Project Description

Mark Pomilio

b. 1959, Philadelphia, PA

Mark Pomilio’s current research has focused on creating images, which embody principles of geometry, fractals, cloning and single-cell manipulation. These interests have led to invitations to lecture nationally, on topics as diverse as art and mathematics and the role the visual arts can play, in understanding the social ramifications of advances in the Life Sciences. His artwork has been featured in solo museum and gallery exhibitions nationally and internationally, including Luxehill Museum in Chengdu, China, Xu Beihong Art Academy, Renmin University of China, in Beijing, the Chapelle Saint-Louis de la Salapetriere, in Paris, France, Art Resources Transfer, in New York City, LewAllen Galleries, Santa Fe and Bentley Gallery, Phoenix. 

Originally from Philadelphia, Mr. Pomilio is currently living and working in Phoenix, Arizona. Where he is a Professor of Painting and Drawing within the School of Art, at Arizona State University’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts.

My artistic interests are fueled by a desire to create artwork, which mirrors naturally occurring systems in our world. In “mirror” I am referring more to ideas regarding physical processes rather than mimetic duplication. I find inspiration on a myopic level by attempting to imitate cell repetition and cloning. I have chosen to create imagery, which expresses a developmental process rather than an overt visual depiction. The origin of this research has been formulated through a series of simple geometrical equations. These equations have yielded a group of “parent” rudimentary geometrical forms. One or several of these forms are multiplied and folded equally throughout the pictorial field. Through this process, a formal pictorial structure is born. Therefore, each image has evolved through the development of pictorial representations of geometric systems of growth. This “parent” form is representative and meant to emulate a single or multiple cells dividing and compounding into a complex organism. In many works, formal decisions are multiplied equally throughout the field, causing a type of visual unity. This balance and symmetry has a visual equivalency in how we read the meditative qualities of a reflective pool, or a religious icon. In the end, my goal is to force a harmony upon the image field that, in turn, forces a potential meaning through the integration of the image and title

EDUCATION
1995
MFA, University of Michigan, School of Art Design, Ann Arbor, MI
1993
BFA, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1991
Four Year Studio Degree, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
Philadelphia, PA
 
AWARDS, GRANTS, AND HONORS
2017
“Finalist” National Public Art Competition: Utah Public Art Program, Utah State
University Life Sciences Building, Logan, Utah.
2017
Artist-in-Residence, Luxetown Artist Village, Luxetown, Chengdu, Sichuan,
China
2016
Herberger Research Council Grant, Inverse Conversations V, Arizona State
University, Tempe, AZ
2013
Pat Mutterer Award, Arizona Biennial ’13, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson AZ.
2011
100+ Journals Project, Scottsdale Public Art, Scottsdale, AZ
2008
Artist-in-Residence, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
2007
Contemporary Forum Emerging Artist Grant, Contemporary Forum, Phoenix
Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2006
Hall of Fame, Distinguished Alumni Award, Montgomery County Community
College, Blue Bell, PA
2006
Artist-in-Residence, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
2005
Seven State Biennial Exhibition, first prize, University of Science and Arts of
Oklahoma Art Gallery, Chickasha, OK
2005
Herbert H. and Joy C. Reynolds Endowment Fund for University Excellence,
Baylor University, Waco, TX
2005
Allbritton Grant for Faculty Research, Allbritton Instituted, Baylor University,
Waco, TX
2005
Summer Sabbatical Award, Baylor University, Waco, TX
2004
Artist-in-Residence, Baylor University, Waco, TX
2004
Allbritton Grant for Research, Allbritton Institute, Baylor University, Waco, TX
2003
Allbritton Grant for Research, Allbritton Institute, Baylor University, Waco, TX
2003
On Edge, second prize, Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, GA
2003
Summer Sabbatical Award, Baylor University, Waco, TX
2002
CPAIR Project Grant, Michigan State Grant, funding for the Clinton Library
Mural Project
2002
Artist-in-Residence, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
2002
Allbritton Grant for Faculty Residence, Allbritton Institute, Baylor University,
Waco, TX
2001
Artist-in-Residence, the Woodstock Guild, Woodstock, NY
2001
Artist-in-Residence, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
2001
Arts of Citizenship Grant, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2000
Michigan Council for Art and Cultural Affairs Grant, State Grant
2000
Artist-in-Residence, Ox-Bow, Saugatuch, MI
1998
Year of the Humanities and Arts Grant, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
1995
Rackham Thesis Grant, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
1993
Rackham Graduate Fellowship Award, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
1991
The Philadelphia Mayor’s Award, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts,
Philadelphia, PA
1991
The Lance Roy Laufer Memorial Award, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts,
Philadelphia, PA
1990
Cresson Memorial European Travelling Fellowship, Pennsylvania Academy of
Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1990
Franklin C. Watkins Grant, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia,
PA
1990
Lampert Sculpture Construction Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts,
Philadelphia, PA
1990
Robert Ricker Landscape Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts,
Philadelphia, PA
1989
Historic Yellow Springs Painting Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts,
Philadelphia, PA
1988
Huldah Bender Kerner Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts,
Philadelphia, PA
1988
Morris Blackburn Landscape Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts,
Philadelphia, PA
1988
Lambert and Emma Wallace Cadwaller Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine
Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1988
Historic Yellow Springs Painting Prize, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts,
Philadelphia, PA
1987
Painting Competition Award, Artist’s Magazine
 
