Mark Brasuell
4882 Odessa St., Denver, CO 80249 720.301.0904
[email protected]
www.markbrasuell.com
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Education
1989 M.F.A. Painting/Sculpture/Intermedia Arts, University of Denver, Denver, CO
1987 B.F.A. Painting/Drawing/Jewelry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Professional Experience
2017-2023 Naropa University, Contemporary Art History, Boulder, CO
2012-2023 Wyzant Tutor, Drawing, Painting, Art History, Wyzant Tutoring, Denver, CO, Painting Drawing and Sculpture
2023 Curator, Eyes Wide Shut, Mcnichols Even Center, Denver, CO
2019-2021 Rocky Mountain School of Art and Design, Professor, Lakewood, CO
2020 Co-Curator of Lavender Mist, McNichol’s Event Center, Denver, CO
2017-2019 President, Spark Gallery
2016-2018 Colorado Early Colleges, Parker, Art History Instructor, Art History and Introduction to Art
1992-2011 Cooperative Member, 2021-2023 Cooperative Member: EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Coordination and Development of the and annual AIDS Show
2014-2020 Cooperative Member, Spark Gallery, Denver Colorado, Social Media Educator
2014 Painting Instructor, University of Denver, Denver, CO
2007-2013 President, EDGE Art Gallery, Denver, CO
2000-2012 Adjunct Drawing and Life Drawing Instructor, Adjunct, Metro State College of Denver, Denver, CO
2010-2011 Professor, Painting, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Painting, Denver, CO
2004-05 Water media Instructor, Adjunct, Metro State College of Denver, Denver, CO, Beginning and Advance Instruction in water mediums
2004-05 President, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Coordination and Development of Exhibitions and Performances, Direction and Maintenance of Gallery and Members
2001-04 Drawing/Water media Instructor, Metro State College, Denver, CO, Beginning through Advanced in a variety of drawing media and water media
2002 Life Drawing Instructor, Adjunct, Denver University, Denver, CO, Life Drawing
Master Class Drawing Instructor, Colorado Academy, Denver, CO Experimental draw ing techniques for High School and Middle School students
2000 Substitute Design Instructor, Metro State College, Denver, CO Gail Wagner primary instructor
1989-2011 Painting/Drawing Instructor, Denver, CO, Basic techniques and advanced approaches in a variety of mediums and disciplines
1997-98 President, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Instructor: Life Drawing and Painting, Coordination and Development of Exhibitions and Performances, Direction and Maintenance of Gallery
1993-98 Jewelry Construction, Desert Heart Corporation, Denver, CO
1993-95 President, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Instructor: Painting, Coordination and Development of Exhibitions and Performances, Direction and Maintenance of Gallery and Members
1991-93 Vice-President, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Coordination of Thematic Exhibitions and Performances
1989-91 Jewelry Designers for Jim Delano, Englewood, CO, Lost wax technique for gold and silver jewelry
1991 Cooperative Member, Context Gallery, Denver, CO, Created Performance Night, Instructor for Promotional Courses
1988-89 Teaching Assistantship, University of Denver, Denver, CO, Drawing/Sculpture/Performance Art, Beginning courses in a variety of mediums
1986-87 Painting/Drawing Instructor, Lubbock, TX, Basic approaches in a variety of mediums
1983-85 Painting Instructor, Sweetwater, TX
Professional Honorariums and Public Lecture
2023 931 Gallery, Artist Talk, 931 Gallery, Denver, CO
2021 Podcast, The Hustle Hub, George Belmonte interviewer, Denver, Discussion living as a professional artist
2020 Virtual Tour, Lavender Mist, McNichols Event Center, Facebook Live
2019 Colorado Public Radio, 40 years of Spark Gallery
40 Years of Spark Gallery, Panel Discussion, President of Spark Gallery
2018 KGNU Power Hour, Cooperative Galleries in Denver
2016 Movement Studio, Painting and Drawing demonstrations for the public, The Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Regis University, Retrospective Interview, Katherine Wiesen, interviewer, youtube.com, Denver, CO
2015 Retrospective talk, Regis, University, Thornton, CO
2014 Directions in Abstraction, Curatorial, Denver, CO
2013 Cooperative Galleries, Westword Magazine, Denver, CO
2012 Professional Practices, for Michael Paglia, Metro State College of Denver, CO
Red, Curious Theater, Artist Demonstration of Painting, Denver, Co
2010 Professional Practices Running an Art Gallery, for Michael Paglia, Metro State College of Denver, Denver, CO
Juror, 2010, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO
Guest Critique, Rocky Mountain School of Art and Design, Painting Finals
2009 Public Lecture, Adams State College, Alamosa, CO
Lecture, Colorado Watercolor Society, Denver, CO
Singular Nouns, Artist Talk, Metro Center for the Visual Arts, Denver, CO
2007 Singular Nouns, Artist Talk, Metro Center for the Visual Arts, Denver, CO
2006 Drawing Demonstrations, Julie Fryberger Art Consultants, Weekend Showing, Littleton Western Days, Abstract Oil Pastel Drawings
2005 Colorado Academy, Master Class in Drawing, Denver, CO, Instruction on experimental. approaches to drawing
2004 University of Denver, Professional Practices and resume construction Deborah Howard, Instructor, Denver, CO
2003 University of Denver, Professional Practices and resume construction Deborah Howard, Instructor, Denver, CO
Rocky Mountain School of art and Design, Cooperative galleries and the creation of a solo art exhibition Michael Paglia, Instructor
2002 Colorado Academy, Master Class in Drawing, Denver, CO, Slide Review and Discussion
University of Denver, Professional Practices and resume construction Deborah Howard,
Instructor, Denver, CO
Rocky Mountain School of art and Design, Michael Paglia, Instructor, Cooperative galleries and their role in the art world
