Marc Handelman - Biography

BIOGRAPHY Born 1975, Santa Clara CA Lives and Works in Brooklyn, NY EDUCATION
2003	MFA, Visual Arts, Columbia University, New York, NY
1998	BFA, Painting, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1998	Art History Concentration, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1998	European Honors Program, Rome, Italy
1997	Yale Norfolk Program, Norfolk, CT
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2009	Marc Handelman, David Schutter, Sikkema Jenkins & Co. New York, NY

2008	TOMORROW’S FORECAST: STRIKINGLY CLEAR. Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA

2007	Empire of the Eye, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, NY

2005	Scenes From the New Miasma, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA

2004	Warm White Blizzard, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York

2000	Security, Lenore Gray Gallery, Providence, RI
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008	That Was Then . . .This Is Now, PS1 MOMA, Long Island City, NY Audacity in Art, Colelctor’s Choice III, Selected works from central Florida collections, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL Harlem Postcards, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY Opportunity as Community, Artists Select Artists: Part II, Dieu Donne, New York, NY 8 1/2 X 11 / A4, James Fuentes LLC, New York, NY Legerdemain, Sue Scott Gallery, New York, NY Abstract America, The Saatchi Gallery, London, UK

2007	Emergency, PS1 MOMA, Long Island City, NY Unfathom, Max Protetch, New York, NY Summer Group Exhibition, Sikkema Jenkins & Co. New York, NY Neo-integrity, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY Warhol and...,Kantor/Feuer, Los Angeles, CA Practical F/X, Mary Boone, New York, NY New Acquisitions, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MR Brief Encounters, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY An Orchid in the Land of Technology, OHT, Boston, MA

2006	USA TODAY, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK This Ain't no Foolin' Around (Art During War Time), Rubicon Gallery, Dublin, Ireland, Letterkiney Art Center, Letterkiney, Ireland Turn the Beat Around, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, NY New Trajectories I, Recent Painting, Drawing and Multimedia Work from the Ovitz Collection Los Angeles, Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed College, Portland OR

2005	The General's Jamboree, Guild & Greshkul, New York, NY New Acquisitions, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL Fast Forward: Passion for the New, House of Campari, Venice, CA ATOMICA, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts and Esso Gallery, New York, NY This Hard, Gem-Like Flame, Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, TX Exploding Plastic Inevitable: 40 Fun Galleries, Bergdorf Goodman, New York, NY

2004	Ciao Manhattan, Perugi Arte Contemporanea, Padova, Italy, Emo Eco, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL Back to Paint, C&M Arts, New York, NY The Sublime is Still (Now), Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, NY Surface Tension, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York, NY

2003	Pantone, Massimo Audiello, New York, NY The Changing Same, Artists in Harlem, Triple Candie, New York, NY The 2003 Wight Biennial, Wight Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA Lordship and Bondage, Leroy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY The Burnt Orange Heresy, Space 101, Brooklyn, NY Columbia University MFA Thesis Exhibition, Curated by: Lia Gangitano, The Studebaker Building, New York, NY

2002	Procession (An exhibition in three locations), Curated by: Eva Respini, Columbia University, New York, NY Painting as Paradox, Curated by: Lauri Firstenberg, Artists Space, New York, NY Escape, Egizio's Project, New York, NY Visual Arts MFA First Year Exhibition, Curated by: Eunje Joo, Wallach Gallery, New York, NY Marc Handelman: Project Room, Rare, New York, NY

2001	Texas National 2001, Stephan Austin State University, Narcoganges, TX Group Show, Gallery Agniel, Providence, RI

2000	The 2000 Group, Lenore Gray Gallery, Providence, RI Marc Handelman, Anthony Bevilacqua, Four Corners Art Center, Tiverton, RI Smorgasbord, Transient Space, Boston, MA Marc Handelman, Lynn Curtis, Helen Cantrell, Full Circle Gallery, Providence, RI

