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MARK BENNETT
Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1956
Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
EDUCATION:
1982
M.F.A., New York University, New York, NY
1979
B.S. University Of Tennessee, Chattanooga, Tennessee
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2007
New Drawings, Conner Contemporary Art, Washington, DC
2004
Retrospective of Editioned Works, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2003
New Work , Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, TN
At the Picture Show , Conner Contemporary Art, Washington, DC
From LEAVE IT TO BEAVER to FRAISER: The Art of Mark Bennett, Thayer Gallery,
University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
2002
As Seen on T.V.: The Stamp of Approval, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Mark Bennett: The Best of Barbara, Conner Contemporary Art, Washington, DC
2000
The Home Show , The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
As Seen on TV: Art, Architecture, and a Woman Named Barbara, Conner Contemporary Art, Washington, DC
The Effects of Fords on Barbara, Kent Gallery, New York, NY
A Valley of the Dolls Experience, Conner Contemporary Art, Washington, DC
1999
FineSilver Gallery, San Antonio, TX [cat.]
OUTFEST Film Festival, Director's Guild of America, Hollywood, CA
The Effects of Fords on Barbara, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA [cat.]
Artificial Life, Consolidated Works, Seattle, WA
1998
Teleburbia, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
1997
Mark Bennett: TV Sets and The Suburban Dream, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C; traveling to: Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH; Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT; Progressive Corporation, Cleveland, OH; Richard F. Brush Art Gallery. Canton, NY.
Graphic Television: The Prints of Mark Bennett, Orange County Museum Of Art, Newport, CA.
Mark Bennett: Fantasy TV Blueprints, Newport, Beach, CA.
1996
Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA [cat.]
1995
You Might Just Make It, After All, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA [cat.]
Cobalt Cantina Restaurant, Los Angeles, CA [cat.]
1987
UTC Art Gallery, University Of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN [cat.]
1986
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ [cat.]
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2007
A House is not a Home, Caren Golden Gallery, New York, NY
Celebrity, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
2006
Models and Prototypes, Washington University, St Louis, MO
2004
National Drawing Invitational (9th Biennial) Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
2003
Home and Garden, Savage Gallery, Portland, OR
2002
Trade Show, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, CA [cat.]
Family, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
Endless Summer, Kent Gallery, New York, NY
Jewish Television, The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
2001
Shaping Stories, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
In Black & White, Forrest Scott Gallery, Milburn, NJ
Architectural Drawing Collections, University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara CA
2000
Made in California, 1900-2000, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Threshold: Invoking the Domestic in Contemporary Art, The Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA
Transposed Analogs of Built Space, Sculpture Center, New York, NY
1999
Threshold, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Dream Architecture , Kent Gallery, New York, N.
Drawing, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Double Vision, Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA
Re-Structure, Grinnell College Art Gallery, Grinnell, IA
Architecture, Vaknin Schwartz, Atlanta, GA
Built, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1998
Claustrophobia: Disturbing the Domestic in Contemporary Art, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, England
Inventory, White Columns, New York, NY
Tune In, Lawing Gallery, Houston, TX
Home Sweet Home, Transamerica Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Works On Paper, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
Affinities With Architecture, Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN; traveling to: Cheryl Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Babes , Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
Phoenix Triennial, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ [cat.]
1997
To Be Real, Center For The Arts, Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, CA
Artshow 1: Recent Acquisitions for the Microsoft Art Collection, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA
Information, Air Touch Cellular, Bellevue, WA
The Road Show, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York, NY
Broken Home, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, NY
Drawings....An Annual Bi-coastal Invitational, Meyerson & Nowinski, Seattle, WA
Structures: Buildings in American Art, 1900-1997, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
STUFF, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1996
Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
Location, Location, San Jose Institute Of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
Mark Bennett/Leslie Brack, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York, NY
Clarity, Art Museum, Northern Illinois University, Chicago, IL
City of Vapor: Capturing the Transitory Reality of Los Angeles Tatistcheff Rogers Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
Nirvana: Capitalism And The Consumed Image Center On Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
Microsoft Art Walk 12: Print, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA
1995
LACE Annual, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), Los Angeles, CA
Hostile Witness, Washington Project For The Arts (WPA), Washington, D.C
1984
Cornwall-On-The-Hudson, Museum of the Hudson Highlands, NY
1983
Small Works Juried Show, New York University, New York, NY
1982
Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY.
