Mark Brasuell
Conceptual Abstractionist
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    • -Mascara-
    • -Olio-
    • -Blood-
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    • -ZERO-
    • -The Second Chance-
    • -I don't feel at all like I fall-
    • -Vista-
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Mark Brasuell
4882 Odessa St., Denver, CO 80249
720.301.0904
mbrasuell@gmail.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


2017-2022    Naropa University,  Contemporary Art History, Boulder, CO 
2012-2022    Wyzant Tutor, Drawing, Painting, Art History, Wyzant Tutoring, Denver, CO, Painting                     Drawing and Sculpture
2019-2021    Rocky Mountain School of Art and Design, Professor, Lakewood, CO
2020               Co-Curator of Lavender Mist, McNichols 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, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Coordination and Development of the and annual AIDS Show
2021-2022                        
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 drawing 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              Context Gallery, Cooperative Member, 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


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
        Critique, Julie Puma, 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


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


2021        Members Show, Last Year, Solstice, EDGE Art Gallery, Denver, 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, Me
        EDGE Box Show, 15 Year Anniversary Show, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO, Group show
2004        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


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


2020-2022    Leopold Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2014-2020    Spark Gallery, Denver, CO
2014        Sandra Phillips Gallery, Denver, CO
2021-2022     EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO
1992-2013         
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, German, Dutch, Esperanto
        
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