1999 Colorado Academy, Dania Pettus, Instructor, Denver, CO, Guest critique and Juror
1998 University of Denver, Deborah Howard, Instructor, Denver, CO, Life drawing and its relationship to abstraction.
University of Colorado at Boulder, Gail Wagner, Instructor, Boulder, CO, Guest Critique
1996 EDGE Gallery, Artists Talk, and Slide lecture, Denver, CO, My development as an independent artist
1994 EDGE Gallery, Look Ma, No Hands, group discussion, Denver, CO, Collaboration and artist’s role as creator
Selected Solo Exhibitions and Performances
2023 Unterschwellig, Edge Gallery, Denver, CO, Drawings
Traumwelt, 931 Gallery, Denver, CO Solo Drawings
2022 Im Augenblick, Edge Gallery, Denver, CO, Paintings
2021 Last Year Everyone I Knew Died, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO
2020 Geheimnis und Schönheit, Lincoln Center, Naropa Campus, Boulder CO, Solo Work
2019 Inaugural Showing, TALK Art Gallery, Englewood, CO, Solo Paintings
Schöne Bilder, Spark Gallery, Pastel Drawings
2018 Mascara, Adams State University, Alamosa, CO, Paintings and Drawings
(in) Particulate, Spark Gallery, Denver, CO, Paintings
Nexus, Naropa University, Paramita Campus, Pastels
Hammered and Hung, Auction, Denver, CO
2016 Blood , Spark Gallery, Paintings
2015 Zero, Spark Gallery, Denver, CO, Paintings
I am not the Same person that I was once before, A Retrospective, Regis University, Denver, Co, Retrospective
Solo Show, St. Mark’s, Denver, CO, Paintings
2013 And Now, Everything!, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Painting and Sculpture
2012 25 years in Colorado (so many ghosts), EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Retrospective
Red, Curious Theatre, Denver, CO, Paintings for the Tony Award Winning Play
2011 The Second Chance, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Painting and Drawing on Mylar
2010 Plain view, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Paintings
2009 Vista, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Paintings
2008 I don’t feel at all like I fall, EDGE Gallery, Paintings
2007 Magellan, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Drawings
2006 Flaming, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Paintings
2005 Rococo, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO Mixed Media
Salon, Luxe, Denver, CO, Paintings
2004 Difficult Abstraction, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Paintings
2003 Dirty Bird (Leaving the Past Behind), EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Paintings and Prints
2002 Everything Has Changed, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Paintings
Full of Moons, Fresh Art Gallery, Denver, CO, Drawings and Paintings
Frenetic Phobias, Spark Gallery, Denver, CO, Paintings
2001 I am not the same person that I was before, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Paintings
2000 Everything Personal, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Collaborative Installation
1999 Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Paintings
Land/Leave, the Backroom Gallery, Denver, CO, Drawing/Installation
1998 In the Beginning, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Drawing
1997 I ain't ag'in nobody..., EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Drawing
1996 2, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Painting
1995 Closet Painter, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Painting
1994 Look Ma, No Hands! EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Collaborative Installation
1993 Senseless Acts of Beauty, and the Will Perkins Memorial with Sweet Miss Liberty,
EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Installation and Performance
1992 Meander Contest, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Installation
All My Mistakes, Artist's Studio, Denver, CO, Installation
1991 The Construction of Sexual Boundaries, and New Work, Context Gallery of Art, Denver, CO, Collaborative Installation between Mark Brasuell and Dan Thigpen, Painting
1990 The Corruption of Language, Grant Street Art center, Denver, CO, Installation and Sound
1989 Personal Espionage, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Installation
Identity, Schwayder Art Gallery, Denver, CO, Installation
1988 Ascending Into? Denver, CO, Commissioned Installation
Ritual Pole Project, 2121 East Asbury Drive, Denver, CO, Commissioned Public Sculpture
A Cenotaph for the Victims, University of Denver, CO, Installation
Anatomy of an Artist, Locker Art Gallery, Denver, CO
The Exorcist, Episode 6, the Finale, Denver, CO, Performance
Self Portrait with Sound, University of Denver, Denver, CO, Sound, Performance
1987 The Gift, Hall Gallery, Lubbock, TX
Self, Texas Tech Theater Department, Lubbock, TX, Performance
Selected Group Exhibitions and Performances
2023 The Big Draw, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, CO, Juried Exhibition
Eyes Wide Shut, Visual Meditations of the Plague, McNichols Event Center, Denver, CO, Curated Exhibition
Edgestremist 2023, EDGE Art Gallery, Lakewood, CO, Member show
Expanding Modernism, 931 Gallery, Denver, CO, Group Exhibition
2022 Word, 931 Gallery, Denver, CO, Group
Art Attack, TALK Gallery,Englewood,CO, Group Show
New Passage, EDGE Art Gallery, Lakewood, CO, Grand Opening Showing
2021 Members Show, Last Year, Solstice, EDGE Art Gallery, Lakewood, CO, Group shows
2020 Pink Progression, Collaborations, Arvada Center for Arts and the Humanities, Thornton
CO, Collaborative Showing
Spark Member's Show, Spark Gallery
2019 Colorado Abstract 10 Years, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, CO, Invitational Show
2018 Spark Members Show, Spark Gallery, Denver, CO Member Show
Side Kicks, Spark Gallery, Denver, CO, Group Show
2017 The Denver Modernism Show, Denver CO, Juried Show,
Outsiders Show, Pirate Art Gallery, Denver, CO, Open Show
Members Show, Spark Gallery, Denver, CO, Group Show
2015 Member's Show, Spark Gallery, Denver, CO
2014 Sidekicks, Spark Gallery, Denver, CO, Collaboration
Member’s Show, Spark Gallery, Denver, CO, Collaboration
4x4, EDGE Gallery, Thematic Exhibition
2011 Singular Nouns, Metro Center for the Visual Arts, Denver, CO, Faculty Show
Group Show, Sync Gallery, Denver, Co, Invitational
2010 Considering Joseph, and EDGEBay, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Auction, and invitational
Pairing, EDGE Gallery, Member Show
2009 Colorado Abstract, Metropolitan Center for the Visual Arts, Denver, CO
EDGE Goes South, Adams State College, Alamosa, CO, Invited Show
Northern Migration, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Group Show
Metro State Biennial, Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, CO
2008 Electoral Collage, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO
MSCD Faculty Exhibition, Center for the Visual Arts, Denver, CO, Group Show
2007 EDGEstremist, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Group show
2006 EDGE Gallery Va a Mexico!, El Centro Cultural Taxco-Casa Borda, Mexico, International Exhibition
Directions in Abstraction, Curated exhibition by Mark Brasuell, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO
Kari Edwards Memorial, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, In memoriam exhibition
EDGEstremist, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Curated Exhibition, Group Show
2005 Dialog, Gallery, Studio Aiello Gallery, Denver, CO, Solo and Group show
Members Show, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO
EDGE Box Show, 15 Year Anniversary Show, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Group show
