Mark Orange - selected art projects
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1967 Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
1999- Living and working in New York
   
  Selected Exhibitions and Projects
2009 'Coalesce', SMART Project Space, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2008 'Brick Balloon', curated by Anthony Graves, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

‘Technically Sweet’, Overgaden, Copenhagen, Denmark

  'Skank Bloc Bologna 3', Artist's Publication, TART, San Francisco
  'Storytelling', Illges Gallery, Corn Center for the Visual Arts, Columbus State University, GA
  ‘The Unbelievable Truth’, film program curated by LUX, London, Era New Horizons Film Festival, Warsaw, Poland
  ‘Technically Sweet’, curated by Maria Finn and Yvette Brackman, Participant Inc. and Anthology Film Archives, New York
  'Skipping The Page', curated by Graham Parker, Center for Book Arts, New York
2007

'I'll Come Up With Something', curated by Michael Wilson, artist publication, Centro Cultural Montehermoso, Spain

  Kilkenny Arts Festival, curated by Hugh Mulholland, Kilkenny, Ireland
  ‘The Double Image’, curated by Dougal McKenzie, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast
  ‘Your Position As Much As Your Environment’, curated by Sarah Glennie, Model Arts and Niland Gallery, Sligo, Ireland
2006

'Local Transit', curated by Brian Butler and Christian Rattemeyer, Artists Space, New York
  'Affair', curated by Anne Colvin, TART, San Francisco
  'Masters - 25 Years', Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
  'Cluster', curated by Katie Holten, Participant Inc., New York
2005 'Street Archaeology' public art project, Donegall Street, Belfast
  'Do You Like Stuff?', curated by Gabrielle Giattino, Swiss Institute, New York
  'RED WHITE BLUE', Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York
  'Coalesce', curated by Paul O'Neill, Redux, London
  'The Major Something In Doing Nothing', (2-person show with Duncan Campbell), TART, San Francisco
  'Listen', curated by Kathleen Forde, Rotterdam Film Festival, Netherlands
  'LOTs Of Posters', LOT, Bristol, England
2004 'Full Circle', Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin
  'Sam Shouting in the Museum', Gallery for One, 5 Scarlet Row, Dublin (SOLO)
  Winter Auction, D.U.M.B.O. Arts Center, Brooklyn NY
  'None Of The Above', curated by John Armleder, Swiss Institute, New York
  ‘A Little Oracle’, Goethe Institut, Dublin, and Cinilingus, Belfast (SOLO)
  'There Is A Light That Never Goes Out', curated by Michael Wilson, D.U.M.B.O. Arts Center, Brooklyn NY
  Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, gallery installation as part of ‘Volume’, sound week (SOLO)
  'Open Walls', ISSUE Project Room, New York
2003 'Post-It', Floating IP, Manchester, England
  '001', Nth Art, London, England
  Artist’s pages project, CIRCA Art Magazine, Fall 2003
 

‘Tar Beach - New Artists from New York’, curated by Michael Wilson, Site Gallery, Sheffield, England