1978
University Art Gallery, Chattanooga, TN.
CURATED EXHIBITS:
2003
The Art of Luxury: Mark Bennett Presents 9 Hollywood Homes by John Elgin
Woolf, University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Curated by Mark Bennett. Artist conversation with Robert Kooch Woolf during opening reception, January 14.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Albrecht, Donald. "Departments: Exhibitions", Architectural Record [Dec. 1998].
"The Aldrich Museum", Tema Celeste, [2002].
"Art And The Home: Mark Bennett", Art & Design, [No.51, Fall 1996]: 33-37.
"Art Reviews: 'Barbara' Still Loves Her T-Birds, Mustangs, Galaxies/Mark Bennett At Mark Moore Gallery", Los Angeles
Times, [April 11,1997]: F16.
Alexander, Crystal. "TV Junkie displays work at UT", The Daily Beacon, [September 14, 1998]: 9.
Atkinson, David. "Art Holes: Modern Art Is Rubbish," Bizarre Magazine, [No. 4, Sept.-Oct. 1997]: 64 - 67.
Barnard, Linda. " Psst! Wanna See Mary's Place? TV Junkie Creates Blueprints of TV Show's Famous
Homes," Toronto Sun, [November 29, 1996]: 91.
Beck, Ken. "Classic TV Homes: Sitcom Life Almost Became Reality For Mark Bennett; Instead It Became A Book Of
House Plans," The Tennesseean, [March 26, 1997]: D1-D2.
Benac, Nancy. "This Is Art Imitating Art Imitating Life", Associated Press Wire Services. [May 21, 1997].
"TV Families Inspire Artist/Detailed Drawings Sell For Thousands," Associated Press Wire Services, [May
17, 1997].
Berke, Deborah and Steven Harris. "Architecture of the Everyday," Princeton Architectural Press, [Oct. 1997].
Borruso, Sarah. "Overview: At Home With The Stars/Mark Bennett," Hotwired, [December 13, 1996].
Brundage, Brita. "Disrobing the Family, The Aldrich reveals the familiar and Fascinating in Blood Relationships,"
Fairfield County Weekly: arts & entertainment, [May 23-29, 2002].
Camper, Fred. "Art: Focus on the Invisible," Chicago Reader, [April 5, 1996]: 28.
Casamento, Suzanne. "U.S. Postal Employees Honored," The Beverly Hills Courier, [Vol. 32, June 13, 1997,
No. 48]: .5.
Cudlin, Jeffrey. "Mark Bennett: New Drawings." Washington City Paper. [March 16, 2007]: 44.
Ciovacco, Juliet. "Favorite Finds", Home Magazine, [June 1997].
Clark, Champ. "In The Money/Dream Houses: Mark Bennett at the Ikon Gallery," Architects' Journal, July 9, 1998].
Cotter, Holland. "A Tour Through Chelsea, The New Center Of Gravity," The New York Times, [May 15, 1998]:B29& 33
Crain, Mary Beth. "And I Shall Dwell In The House Of The TV Forever," L. A. Weekly, [December 8 - 14, 1995]: 63.
Cramer. Ned. "Mark Bennett Has A Blueprint for Success: Sitcom Floor Plans," USA Today, [July 31, 1997]: D8.
Curtis, Cathy. "Drawing On Days As A Huge TV Fan", Los Angeles Times/Orange County, [January 31,
1996].
"Drawn To Classic TV: Mark Bennett's Book Of Sitcom Plans Is A Surprise Hit And A Labor Of Love", Los
Angeles Times, [April 27, 1997]: K1 –4.
Dailey, Meghan. "Family". Artforum, [October 2002].
Dawson, Jessica. "Mark Bennett's American Beauties," The Washington Post. [May 10, 2001].
Decaro, Frank. "Armchair Everyman," Corcoran Gallery Of Art, Washington, D.C., [1997].
"Munsters Deep in the Heart of Texas". The New York Times. [October 31, 2002]: F8.