004 Where did you come from..., EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Group Installation
Group 2, Studio Aiello Gallery, Denver, CO, Group Show
Birds of a Feather, EDGE Gallery, Memorial Exhibition, Denver, CO
Where did you come from..., EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Installation
2003 MSCD Faculty Exhibition, Center for the Visual Arts, Denver, CO, Group Show
The Process and Memento, Fresh Art Gallery, Denver, CO, Group Show
12x12xEDGE, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO Group Installation
Auction, Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada, CO, Auction
2002 Metro State College Faculty Exhibition, Emanuel Gallery, Denver, CO, Group Show
2001 The Colorists, Fresh Art Gallery, Denver, CO
AKA,Denver, CO, Group Show
Saint and the Sinner, Denver, CO, Group Show
Flag, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Group Shows
2000 Gaining Your Voice through the Arts, Greenwich, CT, Curated Exhibition
The Gift, Decade, Exquisite Corpse, the Blue Light Special, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Group Shows
1999 Zippy Bugs 'n' Bones on Edge Show, and
EDGEstremist, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Juried Show, Installation
1998 Tie me Up, Celebracion, Lubbock Fine Arts Gallery, Lubbock, TX, and Benefit Show
Draw, Emmanuel Gallery, Auraria Campus, Denver, CO, Invitational
Transparency, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Invitational
12 Inches, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Group Show
1997 Day of the Dead, Lubbock Fine Arts Gallery, Lubbock, TX
AR7, Hoover Desmond Architects, Denver, CO
MARS, Mars Gallery, Phoenix, AZ, Invitational
New Work, EDGE Gallery, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Group Show,
Something about Two Fags, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Installation
1996 Recent Acquisitions, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, 25th Birthday, Arvada Center for
the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, CO
Language Litany Morality, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Group Installation
1995 A Gathering of Galleries and Artists, Art of the State, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, CO, Invitational
Art Auction for Breast Cancer, Wynkoop Brewery, Denver, CO, Auction
EDGEstremist, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Installation
1994 A Day without AIDS, Small Show, and EDGEstremist, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Invitational, Group Show, Installation
1993 Alternative Arts Alliance Open Show, Denver, CO
Cultural Awareness Festival, Mercury Cafe, Denver, CO, Invitational
Art against AIDS, Denver Design Center, Denver, CO, Charity Auction
Undo 2 Auctions, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Auction
Something About Two Fags, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Installation with Roger Beltrami
1992 Religious Art (Angels and Devils), Hassel Haeseler Gallery, Denver, CO, Invitational
Male Icons in Modern Society, Masten Fine Art Gallery, Denver, CO, Invitational
Alternative Arts Alliance Open Show, the Icehouse, Denver, CO
Art against AIDS, 23 Parrish, Denver, CO, Charity Auction
Radical Information Project Collaboration, and
Homophobia, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Group Collaboration, Invitational
1991 Small Scale Sculpture, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO, Invitational
Social Commentary, Core New Art Space, Denver, CO, Juried Show
Affairs of the Heart, the Walden, Denver, Co
Group Show, Masten Fine Art Gallery, Denver, Co
Art against AIDS, 23 Parish, Denver, CO, Auction
Legacy Foundation Art Show, Pirate, A Contemporary Art Oasis, Denver, CO, Group Show
The Man Show, Context Gallery of Art, Denver, CO, Group Show
Member's Show, Context Gallery of Art, Denver, CO, Group Show
Channel Six Art Auction, KRMA-TV, Denver, CO
1990 Fences, Offences, Offencive, Grant Street Art Studios, Denver, CO, Dual Show
Hard-Core, Core New Art Space, Denver, CO, Juried show
Adam and Eve, Core New Art Space, Denver, Co, Juried Shows
Dirty Pictures, Eclectic Art Gallery, Westminster, CO, Juried Show
1989 Couples, Spark Gallery, Denver, CO, Performance,
Seventh Annual Juried Show, Spark, Juried Show
IceHouse, AAA, Denver, CO, Juried Show
Social Commentary, Core New Art Space, Denver, CO, Juried Show
Reading between the Lines, Core New Art Space, Denver, CO, Juried Show
Outsiders, Pirate, a Contemporary Art Oasis, Denver, CO, Juried Show
Performance Art Auction, Muddy's Cafe, Denver, CO, Performance
Student Show, University of Denver, Denver, CO
1988 Opening, Silver Fin Gallery, Denver, CO, Group Show
Overnight Juried Show, News Gallery, Denver, CO, Group Show
El Dia De Los Muertos, Pirate, A Contemporary Art Oasis, Denver, CO, Group Show
Outsiders, Pirate, A Contemporary Art Oasis, Denver, CO, Group Show
The Big Art, Schwayder Art Gallery, Denver, CO, Performance
Student Show, University of Denver, Denver, CO
1987 The lab, Lab Gallery, Denver, CO, Group Show
Print and Drawing Exhibition, Hall Gallery, Lubbock,
Dual Show/Recent Work, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
1984 College Drawing Exhibition, Bowling Green, OH, Purchase Award
1983 Art Competition, Nolan County, TX, First Prize
Stage and Set Design
2012 Red, Curious Theater, Denver, CO
1987 Top Girls, Texas Tech Theater Department, Lubbock, TX
Homecoming, Sweetwater Little Theater, Sweetwater, TX
1983 Dino, Roscoe Theater Department, Roscoe, TX
Public and Private Commissions
2015 Painting, Steve Johnson, Raleigh, NC
2011 Mural, Dania Pettus, Denver, CO
2009 Mural, Dania Pettus, Denver, CO
2007 Untitled, Manuel Avalos, Loc Bouie, CO
Untitled, Shirley Evert, Denver, CO
2006 Untitled, Deb Hawkins, Denver, CO
2005 Untitled, Michelle and Mark Ferguson, Denver, CO
2003 Valley Deep, Fresh Art Gallery, Denver, CO
Untitled, Dani Pacheco, Denver, CO
2001 Untitled, TIAA Creff Inc., Denver, CO
Untitled, Brandon Brennick, Denver, CO
2000 Mural, Dania Pettus, Denver, CO
1998 Mural, Dania Pettus, Denver, CO
1990 Adios, Kmart Corporation, Denver, CO
1989 The Brian Box, John Benjamin, Englewood, CO
Family Portrait, Basil Gianulis, Denver, CO
1988 Ritual Pole Project, I.S.M.S. Art Organization, Denver, CO
Ascending Into? And The Big Art, I.S.M.S. Art Organization, Denver, CO
1987 The Wedding, Pat Sanders, Lubbock, TX
1986 Goldie Ross and Violet Beeler, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ross, Roswell
Patrons and Collectors (Public and Private)
The Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
The University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Joe Miller, Art Critic, Art in America, Boulder, CO
Bob Delaney, Michael Paglia Art Critic, Westword Magazine, Denver, CO
James Holmes, Denver, CO
John Haeseler, Co-Coordinator News Gallery and Hassel Haeseler Gallery, Denver, CO (Patron)
Kathryn Wenderski, Colorado Springs, CO (Patron)
Gary Desmond, Englewood, CO, AR7 Hoover Desmond Architects
Patricia Kettle, Denver, CO, AR7 Hoover Desmond Architects
John Campbell and Associates, San Francisco, CA (Patron) Steve Johnson, Denver, CO, (Patron)
Brandon Martin, Denver, CO (Patron)
Lisa Foreman, MD, Denver, CO
William Gurdin, MD, Denver,CO
Bethe Allison, Director, Context Gallery of Art, Denver, CO Deborah Howard, Professor, University of Denver, Denver, CO Robert St. John, Professor, AAC, Denver, CO
ADT Security Link Inc., Denver, CO
Ranko Ruzic, Architect AR7, Boulder, CO
Jeff Hertz, Cherry Hills Village, CO
TIAA Creff Inc., Denver, CO
Ken Dixon, Professor, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX (Patron William Scott Coors and David Hurt, MD, Littleton, CO
