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Marc Dennis - Artists - GAVLAK

b. 1972, Danvers, MA
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York as well as Montclair, New Jersey.

Marc Dennis (b. 1972, Danvers, Massachusetts) lives and works in Brooklyn. His work was the focus of recent solo presentations for Nancy Littlejohn Fine Art, Houston (2021; 2020); Cris Worley Fine Arts, Dallas; and SOCO Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina (2018). In February of 2020 his work was featured prominently as part of The Billboard Creative, a project spotlighting the works of contemporary artists on billboards in Los Angeles. Selected private collections featuring his work include JPMorgan Chase, New York; UBS Switzerland AG, Zurich; Amy and John Phelan, Palm Beach; Glenn and Amanda Fuhrman, New York; Beth Dewoody, Palm Beach; and Larry Gagosian, Los Angeles. Dennis holds an M.F.A. from the University of Texas, Austin, and a B.F.A. from the Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University, Philadelphia.

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EDUCATION

MFA, The University of Texas, Austin, TX

BFA, Tyler School of Art of Temple University, Elkins Park, PA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2021    Revolution: Berkshire Botanical Garden, West Stockbridge, MA
            Love in the time of Corona: Gavlak Gallery, Palm Beach
            Marc Dennis: Paradise Lost: Nancy Littlejohn Fine Art, Houston, TX

2020    Billionaires Are People Too: The Billboard Creative, Los Angeles, CA
            Marc Dennis, BOOM!: Nancy Littlejohn Fine Art, Houston, TX

2019     Memorex, Paintings by Marc Dennis: Curated by Latch Key Gallery, NY
             Recent Paintings: VW Gallery, Greenwich, CT

2018     Paradise Lost: Cris Worley Fine Arts, Dallas, TX
             Marc Dennis Talk: SOCO Gallery, Charlotte, NC
             Sip & Sketch – Meet Marc Dennis, Sponsored by Art News & Art in America: Armory Art
             Fair, Publications Lounge, Pier 94, New York, NY
             Armory Art Fair VIP Studio Tour with Marc Denni:, 55 Washington Street, Brooklyn, NY

2016     Power Play, New Paintings by Marc Dennis: Casterline Goodman Gallery, Aspen, CO
             Marc Dennis Brunch, Hosted by Bank of America and Christies, Art Basel, Miami Beach, at the Home of Courtney and Karen Lord:
             Miami, FL

2014     A$$holes on Cellphones, New Drawings: Zane Bennett Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
            An Artist, Curator and a Rabbi Walk Into a Bar: Hasted Kraeutler Gallery, New York, NY
            Marc Dennis Brunch, Hosted by Sothebys and Nets Jets, Art Basel, Miami Beach, Florida at the Home of Courtney and Karen Lord:
            Miami, FL

2012     A Day in the Life: Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL

2011     Honey Bunny: Hasted Kraeutler Gallery, New York, NY

2010    NatureMorte: Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021    Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, FL
            Untitled, Nancy Littlejohn Fine Art, Miami, FL
            The Armory Show, New York, New York
            Norton Museum of Art Gala, Live Benefit Auction: Palm Beach, FL

2020    Norton Museum of Art Gala, Live Benefit Auction: Palm Beach, FL
            Swing Left: Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2019     Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Desert Palm, CA

2018     Art Miami: Miami FL represented with Zemach Contemporary, Tel Aviv, Israel Art Miami, Miami FL represented with Ernst Hilger
             Galerie, Vienna, Austria 
             ArtCRUSH: Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
             Art Aspen: Aspen, CO, with Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Desert Palm, CA
             The Feminine Ideal / The Ideal Feminine?: Curated by Natasha Schlesinger, Winston
             Wachter Gallery, New York, NY
             LA Cat Art Show 3: The Sequel Returns, Think Tank Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 
             April Showers: South Street Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
             Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, TX, represented with Cris Worley Fine Arts, Dallas, TX
             All I Have is My Soul, Faction Arts Project: New York, NY

2017     Really?: Curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody, Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
             Introductions: Cris Worley Fine Arts, Dallas, TX
             Dallas Art Fair: Dallas, TX, represented with Cris Worley Fine Arts, Dallas, TX ArtCRUSH, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO

2016    Hyperrealism: Clay Arch Museum, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea and Suwon I Park Museum of Art, Suwon City, South Korea         
            Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty: EMP Museum, Seattle, WA ArtCRUSH, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO

2015     Something: Curated by Noah Becker, Berry Campbell Gallery, New York, NY
             How Many Miles To Babylon – Recent Paintings From Los Angeles and New York,
             Curated by Peter Frank, C24 Gallery, New York, NY
              Hyperrealism: The Daejeon City Art Museum, Daejeon, South Korea ArtCRUSH, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO

