MARK POMILIO APPLIED ABSTRACTIONS
Mark Pomilio Railyard Arts District | 1613 Paseo de Peralta | Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 | 505.988.3250 www.lewallengalleries.com | contact@lewallengalleries.com Applied Abstractions August 26 - September 24 cover: Symmetry Study VI, 2022, charcoal and oil on linen, 30" x 26"
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In his more linear works, Pomilio uses line itself as his subject, defining an abstract feeling of space through billowing, rhythmic energy. Here, lines seem to dance against the edge of each drawing, evoking tightly-coiled forces in a state of equilibrium. In another series of monochromatic panel-based drawings that fold away from the wall, Pomilio’s sweeping lines conjure a dynamic conversation between order, free gesture, and space.
Applied Abstractions Through subtle colors and a layered, expressive use of line, Mark Pomilio’s art references the forces and geometries of the natural world over a career that spans more than two decades. Mirroring the dynamic, interlocking systems that underlie our physical surroundings, Pomilio’s paintings and works on paper are each self-contained universes of softly layered forms and fluid calligraphic lines.
Pomilio’s works also suggest the aesthetic and symbolic potentials of rhythm and repetition. In his Elements series, fractal-like networks of hexagons, triangles, and ellipses evoke an endless array of repetition and variation. These and other more tonal paintings often seem to possess an inner glow, suggesting the sensation of light passing through the veins of floral tissue.
According to Pomilio, these visual illustrations of abstract scientific forces are an attempt to articulate his own wonder at the complexity and beauty of the natural world. “Expressing the fact that nature, both on a molecular level and grand scale, is in a perpetual state of change has become a basis for all my work,” Pomilio writes. “This is what is at the core; it is the essence of my pursuit.”
Also included in this exhibition is an impressive series of large-scale works in charcoal, which he calls his Primal Drawings. Pomilio writes, “Using the basic and ancient materials of charcoal and paper, my goal is to express the logic and beauty of simple geometrical systematic symmetries and how these symmetries can express an inherent primordial visual language.”
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3 Folded Symmetries, 2022 Mixed media on paper, 30" x 14.5 x 14.5"
4 Symmetry Study VI, 2022 Charcoal and oil on linen, 30" x 26"
5 Symmetry Study VII, 2022 Charcoal and oil on linen, 30" x 25"
6 Dancing Symmetries III, 2022 Charcoal on paper, 77" x 30" Dancing Symmetries Charcoal on paper
7 Dancing Symmetries V, 2022 Charcoal on paper, 77" x 30" Symmetries IV, 2022 paper, 77" x 30"
8 Symmetry Study VIII, 2022 Charcoal and oil on linen, 30" x 25"
9 vSymbols and Symmetries III, 2019 Charcoal and oil on linen, 40" x 30"
10 Primal Drawings VII, 2022 Charcoal on paper, 35" x 30" Primal Drawings VIII, 2022 Charcoal on paper, 35" x 30"
11 Primal Drawings VIX, 2022 Charcoal on paper, 35" x 30" Primal Drawings X, 2022 Charcoal on paper, 35" x 30"
12 Oceans, Bays, Waves and Dreams, 2018-22 Charcoal and oil on linen, 67.75" x 58"
13 Symmetry Study V, 2021 Charcoal and oil on linen, 30" x 24"
14 Expanding Symmetries III, 2022 Charcoal on paper on wood, 30.25" x 73.5"
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Elements I, 2018-19 Charcoal and oil on linen, 28" x 22"
Elements II, 2018-19 Charcoal and oil on linen, 40" x 30 17
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19 Coral Passages, 2018-22 Oil on linen, 40.25" x 53"
20 Applied Symmetries I, 2022 Oil on canvas, 60" x 35"
21 Prodigal Son, 2018-22 Oil on canvas, 59.75" x 48"
22 Dancing Symmetries, 2019 Charcoal on paper mounted to foamboard and wood, 75" x 61.5" x 17"
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24 Symbols and Symmetries IIv, 2018 Charcoal and oil on linen, 40" x 30"
25 "Symbols and Symmetries IV, 2019 Charcoal and oil on linen, 40" x 30"
26 Root Process, 2014-15 Oil on linen, 34" x 38"
27 Indian Summer, 2008-10 Oil on canvas, 33.75" x 30"
28 Titan's Triangle, 2013 Oil on canvas, 68" x 58"
29 Nocturne, 2013-21 Oil on canvas, 36" x 41"
Irene Rosenweig 2003 Biennial Exhibition, The Arts & Science Center, Pine Bluff, AR 30th Annual National Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