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Currently Untitled, Bentley Gallery. Phoenix, AZ. (Schedule for March 2024).
2022
Applied Abstractions, LewAllen Galleries, Sant Fa, NM.
2021
Mark Pomilio: Showcase Exhibition, LewAllen Galleries, Sant Fa, NM.
2020
A State of Being, He Gong and Mark Pomilio, Mesa Contemporary Arts
Museum, Mesa, AZ (Two-Person).
2017
Symmetries, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2017
Chinese Symmetries, Luxetown Art Museum, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
2016
Modeling Nature, Manifest Creative Reseatch Gallery and Drawing Center,
Cincinnati, OH
2013
Natural Order, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2011
Mark Pomilio, 212GALLERY, Aspen, CO
2011
Bi-folds, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2010
Bi-folds, Preston Contemporary Art Center, Mesilla, NM
2010
Folds & Reflections, Xu Beihong Art Academy, Renmin University of China,
Beijing, China
2010
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
2005
Family Circle, Chapelle Saint-Louis de la Sapetriere, Paris, France
2003
Farmer’s Daughter, Art Resource Transfer, New York, NY
2003
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
 
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Annual Group Show II, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix AZ
2023
Art Volta W/LAMINA Project, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY
2023
Art & Researcher Exhibition, Phoenix Airport Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2022
Art & Researcher Exhibition, Phoenix Bioscience Core, Phoenix, AZ
2022
Art & Researcher Exhibition, Health Science Education Building, Phoenix, AZ
2022
Group Exhibition, LewAllen Galleries, Santa Fe, NM
2021
Cadence, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2020
Annual Group Exhibition, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2020
Group Exhibition, LewAllen Galleries, Sant Fa, NM
2020
Annual Group Exhibition, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2020
30th Annual ArtsThrive, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
2020
Viewpoints: How We Understand Art, Center Space Art Gallery, Scottsdale
Center For The Preforming Arts, Scottsdale, AZ
2020
$2,500 X 18, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ.
2020
Geometric Elegance: Art in the Age of Computational Beauty, FOUND:RE,
Phoenix, AZ.
2019
Annual Summer Show, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ.
2018
Arizona Biennial ’18, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ.
Works on Paper, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ.
2018
Expulsion: Painting as Proxy Act and Action, Fine Arts Complex 1101, Tempe,
AZ.
2017
Annual Summer Exhibition,” Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ.
2017
Inverse Conversations V, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ
2017
Abstract Miniatures, Fine Arts Complex 1101, Tempe, AZ
2017
Abstraction in the Singular, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2017
Full Circle, Icehouse, Phoenix, AZ
2016
Off the Wall, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2016
Inverse Conversations 2016, (Part 1) Renmin University Art Gallery, Beijing,
China.
2016
Inverse Conversations 2016, (Part 2) 13 Contemporary Art Space, Qingzhou,
China.
2016
Geometry in the Expanded Field, Fine Arts Complex 1101, Tempe, AZ.
2015
Cellular, Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery, Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ.
(Two-Person Show)
2015
Survey, 12 Artist, 3 Dimensions, Bentley Gallery at Bentley Projects, Phoenix, AZ.
2015
Arizona, Bentley Gallery at Bentley Projects, Phoenix, AZ.
2015
Minimally Speaking, Bentley Gallery at Bentley Projects, Phoenix, AZ.
2015
Poetic Dialogue Project, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL.
2015
Inverse Conversations, Tradition RE/formed, Step Gallery, Phoenix, AZ.
2014
Tapped: Artist and Their Professors, Manifest Creative Research Gallery,
Cincinnati, OH.
2014
Paper/Works, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ.
2014
Silicon Valley Contemporary, Bentley Gallery, McEnery Convention Center,
San Jose, CA.
2014
Palm Springs Art Fair, Bentley Gallery, Palm Springs, CA.
2013
