|
Artist Statement/Bio
My goal as a young art student:
Learn technique quickly
Become the master artist
Make art that transforms others
My goal now:
Learn from each painting
Remain the eternal student
Create art that transforms me
Excerpted from the article In Praise of Attainable Beauty by Wolfgang Mabry
‘In a studio he designed and built in the mountains of northern New Mexico, Mark Gould produces paintings of uncommon beauty and originality. His sophisticated compositions, enticing color designs, and virtuoso surfaces astonish, beguile, and thoroughly delight the senses of even the most jaded eye.
Often painting in series, Gould manipulates paint with an astonishing variety of techniques and always with amazing skill. In every conceivable way his work and philosophies exemplify the highest ideals of abstract realism. “I don’t believe my painting has to be an especially believable representation, or tell any particular story, or for that matter be inspiring or beautiful in order to succeed,” notes Gould.
On the subject of perfect art versus imperfect, Gould reflects wisely, “I’ve never had perfect teeth, hair, body, certainly never led the perfect life. Why would I try to make a perfect work of art? Perfection can be among our worst words and the striving for it cruel and degrading. I wreak subtle havoc on the honest effort to be a good human being or a good artist. Imperfection offers the attainable beauty and therefore the greater significance for humanity. I’ll choose to be the imperfect artist, making imperfect art, if that allows me to be human.” ‘ Mark was the cover artist of Southwest Art Magazine January 2007 issue.
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa
Scholarship School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, Illinois
On-Going Education University of Denver Denver, Colorado
Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design
Denver Art Students League
University of New Mexico, Taos Taos, New Mexico
Artist Residency Chico Basin Ranch Residency Program Colorado Springs
Selected National/International Collections
ARIZONA TRW-Tucson, Inc
CANADA Adams Collection
COLORADO Ramada Inn, Inc of Westminster
Drs. Kaplan & Moser, P.C.
Chico Basin Ranch, Inc.
DUTCH ANTILLES Stewart Collection
GERMANY Frogard-Rutz Collection
NEW MEXICO Sleep Sanctuary, Inc.
NEW YORK Standard Oil of NY, Inc.
Kramer, Levin, and Nessen, Inc.
UNITED KINGDOM Ash Monga Collection
WASHINGTON D.C. Quadel Consultants, Inc.
Selected Juried Exhibitions
CALIFORNIA 25th Annual San Bernardino Institute of Fine Arts Exhibition
COLORADO 33rd Annual Poudre Valley Art League [Catalogue]
31st Annual Poudre Valley Art League [Catalogue]
32nd Annual Ouray Arts Council [International]
7th Annual Art in The Rocky Mountain Time Zone
KANSAS 11th Annual Salina Art Center Exhibition [Catalogue]
NEW MEXICO 5th Biennial Western New Mexico University “Go Figure”
28th Annual Raton International [Juror’s Award]
29th Annual Raton International [Best of Show]
30th Annual Raton International [Best of Show]
15th Annual “Faces of Women”
1st Annual New Mexico Ranch Museum [2nd Place/Grand Prize]
TEXAS 3rd Annual Graham-Horstman Rendered Realism
Selected Invitational Exhibitions
“Art of Gould” Lanning Gallery Sedona, AZ
“Attainable Beauty” Giacobbe-Fritz Fine Art Santa Fe, NM
”A New Year, A New Vision” Giacobbe-Fritz Fine Art Santa Fe, NM
“Natural Progression” Giacobbe-Fritz Fine Art Santa Fe, NM
“Winter, 2007” Giacobbe-Fritz Fine Art Santa Fe, NM
“Gould & Ferrer” The Lincoln Center Fort Collins, CO
“Paintings & Monotypes” One-Over-One Gallery Denver, CO
“In Spring” Dunbar-Morss Gallery Boulder, CO
“Chico Basin Ranch Annual” Chico Basin Ranch Colorado Springs
Published Print Editions
“Monotypes: Mark Gould” Havu Fine Art Publishing, Inc. [Editions I,II,III]
Publications
Front Cover Artwork Southwest Art Magazine, January 2007
Feature Article: “Artists to Watch” Southwest Art Magazine, January 2007
|