2020 Annual Group Exhibition, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ 30th Annual ArtsThrive, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM Viewpoints: How We Understand Art, Center Space Art Gallery, Scottsdale Center For The Preforming Arts, Scottsdale, AZ 2019 Annual Summer Show, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ 2018 Arizona Biennial ’18, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ 2017 Art of the Southwest, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ 2016 Inverse Conversations 2016, (Part 1) Renmin University Art Gallery, Beijing, China Inverse Conversations 2016, (Part 2) 13 Contemporary ArtSpace, Qingzhou, China 2015 Cellular, Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery, Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ Poetic Dialogue Project, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL Poetic Dialogue Project, Northrup King Gallery, Minneapolis MN Inverse Conversations, Tradition RE/formed, Step Gallery, Phoenix, AZ 2014 Palm Springs Art Fair, Bentley Gallery, Palm Springs, CA 2013 Inverse Conversations, 798 Bridge Gallery, Beijing, China Arizona Biennial '13, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson AZ Small Works, 36th Annual Nation Art Exhibition, Harper College, Palatine, IL 2011 Rethinking the Museum, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ 2010 John S. Belew Collection and Recent Acquisitions, Martin Museum of Art, Baylor University, Waco, TX Flights of Fancy, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ 2009 Arizona Biennial '09, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson AZ 2008 TCA Biennial: Paper, Tempe Center for the Art, Tempe, AZ Contemporary Forum Emerging Artist Grant Recipient Exhibition, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ Texas National 2008, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX. 2007 Arizona Biennial '07, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson AZ On Your Mark: Contemporary Drawing, Spencertown Academy Arts Center, Spencertown, NY Combined Talent: Florida International, Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL 2006 Form + Function: Mathematics and Beyond in Contemporary Art, Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, N.J Ragdale 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL 2005 Seven-State Biennial Exhibition, The University of Science & Arts of Oklahoma Art Gallery, Chickasha, OK The Academy at Penn, Selected Works, The Kroiz Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 32nd Annual National Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA 20th Annual International Exhibition, Meadows Gallery, The University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX Drawing National 2, A Juried Exhibition of Drawings, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD 26th Annual Paper in Particular National Exhibition, Larson Gallery, Columbia College, Columbia, MO 2004 Arts International Exhibition 2004, International Museum of Art, El Paso, TX 7th Annual National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference, Life Sciences Institute, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 17th Annual McNeese National Works On Paper Exhibition, Abercrombie Gallery, NcNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA 31st Annual National Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA 2003 An Absence of Color, MMC Gallery, Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY
EXHIBITIONS
2022 Applied Abstractions, LewAllen Galleries, Santa Fe, NM 2021 Showcase Exhibition, LewAllen Galleries, Santa Fe, NM 2019-20 A State of Being, He Gong and Mark Pomilio, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa, AZ 2017 Symmetries, Bentley Gallery at Bentley Projects, Phoenix, AZ Chinese Symmetries, Luxetown Art Museum, Chengdu, Sichuan, China 2016 Modeling Nature, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH 2013 Natural Order, Bentley Gallery at Bentley Projects, Phoenix, AZ 2011 Mark Pomilio, 212GALLERY, Aspen, CO Bi-folds, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 2010 Bi-folds, Preston Contemporary Art Center, Mesilla, NM Folds & Reflections, Xu Beihong Art Academy, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China Mark Pomilio: Divine Geometry, Museum of Art, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 2009 The Science of Art, Nature Gallery, North Carolina Museum of Natural History, Raleigh, NC 2008 Two Dreams, Cline + Dale, Scottsdale, AZ 2006 Mark Pomilio, Recent Drawings, Fullerton Museum of Art, California State University, San Bernardino, CA 2005 Family Circle, Chapelle Saint-Louis de la Sapetriere, Paris, France 2003 Farmer's Daughter, Art Resource Transfer, New York, NY Sesto Series, Villa Corsi-Salviati, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy 2001 Human / Nature, Exhibit A, Birmingham, MI 2000 World Trappings, Michigan Guild Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
Mark Pomilio
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
b. Philadelphia, PA EDUCATION 1995 MFA, University of Michigan, School of Art and Design, Ann Arbor, MI 1993 BFA, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 1991 Four-Year Studio Degree, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
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