Mark Knoerzer “ORBIS” : April 23 – May 23, 2015

YVES CRENN

MARK KNOERZER

ORBIS

MARK KNOERZER

ORBIS 535 west 25th street, nyc | 212.627.4444 | bdgny.com

cover: detail from Polyptych 4 21” x 21” | opposite: detail from Parallax 44” x 44” | above: Polyptych 4 21” x 21” © 2015 Mark Knoerzer

2 | Polyptych 5 30” x 30”

Polyptych 2 24” x 24” | 3

4 | Polyptych Wood 21” x 21”

detail from Ovals 16” x 19”

6 | Baluca 39” x 39”

detail from Argentum 39” x 39”

detail from Polyptych 11 15” x 15”

Polyptych 7 27½” x 27½” | 9

M AR K K NO ER ZER (b. 1978 Cornwall, New York) Knoerzer was interested in art from a young age; his parents supported his talents and enrolled him in several art classes. As a child, he experimented with various mediums, including ceramics, oil paints and carpentry. By the time he graduated high school, Knoerzer was certain he wanted to go directly to art school and pursue a career in the arts.

Knoerzer received an Associates of Fine Arts from F.I.T. and a BFA from Parsons School of Design where he was awarded an undergraduate Deans Scholarship and a BFA Scholarship. He studied theater backdrop painting at the Studio and Forum of Scenic Arts in his hometown of Cornwall, NY. In 2006, while enrolled at Parsons, his work changed dramatically. He moved away from figurative paintings and began experimenting with light installations. After two years working in 3-D, he returned to painting but this time, his paintings were abstract. These new paintings were heavily influenced by the experiences he had while working in installations. These unique light installations and abstract works are what he is most known for today.

In 2010 he was approached by Ironbound Films to have his art included in their new documentary Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie. The film won an official selection at the Tribeca Film Festival and is scheduled to be released in 2013 by Magnolia Pictures. Knoerzer’s work was included in Webster Hall’s Quarterly Art Soirée and “Light up Brooklyn” at the Brooklyn Morgan.

In both his paintings and light installation Knoerzer uses color, light and extensive layers to create geometric images and abstract symbols. He has developed a uniquely personal visual language, which references a spectrum of everyday life from humans and animals to landscapes and atmospheres. Knoerzer currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. 10 | Orbis 48” diameter

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12 | Polyptych Gem 5 43” x 17”

detail from Stella 2 49” x 49”

14 | detail from Ovalscape 49” x 73”

Cycle 49” x 27”

16 | detail from Stella 60” x 60”

above: Polyptych 10 45” x 18”

detail from Polyptych Gem 6 60” x 24”

M AR K K N OE R ZE R SELECT EXHIBITIONS 2015 Art Palm Beach, FL, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery

2008 Drawing Exchange, Parsons, New York, NY

2014 Salonukah, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2007 Were We Left Off, Parsons, New York, NY

2014 Summer Collective Part 2, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, New York, NY

2006 Mentor Meteor, Parsons, New York, NY

2014 Sonya Art Walk/Preview Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY 2014 25th Annual Small Works International Invitational, New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA 2014 The Violet Show presented by SONYA, Rising Arts Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2013 A Season in Review, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, New York, NY 2013 C ollective, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, New York, NY 2013 I t’s Happening, Bushwick Open Studios Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY

2006 City Symphonies, Urban Muck, Parsons, New York, NY 2006 Dumbo Art Under the Bridge Festival, Brooklyn, NY 2006 Valley Works, Painter’s Gallery, Cornwall on Hudson, NY 2006 Public Mural for The Committee to Improve Carroll Park, Brooklyn, NY 2005 Dumbo Art Under the Bridge Festival, Brooklyn, NY EDUCATION

2013 Big Future, Recession Art, Brooklyn, NY

2009 The Studio and Forum of Scenic Arts, Cornwall, NY

2013 Represent Brooklyn, Rising Arts Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2008 Parsons School of Design, New York, NY

2013 T he Red Show presented by SONYA, Brooklyn, NY

1999 Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY

2012 I ndoor/Outdoor, Collective Art Residency, We Create NYC, New York, NY

AWARDS

2012 Winter Salon, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2006- 2008 BFA Scholarship, Parsons School of Design, New York

2012 Holiday Art Show, Jackson Hall Gallery, New York, NY

2006- 2008 Undergraduate Dean’s Scholarship, Parsons School of Design, New York

2011 G roup Show, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

2011 Light Up Brooklyn, Google Places and Bklyn Haus, The Morgan, Brooklyn, NY

2014 Elevated Thinking: The High Line in New York City, by Great Museums Television

2011 Quarterly Art Soiree, Webster Hall, New York, NY

2010 Evocateur The Morton Downey Jr. Movie,

by Daniel A. Miller, Ironbound Films

2010 Evening Time Jazz, Eldert Loft, Brooklyn, NY

2009 Vedere, by J.R. Heffelfinger, Verdere.com

2009 Trans-positions, Clock-tower Building, Long Island City, NY

2009 Queens Art Express, by In and Out TV, licmagazine.com

2008 Senior Citizens, Gallery MC, New York, NY

2006 Friends of Carroll Garden Have a Barrel of Fun, by Ted Levin, Carroll Garden Courier

2008 Long Island City Artists Open Studio, Queens, NY

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2008 Parsons B.F.A. Senior Open Studios, New York, NY

Blues 49” x 28” | 19

20 | Super Sym 60” x 60”

opposite: detail from Super Sym 60” x 60”

back cover: Super Sym 2 49” x 49”

above: Stella 3 49” x 49”