Brandon Brennick, Kentwood Real Estate, Denver, CO
Kimberly Graham, AR7, Hoover Desmond Associates, Denver, CO Richard Jespers, Author, Lubbock, TX
Phyllis and Dwight Rider, Aurora, CO (Patron)
Steve Johnson, Denver, CO, (Patron)
Larry Spencer, Holland, Michigan
Phillip and Kat Potter, Denver, CO
Zachary Brasuell, Lufkin, TX (Patron)
Jean Smith, Denver, CO
Sophia Pontenberg, Seattle, WA
Amelia Kraft, Crested Butte, CO
Lisa Boem, Dallas, TX
Linda Miller, Champion, TX
Jamie Grace Allen, New York, NY
Kathy Madril, Denver, CO (Patron)
Mary Cay, Denver, CO
Michelle and Mark Ferguson, Denver, CO (Patron)
Murray Dahl LLP, Denver, CO
Deb Hawkings, Denver, CO
Gary Paul, Denver, CO
Cheryl Knitter, Vancleave, MS
Kim and Mark Sullivan, Denver, CO
Dania and David Pettus, Denver, CO (Patron)
Karen Thompson, Golden, CO
Kim Knaur, Boulder, CO
Gail and Kelvin Wagner, Boulder, CO (Patron)
Geoff Coventry, Kansas City, MO
Matt Peddie & Jessica Heimes, Lenexa, KS
Nancy Tonkins , Kansas City, MO
CrossFirst Bank, Kansas City, MO
Wendy Lembeck, Boulder, CO
Fred Beavers, Longmont, CO
Jane Davis, Denver, CO
Gretchen Pettus, Denver, CO
Cathy Madril, Denver, CO
Susan Berkley, Denver, CO
Donna Dennington, Aurora, CO
Timothy J. and Sheila D. Giesman, Arvada, CO Jacqueline Kiehl, New Pennsylvania, MO
Timothy D., Denver, CO
Kari Anne Edwards, San Francisco, CO
Dasha Friedl, Denver, CO
Lindsey Stouffer, St. Louis, MO
Joan MacDonald, Denver, CO (Patron)
Michelle Rollman, San Francisco, CA
Chet Grabowski, Denver, CO
Robert Bardwell, Denver, CO
Lucina Olguin, Denver, CO
John Benjamin, Englewood, CO
Mike Johnston, Aurora, CO
Steve Ross, Denver, CO
Pat Sanders, Lubbock, TX
Julie Scheutzeberg, Wichita, KS
Johanna Feminear, Lubbock, TX
Morris Gibson, Houston, TX
Kathy Bone, Aurora, CO
Robert Brantz, Denver, CO
Steven King, Elizabeth, CO
Elbra Wedgeworth, Denver, CO
John Davenport, Denver, CO
Gloria Wenzik, Telluride, CO
Laurie Lynnxe-Murphy, Denver, CO
Greg Painter, Denver, CO
Delanie Jenkins, Boulder, CO
Jean Casberian, Denver, CO
Jeni Erickson, Denver, CO
Jennifer Hope, Denver, CO (Patron)
Diane Arnold, Denver, CO
Susan Smolinski, Denver, CO
Bob Delaney, Denver, CO
Victor Villalobos and Shannon Murray, Las Cruces, NM Rebeka Robinson, Denver, CO
Diane Mulvey, Denver, CO
Shirlene Magda, Denver, CO
Norma Coleman, Denver, CO
Dawne Esnard, Aurora, CO
Kimberly Graham, Denver, CO
Gary and Cathy Schnabel, Westminster, CO (Patron) Kristen and Dean Delcalzo, Denver, CO
Peter DiLeo and Lee Voght, Denver, CO Andrea Nicholl, Lakewood, CO Deborah Henson, Longmont, CO
Susan Smolinski, Denver, CO
Alice Spencer, Denver, CO
Chris Albert, Denver, CO
Dan Miller, Kool FM, Denver, CO
Whit Wagner, Englewood, CO
Matthew and Melinda Brasuell, Houston, TX Hans and Mala Wolfe, Denver, CO
Christine Pontenberg, Denver, CO
Manuel Avalos, Loc Bouie, CO
Shirley Evert, Denver, CO
Steve Patanega, Boulder, CO
Susie Bogart, Denver, CO
William Rediesse, Denver, CO
Thomas Robertson, Denver, CO
Julie Tolliver, Abilene, TX
Shaun Pennington and Bruce Bryant, Denver, CO Kate Vaughn, Littleton, TX
Susan Berkley, Denver, CO
Jodi McCuistion, Lakewood, CO
Mary Cay, Aurora, CO
Kevin Lindsay, Harvest Media, Denver, CO Aidan Grey, Denver, CO
Margaret Oler, Fargo, ND
Dina Taylor, Denver, CO
Iwanna Makers, Fort Worth, Texas
Pam Gaffney, Denver, CO
Brian Martin, Denver, CO
Jessica and Christopher Campos, Denver, CO Don Wenderski, Colorado Springs, CO
Chris Armbruster, Denver, CO
Mark Hart, Houston, TX
Theresa Sparks, Boulder, CO
James Holmes, Denver, CO
Larry Spencer, MI
Awards, Honors, and Published Work
2015 Best Abstraction Show, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
2011 ResidueDenver, Denver CO
2010 Best Group Show, Collective Nouns, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
kari edwards no gender, Book, kari edwards Retrospective, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Colorado Abstract, Book, Michael Paglia and Mary Chandler, Authors, Denver, CO
2007 Best Gallery Show-Group, Westword Best of Denver, Michael Paglia, Art Critic
2004 Best of Show, Studio Aiello, Denver, CO, Kathy Andrews, Juror
1998 Best Drawing Show, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
1989 Best Installation, Westword Magazine, Nancy Clegg, Critic
1988-89 Scholarship for Art, University of Denver, Denver, CO
Publications and Reviews
2023 Canvas Rebel, Insights, CanvasRebel.com, Interview
2021 Voyage Denver Magazine, Shout Out, Interview and artist feature, Denver, CO
Colorado Creatives, Westword Magazine, Interview with Susan Froyd, Denver, CO
2020 Lavender Mist, Westword Magazine, Suzan Froyd
2019 Schöne Bilder, On Denver, Jared Herzing, Critic
2018 KGNU, CO OP Power Hour, Podcast, Denver, CO, Paul Bindel, Interview
9 News, Local Art Gallery Presents Show based on Gentrification, Newscast
Buddy Lit Zine, Issue #3, Denver, CO, Publication
(in) Particulate, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia Critic
2017 Blood, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
2016 9 News, Local Artists makes Statement, News Broadcast
2015 I am not the same Person, Regis University, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
Two Abstract Views, The Denver Post, Ray Rinaldi, Critic
5280, Mark Brasuell, Review
2013 Directions in Abstraction, Art Beat, Westword Magazine
2012 25 Years, Westword, Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
2011 The Second Chance, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
2010 Pairings, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
Best of Denver, Best Group Show, Michael Paglia, Critic
2009 Vista, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
2008 Magellan (A continuing journey), Peakradar.com, review
2007 Best of Denver, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
2006 Room to Roam, Denver Post, Kyle McMillan, Art Critic
Abstraction Rules, Rocky Mountain News, Mary Chandler, Art critic
2006 Directions in Abstraction, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
KUVO, Arts Hour, KUVO Studios, Denver CO, interview
2005 Formal Ware, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
2004 A Biennial Exhibit that Works, Rocky Mountain News, Mary Chandler, Critic
Westword, Now Showing, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
2003 Moving on Up, Art Beat, and Abstract Express, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
Every Fiber Tells a Story, Mary Chandler, Critic
2002 Beauty Contest, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
Weekend Spotlight, Rocky Mountain News, Mary Chandler, Critic
2001 Haute Hue, Cool Color, GO GO Magazine, Denver, CO, Renna Shesso, Critic
Art Beat, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
2000 Delightful Contrasts..., Rocky Mountain News, Mary Chandler, Critic
Hot Shots, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
1999 Cooperation, Rocky Mountain News, Mary Chandler, Critic, Interview regarding the cooperative Gallery
Art Beat, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
Rocky Mountain News, Mary Chandler Critic
Report from Colorado, Art in America, Joe Miller, Critic
Best of Denver, Best Drawing Show, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
Drawing from Peers, Rocky Mountain News, Mary
Chandler, Critic
Artistic Democracy, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
1998 Drawing in an Eclectic Group of Work, Advocate, Amanda Revell, Critic
1996 Moving Pictures, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
1995 Hide and Seek, and One Stop Shopping, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
