M. Mark Bauer: Painting Out of a Corner

M. Mark Bauer

Painting Out of a Corner
November 10 - December 31, 2022

M. Mark Bauer, Nature's Wondering, acrylic on canvas, 27" x 40"

M. Mark Bauer, Mr. Redwood's History Lesson, acrylic on canvas, 54" x 76"

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M. Mark Bauer, Exit Eden, 2022, acrylic on canvas, 48 x 56

M. Mark Bauer, Think Sink, 2021, acrylic on canvas, 48 x 47

Transmission Gallery Oakland presents Painting Out of a Corner, a solo exhibition of M. Mark Bauer's colorful, intricate and fantastical paintings.

Bauer’s detailed scenarios, replete with multilayered meaning and complex characters, contemplate the absurdities of our interactions with environment and each other. Up close, one can begin to truly take in the undulating patterns, beautifully blended color shifts, wry humor and fascinating twists that make up Bauer's painted worlds. New details emerge with a second, third and fourth look, charging the work with a sense of movement and energy.

John Kerpel 's Earth Gems will be showing in our small space gallery, concurrent with Bauer's featured exhibition. Kerpel's sense of design and fine craftsmanship together celebrate and elevate animal species as precious jewels. Both exhibitions have a strong connection to preserving the natural world and its myriad creatures.

Transmission Gallery Oakland is open Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, noon to 5 pm and by appointment (Closed for Thanksgiving Break Nov 24/25, closing at 4pm on Dec 24th and 31st).

More about M. Mark Bauer

M. Mark Bauer graduated from UC Davis with an MFA in 1972. Like many graduates his art career was sidetracked due to being drafted during the Vietnam War and then working to provide for his family. Ultimately he returned to painting, developing a comprehensive and richly intricate body of work in the past decade.

1946 Born: National City, California.

Education:
1964-68 B.A. in Fine Art from San Diego State College.
1969-72 M.F.A. from University of California, Davis.
Exhibitions and Awards:

1968 Exhibition: “Palomar College Print Show,” San Marcos, California.
1972 Exhibition: “Northern California Arts Inc. 18 th Annual Exhibition,”
Exhibition: “17th Painting Biennial,” Richmond Art Center, California.
Exhibition: “National Small Sculpture and Drawing,” San Diego State College, California
Exhibition: “The New Masters,” Syntex Corporation, Palo Alto, California
Exhibition: “26th Annual San Francisco Art Festival,” San Francisco, California, Purchase
Award, Jurors Ivan Madjrakoff, Stephen De Staebler and Suzzanne Foley.
1972-73 Chabot Junior College, Hayward, California, teacher.
Exhibition: “Crocker-Kingsley Annual,” E.B. Crocker Art Gallery Sacramento, California.
1973 Exhibition: “Mark Bauer,” Hern Gallery, Palo Alto, California, One man show.
Exhibition: “38 th James D. Phelan Awards,” Oakland Museum, Oakland, California, Painting
Merit Painting Award, Juror, Paul C. Mills, Director Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
Award, Jurors, Jane Livingston, Curator of Modern Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Wayne Thiebaud, Art Department, University of California, Davis.
2014 Exhibition: “Degenerate Art,” Nelson Gallery, UC Davis
2016 Exhibition: “Chaos,” Arc Gallery, San Francisco, California
2016 Exhibition: "Summer National Juried Exhibition", Marin MOCA, Marin California, 3rd place award, Juror Brian Gross of Brian Gross Fine Art in San Francisco
2016 Exhibition: “Emerging Artists of Northern California,” Marin MOCA, Marin CA; Juror Rena Bransten of Rena Bransten Gallery
2017 Exhibition: “Crocker Kingsly Exhibition”, Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, CA,
2017 Exhibition: “Selections from the Crocker Kingsly Exhibition”, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, curated by Scott A. Shields, Associate Director & Chief Curator
2017 Exhibition: “12th National Juried Exhibition", Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA, Jurors award, Juror Mat Gleason, Coagula Art Journal
2017 Exhibition: “Eccentric Imagery”, Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, CA,
2017 Exhibition: “Flora and Fauna,” Arc Gallery, San Francisco, California, Juror Suzanne Gray of Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
2017 Exhibition: “Brand 45 Works On Paper, 45th Annual National Exhibition", Brand Art Center, Glendale, CA, Juror Leslie Jones, curator of Prints and Drawings, LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Exhibition: “New Directions", Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1st place award, Juror Ruth Erickson, curator, Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, MA
2017 2 Person Show: "Off Axis: 2017", Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2018 Exhibition: "5th Annual Juried Art Show", Piedmont Center for the Arts, Piedmont, CA, Juror Carin Adams, Oakland Museum, associate curator; Jenny Gheith, SFMOMA, assistant curator of painting and sculpture
2018 Exhibition: "Expo 37", B.J. Spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY, Juror Cara Manas, MOMA, NY
2018 Exhibition: "Works on Paper", Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts, Loveladies, NJ, Juror Kim Conaty, Curator of Drawings and Prints, Whitney Museum, NY
2018 Exhibition: "Viridian's 29th Annual International Juried Exhibition", New York, NY, Juror Johanna Burton, Curator at The New Museum
2018 Exhibition: "Slice, A Juried Cross-section of Regional Art", Pence Gallery, Davis, CA Juror Rachel Clarke Art Professor Sacramento State University, CA
2018 Exhibition: "Brand 46 Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper", The Brand Art Center, Glendale, CA, Juror Edward Goldman, Art Critic
2018 Exhibition: "Painting in the 21st Century", Site:Brooklyn , Brooklyn, NY, Juror Steven Henry Madhoff, Art Critic, former executive editor of ARTnews magazine.
2018 Exhibition: "Memory and Perception", Marin MOCA , Marin, CA, honorable mention awarded, Juror Alan Bamberger, Art Consultant, Writer and Art Reviewer
2019 Exhibition: "6th Annual Juried Art Show", Piedmont Center for the Arts, Piedmont, CA, Jurors Carin Adams, Curator of Art, Oakland Museum of California, and Nancy Lim, Assistant Curator of Painting and Sculpture, SFMOMA
2019 Exhibition: 79th Crocker Kingsly Exhibition", Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, CA. Juror David Pagel Art Critic for Los Angeles Times
2019 Exhibition: "48 Pillars", Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA., Curator Michael Yochum
2019 Exhibition: “Selections from the Crocker Kingsly Exhibition”, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, curated by Scott A. Shields, Associate Director & Chief Curator
2019 Exhibition: “Left Coast Annual Juried Exhibition”, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA, curated by Scott A. Shields, Associate Director & Chief Curator of the Crocker Art Museum
2019 Exhibition: “The Next Big Thing 2019”, Studio Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA, curated by Mat Gleason
2020 Exhibition: “Four Square 2020”, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA, curated by Michael Yochum
2020 Exhibition: “The de Young Open”, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
2021 Invitational Exhibition, Wild Dreams of a New Beginning, Blue Line Arts Gallery, Roseville, CA
2021 Exhibition: “Left Coast Annual Juried Exhibition”, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA, curated by Scott A. Shields, Associate Director & Chief Curator of The Crocker Art Museum
2021 Exhibition: Solo Exhibition: B. Sakata Garo Gallery, Sacramento, CA

More about M. Mark Bauer​

More about M. Mark Bauer