C'NT Programming- Mark Dicey
Biography
Born: 1959, Calgary, Alberta
Lives and works in Calgary.
Mark Dicey has been pursuing his diverse artistic practice for over twenty five years encompassing visual art (painting, drawing, sculpture, installation), performance art, sound and music. The work itself is very much process driven and all the disciplines he works in feed into and off of each other into a multifaceted practice.
Gallery representation: Paul Kuhn Gallery
www.lilyposie.ca (music/sound)
www.paulkuhngallery.com (static work)
Curriculum Vitae
Static Work - object and installation - Selected Solo Exhibitions
Feb 23 - Mar 22, 2008 Resonant Voyage Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary
May 28 – June 25, 2005 Pulsation/Nod Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary
Jan. 11 – Feb. 1, 2003 MARK DICEY: RECENT WORKS, paintings and drawings Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary
Jan. 5-27, 2001 dr(aw)ummingsequence*2001*, mixed media installation, performance and sound exhibition. M.D. collaborating with numerous invited local artists. STRIDE Gallery, Calgary
Oct. 9 -30, 1999 MARK DICEY: RECENT WORKS, paintings/drawings/assemblage, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary
Feb.1-Mar.31,1992 JUMP, installation, Calgary Centre for the Performing Arts, Paul Kuhn Fine Arts +15 display window, Calgary
Jan.11-Feb.1,1992 AID CUP SERIES, paintings/drawings, Paul Kuhn Fine Arts, Calgary
Oct.29,’89-Jan.6,1990 Mark Dicey Recent Work, Divino Café/Gallery, Calgary (organized by P.K.F.A.)
Feb.4-25. 1989 MARK DICEY: RECENT WORK, paintings/drawings/assemblage, Paul Kuhn Fine Arts, Calgary
Jan.19-Feb.15, 1989 Site, installation, Alberta College of Art Main Mall, Calgary (selected by Ron Moppett, Director, The Illingworth Kerr Gallery)
Jan 7-18,1986 MARK DICEY: RECENT WORK, Paintings/drawings/assemblage, Exposure Series, Off Centre Centre, Calgary
May 5-26, 1984 Ark of the Body, installation, Off Centre Centre, Calgary
Static Work - object and installation - Selected Group Exhibitions
Oct. 19 – Nov. 10, 2007 Harmony of Contrasts – group exhibition, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary
Mar. 9 – Apr. 5, 2007 Exhibit: 3 X 3: René Pierre Allain, David Bolduc, Mark Dicey, Geoffrey Hunter, Mark Mullin, Stuart Oxley, Fort McMurray, Alberta Curated by Paul Kuhn
January 5 - February 10, 2007 HIT OR MISS: An Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing An exhibition examining new trends in contemporary drawing. Featured in conjunction Curated by John Will and Chris Cran Triangle Gallery, Calgary
June 29 to July 22, 2006 Black & White – Summer Group Exhibition Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary
April 1 to May 1, 2006 HEAVY ART Group exhibition HIFI CLUB, Calgary
June 24 to Sept. 3, 2005 FORM SPACE CONCEPT METAPHOR Contemporary Alberta Sculpture, Triangle Gallery, Calgary Curated by Jacek Malec
Sept. 16 to Oct. 23, 2004 ACAD Faculty Show, Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary
July/Aug, 2004 Summer Show, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, Selection of Gallery artists by Kevin Kanashiro
December 5&6, 2003 red dots 2003, Ramsey Design Centre, Calgary Presented by EB Visual Arts
Oct.16 to Nov.15, 2003 ACAD Faculty Show, Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary
May 2 to July 26, 2003 Cabinets of Curiosities – part of artist Doug Haslam’s “Ein Kleiner Wunderschrank” Cabinet (contains 16 artists) in this touring exhibition presented by The Wood Turning Centre, Philadelphia, USA. Touring until 2005.
