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Contact the artist at: 

  PH:  0405080472

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Purchase art work online at Bluethumb: https://bluethumb.com.au/Mark-Ewenson

Also:    Studio visits / sales by appointment, Melbourne…Works for sale or sold as indicated.

Artist’s Statement

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Exhibition at 4Diverse, Melbourne

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Leader newspaper(front page) 1997

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Sentinel times Nov 1993

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First exhibition 1991

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Sofitel. 1998

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Contemporary Art Australia, 1995

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282. screen shot: nexusmodernart.com.au 2016

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Exhibition at Gasworks, 2021

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Exhib. 1996

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Jackman Gallery,online 1998

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1997 show

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Muse Bar, 2003

Article 2000

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Fitzroy Gallery 1999

• Below: Mark Ewenson at Mount Warning summit,sketching Byron Bay in the distance  (with respect to the indigenous owners of this land),NSW 2014

Curriculum Vitae

• D O B:             7/9/1964
• Education:      1981-82  Studied art at Huntingdale Technical college,Melbourne
•  1983   Studied fine art painting at Prahran technical college,Melbourne
• 1984-1990  MUSIC ; Full time musician; percussionist/multi instrumentalist in various art rock,jazz,experimental groups and soundscape recording artist,Melbourne…(see music C.V)
• SOLO EXHIBITIONS
• 1991                 Bakers Cafe Gallery, Fitzroy, Melbourne
• 1994                 Joan Gough Studio Gallery- Contemporary Art Australia
• 1996                 Darebin Arts Centre,Preston -Melbourne.
• 1997                Darebin Arts Centre,Pretston- Melbourne.
• 1998                 Hotel Sofitel- Cafe La,Collins St. Melbourne. (work purchased by Sofitel)
• 1999                 Fitzroy Gallery,Fitzroy,Melbourne
• 1999                Rippleside Gallery,Inverloch,Victoria.
• 2000                Silkstone Gallery,Korumburra,Victoria.
• 2001-02          Tsunami Cafe,Inverloch,Victoria
• 2003                 Muse Bar Gallery, East St.Kilda,Melbourne
• 2004                 Studio Gallery exhibition,Elwood,Melbourne
• 2006                 Online Gallery launch: markewenson.com
• 2006                Gallery 112, St.Kilda,Melbourne.
• 2009                 Online Gallery launch: markewenson-artist.com
• 2011                 Andrianakis- Fitzroy Gallery,Fitzroy,Melbourne.
• 2015                 The Breslin Gallery,Carnegie,Melbourne…Art/Music retrospective;Art ebook retrospective disc,1981-2014…’14 Soundscapes’ music CD,1986-1999.
• 2018                Launch of new WordPress website for markewenson-artist.com: Fabric Layerism-Fabric and mixed media visions of the feminine form…
• 2019               4Diverse Gallery, St Kilda: Fabric Layerism; An Original Collage Invention…exhibition of 37 works 2011-2019
• 2020               Kinch Cafe, Caulfield / Fabric Layerism, 12 works
• 2021                Gasworks Arts Park, Melbourne
• GROUP EXHIBITIONS
• 1991-93             Exhibited in several group shows around Gippsland,Victoria: Meeniyan,Phillip Island,Fish Creek,Tarwin Lower (first prize,best local painting award)
• 1993                  Majoring in group show with Neil Douglas,John Quinn-Venus Bay Gallery,Venus Bay,Victoria.
• 1995                   Finalist- Herald/Sun art prize,Melbourne- judges: Leo Schofield,Sally Smart,Alex Holt,Simon Plant.
• 1995-96             Gretz Gallery,Albert Park-Melbourne
• 1995-97              Contemporary Art Australia travelling group show to Paris France and Puge Rostang,South of France.
