lindsay Robbins,Matias Schmidt, Tiago Schmidt, Jessica Shasha, Stuart Shils, Virginia MaeSmith, Jim Strong, Tiffany Tate, Jo Weiss, Jessica Willittes, Meg Wolenski
Curated by Drew Kohler
Opening Reception: March 11, 5 pm
The Cameron Street Gallery
41 S Cameron St. Winchester, VA
Personal Space February 5 - 26, 2016
Curated by Leigh Werrell
Philippa Beardsley, Amanda Bush, Matt Colaizzo, Virginia Fleming, Julian Kreimer, SaraNoa Mark, Erin Murray, Matt R. Phillips, Giordanne Salley, Stuart Shils, Tiffany Tate
Opening Reception: February 5th 5:30 - 8:30 PM
Snyderman - Works Galleries
303 Cherry Street Philadelphia, PA
http://www.snyderman-works.com/exhibitions/personal-space
50 Shades Of Red
February 28 - March 24, 2016
Curated by Trevor Richardson, Anne Laprade Seuthe, KathleenJacobs
Opening Reception: February 28th 2 - 4 PM
Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusettes Amherst
SUMMER EXHIBITION
JUNE 15 - SEPTEMBER 18, 2015
Artists include Nicol Allan, Lennart Anderson, Cressida Bell, Sharon Etgar, David Fertig, Samuel Guillén, Sheila Hicks, Bessie Jamieson, Kurt Knobelsdorf, Robert M. Kulicke, Janet Malcolm, SaraNoa Mark, Robert Ohnigian, Robert Andrew Parker, Philadelphia Wireman, Seymour Remenick, Harry Roseman, Pam Sheehan, Aaron Shikler, Stuart Shils, Allyson Strafella, Bill Traylor, Stuart Williams, Martin Wilner, and Albert York.
DAVIS & LANGDALE COMPANY, INC.
231 EAST 60 STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10022
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