MARK x FARINA
Work Fast, Cure Slow, Destroy Before Collecting Dust
Artist Exhibition Resume
Born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Education:
MFA Otis College of Art And Design , Social Practice Arts
BFA: Media Arts, minor in Cinema, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Select Art Exhibitions
2019 Then and Now Venice Institute of Contemporary Art at bG Gallery Santa Monica CA
2018
Year One /Benefit for Sea Shepard Conservation Society
Castelli Art Space Los Angeles CA
Side Bar Pop Up shop/ experimental performance space Culver City CA
Solo Show/ Too Many White Russians Pittsburgh PA
2017 F.A.R. Bazaar at Cerritos College Norwalk CA
Thesis Solo Show- Paper Vs. Plastic /FAB gallery Santa Monica CA
2016 Open Engagement Oakland CA
Unicef Next Generation Art Los Angeles CA
Gabba Gallery Hollywood CA
City of Brea MFA Biennial Art Show Brea CA
Photo LA Los Angeles CA
18th Street Arts Center Santa Monica CA
Art Basel City of Miami Beach FLA
2015 Paramount Ranch Art Fair Agoura Hills CA
HDTS Gem and Mineral show Los Angeles CA
Trunk Gallery Venice CA
Cedar Center /MOAH Lancaster CA
2014 Scope Art Fair/ See Me projects Miami Beach Florida
Elongated Now/ Lita Albuquerque Laguna Beach CA
Circus of Death /Marnie Weber Los Angeles CA
Hilltop Show Group Exhibit Santa Monica CA
Paramount Ranch Art Fair Agoura Hills CA
Prohibition Gallery Culver City CA
2013 Shangri-La Outdoor Exhibition Joshua Tree CA.
High Desert Test Sites Upper Mojave Desert CA
Letters to LA /Jack Rutberg Gallery Hollywood CA
2012 Vast Space Projects / “October Surprise” Henderson Nevada
Los Angeles World Airports “ Out of Thin Air “ USAir Terminal LAX CA
Hammer Museum Venice Beach Biennial Venice CA
Venice Family Clinic Art Walk And Skate Google campus Venice CA
Blank Canvas Jonathan Hornedo studio Los Angeles CA
The Frank building permanent collection Venice CA
Solo Painting Show Joe’s Restaurant Venice CA
HDTS “Object Control Solstice” performance Mojave Desert California
Otis College of Art and Design “Invoking LA” Los Angeles CA
Work donated thru charity auctions UNICEF NextGen Art Party
100 Pieces benefiting Safe Place For Youth
Incognito Benefit Santa Monica Museum of Art
JDRF Art One Benefit for Diabeties Cure
Santa Monica CA Haiti Relief Benefit Artists for Peace and Justice Santa Monica. CA
ESPN X Games Summer- Los Angeles CA ,Winter X -Aspen Colorado
Sojourn Services for Battered Women/Children Santa Monica CA
Venice Family Clinic Art Walk Venice CA L.A.C.E. Hollywood CA My Friends Place at Risk Homeless Youth Los Angeles CA
Venice Community Trust Venice CA
Selected Curator of Exhibitions Surf and Skate Venice Family Clinic Venice CA
Alter Egos Del Rey Theater Los Angeles CA
Sucks Oil Trade City Santa Monica CA
Terrorist Group Trade City Santa Monica CA
Selected Video Screenings Ann Arbor Film Festival Michigan
University Massey University College of Creative Arts New Zealand
Track 16 Gallery Bergamot Station Santa Monica CA
Egyptian Theater American Cinematheque Hollywood CA
Flint Institute of the Arts Flint Michigan
Gio Marconi Gallery Milan Italy
Powerhouse Theater Santa Monica CA
PXL This Film festival Los Angeles CA
Other Cinema San Francisco CA
Collaborative Projects
The Sycons
Solar powered DJing service
Remote self contained power base station activated at events include: Ciclavia Street Ride Los Angles/ CA Create/ Maker Fair South by Southwest Austin Texas / Coachella music and arts festival / InterBike Las Vegas/ Hollywood Free waves Video Festival Los Angeles CA/ International Kite Festival Santa Monica CA/ Sea Sheperd International Art show Los Angeles CA
Object Control
Object Control Sound based collaboration utilizing a functioning radio telescope.
Participated in various Art festivals including: Long Beach Sound Walk, California Biennial Mojave desert, Venice Eco Fest, and High Desert Test sites. Random activation in key remote areas - within proximity of the Ocean, Desert, and Mountains.
Project concluded indefinitely with radio silence scheduled at end of the world December 21 2012 AD.
https://www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/sun-records-hackstronomists-make-art-from-solar-sound