• 1998-99             Represented by Dempsters Gallery,Canterbury,Melbourne.
• 1999                   Venus Bay artists showcase,Venus Bay,Victoria
• 1998                   Jackman Gallery-group exhibition in conjunction with website launch for ‘Artists Online’; one of Australia’s first commercial online galleries.
• 1998-2001         ‘Artists Online’ website gallery – Jackman Gallery, St.Kilda,Melbourne
• 2000                   ‘New Energies’ -Artists showcase- Leongatha,Victoria.
• 2001                   ‘New Energies’ Gippsland artists – Chapel off Chapel,Prahran,Melbourne.
• 2000-/01             Dunes Gallery, Inverloch, Victoria.
• 2004                    ‘Spirit of place’ – Gallery 112, St.Kilda, Melbourne.
• 2005                    Affordable Art fair with Gallery 112- Exhibition Buildings,Melbourne.
• 2006-08              Gallery 112- St.Kilda, Melbourne
• 2009-14             Louey & Lane gallery, Glen Huntly – Melbourne.
• 2009                   20th Anniversary,Life Models Society- Dantes Gallery,Fitzroy,Melbourne.
• 2009                  Lord Ivy Lounge- Flinders Lane,Melbourne
• 2011                   ‘Beauty’  Collingwood Gallery, Collingwood, Melbourne.
• 2011                    Carbon Black gallery- Prahran- Melbourne.
• 2012                   Princes Hill Community Centre,Princes Hill, Melbourne
• 2013                   ‘Freedom’   Collingwood Gallery,Collingwood, Melbourne.
• 2013                   ‘Eclectica’  Breslin Gallery, Carnegie, Melbourne.
• 2013-18              Nexus Modern Art- Online Gallery, Melbourne- ‘Emerging Artists’
• 2018                   –People’s Choice award- Glen Eira Artists Society annual group exhibition,Caulfield Arts Complex,Melbourne.
• 2018-19                    Bluethumb Online Gallery….’Featured Artist’ & ‘Curators pick’: interior design/feminine shapes
• 2019                    Glen Eira Artists Society annual exhibition, ‘Time’ at Caulfield Arts Complex, Melbourne
• 2019/20                Toot Gallery, St Kilda, Melbourne
• 2019/20                Gallery  264, Glen Huntly, Melbourne
• BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Nov 1993            Sentinel Times-South Gippsland
• Jan   1994           The Star-South Gippsland
• July  1994           National Gallery Society magazine-Melbourne
• July  1994           Radio interview with Bill Hartley,3CR- ‘Art Attack’
• Spring 1994       Art and Australia magazine
• May 1996           Sentinel Times-South Gippsland
• March 1997       Sentinel Times-South Gippsland
• June 1997           Preston Post Times-Melbourne
• Feb 1998             At the Sofitel-Melbourne
• 1998-2001          ‘Artists On Line’ Melbourne’s first online gallery platform (Jackman Gallery)
• Feb 1999            Herald-Sun, Melbourne
• March 2000       Village Crier-Korumburra,Gippsland
• June 2000          New Energies-artists showcase,Leongatha,Gippsland
• June 2000          The Star-South Gippsland,Victoria
• March 2001       Sentinel Times-South Gippsland
• March 2003      Port Phillip Leader-Melbourne
• Nov  2006          Port Phillip Leader-Melbourne
• Nov  2006          Art Almanac – Australia
• Oct   2011          Port Phillip/Glen Eira Leader-Melbourne
• 2013 –                 ‘The Art and The Curious’; online art blog by Celeste Hawkins
• 2013                   Port Phillip Leader-Melbourne
• 2015                   The Breslin Gallery-online newsletter
• 2019                   Video Interview by P Justin Butler: ‘Fabric Layerism; the art of Mark  Ewenson – on Vimeo
• 2019                    Art Almanac
• 2020/21              Art Edit Magazine – feature: magazine and online
• 2021                   Audio/visual exhibition with Smartify ~ online world wide art museum platform (with Gasworks Arts Park exhibition 1-2/2021)
• COLLECTIONS
• PRIVATE-          Melbourne,Sydney,Bribane,Adelaide,Perth,Gippsland,London,USA.
• PUBLIC-            SOFITEL Art Collection,Australia

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