Inverse Conversations, 798 Bridge Gallery, Beijing, China.
2013
Arizona Biennial ’13, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson AZ. Pat Mutterer Award
2013
Small Works, 36th Annual Nation Art Exhibition, Harper College, Palatine, IL.
2013
Structure, Bentley Gallery at Bentley Projects, Phoenix, AZ.
2013
Palm Springs Art Fair, Bentley Gallery, Palm Springs, CA.
2012
100+ Journals Project, The Gallery at the Civic Center Library, Scottsdale, AZ
2011
Rethinking the Museum, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
2010
John S. Below Collection and Recent Acquisitions, Martin Museum of Art,
Baylor University, Waco, TX
2010
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
2008
Contemporary Forum Emerging Artist Grant Recipient Exhibition, Phoenix Art
Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2008
Texas National 2008, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
2007
Arizona Biennial ’07, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson AZ
2007
On Your Mark: Contemporary Drawing, Spencertown Academy Arts Center,
Spencertown, NY
2007
Combined Talent: Florida International, Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL
2006
Form + Function: Mathematics and Beyond in Contemporary Art, Noyes
Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ
2006
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
2005
Pomilio & Pomilio, Paintings & Drawings by Mark & Vincent, North Point
Cultural Arts Center, Kinderhook, NY
2005
The Academy at Penn, Selected Works,The Kroiz Gallery of the University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2005
32nd Annual National Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
2005
20th Annual International Exhibition, Meadows Gallery, The University of Texas
at Tyler, Tyler, TX
2005
Drawing National 2, A Juried Exhibition of Drawings, Montgomery College,
Rockville, MD
2005
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
2004
7th Annual National Undergraduate Bioethics Conference, Life Sciences
Institute, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2004
17th Annual McNeese National Works On Paper Exhibition, Abercrombie
Gallery, NcNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
2004
31st Annual National Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
2003
An Absence of Color, MMC Gallery, Marymount Manhattan College, New
York, NY
2003
On the Edge, Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, GA
2003
Ragdale, Alumni Exhibition, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
2003
Irene Rosenweig 2003 Biennial Exhibition, The Arts & Science Center, Pine Bluff,
AR
2003
30th Annual National Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
2002
Group Invitational, Silver Maple Gallery, Waco, TX
2001
Drawing National, A Juried Exhibition of Drawings, Montgomery College,
Rockville, MD
2001
Street Art, Ann Arbor District Library, Ann Arbor, MI
2001
Shopping, Art Pro Tem, Ann Arbor, MI
2000
Artseen, Former Winsdor Police Headquarters, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
2000
ON/OF Paper, Cloyde Snook Gallery, Adams State College, Alamosa, CO
1999
Seeing It Through, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
1999
Lavventura Artistica, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
1998
Group Invitational, Susannah Keith Gallery, Dexter MI
1997
Small Works, Artists’ House, Philadelphia, PA
1997
Works by the U of M Art and Design Faculty, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
MI
1996
Earthly Delights, The Lift Gallery, New York, NY
1996
Two Person Show, Artists’ House Philadelphia, PA
1994
Works in Progress, Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
1992
Juried Exhibition, Penn Charter Show, Philadelphia, PA
1992
Juried Exhibition, Pennsylvania State University, Philadelphia, PA
1991
Group Show, Artists’ House, Philadelphia, Pa
1991
Cresson Show, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1990
Group Show, Imagery Gallery, Berwyn, PA
1990
Cresson Show, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1989
Regional Student Art Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Representative of
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1988
Cresson Show, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
 
