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Contact the artist at: markewenson@gmail.com

PH: 0405080472

https://www.instagram.com/fabric_layerism/

Studio Visits/online 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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Contemporary Art Australia, 1995

282. screen shot: nexusmodernart.com.au 2016

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Jackman Gallery,online 1998

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Exhib. 1996

Article 2000

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1997 show

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First exhibition 1991

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Leader newspaper(front page) 1997

Sofitel. 1998

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Muse Bar, 2003

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Fitzroy Gallery 1999

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280. LMS twenty years,group exhibition

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 Vitea

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 ,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
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 fare 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 Bluethumb Online Gallery….’Featured Artist’
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
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
COLLECTIONS
PRIVATE- Melbourne,Sydney,Bribane,Adelaide,Perth,Gippsland,London,USA.
PUBLIC- SOFITEL Art Collection,Australia