2014    Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty: The Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, CA
            Shaq Loves People, Curated by Shaquille O'Neal, EXPO Chicago, The Flag Art Foundation, New York, NY
            ArtCRUSH: Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO

2013    Dallas Art Fair: Dallas, TX, with Hasted Kraeutler Gallery, New York, NY ArtCRUSH, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO

2012     2x2: Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
             ArtCRUSH: Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO

2011     Art Basel: Miami, FL Delano Hotel, Chairs by Novogratz, sponsored by HGTV
             Art2, Flag Foundation, New York, NY 
             Extreme Materials: Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
             Buds, Blooms & Berries: Plants in Science, Culture & Art: The Everhart Museum of Natural History, Science & Art, Scranton, PA
             25th Anniversary Show: La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Hollywood, CA
             The Armory Show NYC, with Hirschl & Adler Modern: New York, NY                                    
              Realism Show: Trudy Labell Gallery, Naples, FL      
              winter exhibition, Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, NY

2010      Littlest Sister,:Anthony Spinello Gallery, Miami, FL
              Imago Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
              ArtCRUSH: Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
              The Armory Show NYC: represented with Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, NY 
               Knock, Knock, That Jokeʼs Not Funny Anymore!: Armand Bartos Fine Art, New York, NY
               Chicago Art Fair, with Hirschl & Adler Modern: New York, Chicago, IL
                summer exhibition, Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, NY

2009       Imago Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
               Summer Sexy: Shroeder Romero Gallery, New York, NY
               Artropolis: Chicago, IL, with Wells Laing Gallery
               Chicago Art Fair: Chicago, IL, with Hirschl & Adler Modern 

RESIDENCIES

Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE

             

SELECTED PRESS

2021    “Artist Marc Dennis hangs flowers on the walls,” by Sharon Smullen, The Berkshire Eagle, July 30
            “Marc Dennis: Modern Master,” Elevated Art Magazine, Summer Issue
             “Old Masters influence new quarantine in Dennis show at Gavlak,” by Sandra Schulman, Palm Beach Arts Paper,    May 20
             “Artist Brings Pandemic-Themed Exhibit to Gavlak Gallery,” by Adriana Delgado, Palm Beach Daily News, May 4
              “Old Masters Influence New Quarantine in Marc Dennis show at Gavlak,” Palm Beach Arts Paper, May 20
               “Marc Dennis, Love in the Time of Corona,” by Vittoria Benzine, Whitehot Magazine, April

2020    "Checking In: Marc Dennis Repels Doom by Feeding Hope," Whitewall, April 7, 2020

2019         "Marc Dennis, Paving a Place in the Art World" by Donnalynn Patakos, Portray Magazine, June 7, 2019, 

2018     "Marc Denis, Avenger," by Olivia Daane Elevated Luxury Life Magazine, Fall 2018
              "The biggest figurative art exhibit in North America isn’t in L.A. or NYC. It’s here in Wausau.," by Shereen Siewert, Wasuau Pilot and
                Review, July 11, 2018
               "A Show that Invites Women, and Men, to Explore the Female Form" by Rozalia Jovanovic, Galerie Magazine, July 8, 2018
                "Medium, Figurative Cuban Artists: Where are They?" by Did Menendez, July 8, 2018
                "Figuratively Speaking," by B. C. Kowalski, City Pages, June 21, 2018
                 "Kanye West, Taylor Swift Featured in Cat Art Show in Painting by Marc Dennis," by Lindsay Weinberg The Hollywood Reporter,
                   June 8, 2018
                  "Men Crush: He Knows How to Trick Your Eyes," The Art Gorgeous, March 16, 2018

2017     "At the 2017 Dallas Art Fair, Big Ambitions and the Big Mo" by Edward M. Gomez, Hyperallergic, April 2017
              "Dallas Art Fair vs SP – Arte: Texas Tackles Brazil" by Paul Laster, Whitehot Magazine, April

2016   "Art Insights by the Curated Collection," Marc Dennis by Patrice Farameh, Xcellence, Luxaviation Quarterly Magazine, Issue 1, May
             2016
             ArtCritical, February 5, 2016, Something Old, Something New: Glitter and Glam at Berry Campbell by Sadie Starnes
             Artes Magazine, January 21, How Many Miles to Babylon: Recent Paintings from Los Angeles and New York” at C24 Gallery by D.
             Dominick Lombardi
             Whitehot Magazine, January 15, How Many Miles to Babylon: Recent Paintings from Los Angeles and New York” at C24 Gallery by
              Mary Hrbacek
              Artdaily.org, January 5, How Many Miles to Babylon: Recent Paintings from Los Angeles and New York” at C24 Gallery

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