Mark Newport
Sweaterman 6, 2010. Hand-knit acrylic, 80 x 23 x 6 inches
Big Ends Man, 2012. Hand-knit acrylic, 96 x 28 x 6 inches
BIOGRAPHY
Born: Amsterdam, New York, 1964
Resides: Keego Harbor, Michigan
Education: School of the Art Institute of Chicago
(M.F.A., 1991); Kansas City Art Institute (B.F.A., 1986)
Website: www.marknewportartist.com
Selected Solo Exhibitions and Performances
2014
"Recent Work," Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis.
2012
"In Action," Downtown Gallery, The University
of Tennessee, Knoxville.
2011
Jackson Hole Art Center, Wyoming.
2010
"Self-Made Man," Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis.
Catalogue.
"New Work," Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle.
2009
"Superheroes in Action," Cranbrook Art Museum,
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Catalogue.
2008
"Un-Knitting: A Performance," Stanlee and Gerald
Rubin Center for the Visual Arts, The University of
Texas, El Paso.
2006
"Heroic Endeavors," Autzen Gallery, Portland State
University, Oregon.
2005
"Super Heroics," Arizona State University Art Museum,
Tempe. Traveled to San Diego State University Art
Gallery. Catalogue.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013
"Crafting a Continuum: Rethinking Contemporary
Craft," Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe.
2012
"Fairytales, Fantasy, and Fear," The Mint Museum,
Charlotte, North Carolina.
2011
"Heroes Like Us?" Richmond Gallery, Western
Michigan University, Kalamazoo. Catalogue.
2010
"MAKE: CRAFT," Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art
and Design, Los Angeles.
2009
"Staged Stories: The 2009 Renwick Craft Invitational,"
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum,
Washington, D.C. Catalogue.
2008
"Un-Knitting," Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for
the Visual Arts, The University of Texas, El Paso.
Traveled to the Houston Center for Contemporary
Craft. Catalogue.
2007
"Pricked: Extreme Embroidery," Museum of Arts and
Design, New York. Catalogue.
"Close to You," Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, Canada.
Catalogue. Traveled.
Selected Bibliography
2013
Held, Peter, Heather Lineberry, and Gordon Knox.
Crafting a Continuum: Rethinking Contemporary Craft.
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.
2012
Hallman, Ted, Geary Jones, and Art Martin. Innovators
and Legends: Generations in Textiles and Fiber. Muskegon,
Michigan: Muskegon Art Museum.
2010
Carlson, Deborah F. "Newport to the Rescue," Fiberarts
(January/February).
2008
Monem, Nadine, ed. Contemporary Textiles: The Fabric of
Fine Art. London: Dog Publishing.
2006
Susser, Deborah Sussman. "Mark Newport at the
Arizona State University Art Museum," Art in America
(January).