Dixon, Glenn. "Imitation of Life: L. A. Artist Mark Bennett's Sitcom Scenarios Reflected Conflicted Interiors", City Paper
Arts, [Vol. 17, No.21, May 30 - June 5, 1997]: 35.
Entertainment Tonight, [August, 1997].
D., S. "Family: The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut," The Art Newspaper: The
Rest of the USA, [No. 125, May 2002]: 7.
Epstein, Benjamin. "Charting TV Land From Mayberry To Minneapolis," Los Angeles Times/Orange County,
[September 10, 1997]: F1.
Freeberg, Anastacia. "Home Is Where the Art Is: Artist's Blueprints Of TV Show Houses Comes To Costa
Mesa," Daily Pilot, [September 5, 1997].
Friedman, Roberto. "Reality Check: 'To Be Real' at Center For The Arts," Bay Area Reporter, [Vol. 28, No. 2, January
8, 1998]: 29-38/42.
Galetta, Jan. Chattanooga Free Press, [April 1997].
Gest, Emily. "Palm Latitudes," Los Angeles Times Magazine, [September 1995].
Gladstone, Brooke. "Mark Bennett Interview", National Public Radio, [January 7, 1997].
Glueck, Grace. "Art In Review/Mark Bennett: TV Sets And The Suburban Dream," The New York Times,
[February 13, 1998]: B39.
Good Morning America Sunday, [February 2, 1997].
Gopnik, Blake. "Bloody Blueprints: Show Sets the Stage for Horror," The Washington Post, [April 29, 2003] C1, C4.
Greene, David A. "Hollywood Uber Alles: Three Artists Take On The Industry," Los Angeles Reader,
[Vol. 18, No. 11, December 22, 1995]: 20 - 23.
Grimley, Terry. "Haunting art from the Kosovo frontline," The Birmingham Post, [June 10, 1998]: 15.
Gulf Coast. The University Of Texas, Houston. [Vol. Ix, No.1, Winter 1997]: 77 - 80.
Hackett, Regina. "'Nirvana' Artists Explore The Gap Between Reality And The Virtual World," Seattle Post-
Intelligence, [October 18, 1996].
Hankwitz, Molly. "To Be Real: Yerba Buena Center For The Arts," Art Papers, [Vol. 22, No. 3, May/June 1998]: 32.
"Floor Plan: Imaginary Architecture", Harper's Magazine, [Vol. 292, No.1753, June 1996]: 22.
Helfand, Glen. "'Landscape And Memory' At Cheryl Haines Gallery," The San Francisco Guardian,
[June 10- 16, 1998].
Hensley, Dennis. "EnCompass: Mark Bennett: I Like To Watch Things On TV," Detour, [April 1998]: 48.
Henry, Clare. "Exhibition: The Truth about Mums and Dads," [June 7, 2002].
Hickson, Kathryn. "Clarity," New Art Examiner, [May 1996]: 42-43.
"Impressive Collection" The Seattle Times, [April 1, 1996].
"Inventory At White Columns," Newyork.Sidewalk.Com, [April 28, 1998].
Ise, Claudine. "'Babes' Aims to Demystify Expectations of Women," Los Angeles Times. [July 24, 1998]: F33.
Jaworski, Margaret. "Circle This: TV Sets and Sensibility", Family Circle Magazine, [February 18, 1997]: 12.
Jenson, Kim Rathcke. "Installation: The Artist's Own Caviar," http://www.politiken.dk [April 14, 2002]: 7.
Johnson, Allan. "Television: Blueprints Of TV Land," Chicago Tribune, [November 24, 1996].
Kandel, Susan. "Reviews: Prime-Time Plans," Los Angeles Times, [December 14, 1995]: F4.
"Reviews: Domesticated Identity", Los Angeles Times,[ January 11, 1996]: F6.
Kaplan. Justine. "Dreaming Of Bedrock," Coast Magazine. [September 1997].
Keveney, Bill. "Show Places," The Hartford Courant, [February 28, 1997]: E1/E5.
Kiesewetter, John. "Childhood Spent Watching TV Pays Off," Cincinnati Enquirer, [October 6, 1996]: D1.
