Michael Markowsky - Curriculum Vitae
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Professional Experience (Selected):
2013-2024 Drawing Instructor, Faculty of Fine Art, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, BC
2017-2024 Drawing, Painting, Photography instructor, Mount Pleasant Community Centre, Vancouver, BC
2016-2017 Challenge Producer, Crash Gallery, CBC Television/Lark Productions, Vancouver, BC
2010-2016 Art Instructor (Painting & Sculpture), ArtStarts-in-the-Schools Program, Vancouver, BC
2003-2009 Faculty (Painting & Sculpture), Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
2002-2009 Owner & Operator, Moldywood woodworking and fibreglass casting, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Artist Assistant to Mike Kelley, Los Angeles, CA
Education:
1999-2002 Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, USA (MFA)
2000 Royal College of Art, London, England, UK
1995-1999 Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, AB, Canada (BFA with Honors)
1998 Cooper Union School of Art, New York City, New York, USA
Solo Exhibitions (Selected):
2019 Drawing the Camino, Faculty Gallery, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, BC
2017 The Persistence of Doubt, Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound, ONT
2015 Faster than the Speed of Sound, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC
2014 Drawing the Camino de Santiago, CAMAC, Marnay-sur-Seine, France
2014 Faster than the Speed of Sound, Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, BC
2014 Faster than the Speed of Sound, The Works, Edmonton, AB
2012 Painting at the North Pole, Yactac, Vancouver, BC
2012 A Painter on Top of the World, CFS Alert, Nunavut (North Pole)
2010 New Works, Axis Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB
2010 Travels Across Canada and Beyond, The Works, Edmonton, AB
2009 The Dynamic Landscape, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
2009 Moving Pictures, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB
2008 Errol and George: Two Sad Swashbucklers, Access Artist Run Center, Vancouver, BC
2008 The French Riviera and the California Coast, Axis Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB
2006 Driving Drawings, Paintings and Videos, Axis Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB
Group Exhibitions (Selected):
2016 Faculty Exhibition, Emily Carr University of Art, Vancouver, BC
2015 Views from the Southbank II: Moments, Reflections, Intervals, Surrey Art Gallery
2013 Faculty Exhibition, Emily Carr University of Art, Vancouver, BC
2013 Canadian Forces Artists Program, Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, ONT
2012 Fresh Paint, Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2012 PAINT, Gallery 101, Ottawa, ONT
2011 Once it is a story it remains one or fades… Access Artist Run Center, Vancouver
2010 Checking in with your Hotspots, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC (with Ken Lum)
2010 Artist Ranch Project, Calgary Stampede, Calgary, AB
2009 Celebrities of the Self, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC (with Tim Lee, Shannon Oksanen, Dan Starling, Althea Thauberger)
2008 Monobandes, Les Territoires, Montreal, Quebec
2008 Masterpeices, Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, AB
2008 Merhaba, Hewar Art Gallery, Baghdad, Iraq
2007 High and Dry, Smoke and Fog, Phantom Galleries, Beverly Hills, CA (with Robert Rauschenberg, Ed Ruscha and Christoph Schmidberger)
2005 Drive Time, Wignall Museum, Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
2005 San Francisco-Oakland Bayennale, Fruitvale Transit Plaza, Oakland, CA
2005 The Lateral Slip, The Sweeney Gallery, University of California, Riverside, CA (with Ed Ruscha, Bas Jan Ader, Pae White and Jorge Pardo)
2002 Beyond Text, Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA (with William S. Burroughs)
2001 Communique, Cactus Bra, Blue Star Art Complex, San Antonio, Texas
Performances (Selected):
2016 SpaceMelt at the Queer Film Festival, Telus Gardens, Vancouver, BC
2013 Brasstronaut, Western-Canada Tour, BC and Alberta (6 dates)
2012 Brasstronaut, Cross-Canada Tour, Vancouver to Quebec City (21 dates)
2010 SpaceMelt, Rozsa Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
Artist Residencies (Selected):
2014 CAMAC (Centre D'Art - Marnay Art Centre), Marnay, France
2013 KIAC (Klondike Institute of Art and Culture), Dawson City, Yukon
2009 Master Class: Road Show: Travels of the Artist, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB (with Ken Lum and Kitty Scott)
Awards (Selected):
2013-15 Visual Artists Project Grant, BC Arts Council, Victoria, BC
2010 Canadian Forces Artists Program, Defense Department, Ottawa, ONT
2009 David Miyauchi and Mary Elizabeth Macrae Scholarship, Banff Centre, AB
2007-2009 Individual Artist Grant, City of Pasadena, CA
2007 Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Power of Art Award, Washington DC.
2006 Canada Council for the Arts, Visual Arts Project Grant, Ottawa, Canada
2003-2004 Teaching Fellowship, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
Press (Selected):
2018 COVER STORY, Vancouver Sun and Province newspapers “Fly Him to the Moon,” by Kevin Griffin, Sept 19 2018
2018 CTV National News, Live Interview with Angie Seth, Toronto, ON, Sept 22, 2018
2017 National Post, “Skull recreation attempts to solve ‘perfect mystery’ behind untimely death of artist Tom Thomson,” by Joseph Brean, Section A, Page 3, Jan 26, 2017
2015 Calgary Herald, “Crash Gallery demystifies creative process,” Stephen Hunt, Oct 30
2015 Preview, “Faster than the Speed of Sound” by Michael Turner, Feb/March 2015
2014 COVER STORY, Canadian Aviator Magazine, “High Art: War Artist Draws From Cockpit Experience”, by Desmond Brophy, p.38-44, July/August 2014
2014 Edmonton Sun, “Faster than the Speed of Art,” Claire Theobald, June 25, 2014
2014 GlobalTV, LIVE Interview by Lorraine Mansbridge, Edmonton, AB, June 24, 2014
2014 Hot Art, Wet City, Artist Video Profile by Chris Bentzen, March 17, 2014
2014 CBC News, “Exhibit Shines Light on War Artists”, by Dave Gilson, Cal. Jan 20, 2014
2013 Calgary Is Awesome, “Drawing in a Jet Plane”, by Amy Jo Espetveidt, Dec 22, 2013
2013 CBC TV, Interview by Abbas Somji, Calgary, December 21, 2013
2013 Edmonton Journal, Article by Robert Mallett, Edmonton, AB, Dec. 19, 2013
2013 Montreal Gazette, “Drawings Made at Supersonic Speeds”, Dec 18, 2013
2013 CBC National News, “Supersonic Sketches”, by Manusha Janakiram, Dec 13, 2013
2013 Huffington Post, “Artist Draws in Fighter Jet”, Article by Sara Harowitz, Nov 10, 2013
2013 GlobalTV National Evening News, Interview with Jas Johal, November 7, 2013
2012 Calgary Herald, “Chilling Images”, Feature by Heath McCoy, Calgary, May 15, 2012
2012 CBC Radio: Labrador Morning, Interview by Chris Harbord, Moncton, April 17, 2012
2010 FFWD Magazine, Review by Drew Anderson, Calgary, AB July 15, 2010
2010 CTV News, Interview by Graham Neil, Edmonton, AB, June 27, 2010
2010 Galleries West Magazine, by Bob Keelaghan, Calgary, p.45-49, Summer 2010
2009 Architect’s Newspaper, Review by Victoria Monjo, New York, p.24 July 15, 2009
2008 ArtUS Magazine, Feature review by Amarie Bergman, Issue 24, p.32-33, Fall 2008
2007 NBC News, Review by Mat Gleason, Los Angeles, CA, July 19, 2007