1994 "just deserts for the eye and soul", Rocky Mountain News, Mary Chandler, Critic
1993 KCNC, Channel Four News, Denver, CO, Best Alternative Gallery, Westword Magazine,
Denver, CO
Undo 2 Auction, Out Front, Denver, CO
1992 Homophobia, Montelibre Monthly, Denver, CO, Mary Mountain-Meadows, Critic
Llambda Report, KBDI Channel Twelve, Denver, CO
1991 Portrait of Magic Makes AIDS Point, and
Construction of Sexual Boundaries, Denver, Post, Steven Rosen, Critic
Blade Magazine, Denver, CO
Icon Magazine, Denver, CO, Patrick Frank, Critic
Placing it in Context, Westword Magazine, Nancy Clegg, Critic
Quest Magazine, Denver, CO, Dan Thigpen, Critic
Channel Six Art Auction, KRMA Channel Six, Denver, CO
1990 Llambda Report, DCTV Channel 25, Interview, Denver, CO
Naughty but Nervous, Westword Magazine, Denver, CO
1989 Best Installation in Denver, Westword Magazine, Denver, CO
Out Front, Denver, CO
1988 The Clarion Magazine, Denver, CO
1987 University Daily, Lubbock, TX, Jeff Johnson, Review
Representation
2020-2023 Leopold Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2021-2023 EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO 1992-2013
2014-2020 Spark Gallery, Denver, CO
2014 Sandra Phillips Gallery, Denver, CO
2006-2011 Julie Fryberger, Art consultants, Lakewood, CO
2004-2005 Studio Aiello, Denver, CO
2001-2004 Fresh Art Gallery, Denver, CO
1991-92 Context Gallery of Art, Denver, CO
Personal
Born 1964, Sweetwater, TX
Founding Member of EDGE Gallery, Cooperative Space
Studied Creativity Thought and Technique, University of Denver, Gary Robbins, Instructor
Traveled Internationally: Vietnam, Thailand, China, Germany, Austria, Mexico, Canada
Spoken Languages, English, French, German, Esperanto
4882 Odessa St., Denver, CO 80249 720.301.0904
[email protected]
www.markbrasuell.com
Youtube.com Mark Brasuell
@brasuell Instagram
Education
1989 M.F.A. Painting/Sculpture/Intermedia Arts, University of Denver, Denver, CO
1987 B.F.A. Painting/Drawing/Jewelry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Professional Experience
2017-2023 Naropa University, Contemporary Art History, Boulder, CO
2012-2023 Wyzant Tutor, Drawing, Painting, Art History, Wyzant Tutoring, Denver, CO, Painting Drawing and Sculpture
2023 Curator, Eyes Wide Shut, Mcnichols Even Center, Denver, CO
2019-2021 Rocky Mountain School of Art and Design, Professor, Lakewood, CO
2020 Co-Curator of Lavender Mist, McNichol’s Event Center, Denver, CO
2017-2019 President, Spark Gallery
2016-2018 Colorado Early Colleges, Parker, Art History Instructor, Art History and Introduction to Art
1992-2011 Cooperative Member, 2021-2023 Cooperative Member: EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Coordination and Development of the and annual AIDS Show
2014-2020 Cooperative Member, Spark Gallery, Denver Colorado, Social Media Educator
2014 Painting Instructor, University of Denver, Denver, CO
2007-2013 President, EDGE Art Gallery, Denver, CO
2000-2012 Adjunct Drawing and Life Drawing Instructor, Adjunct, Metro State College of Denver, Denver, CO
2010-2011 Professor, Painting, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Painting, Denver, CO
2004-05 Water media Instructor, Adjunct, Metro State College of Denver, Denver, CO, Beginning and Advance Instruction in water mediums
2004-05 President, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Coordination and Development of Exhibitions and Performances, Direction and Maintenance of Gallery and Members
2001-04 Drawing/Water media Instructor, Metro State College, Denver, CO, Beginning through Advanced in a variety of drawing media and water media
2002 Life Drawing Instructor, Adjunct, Denver University, Denver, CO, Life Drawing
Master Class Drawing Instructor, Colorado Academy, Denver, CO Experimental draw ing techniques for High School and Middle School students
2000 Substitute Design Instructor, Metro State College, Denver, CO Gail Wagner primary instructor
1989-2011 Painting/Drawing Instructor, Denver, CO, Basic techniques and advanced approaches in a variety of mediums and disciplines
1997-98 President, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Instructor: Life Drawing and Painting, Coordination and Development of Exhibitions and Performances, Direction and Maintenance of Gallery
1993-98 Jewelry Construction, Desert Heart Corporation, Denver, CO
1993-95 President, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Instructor: Painting, Coordination and Development of Exhibitions and Performances, Direction and Maintenance of Gallery and Members
1991-93 Vice-President, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Coordination of Thematic Exhibitions and Performances
1989-91 Jewelry Designers for Jim Delano, Englewood, CO, Lost wax technique for gold and silver jewelry
1991 Cooperative Member, Context Gallery, Denver, CO, Created Performance Night, Instructor for Promotional Courses
1988-89 Teaching Assistantship, University of Denver, Denver, CO, Drawing/Sculpture/Performance Art, Beginning courses in a variety of mediums
1986-87 Painting/Drawing Instructor, Lubbock, TX, Basic approaches in a variety of mediums
1983-85 Painting Instructor, Sweetwater, TX
Professional Honorariums and Public Lecture
2023 931 Gallery, Artist Talk, 931 Gallery, Denver, CO
2021 Podcast, The Hustle Hub, George Belmonte interviewer, Denver, Discussion living as a professional artist
2020 Virtual Tour, Lavender Mist, McNichols Event Center, Facebook Live
2019 Colorado Public Radio, 40 years of Spark Gallery
40 Years of Spark Gallery, Panel Discussion, President of Spark Gallery
2018 KGNU Power Hour, Cooperative Galleries in Denver
2016 Movement Studio, Painting and Drawing demonstrations for the public, The Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Regis University, Retrospective Interview, Katherine Wiesen, interviewer, youtube.com, Denver, CO
2015 Retrospective talk, Regis, University, Thornton, CO
2014 Directions in Abstraction, Curatorial, Denver, CO
2013 Cooperative Galleries, Westword Magazine, Denver, CO
2012 Professional Practices, for Michael Paglia, Metro State College of Denver, CO
Red, Curious Theater, Artist Demonstration of Painting, Denver, Co
2010 Professional Practices Running an Art Gallery, for Michael Paglia, Metro State College of Denver, Denver, CO
Juror, 2010, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO
Guest Critique, Rocky Mountain School of Art and Design, Painting Finals
2009 Public Lecture, Adams State College, Alamosa, CO
Lecture, Colorado Watercolor Society, Denver, CO
Singular Nouns, Artist Talk, Metro Center for the Visual Arts, Denver, CO
2007 Singular Nouns, Artist Talk, Metro Center for the Visual Arts, Denver, CO
2006 Drawing Demonstrations, Julie Fryberger Art Consultants, Weekend Showing, Littleton Western Days, Abstract Oil Pastel Drawings
2005 Colorado Academy, Master Class in Drawing, Denver, CO, Instruction on experimental. approaches to drawing
2004 University of Denver, Professional Practices and resume construction Deborah Howard, Instructor, Denver, CO
2003 University of Denver, Professional Practices and resume construction Deborah Howard, Instructor, Denver, CO
Rocky Mountain School of art and Design, Cooperative galleries and the creation of a solo art exhibition Michael Paglia, Instructor
2002 Colorado Academy, Master Class in Drawing, Denver, CO, Slide Review and Discussion
University of Denver, Professional Practices and resume construction Deborah Howard,
Instructor, Denver, CO
Rocky Mountain School of art and Design, Michael Paglia, Instructor, Cooperative galleries and their role in the art world