Knaff, Devorah. "Artist Draws On His Impressions From Television," The Orange County Register, [October
26, 1997]: 2.32.
"L. A. Muscle," Artmuscle Magazine. [Vol. 11, No. 3, February/March 1997]: Front/Back Cover.
Liotta, Christine. "Insites: Life In TV Land," Metropolis. Vol. 16, No. 9, May 1997]: 66.
Litt, Steven. "Poking Pop Culture: Dark Messages in Nostalgic Collages, TV Floor Plans," Cleveland Plain
Dealer, [September 7, 1997].
McCormick, Carlo. "Mapping Media - Mark Bennett's Fantasy," Paper Magazine/Paper Daily Web site,
[December 4, 1996].
Mccoy, J. J."Happenings/Houses: Life In The Sitcoms," The Washington Post, [May 15, 1997]: 4.
Mahoney, Elisabeth. "Claustrophobia", Art Monthly, [No. 218, July-August 1998]: 40-42.
Marcoci, Roxana, Diana Murphy And Eve Sinaiko. New Art, 1997, Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York. 28-29.
Mashon, Mike. "Imaginary Spaces: The Architecture Of The Television Family", Washington DC: Corcoran Gallery of
Art, 1997 [cat.]
Mason, Doug. "Artist postman puts his own stamp on TV home addresses," Knoxville News-Sentinel,
[September 11, 1998].
Maurstad, Tom. "Floor Shows", Dallas Morning News, [February 11, 1997]: C1.
Melrod, George. "Openings: Small Wonders," Art & Antiques, Vol. XIX, No. 1, January 1996]: 22.
Moore, Frazier. "Re-Creating The Houses That TV Built," Los Angeles Times/Associated Press, [February
21, 1997]: F29.
Morris, Ceridwen. "Hostile Witness" [Exhibit], Washington DC: Washington Project For The Arts, 1995, [cat.]
Morris, Clara. "At home, on screen," Diamond Back (UMD Newspaper), [April 9, 2007]: Diversions Section.
Morton, David. "At the Picture Show," Washington CityPaper, [May 9-15, 2003].
Moylon, Brian. "Home is Where the Art Is," Washington Blade, [March 28, 2003]: 65.
Nakamura, Marie-Pierre. "USA>What?". Art Actuel (Paris) [No. 21, July-August 2002].
Nilsen, Richard. "The Art of Exhibits: Phoenix Triennial teases but doesn't excel", The Arizona Republic,
[August 16, 1998]: E5-6.
"Nothing New In This Nirvana," The Seattle Times, [October 17, 1996]: G-23.
O' Conner, Patricia T. "Books In Brief: TV Sets," The New York Times Book Review, [March 30, 1997]: 7.17
O'Sullivan, Michael. "Castles On The Air: Artist Mark Bennett Draws Blueprints Of TV Dreams," The
Washington Post, [June 22, 1997]: G1-6.
Obsession With Make-Believe TV Homes Turns Into A Blueprint For Success," People Magazine, [Vol. 47, No. 7,
Februrary 24, 1997]: 83.
Owen, Rob. "Warm Up The Couch For New Crop Of Books On TV," Times Union Albany, [April 1]: C-8.
Owens, Mitchell. "Currents: Visiting Mr. Ed, Beaver And Lucy," The New York Times, [January 16, 1997]: C3.
"Padri, i". ©artnet. [September 9, 2002]: 21-22.
Pagel, David. "Mark Bennett At Mark Moore Gallery", Artissues, [No. 42, March-April 1996]: 43.
Pascucci, Ernest. "Best And Worst Architecture: Q & A By Ernest Pascucci," Artforum, [Vol. 35, No. 4, Dec. 1996]: 34.
Philipkoski, Kristen. "Seeking Art-Loving Sperm," WiredNews, [March 29, 2002].
Pike, Laurie. "Totally Tubular: How a TV habit turned a postman into an art star," GLUE MAGAZINE,
[November-December 1998]: 18-21.
Polsky, Richard. Art Market Guide: Contemporary American Art 1998, The Marlit Press, San Francisco, [1998].
Print Collector's Newsletter. "Prints & Photographs Published: Mark Bennett", [Vol. 27, No. 1, March-April 1996]: 26.