COLLECTIONS

Luxetown Art Museum, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Museum of Art, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Martin Museum of Art, Baylor University, Waco, TX
Utah Division or Arts & Museums, Salt Lake City, UT
Life Sciences Building, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
The Center of Excellence in Nano Mechanical Science and Engineering, The University of
Michigan School of Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI
Amy Cades Ph.D, Huntington Valley, PA
Arco Chemical Company, Newton Square, PA
Baylor University Martin Museum of Art, Waco, TX
Carl Anton Muller, London, England
Dan Leach, Tucson, AZ
Dorothee Cohen, Scottsdale, AZ
Dr. and Mrs. John Zaro, Norristown, PA
Dupont Corporation, Wilmington, DE
Francis Callan, Waco, TX
Jo Dance, Phoenix, AZ
Laurie Drymalla, Austin, TX
Li Tingting, Beijing, China
Lucinda Young, Santa Fe, NM
Luxetown Art Museum, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Martin Museum of Art, Baylor University, Waco, TX
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Aynesworht, Waco, TX
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Patrone, Longport, NJ
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Powell, Ann Arbor, MI
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Cezar Fernandes, Petropolis, Brazil
Museum of Art, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Ronald and Maxine Linde, Paradise Valley, AZ
Sally Brofy Naiafi, Paradise Valley, AZ
Samuel Emmerson, Beverley Hills, CA
Sandra L. Helton and Herbert Edelson, Chicago, IL
The Center of Excellence in Nano Mechanical Science and Engineering, The University of
Michigan School of Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI
The Honorable Jeffery Manske, Waco, TX
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
University of Michigan Life Science Institute, Ann Arbor, MI
University of Michigan Office of the President, Ann Arbor, MI
University of Michigan School of Work, Ann Arbor, MI
University of Michigan School of Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI
US Bank, Phoenix, AZ

 
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COMMISSIONS
2019
Motion: Three Variations, School of Art, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2018
Symbols and Symmetries, commissioned by Utah Division of Arts & Museums,
Life Sciences Building, Utah State University, Logan UT
2015
Carbon Blue, The Center of Excellence in Nano Mechanical Science and
Engineering, The University of Michigan School of Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI.
2005
Family Circle XXV, Wall Painting, the Honorable and Mrs. Jeffery Manske,
Waco, TX
2002
Fall Festivals, Site Specific Wall Painting, Clinton Public Library, Clinton, MI
1999
Vox Populi, Commissioned by the University of Michigan School of Social Work,
Ann Arbor, MI
1998
Charting the Nuclide, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, MI
1997
She Stood Tall, Horace Rackham School of Graduate Studies, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
1997
Collaborative Class Project, Secretary of State Building, Ann Arbor, MI
1997
Collaborative Site Specific Installation, University of Michigan School of
Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI
1997
Elevator Art, Media Union, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
1995-96
Landscape Mural Cycle, University Club, University of Michigan Union, Ann
Arbor, MI
 