1999 Colorado Academy, Dania Pettus, Instructor, Denver, CO, Guest critique and Juror
1998 University of Denver, Deborah Howard, Instructor, Denver, CO, Life drawing and its relationship to abstraction.
University of Colorado at Boulder, Gail Wagner, Instructor, Boulder, CO, Guest Critique
1996 EDGE Gallery, Artists Talk, and Slide lecture, Denver, CO, My development as an independent artist
1994 EDGE Gallery, Look Ma, No Hands, group discussion, Denver, CO, Collaboration and artist’s role as creator
Selected Solo Exhibitions and Performances
2023 Unterschwellig, Edge Gallery, Denver, CO, Drawings
Traumwelt, 931 Gallery, Denver, CO Solo Drawings
2022 Im Augenblick, Edge Gallery, Denver, CO, Paintings
2021 Last Year Everyone I Knew Died, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO
2020 Geheimnis und Schönheit, Lincoln Center, Naropa Campus, Boulder CO, Solo Work
2019 Inaugural Showing, TALK Art Gallery, Englewood, CO, Solo Paintings
Schöne Bilder, Spark Gallery, Pastel Drawings
2018 Mascara, Adams State University, Alamosa, CO, Paintings and Drawings
(in) Particulate, Spark Gallery, Denver, CO, Paintings
Nexus, Naropa University, Paramita Campus, Pastels
Hammered and Hung, Auction, Denver, CO
2016 Blood , Spark Gallery, Paintings
2015 Zero, Spark Gallery, Denver, CO, Paintings
I am not the Same person that I was once before, A Retrospective, Regis University, Denver, Co, Retrospective
Solo Show, St. Mark’s, Denver, CO, Paintings
2013 And Now, Everything!, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Painting and Sculpture
2012 25 years in Colorado (so many ghosts), EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Retrospective
Red, Curious Theatre, Denver, CO, Paintings for the Tony Award Winning Play
2011 The Second Chance, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Painting and Drawing on Mylar
2010 Plain view, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Paintings
2009 Vista, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Paintings
2008 I don’t feel at all like I fall, EDGE Gallery, Paintings
2007 Magellan, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Drawings
2006 Flaming, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Paintings
2005 Rococo, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO Mixed Media
Salon, Luxe, Denver, CO, Paintings
2004 Difficult Abstraction, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Paintings
2003 Dirty Bird (Leaving the Past Behind), EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Paintings and Prints
2002 Everything Has Changed, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Paintings
Full of Moons, Fresh Art Gallery, Denver, CO, Drawings and Paintings
Frenetic Phobias, Spark Gallery, Denver, CO, Paintings
2001 I am not the same person that I was before, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Paintings
2000 Everything Personal, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Collaborative Installation
1999 Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Paintings
Land/Leave, the Backroom Gallery, Denver, CO, Drawing/Installation
1998 In the Beginning, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Drawing
1997 I ain't ag'in nobody..., EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Drawing
1996 2, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Painting
1995 Closet Painter, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Painting
1994 Look Ma, No Hands! EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Collaborative Installation
1993 Senseless Acts of Beauty, and the Will Perkins Memorial with Sweet Miss Liberty,
EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Installation and Performance
1992 Meander Contest, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Installation
All My Mistakes, Artist's Studio, Denver, CO, Installation
1991 The Construction of Sexual Boundaries, and New Work, Context Gallery of Art, Denver, CO, Collaborative Installation between Mark Brasuell and Dan Thigpen, Painting
1990 The Corruption of Language, Grant Street Art center, Denver, CO, Installation and Sound
1989 Personal Espionage, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Installation
Identity, Schwayder Art Gallery, Denver, CO, Installation
1988 Ascending Into? Denver, CO, Commissioned Installation
Ritual Pole Project, 2121 East Asbury Drive, Denver, CO, Commissioned Public Sculpture
A Cenotaph for the Victims, University of Denver, CO, Installation
Anatomy of an Artist, Locker Art Gallery, Denver, CO
The Exorcist, Episode 6, the Finale, Denver, CO, Performance
Self Portrait with Sound, University of Denver, Denver, CO, Sound, Performance
1987 The Gift, Hall Gallery, Lubbock, TX
Self, Texas Tech Theater Department, Lubbock, TX, Performance
Selected Group Exhibitions and Performances
2023 The Big Draw, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, CO, Juried Exhibition
Eyes Wide Shut, Visual Meditations of the Plague, McNichols Event Center, Denver, CO, Curated Exhibition
Edgestremist 2023, EDGE Art Gallery, Lakewood, CO, Member show
Expanding Modernism, 931 Gallery, Denver, CO, Group Exhibition
2022 Word, 931 Gallery, Denver, CO, Group
Art Attack, TALK Gallery,Englewood,CO, Group Show
New Passage, EDGE Art Gallery, Lakewood, CO, Grand Opening Showing
2021 Members Show, Last Year, Solstice, EDGE Art Gallery, Lakewood, CO, Group shows
2020 Pink Progression, Collaborations, Arvada Center for Arts and the Humanities, Thornton
CO, Collaborative Showing
Spark Member's Show, Spark Gallery
2019 Colorado Abstract 10 Years, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, CO, Invitational Show
2018 Spark Members Show, Spark Gallery, Denver, CO Member Show
Side Kicks, Spark Gallery, Denver, CO, Group Show
2017 The Denver Modernism Show, Denver CO, Juried Show,
Outsiders Show, Pirate Art Gallery, Denver, CO, Open Show
Members Show, Spark Gallery, Denver, CO, Group Show
2015 Member's Show, Spark Gallery, Denver, CO
2014 Sidekicks, Spark Gallery, Denver, CO, Collaboration
Member’s Show, Spark Gallery, Denver, CO, Collaboration
4x4, EDGE Gallery, Thematic Exhibition
2011 Singular Nouns, Metro Center for the Visual Arts, Denver, CO, Faculty Show
Group Show, Sync Gallery, Denver, Co, Invitational
2010 Considering Joseph, and EDGEBay, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Auction, and invitational
Pairing, EDGE Gallery, Member Show
2009 Colorado Abstract, Metropolitan Center for the Visual Arts, Denver, CO
EDGE Goes South, Adams State College, Alamosa, CO, Invited Show
Northern Migration, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Group Show
Metro State Biennial, Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, CO
2008 Electoral Collage, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO
MSCD Faculty Exhibition, Center for the Visual Arts, Denver, CO, Group Show
2007 EDGEstremist, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Group show
2006 EDGE Gallery Va a Mexico!, El Centro Cultural Taxco-Casa Borda, Mexico, International Exhibition
Directions in Abstraction, Curated exhibition by Mark Brasuell, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO
Kari Edwards Memorial, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, In memoriam exhibition
EDGEstremist, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Curated Exhibition, Group Show
2005 Dialog, Gallery, Studio Aiello Gallery, Denver, CO, Solo and Group show
Members Show, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO
EDGE Box Show, 15 Year Anniversary Show, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Group show
004 Where did you come from..., EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Group Installation
Group 2, Studio Aiello Gallery, Denver, CO, Group Show
Birds of a Feather, EDGE Gallery, Memorial Exhibition, Denver, CO
Where did you come from..., EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Installation
2003 MSCD Faculty Exhibition, Center for the Visual Arts, Denver, CO, Group Show
The Process and Memento, Fresh Art Gallery, Denver, CO, Group Show
12x12xEDGE, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO Group Installation
Auction, Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada, CO, Auction