  ‘Permaculture’, Project Arts Center, Dublin, Ireland
  ‘The National Gallery’, Goethe Institut Inter Nationes, Dublin, Ireland
2002 'FEPII project', Art Under The Bridge Festival, D.U.M.B.O, Brooklyn, New York.
  'Cluster', curated by Katie Holten, BOWES, 31 Fleet Street, Dublin.
  'Under Your Skin', photo/text contribution to Catalyst Arts publication.
  ‘Rehearsing Ascension’, elevator project, Art In General, New York. (SOLO)
  ‘The Dialogue’, video screening, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York.
  'Now More Than Ever', public art poster project by 14 New York artists, Melbourne, Australia.
  ‘Blackbox Recorder FM’, artists’ radio broadcast and CDRom, Catalyst Arts, Belfast.
2001 'Transitory Audio Archive', 129 Lafayette Street, New York.
  ‘Schematically Inclined'; Gallery Bershad, Boston, MA.
1999 ‘EV+A ‘99’; curated by Jeanne Greenberg Rohaytn, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick, Ireland.
  ‘Radio Tuesday’; artists’ audio works radio broadcast, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland.
  ‘The Morning After’, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, N.Ireland. (SOLO)
1998 ‘The Morning After’, Context Gallery Derry, Northern Ireland. (SOLO)
  Reverend Todd’s Full House; College Green House, Belfast, N.Ireland.
  ‘Wish You Luck'; P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York.
1997 ‘Museum of the 20th Century’; Catalyst Arts, Belfast, N.Ireland.
  Open Studio; P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York.
  ‘Car Boot Sale’; night time projections at Documenta X, Kassel, Germany.
  ‘Interview with Victor Robinson’, Waterfront project, Belfast Waterfront Hall.
  ' Limits of Silence'; Pearce Institute Exhibition Spaces, Glasgow, Scotland.
1996 ‘Invitation’; Context Gallery, Derry, N.Ireland.
  ‘Splatter’; Halloween night event, Crawfordsburn, N.Ireland.
  ‘House Style’; The Bedroom, 55 Greenore St. Belfast, N.Ireland.
  ‘Interview with Hugh Murray’, EV+A'96; curated by Guy Tortosa, Limerick, Ireland.
1995 ‘Beyond Borders Plus'; temporary public projects around Derry City, N.Ireland.
  Barrage, sound works project, The Design Centre, Corporation St. Belfast, N.Ireland.
  ‘12 Artists from Northern Ireland’; Itami City Museum of Art, Japan
  ‘Super 8’; Catalyst Arts, Belfast, N.Ireland.
1994 MFA Exhibition; University of Ulster, Belfast/ Glasgow/ Dublin.
  ‘Hit and Run’; Wilmont House, Lady Dixon Park, Belfast, N.Ireland.
  ‘Modern Art’; Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland.
   
  Reviews and Articles
2005 Adam E Mendelsohn, 'Do You Like Stuff?', Art Monthly, October 2005
  Emily Hall , 'None Of The Above', Artforum, March 2005
2004 Christa Maria Lerm Hayes, 'Joyce In Art', Lilliput Press Dublin, 2004
2003 The Guardian Newspaper (London), ‘Pick of the Week’, June 17th, 2003
  Amber Cowan, ‘Tar Beach’, The Times (London), May 31st, 2003
  Sotiris Kyriacou, ‘Previews’, Contemporary magazine no. 51, 2003
  Michael Wilson, 'Tar Beach', exhibition catalogue, Site Gallery, Sheffield
  Daniel Jewesbury; ‘Permaculture’, Art Monthly, April 2003
  Medb Ruane; ‘Permaculture’, The Sunday Times (Ireland) February 23rd.
2002 Time Out New York, issue 335, February 28 - March 7
2000 Eoghan McTigue; ‘Taking Place’; Circa 90, Winter 1999/2000
1999 Sean Taylor; ‘EV+A ‘99 Reduced’; SSI Magazine, Autumn 1999
  Dougal McKenzie; ‘EV+A ‘99 Reduced’; Circa 89, Autumn 1999
  Eoghan McTigue; ‘Transgressive Events’; Circa 89, Autumn 1999
  Ian Hill; Evening Extra; BBC Radio Ulster; 22/3/99
  Gavin Weston; The Sunday Times; Culture Ireland section; 21/03/99
  Ian Hill; Belfast Newsletter; 13/03/99
  Martina Corry; Circa Art Magazine; no. 86; Spring 1999
1997 Cúrsaí Ealaíne, RTE TV, Ireland, December 7th 1997.
  Daniel Jewesbury; 'Limits of Silence', Circa 81, Autumn 1997
  James Kerr; 'Waterfront', Circa 81, Autumn 1997.
  'The Great Unloved', Circa 81, Autumn 1997.
  Aisling O'Beirne; 'Waterfront', Fortnight no.363, July/Aug 1997
  Gavin Weston; 'Waterfront', The Sunday Times (Ireland), 25/5/97
1996 Ian Hill; Invitation, exhibition review, The Irish Times 4/12/96
  Guy Tortosa; ‘EV+A '96’; exhibition catalogue.
  Colin Darke 'Beyond Borders Plus'; Circa 75, Spring 1996.
1995 Gavin Weston, 'Barrage', The Sunday Times, 25/6/95
   
  Awards / Education
1999 Artist's Work Programme, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
1997-98 International Studio Program, P.S.1, New York.
1993-94 MFA Degree in Fine Art, University of Ulster, Belfast.
1987-90 BA (Hons) in Fine Art, University of Ulster, Belfast.
   
  Curatorial
2002-  Associate Director, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York
1993-97
Co-founder and director of Catalyst Arts, artist-run gallery and organization, Belfast, Northern Ireland.