Richard, Paul. "A Great Place To Snoop Around: At The W.P.A., The Walls Have Eyes", The Washington
Post, [December 11, 1995]: D1-9.
Richter, Mathew. "Artificial Life" [Exhibit], Seattle: Consolidated Works, [cat.]
Rogers, Terrence. "City Of Vapor: Capturing The Transitory Reality Of Los Angeles," American Artist, [Vol. 62, No.
672, July 1998]: 28-37& 72-73.
Roland, Marya. "Affinities with Architecture"[Exhibit], Knoxville:Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture,
University of Tennessee at Knoxville, 1998, [cat.]
Rothbaum, Rebecca. "Small Museum, Big Impact", Poughkeepsie Journal, [August 22, 2002]: D1-2.
Rubin, David. Phoenix Triennial [Exhibit], Phoenix Art Museum, [1998].
Rubin, Sylvia. "At Home With Television: Artist's Floor Plans Detail Sit Com Houses," San Francisco
Chronicle, [December 20, 1997]: C1& C6.
Saltz, Jerry. "Mark Bennett And Leslie Brack At Bronwyn Keenan," Time Out New York, [December 12- 19, 1996].
Samuelsen, Grant. "Clarity" [Exhibit], Chicago: Northern Illinois University Art Gallery, 1996, [cat.]
Schneider, Caroline. "Broken Home" [Exhibit], New York: Greene Naftali Gallery, [May 3- June 7, 1997]
Sharkey, Betsy. "Fantasy Worlds, Complete With Sinks And Closets," New York Times, [August 3, 1997]: 2.1& 30.
Sims, Carol. "The Aldrich Takes on 'Family'". Antiques and the Arts Weekly, The Gallery, [ June 14, 2002]: 28-29.
Steinke, Darcey. "Exposure: Box Sets: Artist Mark Bennett Maps Out The Home Life of Television's First
Families", Spin Magazine, [Vol. 12, No. 9, December 1996] 38.
Sullivan, Mark. Mark Bennett: As Seen on TV – Art, Architecture, and A Woman Named Barbara," The Washington
CityPaper. [April 21-27, 2001].
Sullivan, Robert. "ART STAR WARS", Interview Magazine, [May 1999]: 116-121, 130.
Sultan, Terrier."Everyone Makes His Own Story" [Exhibit] Washington, D.C.: Corcoran Gallery of Art,
1997, [cat.]
"Teleburbia," Architecture, [August 1997]: 112 -113.
The Postal Record. "On The Record: Living A Sitcom Life," [Vol. 111, No. 7, July 1998]: 29.
"The Truth About Mums and Dads". Financial Times. [June 9, 2002].
Time Out, New York. "Art: Critic's Picks," [No. 63, December 5 - 12, 1996]
"Transposed" [Exhibit], New York: Sculpture Center. Curator: Betti-Sue Hertz, [cat.]
Tuoby, Laurel. "Family: Our Families, exotic or mainstream, inspire new art at The Aldrich," The News-Times
WEEKEND, [June 7, 2002]: C1.
Turner, Grady T. "Mark Bennett At The Corcoran", Art In America, [Vol. 86, No. 2, February 1998]: 110.
Updike, Robin. "Not Your Typical Opening: Art Walk Gives Employees Input In Building Microsoft's Gallery's Drawing
Card: From Gidget To Turin Clown, Show Is Diverse," The Seattle Times, [July 10, 1997]: D20.
"A Varied Tour of Connecticut's Treasures". The New York Times, Weekend, [July 26, 2002]: B2.
Vincent, David. "Ikon's home comforts", Express & Star (Birmingham), [June 20, 1998].
Vitale, Laura. "The Best Viewed Plans...," Diversion, [Vol. 25, No. 8, July 1997]: 16.
Welsh, Jonathan."The Home Front: Details," The Wall Street Journal, [January 3, 1997]: B8.
Whitewalls: A Journal Of Language And Art, "PLAY," [No. 38, Spring 1997]: 62-65.
Williams, Lorna. "Sitcom Scenes From Childhood/Artist's Works Recall A TV Fantasy-land," The Washington
Times, [May 25, 1997]: D3.