1999	Monotype and Beyond, Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA Savlanut, Hillel Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI New Faces/ New Work, Artists Invitational, P.A.C., Providence, RI
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2008	Johnson, Ken, "Will the Revolution be Museumized? Will there be a Revolution?", The New York Times, July 25, 2008. Ollman, Leah, "Broken Words Evoke Power", Review, The Los Angeles Times, April 4, 2008. Wagley, Catherine, "A look at Marc Handelman", Review, ARTslant, April, 2008. Abstract America Exhibition Catalogue Saatchi Gallery P. 128-132, 2008 Oppenheimer Collection, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS, 2007. ISBN 0-971298521
2007	Stillman, Nick, "Marc Handelman, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., " Review, Artforum, April 2007. Smith, Roberta, "Marc Handelman, Empire of the Eye, Art in Review," The New York Times, Feb. 23, 2007. The New Yorker, "Marc Handelman," Review, March 5, 2007, P. 19. Wolin, Joseph, "Marc Handelman," Review, Time Out New York, March 1 – 5, 2007, P. 73. Kremer, Julian, "Marc Handelman at Sikkema Jenkins", Review, Art In America, December 2007, P. 159. McQuaid, Cate, "Traditions and Technology," The Boston Globe, April, 12, 2007. Thorson, Alice, "They’re Buying A Preview of Some Pieces the Nelson and JCCC Have acquired for Their Upcoming New Spaces," The Kansas City Star, April, 26, 2007. Feige, Jacob, "Psychopathia Pastoralis," The Highlights, September, 2007. Collectors Choice III: Audacity in Art, Selected works from Central Florida Collections, Orlando Museum of Art, Exhibition Catalogue C. Orland Museum of Art 2007.
2006	Rosenthal, Norman, "America in the Mirror," USA TODAY catalogue essay, 2006. Dailey, Meghan, "Made in America," USA TODAY catalogue essay, 2006. Wullschlager, Jackie, "An ad-man’s snapshot of America," Financial Times, October 9, 2006. Johnson, Paddy, "An Interview With Marc Handelman," Fanzine, Art Fag City, July, 13, 2006. Ellis, Patrcia, "Catching up with Charles Saatchi," Flash Art, November, 2006. Tipton, Gemma, "This Ain’t no fooling around," Circa, Summer 2006, Issue 116, P. 100-104. Leach, Cristin, "Ireland: Taking No Prisoners," The Times, The Sunday Times, April 23, 2006. P.6-7. McKeith Eimear. "A war on the road to nowhere," The Sunday Tribune, April 16, 2006. Walsh, Ray. "Rumors of War," Capital, April 7-20, 2006, P. 76. Wolin, Joseph, "This Ain’t No Fooling Around," Conflict and Resolution catalogue essay, 2006, P. 24. Sicha Choire. "Sillman, Hesse, Walker; How Bout Utach For Some Art?", New York Observer, March 6, 2006, P. 18. Row, D.K. "Ovitz Collection takes on an Adventurous Dimension," The Sunday Oregonian, February 19, 2006. Motley, John. "New Trajectories I: Relocations," The Portland Mercury, Feb 2 – Feb 8, 2006. B.28.
2005	Pagel, David. "Capturing Images of Beauty, Horror," Review, The Los Angeles Times, Nov. 18, 2005. Agro Andruff, Ombretta. "Atomica", Interview, Inside, Autumn 2005, P. 48-58. Cotter, Holland. "Fanciful Figurative to Wryly Inscrutable." The New York Times, July 8, 2005. 2005 Rutter, Ben. "It’s pronounced nu-cle-ar", NYARTS, September/October 2005, Vol. 10, No. 9/10. Kuspit, Donald. "The Power and Irony of The Blur" Report From New York, Art New England, Dec. 2005, P. 13. Raskin, Lisi, & Handelman, Marc. "Ill Let You Be In My Dream If I Can Be In Yours" Interview, North Drive Press, Volume #2, 2005 Comita, Jenny, "Higher Learning," (Mention) W Magazine, March 2005, P.313.
2004	Korotkin, Joyce. "Marc Handelman," Review, Teme Celeste, Nov-Dec 2004, Issue 106, P. 84. Mullarkey, Maureen. "Gallery Going." Review, The New York Sun, Aug 5, 2004, P.18. Jana, Reena, "Back to Paint," Time Out New York, September 2 – 9. Kerr, Marrily, "Art Fragments From the Big Apple, Marc Handelman," Review, Flash Art, November 2004, P. 68. Moyer, Carie, "Landscapes Focused and Idealized," Review, Gay City News, September 30, 2004, Volume 3, issue 340. Rosenberg, Karen, Review. Artforum, December 2004, P. 197. The New Yorker, "Marc Handelman" Review, Oct 11, 2004 P. 21. The New Yorker, "Back To Paint" Review, August 30,2004, P. 20. Subotnick, Ali, Gioni, Massimiliano, Cattelan, Maurizio, "Everybody Was There, The Wrong Guide to New York In 2004", Mention, Artforum, December 2004, P. 183. Morton, Julia. "Back To Paint," Review, New York Press, Sept. 13, 2004.
2003	Burton, Tina, "In the Studio: With Marc Handelman," The Regulator, winter 2003. Kerr, Merrily. "Spotlight: Painting as Paradox," Flash Art, Jan-Feb 2003. Everberg, Kirsten. "After the Utopian Reflex," The 2003 Wight Biennial Catalogue, October 2003. Inciuraite, Kristina and Lisi Raskin. "Time and Space Travel," 24/7, September 12, 2003.
2002	Saltz, Jerry. "Painting A La Mode: Looking at a Medium, Finding a Message," The Village Voice, December10, 2002. Respini, Eva. "Procession: An Exhibition in Three Locations" exhibition catalogue, P. 5.
2000	Gray, Channing. "A Remarkable Handelman Solo Show in Providence," The Providence Journal, October 19, 2000. Gray, Channing "Gray Gallery Has an Edgy, Abstract Look for Summer," The Providence Journal, July 27, 2000. Gray, Channing "For Bold Solid Painting, Find Your Way to Full Circle," The Providence Journal, February 24, 2000.
AWARDS
2008	Steeprock Arts
2004	Herman and Eve Gellman Award
2002	Agnes Martin Scholarship Viar Tuit Fellowship, Columbia Univeristy Brevoort Eickemeyer Grant
1997	Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship, Yale University Prix de Norfolk, Yale University
COLLECTIONS
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL The Saatchi Collection, London, UK
LECTURES & PANELS
2009	Visiting Artist, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY Lecture, Core Critic Yale School of Art, MFA Program, New Haven, CT
2008	Visiting Artist, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ Visiting Artist, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY Panelist, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
2007	Visiting Artist, The Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI Visiting Artist, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY Visiting Artist, Cranbrook Academy or Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI Visiting Artist, Mass Art, Boston, MA
2006	Visiting Artist, University of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, TN Lecture/ Symposium, Museum School of Fine Arts, Stephen Andrews, Walid Raad, Joe Wolin, Boston, MA Lecturer/Symposium, Gallagher Gallery, Critical Voices, RHA, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland Gallery Talk, "Artists on Art", Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY
2005	Lecture, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL

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