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Contact the artist at:

PH: (+61)405080472

For sales inquiries, direct message me via my instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/fabric_layerism/

Also 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.

page 078.Venus tussocks,oil,0.9 mtrs,1994,SOLD copy

201.ARTICLE WITH NEIL DOUGLAS 1993.courtesy Sentinnel Times — Sentinel times Nov 1993

Artist’s Statement

Painting the feminine form-2019 statement

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277.web card 2012

258.Solo music CD

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Exhibition at Gasworks, 2021

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Fitzroy Gallery 1999

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280. LMS twenty years,group exhibition

282. screen shot: nexusmodernart.com.au 2016

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Exhibition at 4Diverse, Melbourne

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First exhibition 1991

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Article 2000

1997 show

Sofitel. 1998

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Muse Bar, 2003

Contemporary Art Australia, 1995

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Exhib. 1996

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

mount warning summit,Mark drawing

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
2021 Glen Eira Artists Society annual exhibition, ‘Water’ at Caulfield Arts Complex
2022 Glen Eira Artists Society annual exhibition, ‘Light’ at Caulfield arts Complex
2022 The Fitzroy Art Collective ‘The Artist & The Muse drawing show’
2022 The Fitzroy Art Collective ‘FAC 3rd birthday event exhibition’
2022 Artful Yoga gallery, Stkilda, ‘In Good Company’ produced by Roberto Chuter, curated by Anthony Breslin
2022 The Fitzroy Art Collective, ‘Super Fun Time Crazy Pop Up Art Show’
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 interview with Celeste Hawkins http://www.theartandthecurious.com.au/layer-upon-layerthe-art-of-mark-ewenson/
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 Fabric Layerism video with Mark Ewenson Soundscapes music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNiM4RzHmyI&t=159s&ab_channel=MarkEwenson
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)
2021/22 Interview ‘Fabric Layerism’ with Jayden Byrne for his Youtube Channel ‘The Creators Process’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAhJZFVMeHo&t=941s&ab_channel=TheCreatorsProcess
2022 Burrinja Cultural Centre, Melbourne; Aerie artists Ecology https://aerie.burrinja.org.au/aerie-artists/
COLLECTIONS
PRIVATE- Melbourne,Sydney,Bribane,Adelaide,Perth,Gippsland,London,USA.
PUBLIC- SOFITEL Art Collection,Australia