mark eanes

Mark Eanes is a painter, printmaker, photographer, curator, and educator who has spent the last 20 years living and working in Benicia, California. Eanes has shown his paintings throughout California as well as nationally and internationally. Eanes's works have been included in shows at the Santa Clara Museum of Art, San Francisco’s Museum of Modern Art’s artist gallery, the Etra Gallery in Miami, the Ruth Bacofner Gallery in Los Angeles, and the San Paulo Biennale, among others. He is currently teaching Illustration at California Collage of the Arts.

RESUME

Education

1987 M.F.A, Mills College, Oakland, CA

1974 B.F.A, U.C. Santa Barbara, CA

1972 A.A,Canada College, Redwood City, CA

Solo Exhibitions

2016 LAYERS / Partners Gallery / Fort Bragg, CA

2015 SHIGE GALLERY, Cotati, CA

2013 ROVINJ ANNUAL ART FAIR / Rovinj, Croatia

RECENT WORK / 621 Gallery, Benicia, CA

2011 ALL ABOUT SEEING / A THIRTY YEAR SURVEY / Marcellus Gallery / Hanford, CA

2007 SACRED + PROFANE / MASTER STUDIES, Parsons School of Design, Paris, France

2004 FROM THE NATURAL WORLD/Paintings, Prints, Mill Valley Arts Commission, Mill Valley, CA

1997 ABSTRACTION / Fairfield Center for the Arts, Fairfield, CA

1995 PAINTINGS + MONOPRINTS / Patricia Sweetow Gallery, Napa, CA

1992 IMAGES OF INDIA / Gallery Route One, Pt. Reyes, CA

PAINTINGS AND MONOPRINTS / Dominican College, San Rafael, CA

1990 AFTER THE FIRE / Michael Dunev Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1988 NEW FACES / Michael Dunev Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2017 NEW ARRIVALS / Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN

MARVELOUS / International Juried Show / Sebastopol Center for the Arts / Sebastopol, CA

2016 BOOK-ART OBJECT / III International Exhibit / Applied Arts Museum, Belgrade, Serbia

IMAGERY WINE COLLECTION OF ART/ Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA

ABSTRACT / Juried Exhibition / Sebastopol Center for the arts, CA

MICROART / DA DAS Gallery, Sacramento, CA

IN REMEMBRANCE; People, Times and Places / San Francisco Center for the Book, CA

ARTISTS SELECT/ Cumberland Gallery / Nashville, TN

SALON EXHIBITION / Juried Show / Triton Museum / Santa Clara, CA

GROUP SHOW / Nancy Dodds Gallery / Carmel, CA

LIFE LIVE, Figurative Work / ARC Gallery / SF, CA

FRAGMENTS OF ABSTRACTION / Grayloft Gallery / Oakland,

2015 DROUGHT / CCA Illustration Faculty Exhibition / CCA, SF, CA

2014 FRAGMENTS / The Art of Collage / Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA

2012 SELF: BEYOND THE FACE / Red Dot Gallery, Sacramento, CA

VARIATIONS ON ABSTRACTION / Transmission Gallery, Oakland, CA

ART OF COMMUNITY / Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA

2011 ACHROMATS / The art of black + white / Solano College

HUMAN VOICE / Human presence in art / Gallery 2110, Sacramento, CA

ART OF THE COMMUNITY / Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA

FACULTY SHOW / Tecoah Bruce Gallery / Oliver Art Center, Oakland, CA

2009 ABSTRACT: 2000-2010 / Sacramento Temporary Contemporary Gallery, CA

ART OF THE COMMUNITY / Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA

FACULTY SHOW / Tecoah Bruce Gallery / Oliver Art Center, Oakland, CA

VISITING ARTIST / CalArts, Valencia, CA

FOUR APPROACHES TO DRAWING / Lynn House Gallery, Antioch, CA

ENVIRONMENTS / Photographs by Bay Area Instructors/Louie-Meager Art Gallery at

Gary Soren Smith Center for Performing Arts, Fremont, CA

ART OF COMMUNITY / Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA

2008 COLLAGE GROUP SHOW / Santa Cruz Arts League, Santa Cruz, CA

The Artists of ZYZZYV A Literary Magazine / Mina Dresden Gallery, San Francisco, CA

FACULTY EXHIBIT / Tecoah Bruce Gallery, Oliver Art Center, Oakland, CA

DRAWING- THE PROBITY OF ART / Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA

INVITATIONAL GROUP SHOW / Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA

GROUP SHOW, "OVER HUNG" / Concrete Walls Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

MADE IN THE SHADE, BENEFIT FOR CCA / Gumps, San Francisco, CA

2007 SWEET SIXTEEN, BENEFIT FOR ARTS BENICIA / Benicia, CA

CCA FACULTY EXHIBITION / Tecoah Bruce Gallery, Oakland, CA

INVITATIONAL GROUP SHOW / BOTANICALS, Ohlone College, Fremont, CA

FACULTY SHOW, CSSSA / CalArts, Valencia, CA

JUST CHARCOAL / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art / Artists Gallery

2006 FACULTY EXHIBIT / Tecoah Bruce Gallery, Oliver Art Center, Oakland, CA

2005 DRAWING: VISIONS, SURFACES + BEYOND / Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA

ABAA / Art Auction for Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA

ART OF THE COMMUNITY / Arts Bencia Gallery, Benicia, CA

GROUP EXHIBITION / Etra Gallery, Miami, Florida

FACULTY SHOW / Tecoah Bruce Gallery, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA

2004 GROUP SHOW / Fairfield Center for the Arts / Fairfield, CA

COLOR + FORM / Four Person Show, Etra Gallery, Miami, Florida

2003 FACULTY SHOW / Cal Arts, Santa Clarita, CA

FACULTY EXHIBITION / Oliver Center Gallery, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA

PERFORMANCE + JAZZ DRAWINGS / Sheldon Jackson College, Sitka, Alaska

2002 ART OF THE COMMUNITY / Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA

2001 EXHIBITION + LECTURE / Sheldon Jackson College, Sitka, Alaska

2000 FACULTY EXHIBITION / Oliver Center Gallery, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA

GROUP SHOW / California State Summer School for the Arts, CalArts,Valencia, CA

FACULTY EXHIBITION / Oliver Center Gallery, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA

1999 SHOW OF COMMUNITY / Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA

Gallery 14, Yountville, CA

1998 PRECARIOUS PROJECT / Fairfield Center for the Arts, Fairfield, CA

GROUP SHOW / Michael Dunev Gallery, San Francisco, CA

BAY CURRENTS: CLAY + GLASS / San Francisco Craft and Folk Museum, San Francisco, CA

Awards and Commission Work

2013 IMAGERY ESTATE WINERY / Pairing Art + Wine Label Design

MURAL / North Carolina Coastal Federation, Wrightswille Beach, NC

2012 MURAL / Worked with children to create Mural at Fellowship Church, Vallejo, CA

2010 ORCHESTRAL HISTORICAL / large scale multi-media installation / Kaiser Hospital, Vallejo, CA

2006 FACULTY DEVELOPMENT GRANT / CCA /Residency at Robert Blackburn Press, NY

Curatorial Experience

2012 AB25 / COLLECTIVE MEMORIES / a major retrospective of 25 years featuring over 120 artists

Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA

2010 EDGES OF LIGHT / Explorations of the photographic process / Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA

2009 DRAWING - THE PROBITY OF ART / Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA

2007 ZOOLOTRY, A CURIOUS MENAGERIE / John Abduljaami, Deborah Barrett, Stan Peterson,

Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA

2002 CREAM a survey of Bay Area’s Top M.F.A. talent (panel discussion with Kenneth Baker) Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA

2001 MANUEL NERI’S PRIVATE COLLECTION/ intimate view of Mr. Neri’s private art collection/Arts Benicia

2000 THE COLOR PURPLE / artwork of developmentally disabled adults, Arts Benicia

1998 TEXT-CONTEXT / survey of artists working in text-based media, Arts Benicia

1996 THE NEXT GENERATION / exhibition of children’s artwork, Arts Benicia

Teaching Experience

1998- Associate Professor of Painting + Illustration, CCA, San Francisco, CA

2002-2003 Sitka Fine Arts Camp, Sitka, Alaska

1997-2000 San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA

1996-1997 Dominican College, San Rafael, CA

1993-1996 Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA

1991-2003 California State Summer School for the Arts, CalArts, Valencia, CA

1988-1999 College of San Mateo, San Mateo, CA

1885-1887 Mills College, Oakland, CA (TA for Jay DeFeo, Ron Nagle, John Roloff)

Professional / Community Experience

2013- MEMBER of Exhibition Committee / Arts Benicia, CA

2012-2013 BOARD MEMBER / Arts Benicia / Bencia, CA

JUROR / Alameda County Fair

PRESENTATION to Benicia’s Middle School

2010-2012 MEMBER of Exhibition Committee / ArtsBenicia

2010 MEMBER of Search Committee for ArtsBenica’s new Director

2008 CO-JUROR with Linda Fleming for SOUPCON exhibition / ArtsBenica

2005-2008 CHAIR OF VISUAL ARTS / California State Summer School for the Arts / CalArts

2007 JUROR / Flyway Festival Wetlands Art Exhibition / Vallejo, CA

2006 RESIDENCY / Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop / N.Y., New York

PANEL MEMBER / Creative Women Symposium / ArtsBenicia

1998-2000 President, Board of Directors, Arts Benicia (non-profit arts organization) Benicia, CA

1996-1998 Board of Directors, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA Founding member of Arts Education program

Publications

2002 Conversation with Mark Eanes, Dave Badtke, Vallejo Times

2001 Review of Next Generation Exhibition, Richard Toronto, Vallejo Times

1999 Noetic Science Review, Fall,Front cover design for 25th year celebration issue

1996 Review of ‘Precarious Project’, Diana Scott, Camera Work, Winter Issue 1996

1992 Noetic Sciences Review, nos. 23, 24, 25

Zyzzyva, volume VIII, no. 3, Fall Issue

1988 Zyzzyva, volume IV, no.14, Winter Issue, Printmaker, Review, July

1987 Oakland Tribune, Charles Shere review, Artscence

STATEMENT

My interest is to pay close attention, to glimpse - and then give expression to

certain feelings and observations. In recent years I have turned to photography

in order to exercise and strengthen another muscle for seeing. My current work

reflects a keen interest in the surface history of the ancient walls, portals and

alleyways I witnessed while recently traveling to Napoli, Italy and Palermo, Sicily.

My working process consists of many layers...

time and material.

I move from knowing to not knowing.

From reckless abandon to careful consideration

It is never tedious or boring,

for I feel as though I am always betting the house

on the final outcome.

My favorite moment is when the conversation is over.

And that can take days, weeks, even months.

But to know there is nothing more to be done -

that everything I could possibly say

has been said, and at last I can step away

and think to myself

it works.