MARK WHOLEY
18 HOMESTEAD AVE
BARRINGTON, RHODE ISLAND 02806-1011
401 433-2682 CELL: 401 241-5947 email MARK@MARKWHOLEY.COM

RESUMÉ

EXHIBITIONS
Katharine Butler Gallery, Sarasota florida painting 2005
Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton Four Corners painting and sculpture 2004, 2005
Bristol Art Museum, selected works, Rhode Island, 2004
Warren, RI, open studio 2003, 2004
La Fortezza, Cortona, Italy, group exhibition “Art at Walking Pace,” steel sculpture, 2002
Montone, steel sculpture, Katharine Butler Gallery, Sarasota, FL, small sculpture exhibit, 2002
Umbertide, Italy, Teatro dei Reunite, sculpture, painting, etching and silk screen
Montone, “Big Firefly” 1994 permanent installation, steel sculpture, 2000
Torre di Strozzi, Perugia, Italy, sculpture, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
Montone, Perugia, Italy. Permanent sculpture installed, Piazza San Francisco, “Lucciola Grande” (1994–1996), 1999
Montone, Perugia, Italy, sculpture, San Guistino Arts Exhibit, San Guistino, Italy, sculpture, painting, graphics, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
Arts Eturia, Venturina, Italy, sculpture exhibit, 1994
Berkeley Store Gallery, two person show, March, 1992
A New Leaf Sculpture Garden, metal sculpture, Berkeley, 1990, 1991, 1992
S.F. Art Institute, light sculpture, permanent installation, 1990
The Gallery at Montalvo, Villa Montalvo for the Arts, “Made in California, A 10-Year Survey,” etchings, Saratoga, California, July –August, 1990
Casa Danese, “Due Mesi a Padova,” sculpture and drawings, Padova, Italy, April, 1990
Boselli, sculptural installation, Padova, Italy, April, 1990
San Francisco Art Institute, “Houses of the Wholey,” sculpture, February, 1990
Gallery Six Oh One, San Francisco, “Eroticism: West Coast Expressions,” etchings, 1989
Weir Gallery, Berkeley, “Fool for Love” group show, etchings, 1989
West side Cafe, Berkeley, group show, pastels, 1988
Richmond Art Center Rental Gallery, Richmond, California, group show, pastels, 1986
Hayward Area Forum of the Arts, Hayward, California, group show, pastels, 1986
1640 7th St. Gallery, Oakland, group show, paintings, drawings and “Red Room” installation, 1986
San Mateo Arts Council, “Bay Arts 85” group show, San Mateo, California, pastel, 1985
Bluxome Gallery, San Francisco, “Made in California” group show, etchings, 1985
Pro Arts Open Studios, drawings, paintings, sculpture, Berkeley, 1983, 1984, Oakland, 1986, 1989

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Assistant fro Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI duties include interaction with artists, clients and hanging exhibitions
Curator of exhibitions at the Nonna Gelsa Restaurant in Niccone, Perugia, Italy, 2002
Writer of online reviews, stories and poetry for The Grapevine, online newspaper, Umbertide, Italy, 2002
City of Berkeley recycling program; created Recycler Characters for paper, cardboard, cans and bottles, 1988
Wrote art reviews for the Point Reyes Light, CA 1987
Advisory board member, KALA Printmaking Institute, Berkeley, CA 1986–1992
Pro Arts, Oakland, board member, 1986. Designer of promotional material and logo for “East Bay Open Studios ‘86”
Artists in Print, Graffiti Newspaper, editor and designer “Fear and Creativity” issue, San Francisco, CA
Reviews and editorial coverage; Times-Gazette, Warren, RI, San Francisco Bay Guardian, San Francisco Chronicle,
Oakland Tribune, Montclarion, U&lc, New York

CATALOGUES AND PERIODICALS
Sarasota News, 2005
East Bay Newspapers 2003 New York Times, 2004
Rutgers Archives Acquisitions, New Jersey, 1985–87, etchings, printed at Made in California, Oakland, 1984
San Francisco Bay Guardian, April 9, 1986
Berkeley Gazette, December, 1984
San Francisco Chronicle, November 30, 1983; June 7, 1981
U&lc, New York, type and design journal, Summer, 1978

PUBLICATIONS, LECTURES
Wrote a series of art reviews for the Point Reyes Light, Point Reyes, California, 1987
Lecture, Fiberworks, Berkeley, “Business of Art” seminar, 1982
Lecture and drawing instruction, Alta Bates Hospital, Berkeley, 1973

PERSONAL HISTORY
Assitant, Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton Four Corners, RI 2003 to present
Substitute teacher, Bristol/Warren Public Schools, 2003
Teaching internship, Creative Growth, Oakland, 1990
Graphic designer, Ann Flanagan Typography, Berkeley, 1984–1991
Owner, Moonlit Graphics, Berkeley, 1978–1981
Art director/Graphic designer, 1965–1978

ART EDUCATION
San Francisco Art Institute, BFA in sculpture, 1990
Sobel Scholarship, 1987; Merit Scholarship, 1990
Butera School of Art, Boston, Massachusetts, 1965

EXTENDED ART EDUCATION
Laney College, Oakland, California, 1986, 1989
University of California, Berkeley, California, 1983–1984, 1986
California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, 1981–1982
The Art Center, Los Angeles, California, 1969

WORK ABROAD
Italy and France, drawing, 1982, 1983, 1987
Mexico, drawing, 1984, 1985, 1992
Pietrasanta and Padova, Italy, sculpture, 1984, 1990, 1991
Restored old stone farmhouses including fabricating lighting fixtures, entrance gates, hand railings, beds and tables. Painted and built sets for local theater productions, 1992-2003