Dec. 5-30, 2002 The Pepermunt Show – SUGAR + ESTATE @ ARTHOUSE INC., Calgary
July 18-Aug.17, 2002 Towards Modernism – selection from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Triangle Gallery of Visual Arts, Calgary
Mar.9-Apr.1, 2000 SILVER –celebrating 25 years of artist-run centres in Calgary, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, ACAD and The NEW Gallery, Calgary
Feb.18-Mar.27, 1999 THE ALBERTA FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS: SELECTIONS FROM THE COLLECTION, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, ACAD, Calgary
Dec.3,’88-Jan.29,’89 SURROUNDINGS, assemblage work, The Glenbow Museum, Calgary
Oct.14-Nov.20,1988 ELEMENTAL INSTINCTS: A MATTER OF COURSE, installation Habitable Putrese, The Nickle Arts Museum, U of C, Calgary
May 3-28, 1988 Hybrids; Painting and Sculpture, installation and assemblage work, Muttart Art Gallery, Calgary (curated by Les Pinter)
Jul.2-Aug.15,1987 PLACE SETTINGS, installation: MEASUREMENT/FILTER, 2nd Story Gallery’s satellite space, S.E. Calgary
Dec.7,’85-Jan.27, 1986 Points North, painting/assemblage, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge (curated by Joan Stebbins) catalogue
Feb.19-Mar.15,1985 THE FIRST TEN, painting/assemblage, 10th anniversary exhibition of Off Centre Centre at Off Centre Centre, Calgary
Sept.12-29, 1984 Contemporary Art in Southern Alberta, Off Centre Centre, Calgary
Dec.24,’83-Mar.24, 1984 International Print Exhibit: ROC, Taipaei City Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan, republic of China – catalogue
Mar.20-apr.10,1983 3rd UCLA National Student Print Competition and Exhibition, Los Angeles, California – catalogue
Feb. 1983 4th Alabama Works on Paper and International Invitational Exhibition, Alabama, U.S.A.
Static Work - object and installation - Selected duo collaborative Exhibitions
Apr 14-May 13, 1995 ckmd preformed, residency installation/assemblage work, ckmd is:Colleen Kerr and Mark Dicey, TRUCK:an artist-run centre,Calgary
June 1-30, 1992 The Cloud of Unknowing, installation (Jeff Viner/Mark Dicey), Gallery 826, Calgary
Performance Work - Selected Solo
Sept. 16, 2004 Looking Back (ou mallon), performance within Faculty show opening. ACAD Faculty Show, Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary. Assisted by dan Meichel and Lyle Pisio
Sept. 12, 1992 bona fide graft, performance, part of exhibition:A Copse, A Corpse and a Kaddish, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, B.C.
Sept. 3, 1989 MORE MAGIC, part of Vamoose performance tour, A.K.A. Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask.
Oct. 20, 1988 HABITABLE PUTRESCE, performance, part of exhibition: Elemental Instincts: A Matter of Course, The Nickle Arts Museum, UofC
May 5, 1988 Reap, performance, part of exhibition: Hybrids: Painting and Sculpture, Muttart Art Gallery, Calgary (curated by Les Pinter)
Oct. 11, 1986 SIX STICKS, performance, part of 2nd Story Gallery’s performance event: Performance Focus, Bruno’s Night Gallery, Calgary
Performance Work -Selected duo collaborative
May 6, 1995 ckmd preformed, Colleen Kerr/Mark Dicey, TRUCK: an artist-run centre, Calgary
Mar. 3, 1990 dearth (by means of the senses), Cheryl L. Koprek/Mark Dicey, part of exhibition: NOISE UNDER THE TONGUE, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff
Dec. 1, 1989 cadit quaestio/the argument collapses, Jeff Viner/Mark Dicey, part of MEDIA BLITZ 2, The New Gallery, Calgary
Oct. 20, 1988 HABITABLE PUTRESCE, performance, part of exhibition: Elemental Instincts: A Matter of Course, The Nickle Arts Museum, UofC (curated by Donna McAlear)
May 1, 1987 DE-BUNKER, Jeff Viner/Mark Dicey, part of:Dusk til Dawn, an evening of performance art, (outdoors) Graceland, Calgary
Apr.26, 1984 Occurrence V, Christoph Spindler (Christian Eckart)/M.D. with guest assistants, University of Calgary Theatre. Review; Nancy Tousley, Calgary herald, Apr. 27, 1984
Performance Work -Selected group collaborative
September 20, 2007 Street of Crocodiles, Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers, Calgary
February 4, 2007 Street of Crocodiles, Creative Kids Museum, Telus World of Science, Calgary
October, 2005 scum de terre, M:ST festival, Calgary, lethbridge, Banff
March 2005 armchairterrorist and tokyosexwhale, LIVE ACTION, ACAD
March 2005 scum de terre, Birds and Stone, Calgary. A Bubonic Tourist production
March, 2004 scum de terre, Music Explosion, CSIF, Calgary, Super 8 film and live performance
March 29, 2003 scum de terre, AGC SOUNDS program – Art Gallery of Calgary
May 23, 2003 tokyosexwhale, soundtrack for Peter Stinson and Brenda Whiteman film– “Tangly Wood” Released/performed at Stride Gallery, Calgary
July 2000 tokyosexwhale, Newfoundland Sound Symposium, St. John’s, Nfld.