Zimmer, Kristan. "Aldrich 'Family' exhibit offers fresh look at age-old institution," Ridgefield Press, [May 16, 2002].
Zimmer, William. "Matters of Scale, and of Nostalgia Too," The New York Times, [March 8, 1998].
PUBLICATIONS:
The Art of Luxury: Mark Bennett Presents 9 Hollywood Homes, 2003.
Santa Barbara: University of California, Santa Barbara.
Bennett, Mark. TV SETS: Fantasy Blueprints Of Classic TV Homes, New York: TV Books, 1996.
Bennett, Mark. How To Live A Sit-Com Life, New York: TV Books, 2000.
Berke, Deborah And Steven Harris, Editors. Architecture Of The Everyday, New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1997.
Marcoci, Roxana and Diana Murphy and Eve Sinaiko, Editors. New Art, New York: Harry N. Abrams Publications, 1997.
COLLECTIONS:
Los Angeles County Museum Of Art, Los Angeles, California
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WashingtonChildren's Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana
Richard F. Brush Art Gallery, St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York
University Of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
Orange County Museum Of Art, Newport Beach, California
List Visual Arts Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon
MARK BENNETT
Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1956
Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
EDUCATION:
1982
M.F.A., New York University, New York, NY
1979
B.S. University Of Tennessee, Chattanooga, Tennessee
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2007
New Drawings, Conner Contemporary Art, Washington, DC
2004
Retrospective of Editioned Works, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2003
New Work , Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, TN
At the Picture Show , Conner Contemporary Art, Washington, DC
From LEAVE IT TO BEAVER to FRAISER: The Art of Mark Bennett, Thayer Gallery,
University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
2002
As Seen on T.V.: The Stamp of Approval, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Mark Bennett: The Best of Barbara, Conner Contemporary Art, Washington, DC
2000
The Home Show , The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
As Seen on TV: Art, Architecture, and a Woman Named Barbara, Conner Contemporary Art, Washington, DC
The Effects of Fords on Barbara, Kent Gallery, New York, NY
A Valley of the Dolls Experience, Conner Contemporary Art, Washington, DC
1999
FineSilver Gallery, San Antonio, TX [cat.]
OUTFEST Film Festival, Director's Guild of America, Hollywood, CA
The Effects of Fords on Barbara, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA [cat.]
Artificial Life, Consolidated Works, Seattle, WA
1998
Teleburbia, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
1997
Mark Bennett: TV Sets and The Suburban Dream, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C; traveling to: Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH; Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT; Progressive Corporation, Cleveland, OH; Richard F. Brush Art Gallery. Canton, NY.
Graphic Television: The Prints of Mark Bennett, Orange County Museum Of Art, Newport, CA.
Mark Bennett: Fantasy TV Blueprints, Newport, Beach, CA.
1996
Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA [cat.]
1995
You Might Just Make It, After All, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA [cat.]
Cobalt Cantina Restaurant, Los Angeles, CA [cat.]
1987
UTC Art Gallery, University Of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN [cat.]
1986
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ [cat.]
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2007
A House is not a Home, Caren Golden Gallery, New York, NY
Celebrity, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
2006
Models and Prototypes, Washington University, St Louis, MO
2004
National Drawing Invitational (9th Biennial) Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
2003
Home and Garden, Savage Gallery, Portland, OR
2002
Trade Show, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, CA [cat.]
Family, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
Endless Summer, Kent Gallery, New York, NY
Jewish Television, The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
2001
Shaping Stories, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
In Black & White, Forrest Scott Gallery, Milburn, NJ
Architectural Drawing Collections, University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara CA
2000
Made in California, 1900-2000, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Threshold: Invoking the Domestic in Contemporary Art, The Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA
Transposed Analogs of Built Space, Sculpture Center, New York, NY
1999
Threshold, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Dream Architecture , Kent Gallery, New York, N.
Drawing, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Double Vision, Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA
Re-Structure, Grinnell College Art Gallery, Grinnell, IA
Architecture, Vaknin Schwartz, Atlanta, GA
Built, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1998
Claustrophobia: Disturbing the Domestic in Contemporary Art, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, England
Inventory, White Columns, New York, NY
Tune In, Lawing Gallery, Houston, TX
Home Sweet Home, Transamerica Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Works On Paper, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
Affinities With Architecture, Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN; traveling to: Cheryl Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Babes , Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
Phoenix Triennial, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ [cat.]
