Education

M.F.A.  2005  Sculpture  University of Texas-Austin
B.F.A.   1998  Sculpture  University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Areas of Specialization:
(Undergraduate) Classical figurative sculpture, Anatomy, Public Art
(Graduate) Alternative Materials/ Processes, Installation and Intervention
M.F.A Minor in Art History

Professional Experience

2010 to present
         Foundations Coordinator
         Kent State University, Ohio


2007-2010   
         Instructor
         Glassell School of Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
         Figurative Drawing, Figurative Sculpture
         Workshop: Mapping as a Creative Act
         Workshop: Platics and Polymers

         Full-time Faculty
         San Jacinto College, South
         Sculpture, Drawing, Metals, and Photography

2006
         Instructor
         Glassell School of Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
         Advanced Drawing, 3-D Design, Sculpture

         Full-time Adjunct Faculty
         San Jacinto College, South
         Sculpture, Drawing, and Photography

2005            
         Instructor
         Loyola University, New Orleans
         Sculpture and Adv. Sculpture

         Assistant Instructor in Studio Art
         University of Texas—Austin
         Foundations; 3-D Design, Spring 2005

         Design Team Member, Participating Artist
         Austin Art In Public Places
         Second Street District Streetscape

2004            
         Assistant Instructor in Studio Art
         University of Texas at Austin
         Foundations; 3-D Design, Fall 2004

         Sculptor/ Designer
         Blue Genie Art Industries
         Design and production of large scale sculpture

2003—2004       
         Teaching Assistant
         University of Texas at Austin
         Fall 2003 (Melvin Ziegler) Beginning Sculpture
         Spring 2004 (Margo Sawyer) Installation Art

2002—2003       
         Research Assistant Fellow
         Assistantship under Margo Sawyer
         The University of Texas at Austin
         Fall/Spring 2002, 2003
   
1999-2002         
         Sculptor/Designer
         Blue Genie Art Industries
         Production of large-scale public art and commercial projects 
      

Grants/Honors 
         
2008    Established Artist Grant Recipient  
             Houston Arts Alliance      

         Elected Board Member 
             Lawndale Art Center, Houston

2007   Nominee
            Texas Prize, Arthouse at the Jones Center

2005    Texas Exes Teaching Award, University of Texas Alumni Association
            Umlauf Scultpure Award, Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum

2004   Honorable Mention
           Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture
           International Sculpture Center
          
2003   Nominee
           Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture
           International Sculpture Center

       Nominee, Best Artist - Male
            Austin Critics Table

2002    Professional Development Grant
            The University of Texas - Austin

        Research Assistance Fellowship
            Department of Art and Art History
            The University of Texas - Austin

       Nominee, Best Artist - Male
            Austin Critic's Table

Exhibitions

2012

Steady as She Goes, Kent State University Downtown Gallery, January 11–February 11, 2012

2011

Things That Move: The 2011 A&D Alumni Show, Jean Paul Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan School of Art and Design, July 18-August 5, 2011

New Image Sculpture, The McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, February 16-May 8, 2011 (with catalog)

2010

Signs of Life, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas, October 25-November 21, 2010

2009

Lawndale Art Center 30th Anniversary Exhibition, curated by Clint Willour, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX, August 21-September 26, 2009

College of the Mainland Art Gallery, Texas City, TX, September 1-October 5, 2009

2008

Prospects
Creative Research Laboratory, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX (November-December)

Sediment: Mark Schatz and Jared Steffensen
Space 125 Gallery at the Houston Arts Alliance (November 2008-January 2009)

Geomorph: Rethinking Landscape
Central Trak gallery at the University of Texas at Dallas (August-September)

UnBOXed
Curated by students in Sam Houston State University's Museum and Gallery Practices class
Crazywood Gallery, Huntsville, TX (October-November)

New American Talent
Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX (March-May)
Del Rio counsel for the Arts at the Firehouse Gallery, Del Rio, Tx (June-August)
organized by Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX

Going Mobile
Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, TX (April-June)

The Texas Chair Project
Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX
November 2008-February 2009

2007   

Landscape vs. Netscape
Unit B Gallery
San Antonio, TX

Tabletop Sculpture
Art Palace
Austin, TX

Pathogeographies
Gallery 400
Chicago, IL

New American Talent
organized by Arthouse at the Jones Center
Austin, TX

Goin' Mobile
Commerce Street Artists' Warehouse
Houston, TX
Polvo
Chicago, IL

Mark Schatz: Untitled Landscape Device (HEDGE), and Perpetual Motion
Lawndale Art Center
Houston, TX

2006  

The Way We Were: Nostalgia in Contemporary Art
UTSA Satellite Space curated by Catherine Walworth
San Antonio, TX

Untitled Landscape Device
Art Palace
Austin, TX

2005  

Umlauf Sculpture Award Exhibition
Sculpture Garden and Museum
Austin, TX

M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition
The University of Texas -- Austin
Austin, TX

2004  

Persistence of the Box (solo)
The New Gallery
Austin, TX

Suburban Intervention:  Circulation (solo)
Site-Specific Architectural Alteration
Austin, TX

Suburban Intervention:  An Unobstructed View (solo)
Site-Specific Architectural Alteration
Austin, TX

2003   

Red
Rudolph Projects,
Houston, TX

Austin Powers
Williams Tower Gallery
Houston, TX

Murmur
Creative Research Lab
Austin, TX

2002 

Chance Operation
Gallery 1313
Austin, TX

Mark Schatz (solo)
Cactus Bra
San Antonio, TX

Schatz to Schatz, Black to White
Gallery 1313
Marfa, TX

Gen Art's PT Studios
Lucky Lounge
Austin, TX

Gen Art's PT Studios
La Zona Rosa
Austin, TX

Artsicle (two person show w/ Rory Skagen)
Gallery 1313
Austin, TX

Dumbo & Beyond
Davis Gallery
Austin, TX

Asian Undercurrents
Gallery Lombardi
Austin, TX

22 to Watch
Austin Museum of Art
Austin, TX
(exhibition and catalog)

2001 

Figurative Differences
University of Texas - San Antonio
San Antonio, TX

Bibliography

Rachel Koper, "Arthouse: America's Got Talent," Austin Chroncile, July 20, 2007

"Austin Recommended - Tabletop Sculpture," Glasstire.com, July 2007

Elaine Wolff, “The CAM cup is still half full,” San Antonio Current, July 13, 2006

Catherine Walworth, “The Way We Were: Nostalgia in Contemporary Art”, UTSA Satellite Space exhibition catalogue, July, 2006

Arturo Palacios, “Untitled Landscape Device by Mark Schatz,” Art Palace Gallery website: www.artpalacegallery.com, May, 2006

Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, “Far out and unexpected,” Blogging it with XLent, Austin360 at statesman.com, online blog of the Austin American Statesman, February, 11, 2004

Review of "Artsicle" at Gallery 1313, Glasstire, Texas Visual Arts Online, August, 2002

Shermakay Bass, "Does Mark Schatz get your Pop Art Goat?", Austin American-Statesman, XL Entertainment, August, 2002, 11

Erina Duganne, "22 to Watch, New Art in Austin," Austin Chronicle, Volume 21, No. 36, May 10, 2002, 82.

Jeanne Claire Van Ryzin, "Shades of the Future," Austin American-Statesman,
XL Entertainment, April 11, 2002, 18

Michael Barnes, "Austin Critics Table Awards," Austin American-Statesman,
XL Entertainment, May 16, 2002, 35

Dana Friis-Hansen, Gail B. Sanders, and Erica M. Shamaly,
"22 to Watch," Austin Museum of Art, catalog, April, 2002

Visiting Artist Lectures

2006  Guest Lecturer, University of Texas - Austin

2002  Guest Lecturer, Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum
          "Texas Best" lecture series

          Workshop in sculpting and mold-making techniques
          American Institute of Graphic Artists
          2002 AIGA Annual Design Ranch Retreat