BIOGRAPHY
Mark Wessel, a California native earned Bachelor or Arts in English Literature from UCLA in 1979 and BFA and MFA degrees from the University of Utah in 1990 and 1995, where his emphasis was first in sculpture, then in painting and drawing. He taught at the University of Utah, Salt Lake Community College and established the art program at the Oakley School in Oakley, Utah. In 1995 Wessel was accepted to live and work at Artspace, a highly respected nonprofit facility in the downtown area of Salt Lake City, serving as an opportunity for the continued development of professional artists and for their regular interaction with other members of the creative community. He returned to Southern California in 2000 is currently serving as adjunct faculty member at Citrus and Glendale Colleges, teaching classes in Drawing, Figure Drawing, Two and three Dimensional Design and Color Theory.
EXHIBITION RECORD
Solo and Two Man Shows
The Source on Lake, Altadena, CA, 9/2007
The Source on Lake, Altadena, CA, 9/2005
Glendale College Gallery, Glendale, CA 7/2005
Galerie 224, Laguna Beach, CA 3/2001
Art Access Gallery, (Featured Artist) Salt Lake City, UT 11/1999
Gittins Gallery, M.F.A. Show, Salt Lake City, UT 4/1995
Sandy Library, Sandy, UT 6/1993
Finch Lane Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT 3/1993
Group Shows and Juried Exhibitions
Work at Work, Citrus Community College Art Gallery, Glendora, CA 12/2016
Artists and Educators, Glendale College Art Gallery, Glendale, CA 7/2011
49th annual International Juried Exhibition, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA 4/2007
Southern Calif. Regional Juried Award Exhibition, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA 10/2006
Faculty Show, Citrus Community College, Glendora, CA 1/2005
57 Underground, Pomona, CA 11/2002
Mentors Show @ Glendale College Gallery, Glendale, CA 9/2002
Double Overhead @ Don O’Melveney Gallery, West Hollywood, CA 7/2001
Soapbox Gallery, Venice, CA 6/2001
Galerie 224, Laguna Beach, CA 10/2000
A Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT 5/1999
Finch Lane Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT 11/1997
Myra Powell Gallery, Ogden, UT 1/1994
Left Bank Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT 12/1993
Finch Lane Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT 11/1993
Left Bank Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT 9/1993
Utah ‘92, Painting & Sculpture @ Museum of Fine Art, Salt Lake City, UT 7/1992
Spring Salon @ Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT 4/1992
Tivoli Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT 11/1991
Exposure 90 @ Sieg Home, Salt Lake City, UT 6/1990
Spring Salon @ Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT 4/1990
Gittins Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT 1/1990
Commissions
Mural @ ITT, Monrovia, CA 2010 (under the auspices of Citrus College)
Cover Art, The Last Mojito, poems by Bart Edelman; 2005
Mural @ West Coast Sports Management, Pasadena, CA 2004
Cover Art, Eclipse Literary Journal; 2003
Rowland Water District, Rowland Heights, CA 2003
Lincoln Ave. Water Co., Altadena, CA 4/2002
Gallivan Square, (collaboation), Salt Lake City, UT 12/1997
Mural @ Salt Lake Brewing Company, Salt Lake City, UT 4/1997
Sculpture for Utah Film Commission: Blind Leading the Blind (collaboration)Photographed image of lifesize sculpture. 5/1988