2002 Metro State College Faculty Exhibition, Emanuel Gallery, Denver, CO, Group Show
2001 The Colorists, Fresh Art Gallery, Denver, CO
AKA,Denver, CO, Group Show
Saint and the Sinner, Denver, CO, Group Show
Flag, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Group Shows
2000 Gaining Your Voice through the Arts, Greenwich, CT, Curated Exhibition
The Gift, Decade, Exquisite Corpse, the Blue Light Special, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Group Shows
1999 Zippy Bugs 'n' Bones on Edge Show, and
EDGEstremist, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Juried Show, Installation
1998 Tie me Up, Celebracion, Lubbock Fine Arts Gallery, Lubbock, TX, and Benefit Show
Draw, Emmanuel Gallery, Auraria Campus, Denver, CO, Invitational
Transparency, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Invitational
12 Inches, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Group Show
1997 Day of the Dead, Lubbock Fine Arts Gallery, Lubbock, TX
AR7, Hoover Desmond Architects, Denver, CO
MARS, Mars Gallery, Phoenix, AZ, Invitational
New Work, EDGE Gallery, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Group Show,
Something about Two Fags, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Installation
1996 Recent Acquisitions, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, 25th Birthday, Arvada Center for
the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, CO
Language Litany Morality, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Group Installation
1995 A Gathering of Galleries and Artists, Art of the State, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, CO, Invitational
Art Auction for Breast Cancer, Wynkoop Brewery, Denver, CO, Auction
EDGEstremist, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Installation
1994 A Day without AIDS, Small Show, and EDGEstremist, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Invitational, Group Show, Installation
1993 Alternative Arts Alliance Open Show, Denver, CO
Cultural Awareness Festival, Mercury Cafe, Denver, CO, Invitational
Art against AIDS, Denver Design Center, Denver, CO, Charity Auction
Undo 2 Auctions, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Auction
Something About Two Fags, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Installation with Roger Beltrami
1992 Religious Art (Angels and Devils), Hassel Haeseler Gallery, Denver, CO, Invitational
Male Icons in Modern Society, Masten Fine Art Gallery, Denver, CO, Invitational
Alternative Arts Alliance Open Show, the Icehouse, Denver, CO
Art against AIDS, 23 Parrish, Denver, CO, Charity Auction
Radical Information Project Collaboration, and
Homophobia, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Group Collaboration, Invitational
1991 Small Scale Sculpture, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO, Invitational
Social Commentary, Core New Art Space, Denver, CO, Juried Show
Affairs of the Heart, the Walden, Denver, Co
Group Show, Masten Fine Art Gallery, Denver, Co
Art against AIDS, 23 Parish, Denver, CO, Auction
Legacy Foundation Art Show, Pirate, A Contemporary Art Oasis, Denver, CO, Group Show
The Man Show, Context Gallery of Art, Denver, CO, Group Show
Member's Show, Context Gallery of Art, Denver, CO, Group Show
Channel Six Art Auction, KRMA-TV, Denver, CO
1990 Fences, Offences, Offencive, Grant Street Art Studios, Denver, CO, Dual Show
Hard-Core, Core New Art Space, Denver, CO, Juried show
Adam and Eve, Core New Art Space, Denver, Co, Juried Shows
Dirty Pictures, Eclectic Art Gallery, Westminster, CO, Juried Show
1989 Couples, Spark Gallery, Denver, CO, Performance,
Seventh Annual Juried Show, Spark, Juried Show
IceHouse, AAA, Denver, CO, Juried Show
Social Commentary, Core New Art Space, Denver, CO, Juried Show
Reading between the Lines, Core New Art Space, Denver, CO, Juried Show
Outsiders, Pirate, a Contemporary Art Oasis, Denver, CO, Juried Show
Performance Art Auction, Muddy's Cafe, Denver, CO, Performance
Student Show, University of Denver, Denver, CO
1988 Opening, Silver Fin Gallery, Denver, CO, Group Show
Overnight Juried Show, News Gallery, Denver, CO, Group Show
El Dia De Los Muertos, Pirate, A Contemporary Art Oasis, Denver, CO, Group Show
Outsiders, Pirate, A Contemporary Art Oasis, Denver, CO, Group Show
The Big Art, Schwayder Art Gallery, Denver, CO, Performance
Student Show, University of Denver, Denver, CO
1987 The lab, Lab Gallery, Denver, CO, Group Show
Print and Drawing Exhibition, Hall Gallery, Lubbock,
Dual Show/Recent Work, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
1984 College Drawing Exhibition, Bowling Green, OH, Purchase Award
1983 Art Competition, Nolan County, TX, First Prize
Stage and Set Design
2012 Red, Curious Theater, Denver, CO
1987 Top Girls, Texas Tech Theater Department, Lubbock, TX
Homecoming, Sweetwater Little Theater, Sweetwater, TX
1983 Dino, Roscoe Theater Department, Roscoe, TX
Public and Private Commissions
2015 Painting, Steve Johnson, Raleigh, NC
2011 Mural, Dania Pettus, Denver, CO
2009 Mural, Dania Pettus, Denver, CO
2007 Untitled, Manuel Avalos, Loc Bouie, CO
Untitled, Shirley Evert, Denver, CO
2006 Untitled, Deb Hawkins, Denver, CO
2005 Untitled, Michelle and Mark Ferguson, Denver, CO
2003 Valley Deep, Fresh Art Gallery, Denver, CO
Untitled, Dani Pacheco, Denver, CO
2001 Untitled, TIAA Creff Inc., Denver, CO
Untitled, Brandon Brennick, Denver, CO
2000 Mural, Dania Pettus, Denver, CO
1998 Mural, Dania Pettus, Denver, CO
1990 Adios, Kmart Corporation, Denver, CO
1989 The Brian Box, John Benjamin, Englewood, CO
Family Portrait, Basil Gianulis, Denver, CO
1988 Ritual Pole Project, I.S.M.S. Art Organization, Denver, CO
Ascending Into? And The Big Art, I.S.M.S. Art Organization, Denver, CO
1987 The Wedding, Pat Sanders, Lubbock, TX
1986 Goldie Ross and Violet Beeler, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ross, Roswell
Patrons and Collectors (Public and Private)
The Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
The University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Joe Miller, Art Critic, Art in America, Boulder, CO
Bob Delaney, Michael Paglia Art Critic, Westword Magazine, Denver, CO
James Holmes, Denver, CO
John Haeseler, Co-Coordinator News Gallery and Hassel Haeseler Gallery, Denver, CO (Patron)
Kathryn Wenderski, Colorado Springs, CO (Patron)
Gary Desmond, Englewood, CO, AR7 Hoover Desmond Architects
Patricia Kettle, Denver, CO, AR7 Hoover Desmond Architects
John Campbell and Associates, San Francisco, CA (Patron) Steve Johnson, Denver, CO, (Patron)
Brandon Martin, Denver, CO (Patron)
Lisa Foreman, MD, Denver, CO
William Gurdin, MD, Denver,CO
Bethe Allison, Director, Context Gallery of Art, Denver, CO Deborah Howard, Professor, University of Denver, Denver, CO Robert St. John, Professor, AAC, Denver, CO
ADT Security Link Inc., Denver, CO
Ranko Ruzic, Architect AR7, Boulder, CO
Jeff Hertz, Cherry Hills Village, CO
TIAA Creff Inc., Denver, CO
Ken Dixon, Professor, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX (Patron William Scott Coors and David Hurt, MD, Littleton, CO
Brandon Brennick, Kentwood Real Estate, Denver, CO
Kimberly Graham, AR7, Hoover Desmond Associates, Denver, CO Richard Jespers, Author, Lubbock, TX
Phyllis and Dwight Rider, Aurora, CO (Patron)
Steve Johnson, Denver, CO, (Patron)
Larry Spencer, Holland, Michigan
Phillip and Kat Potter, Denver, CO
Zachary Brasuell, Lufkin, TX (Patron)
Jean Smith, Denver, CO
Sophia Pontenberg, Seattle, WA
Amelia Kraft, Crested Butte, CO
Lisa Boem, Dallas, TX
Linda Miller, Champion, TX
Jamie Grace Allen, New York, NY
Kathy Madril, Denver, CO (Patron)
Mary Cay, Denver, CO
Michelle and Mark Ferguson, Denver, CO (Patron)
Murray Dahl LLP, Denver, CO
Deb Hawkings, Denver, CO
Gary Paul, Denver, CO
Cheryl Knitter, Vancleave, MS
Kim and Mark Sullivan, Denver, CO
Dania and David Pettus, Denver, CO (Patron)
Karen Thompson, Golden, CO
Kim Knaur, Boulder, CO
Gail and Kelvin Wagner, Boulder, CO (Patron)
Geoff Coventry, Kansas City, MO
Matt Peddie & Jessica Heimes, Lenexa, KS
Nancy Tonkins , Kansas City, MO
CrossFirst Bank, Kansas City, MO
Wendy Lembeck, Boulder, CO
Fred Beavers, Longmont, CO
