Born, Atlanta, GA, 1975
Lives and works in Los Angeles
EDUCATION
2000
University of Southern California, MFA, (drawing, sculpture, installation)
1997
University of Colorado at Boulder, BFA, (painting, drawing)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
The Finishes That Stand The Test, Honor Fraser, Los Angeles, CA
2009
In Process: Mark Licari, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
2008
Itching to Go, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO
2007
Month To Month, Honor Fraser, Venice, CA
2005
220 Volts, Galerie Valérie Cueto, Paris
Manage-a-not, Equator Books, Venice, CA
2003
Superterranean, Luckman Gallery at Cal State Los Angeles, CA
2001
Drawing with an Appetite, Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
2000
Nervous Circuits, Helen Lindhurst Fine Art Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
Arts and Comics, Cueto Projects, New York, NY (forthcoming)
2009
Additive: Third Alumni Exhibition, Gayle and Ed Roski MFA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Printmaking Society 20th National Exhibition, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles CA
Garden of Delights, curated by Dena Rigby, Winston Watcher Fine Art, Seattle, WA
New Prints - Portraits: In Pursuit of Likeness, International Print Center, New York, NY
Loveable Like Orphan Kitties and Bastard Children, curated by Kristen Calabrese and Joshua Aster, Green Gallery East, Milwaukee, WI
2007
New Prints, Selected and curated by James Siena, International Print Center, New York, NY
2006
Inaugural Exhibition – 100 Artists – 100 Watercolors, Jeannie Freilich Fine Art
2005
Art Cologne, New Contemporaries, Cologne, Galerie Valérie Cueto, Paris
Wall-to-Wall Drawing, The Drawing Center, New York
Works on Paper, Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
2004
Clean Cut, PM Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Scope Circle Committee for Emerging Art Group Show, Christies, Beverly Hills, CA
Contemporaries: 5 Years of Grantmaking in the Visual Arts, Redcat Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002
Today’s LA Art, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2000
Exquisitely Wrought, The Brewery Project, Los Angeles, CA
Big Bang, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
In Formation, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Gemeente Museum, The Hague, Netherlands
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
PUBLIC ART AND SIGHT SPECIFIC WORK
2005
Superfrog Saves Equator Books, at Equator Books, Venice, CA
2004
Portrait of Ed Hamilton, at Hamilton Press, Venice, CA
2002
Living Kitchen, at Haight Ashbury Food Program, San Francisco, CA
2000
Invasion of Admissions, at University of Southern California Fine Arts, Watt Hall, Los Angeles, CA
AWARDS
2003
California Community Foundation Emerging Visual Arts Fellowship
1998–2000University of Southern California Graduate Fellowship
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2010
“Painters’ Painters,” Art Ltd. May/June, p. 40.
2009
McKinnon, Kelsey, “Culture: Top Shows,” C. October 2009, p 68.
2008
Enholm, Molly, “Take Me Out to the Ball Game,” Art Ltd. November/December, p. 30-31.
2006
Dambrot, Shana Nys ,“Mark Licari”, Art Ltd. December
Hayashi, Romiyo, “Life With Art”, Spurluxe. Winter 2006, p. 180.
2005
“Le tour des galeries.” Le Figaro. September 16
Turcat, Raphael. “Et si vous faisiez peindre votre appart par un artiste?” Technikart. October
Cotter, Holland. “Where Drawing Is What Counts.” The New York Times. June 25,p. A15.
2004
The Editors, “The Year in Prints: The First Annual New Prints Review.” Art on Paper. November/December, Vol. 9, No. 2, p. 62-63.
2003
Dambrot, Shana Nys. “Mark Licari and Primitivo Suarez at Luckman Gallery.” Artweek. October,
vol. 34, p. 20, 21.
Baker, Kenneth. “Mural Adds Spice to Community Kitchen.” San Francisco Chronicle. Jan. 7, p. D1.
2001
Ollman, Leah. "An Electrifying Force." Los Angeles Times. July 27, p. F20.
Miles, Christopher. "Los Angeles Critics' Picks - Mark Licari." (www.artforum.com). July/August
Rimanelli, David. "Boys Will Be Boys, And Women Can Play, Too." Interview. August p. 72.
"Portrait of the artist," Gentlemen's Quarterly. April, p. 217.
PUBLICATIONS
2006
McKenna, Kristine. Mark Licari: Drawing With An Appetite. Los Angeles: Honor Fraser, Inc.,
2003
Enstice, Wayne, and Melody Peters. Drawing: Space, Form and Expression-3rd ed. New Jersey: Pearson Education