About Mark Neufeld

Mark Neufeld

Mark Neufeld


Mark Neufeld is an artist working out of Winnipeg where he currently teaches at the University of Manitoba School of Art. He works with a variety of media, with painting as the starting point for his activities. His exhibitions often take the form of installations that interweave paintings with readymade objects, assemblages, and presentation strategies borrowed from the curatorial domain. Neufeld is the recipient of a number of awards and grants, including the Joseph Plaskett Award, which was created to support the recipient for a year of living and producing art abroad. He has exhibited across Canada, in the United States, in Germany, Australia and Norway, and most recently exhibited A Performance with Two Sculptures at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery, The Undiscovered Continent at Deluge Contemporary Art in Victoria BC, 55 Tschaikowskistrasse (along with Cedric Bomford) at Gallery Atsui in Vancouver, and The Greenhorn, a solo exhibition at Atelierhof Kreuzberg in Berlin, Germany.


CURRICULUM VITAE

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2018
THE PROJECTIONIST/CIRCLE AND SQUARE DANCE, The Reach Gallery, Abottsford BC
Curated by Laura Schneider

2014
RE-ENACTMENTS GALLERY 1C03, The University of  Winnipeg
Curated by Jennifer Gibson

 

 

2013    
A PERFORMANCE WITH TWO SCULPTURES, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge Alberta
      
2011    
THE UNDISCOVERED CONTINENT, Deluge Contemporary, Victoria Canada
      
2010
TSCHAIKOWSKISTRASSE, 2 person show with Cedric Bomford, Gallery Atsui, Vancouver
      
2009    
THE GREENHORN, Atelierhof Kreuzberg, Berlin Germany
      
2007    
PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION, Super Bien Contemporary Art Space, Berlin Germany

2007    
A WORD FOR EVERY PAINTING, Leif Magne Tangens Gallery, Skien Norway, 
Curated by Jan Christiensen
      
2006    
FLIP, Projekt 0047, Berlin, Germany. Part of FLICKER series
curated by Jan Christensen
      
2005    
LUMPH, Bjornson Kajiwara Gallery, Vancouver Canada

2005    
LUMPH, MFA exhibition, University of Victoria Gallery, Victoria Canada
      
2003    
RIOT FOR A ROSE, Xeno Gallery, Vancouver
 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2015
IDEAS & THINGS, Kamloops Art Gallery
curated by Charo Neville

2014
PLASKETT AWARD TEN YEARS, hosted by Equinox Gallery, Vancouver BC

 

2011    
FINDING CORRESPONDANCES, Surrey Art Gallery, curated by Jordon Strom

2011    
VANCOUVER CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR, with Deluge Contemporary Art, Vancouver Canada

2011    
AIKIN, DONALD, NEUFELD, Balcone, curated by Justin Muir, Vancouver Canada
      
2010
TO TAME A LAND, 560 Seymour St., Vancouver Canada
SPRING FLING 5, C Magazine Fundraiser, Birch Libra lto Gallery
      
2009    
SPRING FLING 4, C Magazine Fundraiser, Birch Libralto Gallery

2008    
XX, CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY FUNDRAISER, Vancouver Canada

2008    
F**k the Little Man, National Museum, Berlin Germany

2008    
PLASKETT AWARD GROUP SHOW, Concourse Gallery, Vancouver Canada

2008    
SPRING FLING 4,  C Magazine Fundraiser, Birch Libralto Gallery, Toronto Canada
Curated by Rosemary Heather
      
2007    
A LIFE WORTH DYING FOR, Peter Wilde Gallery, Berlin Germany

2007
"Streams, torrents, lakes... and sunsets, for example."
PROGRAM Gallery, Berlin, Germany. Curated by Carson Chan

2007    
SPRING FLING 3, C Magazine Fundraiser, Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto, Canada. Curated by Rosemary Heather
      
2006
SELEKTA, Westspace Artist-Run Gallery, Melbourne Australia.

2006    
FALSE START, AEDC Project Space, Berlin Gemany.

2006    
WINTER CELEBRATION, Bjornson Kajiwara Gallery, Vancouver

2006    
TORONTO ART FAIR, with Bjornson Kajiwara Gallery, Toronto
      
2005    
Presentation at Sparwasser Gallery, Berlin Germany, as part of Instant Coffee’s
A YEAR OF PERFECT DAYS exhibition.

2005    
SUPERFREKATONE, Production Studios, Vancouver BC. Two-person show with
Megan Anderson, Curated by Lucy Pullen.
      
2004    
INSTITUTIONALIZED, Rogue Art, Victoria BC.

2004    
PLEASE EVERYONE, Soil Art Gallery, Seattle WA.

2004    
DECOY, Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria BC. Collaborative show with
Robert Hengeveld.
      
2003    
Participated in TEN DAY TRADE, an artist’ project initiated by Danica Phelps at Or Gallery, Vancouver BC.
 

Residencies and related Professional Activities

2009    
Banff Centre for the Arts Thematic Residency: Why Are Conceptual Artists Painting Again? Because They Think It’s A Good Idea, hosted by Jan Voerwoert
      
2008    
Jury member for Joseph Plaskett Award
Jury member for Federation of Canadian Artists Painting Award
      
2007-10    
Sessional Faculty, Emily Carr University and University of Victoria
Teaching painting at all levels, drawing etc.
 

Grants and Awards

2007    
Canada Council for the Arts, Project Grant
      
2005    
Joseph Plaskett Foundation Award (Funding to live in Europe for a year)

2005
University of Victoria, Fellowship Award

2005
University of Victoria, Travel Grant
      
2004    
University of Victoria, Fellowship Award
University of Victoria, Travel grant
 

Education

2005
MFA, University of Victoria

1997
BFA, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design

Publications

2008    
Carte Blanche Painting – Magenta Foundation
Joseph Plaskett Award Catalogue - Joeseph Plaskett Foundation
      
2006
Selekta – Exhibition Catalogue – Published by Westspace, Melbourne Australia

2005
Superfrekatone: the Co-efficient of Art*; by Lucy Pullen. Exhibition essay
* Published online at: www.ps-exhibitions.com
      
2004
Arts Report – interview with Paul Grant

2003
Rockers of the World Unite!; by Clint Burnham. Exhibition essay