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Education:

1999-2002	Art Center, Pasadena, California, USA (Master of Fine Arts)
2000	Royal College of Art, London, England, UK
1995-1999	Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honors )
1998	Cooper Union School of Art, New York City, New York, USA

 

Selected Professional Experience:

2003-present	Faculty, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California
2002	Teacher's Assistant to Mike Kelley, Art Center, Pasadena, California
2001	Teacher's Assistant to Sylvere Lotringer, Art Center, Pasadena, California

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

2010	The Dynamic Landscape, Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
2009	Arts In Store, The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California
2008	Errol and George: Two Sad Swashbucklers, ACCESS, Vancouver, British Columbia
2008	The French Riviera and the California Coast, Axis Contemporary Art, Calgary, Alberta
2006	Driving Drawings and Paintings, Axis Contemporary Art, Calgary, Alberta
2004	Blind to the Sun, Banff Center for the Arts, Banff, Alberta
2002	Private Investigations; After the New Color. MFA Thesis Exhibition, Art Center Graduate Gallery, Pasadena, California
2002	Out of the corner of my eye, I glimpsed _______ in the shadows, Art Center Graduate Gallery, Pasadena, California
2001	Chasing Chance, Art Center Graduate Gallery, Pasadena, California
2001	Falling in Love, Holt Renfrew, Calgary, Alberta
2000	Assignment, Art Center Graduate Gallery, Pasadena, California
1999	ATTACK! Marion Nicoll Gallery, Center for the Performing Arts, Calgary, Alberta

             

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2010	Los Angeles Artists in Calgary, Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
2009	Celebrities of the Self, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, British Columbia
2008	Monobandes, Les Territoires, Montreal, Quebec
2008	Masterpeices, Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
2008	Merhaba, Hewar Art Gallery, Baghdad, Iraq
2008	Monster Drawing Rally, Outpost for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
2007	Knock on Woods, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2007	The Thalians "007 for 007" honoring Sir Roger Moore, Beverly Hills, California
2007	the 1950 Ford Show, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
2007	Artists in Residence, Armory Northwest/965, Pasadena, California
2007	High and Dry, Smoke and Fog, Phantom Galleries, Bevery Hills, California (with Robert Rauschenberg and Ed Ruscha)
2007	Off The Wall, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California
2006	Carmada, MAK Center for the Arts, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
2006	UpClose, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California
2005	Drive Time, Wignall Museum, Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, California (with Sean Duffy, Karl Haendel and Annetta Kapon)
2005	San Francisco-Oakland Bayennale, Fruitvale Transit Plaza, Oakland, California
2005	The Lateral Slip, The Sweeney Gallery, University of California, Riverside, California (with Ed Ruscha, Bas Jan Ader, Pae White, Jorge Pardo, Skip Arnold, David H. Bailey, Mark Bennett, Jessica Bronson, John Divola, Robbert Flick, Mark Flores, Kevin Hanley, Jesse Hering, Gil Omry, Jaro Straub, Mungo Thomson, Lincoln Tobier, Kerry Tribe, Ultra-Red, Benjamin Weissman and Jim Shaw)
2004	Collage Party, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
2004	ARTRAGEOUS, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2004	Under the Influence of Warhol, Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, Venice, California
2004	UpClose, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California
2003	Summer Show, Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, Venice, California
2002	Beyond Text, Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, Venice, California (with William S. Burroughs)
2001	Communique, Cactus Bra, Blue Star Art Complex, San Antonio, Texas
2001	Selected Artists, ArtSpace, Calgary, Alberta
1999	The End of the World - Millennium Show, The Uptown, Calgary, Alberta
1999	BFA Thesis Exhibition, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1999	The Army Show, Main Hall, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta
1999	Annual Exchange Show, The Little Gallery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
1998	Discover / Uncover, Marion Nicoll Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1998	Annual Film and Video Festival, Cooper Union, New York City, New York

 

Awards:

2007-2009	Individual Artist Grant, City of Pasadena Department of Cultural Affairs, Pasadena, California
2007	Power of Art Award, the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, Lab School of Washington DC
2006	Visual Arts Project Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa, Canada
2003-2004	Teaching Fellowship, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California
2002	Yvonne Segerstom Grant, Art Center, Pasadena, California
2001	Robert Motherwell Foundation Scholarship (nominated by Graduate Faculty), New York, New York
1999-2002	Academic Achievement Scholarship, Art Center, Pasadena, California
1999	runner-up for the Board of Governor's Award, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta
1999	Student Services Volunteer Award, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta
1998	Illingworth Kerr Scholarship, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta
1996	Gregory Arnold Memorial Award, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta

 

Reviews:

2008	ArtUS Magazine, Feature review of Two Sad Swashbucklers, by Amarie Bergman, Fall 2008, Issue 24, p.32-33
2008	CityTV “Your City” Television review of Driving Paintings at Axis Art, May 7, 2008
2008	Shaw TV, Television review of Driving Paintings at Axis Art, May 7, 2008
2008	Where Magazine, “30 things we love about Calgary” March/April 2008 p.86
2008	Where Magazine, Chloe Jones, “Hot Art” March/April 2008 p.26
2008	WorldWeb.com, Jill Sawyer, “Travel Guide to Artist Portraits,” Vol.7, No.1, Spring
2007	Pasadena Weekly, "Up Front" August 9, 2007
2007	NBC News,"Your L.A." Television review of High and Dry, Smoke and Fog, by Mat Gleason,Thursday, July 19, 2007, Los Angeles, California
2007	Calgary Sun, "Way to go, Marko", Wednesday, May 30, 2007, Calgary, Alberta,
2007	The Globe and Mail, "The Biz: Deals and Moves in Canadian Art", Tuesday, May 29, 2007, Toronto, Ontario
2007	The Calgary Herald, "The Buzz", Cover of 'Books & The Arts' Section, May 27, 2007, Calgary, Alberta
2007	Pasadena Star-News, "The Art of Teaching", Cover of 'Local News' Section, May 18, 2007, Pasadena, CA
2007	Pasadena Weekly, "Saved By Art", Calendar Section, May 17, 2007, Pasadena, CA
2005	Highlander, Review of 'The Lateral Slip', January 11, 2005, Riverside, California
1999	A-Channel, Television review of The Army Show, Calgary, Alberta
1999	The Calgary Straight, newspaper review of ATTACK!, Calgary, Alberta
1995	The Calgary Herald, newspaper review of SLIVER, Calgary, Alberta
1995	CBC National television program From the Hip, feature on SLIVER, Toronto, Ontario

 

Selected Publications:

2008	Michael Markowsky: The Driving Drawings and Paintings, Vol. 2, Beyond Baroque, Venice, California
2008	How to think like an Artist / How to deal like an Entrepreneur, City of Pasadena, Pasadena, California
2006	Michael Markowsky: The Driving Drawings and Paintings, Vol. 1, Los Angeles Printing Company with the Canada Council for the Arts, Los Angeles, California and Ottawa, Canada
2005	Artist Profile, Armory Center for the Arts Winter Schedule, Issue No.19 Winter 2005, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California
2004	Beyond Baroque Magazine, Vol.26, No. 2. Venice, California
2001	cover of Arts & Style section of The Calgary Herald, Oct. 23, 2001, Calgary, Alberta
2001	Art Center 2001-2002 Catalogue; artwork used as promotion for the MFA program, Pasadena, California
2000	Western Living Magazine, Calgary, Alberta
1999	ACCAD information, artwork used as promotion for Drawing Department, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta
1991-1995	SLIVER comic book (co-writer and co-illustrator), Calgary, Alberta

 

Artist Lectures:

2006	The Art Institute of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
2006	New Horizons School, Pasadena, California
2004	Traditional Art Practices and Digital Media, University of California Irvine

 

Selected Performances:

2002	Tracing Los Angeles, Beyond Text Festival 2002, Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center,Old Venice City Hall, Venice, California
2002	Starring role as "The Initiate" in Jim Shaw's video Initiation Ritual of the 360 Degrees, Los Angeles, California (shown at PS1 (affiliate of MoMA in New York City, and in Gallerie Praz-Delavallade, Paris, France). Other roles performed by Mike Kelley, Stephen Prina, Dave Muller, Ivan Morley, Evan Holloway, Doug Harvey, Mayo Thompson, James Duck, Tom Recchion, Michael Intriere, Randy Kelley and Erik Olson.
2002	Performed for Joe Herring at the Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California
2001	Performed for Joe Herring's MFA Thesis Exhibition, Art Center Graduate Gallery, Pasadena, California
2000	Performed w/ Stan Kaplan for Stephanie Taylor, Chinatown, Los Angeles
2000	Performed for Joe Herring, Art Center Graduate Gallery, Pasadena, California
1999	Performed live (w/ Tyson Reeder and Caroline Thomas) for Stephanie Taylor, China-Art Objects, Los Angeles, California

 

Independent Curation:

1999	Emerging Artists, Lebensraum Gallery, Calgary, Alberta

 

Artist Residencies:

2009	Master Class: Road Show: Travels of the Artist (with Ken Lum), Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta
2007	Armory Northwest/965, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California
2003-2004	Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Center, Old Venice City Hall, Venice, California

 

Collections:

Numerous Private Collections in Calgary, Vancouver, Paris, and Los Angeles.

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