Jane Davis, Denver, CO
Gretchen Pettus, Denver, CO
Cathy Madril, Denver, CO
Susan Berkley, Denver, CO
Donna Dennington, Aurora, CO
Timothy J. and Sheila D. Giesman, Arvada, CO Jacqueline Kiehl, New Pennsylvania, MO
Timothy D., Denver, CO
Kari Anne Edwards, San Francisco, CO
Dasha Friedl, Denver, CO
Lindsey Stouffer, St. Louis, MO
Joan MacDonald, Denver, CO (Patron)
Michelle Rollman, San Francisco, CA
Chet Grabowski, Denver, CO
Robert Bardwell, Denver, CO
Lucina Olguin, Denver, CO
John Benjamin, Englewood, CO
Mike Johnston, Aurora, CO
Steve Ross, Denver, CO
Pat Sanders, Lubbock, TX
Julie Scheutzeberg, Wichita, KS
Johanna Feminear, Lubbock, TX
Morris Gibson, Houston, TX
Kathy Bone, Aurora, CO
Robert Brantz, Denver, CO
Steven King, Elizabeth, CO
Elbra Wedgeworth, Denver, CO
John Davenport, Denver, CO
Gloria Wenzik, Telluride, CO
Laurie Lynnxe-Murphy, Denver, CO
Greg Painter, Denver, CO
Delanie Jenkins, Boulder, CO
Jean Casberian, Denver, CO
Jeni Erickson, Denver, CO
Jennifer Hope, Denver, CO (Patron)
Diane Arnold, Denver, CO
Susan Smolinski, Denver, CO
Bob Delaney, Denver, CO
Victor Villalobos and Shannon Murray, Las Cruces, NM Rebeka Robinson, Denver, CO
Diane Mulvey, Denver, CO
Shirlene Magda, Denver, CO
Norma Coleman, Denver, CO
Dawne Esnard, Aurora, CO
Kimberly Graham, Denver, CO
Gary and Cathy Schnabel, Westminster, CO (Patron) Kristen and Dean Delcalzo, Denver, CO
Peter DiLeo and Lee Voght, Denver, CO Andrea Nicholl, Lakewood, CO Deborah Henson, Longmont, CO
Susan Smolinski, Denver, CO
Alice Spencer, Denver, CO
Chris Albert, Denver, CO
Dan Miller, Kool FM, Denver, CO
Whit Wagner, Englewood, CO
Matthew and Melinda Brasuell, Houston, TX Hans and Mala Wolfe, Denver, CO
Christine Pontenberg, Denver, CO
Manuel Avalos, Loc Bouie, CO
Shirley Evert, Denver, CO
Steve Patanega, Boulder, CO
Susie Bogart, Denver, CO
William Rediesse, Denver, CO
Thomas Robertson, Denver, CO
Julie Tolliver, Abilene, TX
Shaun Pennington and Bruce Bryant, Denver, CO Kate Vaughn, Littleton, TX
Susan Berkley, Denver, CO
Jodi McCuistion, Lakewood, CO
Mary Cay, Aurora, CO
Kevin Lindsay, Harvest Media, Denver, CO Aidan Grey, Denver, CO
Margaret Oler, Fargo, ND
Dina Taylor, Denver, CO
Iwanna Makers, Fort Worth, Texas
Pam Gaffney, Denver, CO
Brian Martin, Denver, CO
Jessica and Christopher Campos, Denver, CO Don Wenderski, Colorado Springs, CO
Chris Armbruster, Denver, CO
Mark Hart, Houston, TX
Theresa Sparks, Boulder, CO
James Holmes, Denver, CO
Larry Spencer, MI
Awards, Honors, and Published Work
2015 Best Abstraction Show, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
2011 ResidueDenver, Denver CO
2010 Best Group Show, Collective Nouns, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
kari edwards no gender, Book, kari edwards Retrospective, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Colorado Abstract, Book, Michael Paglia and Mary Chandler, Authors, Denver, CO
2007 Best Gallery Show-Group, Westword Best of Denver, Michael Paglia, Art Critic
2004 Best of Show, Studio Aiello, Denver, CO, Kathy Andrews, Juror
1998 Best Drawing Show, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
1989 Best Installation, Westword Magazine, Nancy Clegg, Critic
1988-89 Scholarship for Art, University of Denver, Denver, CO
Publications and Reviews
2023 Canvas Rebel, Insights, CanvasRebel.com, Interview
2021 Voyage Denver Magazine, Shout Out, Interview and artist feature, Denver, CO
Colorado Creatives, Westword Magazine, Interview with Susan Froyd, Denver, CO
2020 Lavender Mist, Westword Magazine, Suzan Froyd
2019 Schöne Bilder, On Denver, Jared Herzing, Critic
2018 KGNU, CO OP Power Hour, Podcast, Denver, CO, Paul Bindel, Interview
9 News, Local Art Gallery Presents Show based on Gentrification, Newscast
Buddy Lit Zine, Issue #3, Denver, CO, Publication
(in) Particulate, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia Critic
2017 Blood, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
2016 9 News, Local Artists makes Statement, News Broadcast
2015 I am not the same Person, Regis University, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
Two Abstract Views, The Denver Post, Ray Rinaldi, Critic
5280, Mark Brasuell, Review
2013 Directions in Abstraction, Art Beat, Westword Magazine
2012 25 Years, Westword, Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
2011 The Second Chance, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
2010 Pairings, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
Best of Denver, Best Group Show, Michael Paglia, Critic
2009 Vista, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
2008 Magellan (A continuing journey), Peakradar.com, review
2007 Best of Denver, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
2006 Room to Roam, Denver Post, Kyle McMillan, Art Critic
Abstraction Rules, Rocky Mountain News, Mary Chandler, Art critic
2006 Directions in Abstraction, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
KUVO, Arts Hour, KUVO Studios, Denver CO, interview
2005 Formal Ware, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
2004 A Biennial Exhibit that Works, Rocky Mountain News, Mary Chandler, Critic
Westword, Now Showing, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
2003 Moving on Up, Art Beat, and Abstract Express, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
Every Fiber Tells a Story, Mary Chandler, Critic
2002 Beauty Contest, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
Weekend Spotlight, Rocky Mountain News, Mary Chandler, Critic
2001 Haute Hue, Cool Color, GO GO Magazine, Denver, CO, Renna Shesso, Critic
Art Beat, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
2000 Delightful Contrasts..., Rocky Mountain News, Mary Chandler, Critic
Hot Shots, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
1999 Cooperation, Rocky Mountain News, Mary Chandler, Critic, Interview regarding the cooperative Gallery
Art Beat, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
Rocky Mountain News, Mary Chandler Critic
Report from Colorado, Art in America, Joe Miller, Critic
Best of Denver, Best Drawing Show, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
Drawing from Peers, Rocky Mountain News, Mary
Chandler, Critic
Artistic Democracy, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
1998 Drawing in an Eclectic Group of Work, Advocate, Amanda Revell, Critic
1996 Moving Pictures, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
1995 Hide and Seek, and One Stop Shopping, Westword Magazine, Michael Paglia, Critic
1994 "just deserts for the eye and soul", Rocky Mountain News, Mary Chandler, Critic
1993 KCNC, Channel Four News, Denver, CO, Best Alternative Gallery, Westword Magazine,
Denver, CO
Undo 2 Auction, Out Front, Denver, CO
1992 Homophobia, Montelibre Monthly, Denver, CO, Mary Mountain-Meadows, Critic
Llambda Report, KBDI Channel Twelve, Denver, CO
1991 Portrait of Magic Makes AIDS Point, and
Construction of Sexual Boundaries, Denver, Post, Steven Rosen, Critic
Blade Magazine, Denver, CO
Icon Magazine, Denver, CO, Patrick Frank, Critic
Placing it in Context, Westword Magazine, Nancy Clegg, Critic
Quest Magazine, Denver, CO, Dan Thigpen, Critic
Channel Six Art Auction, KRMA Channel Six, Denver, CO
1990 Llambda Report, DCTV Channel 25, Interview, Denver, CO
Naughty but Nervous, Westword Magazine, Denver, CO
1989 Best Installation in Denver, Westword Magazine, Denver, CO
Out Front, Denver, CO
1988 The Clarion Magazine, Denver, CO
1987 University Daily, Lubbock, TX, Jeff Johnson, Review
Representation
2020-2023 Leopold Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2021-2023 EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO 1992-2013
2014-2020 Spark Gallery, Denver, CO
2014 Sandra Phillips Gallery, Denver, CO
2006-2011 Julie Fryberger, Art consultants, Lakewood, CO
2004-2005 Studio Aiello, Denver, CO
2001-2004 Fresh Art Gallery, Denver, CO
1991-92 Context Gallery of Art, Denver, CO
Personal
Born 1964, Sweetwater, TX
Founding Member of EDGE Gallery, Cooperative Space
Studied Creativity Thought and Technique, University of Denver, Gary Robbins, Instructor
Traveled Internationally: Vietnam, Thailand, China, Germany, Austria, Mexico, Canada
Spoken Languages, English, French, German, Esperanto