May 9, 2000 GROUP, A PERFORMANCE COLLECTIVE, “Golden Frosted Flakes”, Truck: an artist run centre, Calgary
Oct. 8, 1998 GROUP, A PERFORMANCE COLLECTIVE, PARKING PROBLEMS, The NEW Gallery, Calgary
Aug. 30–Oct. 19, 1998 The SKEP(tic)KS: Ou Mallon Move Along performance at The Glenbow Museum, Calgary in conjunction with the exhibition MARCEL DUCHAMP: DUSTBALLS & READYMADES, ETC.
March 1, 1997 The SKEP(tic)KS: 1hr. Botanizing performance at Devonian Gardens - TD Square - part of City of Calgary program
Feb. 15, 1996 The SKEP(tic)KS: an ordinary action performance at the Nickle Arts Museum - University of Calgary. U of C Dept. of Art Visiting Artist Lecture series.
July 30, 1995 The SKEP(tic)KS, scaffolding performance Calgary Jazz Festival, The Night Gallery performance with Street of Crocodiles
Aug. 6, 1993 Street of Crocodiles, These Days performance in an industrial waste container. Part of THE TUNING OF THE WORLD EXHIBITION, The Nickle Arts Museum, U of C, Calgary
Special Project/Commission
June/July/August, 2006
Creative Kids Museum, Telus World of Science, Calgary
Construction of “Resonant Voyage” – interactive percussive sound room (installation) for kids
Commercially represented by Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary
Collections: Alberta Art Foundation, numerous private and corporate collections locally, nationally and internationally
Director on board of Elephant Artist Relief Society (EAR), Calgary
Past Board member/past president of The NEW Gallery, an artist-run centre, Calgary
Musician in music/sound/performance groups: Street of Crocodiles, tokyosexwhale, Tomato Tomato and scum de terre.
Born: 1959 Calgary, Alberta
Education
1979 - 1983 Graduate - Alberta College of Art, Calgary
Awards/recognition
2007 received Alberta Foundation for the Arts Project Grant
2002 - Alumni Award of Excellence June 13, 2002 by the Alberta College of Art & Design as part of their 75th Anniversary celebrations
2002 - Awarded “The Order of the Black Belt in Thinking” by Chuck Stake of Chuck Stake Enterprizes.
2006 – included in publication (includes CD-R): “An Alberta Art Chronicle adventures in recent & contemporary art” by Mary-Beth Laviolette, Altitude Publishing , Canmore, Alberta
2004 – included in publication (in regards to collaboration with Colleen Gray): ”Caught In The Act an anthology of performance art by Canadian women”, Nelson Henricks. Edited by Tanya Mars & Johanna Householder.
Sessional instructor Alberta College of Art & Design -2003-2007
Proprietor – Sure Art Installations 1984 to Present
Registrar/Preparator: Petro-Canada Art Collection 1984-1992
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