1997
To Be Real, Center For The Arts, Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, CA
Artshow 1: Recent Acquisitions for the Microsoft Art Collection, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA
Information, Air Touch Cellular, Bellevue, WA
The Road Show, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York, NY
Broken Home, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, NY
Drawings....An Annual Bi-coastal Invitational, Meyerson & Nowinski, Seattle, WA
Structures: Buildings in American Art, 1900-1997, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
STUFF, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1996
Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
Location, Location, San Jose Institute Of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
Mark Bennett/Leslie Brack, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York, NY
Clarity, Art Museum, Northern Illinois University, Chicago, IL
City of Vapor: Capturing the Transitory Reality of Los Angeles Tatistcheff Rogers Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
Nirvana: Capitalism And The Consumed Image Center On Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
Microsoft Art Walk 12: Print, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA
1995
LACE Annual, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), Los Angeles, CA
Hostile Witness, Washington Project For The Arts (WPA), Washington, D.C
1984
Cornwall-On-The-Hudson, Museum of the Hudson Highlands, NY
1983
Small Works Juried Show, New York University, New York, NY
1982
Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY.
1978
University Art Gallery, Chattanooga, TN.
CURATED EXHIBITS:
2003
The Art of Luxury: Mark Bennett Presents 9 Hollywood Homes by John Elgin
Woolf, University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Curated by Mark Bennett. Artist conversation with Robert Kooch Woolf during opening reception, January 14.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Albrecht, Donald. "Departments: Exhibitions", Architectural Record [Dec. 1998].
"The Aldrich Museum", Tema Celeste, [2002].
"Art And The Home: Mark Bennett", Art & Design, [No.51, Fall 1996]: 33-37.
"Art Reviews: 'Barbara' Still Loves Her T-Birds, Mustangs, Galaxies/Mark Bennett At Mark Moore Gallery", Los Angeles
Times, [April 11,1997]: F16.
Alexander, Crystal. "TV Junkie displays work at UT", The Daily Beacon, [September 14, 1998]: 9.
Atkinson, David. "Art Holes: Modern Art Is Rubbish," Bizarre Magazine, [No. 4, Sept.-Oct. 1997]: 64 - 67.
Barnard, Linda. " Psst! Wanna See Mary's Place? TV Junkie Creates Blueprints of TV Show's Famous
Homes," Toronto Sun, [November 29, 1996]: 91.
Beck, Ken. "Classic TV Homes: Sitcom Life Almost Became Reality For Mark Bennett; Instead It Became A Book Of
House Plans," The Tennesseean, [March 26, 1997]: D1-D2.
Benac, Nancy. "This Is Art Imitating Art Imitating Life", Associated Press Wire Services. [May 21, 1997].
"TV Families Inspire Artist/Detailed Drawings Sell For Thousands," Associated Press Wire Services, [May
17, 1997].
Berke, Deborah and Steven Harris. "Architecture of the Everyday," Princeton Architectural Press, [Oct. 1997].
Borruso, Sarah. "Overview: At Home With The Stars/Mark Bennett," Hotwired, [December 13, 1996].
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PUBLICATIONS:
The Art of Luxury: Mark Bennett Presents 9 Hollywood Homes, 2003.
Santa Barbara: University of California, Santa Barbara.
Bennett, Mark. TV SETS: Fantasy Blueprints Of Classic TV Homes, New York: TV Books, 1996.
Bennett, Mark. How To Live A Sit-Com Life, New York: TV Books, 2000.
Berke, Deborah And Steven Harris, Editors. Architecture Of The Everyday, New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1997.
Marcoci, Roxana and Diana Murphy and Eve Sinaiko, Editors. New Art, New York: Harry N. Abrams Publications, 1997.
COLLECTIONS:
Los Angeles County Museum Of Art, Los Angeles, California
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WashingtonChildren's Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana
Richard F. Brush Art Gallery, St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York
University Of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
Orange County Museum Of Art, Newport Beach, California
List Visual Arts Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon