mark schatz
 
contact
__________________________________________________________________________

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

2007-present   Instructor
                           Glassell School of Art, Houston
                           Figurative Drawing, Figurative Sculpture
                           Workshop: Mapping as a Creative Act
                           Workshop: Platics and Polymers

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

2006            Instructor
                           Glassell School of Art, Houston
                           Advanced Drawing, 3-D Design, Sculpture

                Full-time Adjunct Faculty
                           San Jacinto College, Houston
                           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—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—Austin
                           Fall 2003 (Melvin Ziegler) Beginning Sculpture
                           Spring 2004 (Margo Sawyer) Installation Art

2002—2003       Research Assistant Fellow
                           Assistantship under Margo Sawyer
                           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

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  

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

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

(solo) Suburban Intervention:  An Unobstructed View
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

(solo) Mark Schatz
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