PUBLICATIONS
2023
Franz, Jason, Modeling Nature, Drawings by Mark Pomilio, Manifest Exhibition
Annual Season 13, 2021
2021
Trimble, Lynn, Lucretia Torva Turned Her Anger With Artlink Into a New Exhibit
of Rejected Artwork, Phoenix New Times
, September 14.
2020
Vetter, Grant, He Gong & Mark Pomilio at MCA Museum, Java Magazine,
March.
2019
McCarty, Sarah A., Graduating Art Student Gets Inspiration From Ancestors,
ASU Now
, April 23.
2018
Faller, Mary Beth, Professor Draws on Science for Public Artwork, ASU Now,
December 10.
2018
Muffoletto, Mary-Ann, Coming to Life, Discovery Magazine, College of
Sciences, Utah State University, Spring.
2018
Faller, Mary Beth, Arizona Biennial Exhibition Features 22 Faculty, Students and
Graduates, ASU Now
,July 08.
2017
Young, Amy. Abstraction in the Singular at Bentley Gallery, Java Magazine,
March 02.
2017
Trimble, Lynn. Abstraction in the Singular at Bentley Gallery, Phoenix New
Times, March 08
2017
Royse, Nichole. Abstraction in the Singular Opens at Bentley Gallery, AZ
Foothills, March 2017.
2017
Randal, Sierra. Full Circle at Icehouse Features Mark Pomilio, The Arts Beacon,
February 21.
2015
Vetter, Grant. Minimally Speaking at Bentley Gallery, TheArtistsBeacon.com,
March.
2015
Trimble, Lynn. Minimally Speaking Plays with Art History at Bentley Gallery,
Phoenix
, Phoenix New Times, March 26.
2015
Trimble, Lynn, Minimally Speaking Plays with Art History at Bentley Galley,
Phoenix
, Phoenix New Times, March 26.
2015
Regan, Margaret. Bending Space, Two Art Profs Exhibit Work That’s brainy and
Bodacious, Tucson Weekly
, November 05.
2015
Regan, Margaret. Bending Space, Two Art Profs Exhibit Work That’s Brainy and
Bodacious, Tucson Weekly
, November 05.
2014
Wholey, Makiko. Science: Bentley Gallery Presents Mark Pomilio, Artsy Editorial,
July.
2013
Yi, Gao, Brown, Claudia, Featured Artist, Inverse Conversations, Exhibition
2013
Karabenick, Julie. Featured Artist, Goeform Online Publication, May-June.
2013
Bentley Gallery, Featured Artist, Southwest Style Magazine, Vol. 16, 2013.
2013
Tropiano, Dolores. Artist of the Month, Phoenix Magazine, November.
2010
Larsen, Debby. Floral and Framed, Tucson Lifestyle Home & Garden
2008
Smythe, Christie. Home, Art Inside are Both for Sale, Arizona Daily Star
2008
Lawton, Claire. Artist of the Month, Phoenix Magazine
2008
Gonzalez, Nathan. Cline and Dale Fine Art Gallery to Close:
2007
Regan, Margaret. The Art in ‘Arizona Biennial’ 07’ is Truly All Over the Map,
Tucson Weekly
2006
Peterson, Ivars. Form and Function: Mathematics and Beyond Contemporary
Art
, Exhibition Catalog
2006
D’Amico, Diane. Working the Angle, The Press Atlantic City
2006
Clapp, Kevin. Things Really Add Up at New Exhibit at Noyes Museum, The Press
of Atlantic City
2006
Clapp, Kevin. The Underappreciated Art of Showing Art at its Best, The Press of
Atlantic City
2005
Paintings by Vincent and Mark Pomilio to be on View, Register-Star/Hudson
Valley Newspaper
2005
Inouye, Jackie. Accolades, Faculty Profile: Mark Pomilio, Baylor Magazine
2005
Donohoe, Victoria. Art Review, The Philadelphia Inquirer
2003
Newall, Edith. The Week Art, New York Magazine
2003
Johnson, Ken. Art in Review; Five Solo Shows, The New York Times
2003
Johnson, Ken. Art Guide, The New York Times
2002
Unger, Nancy. Drawing National: Expanding the Definition of Drawing, The
Rockville Gazette
2002
Trampani, Christina. Artist Uses Shapes to Define Clinton in Library Mural, The
Tecumseh Herald
2002
Cantu, John Carlos. Artworks, Shoppers, Mix on Liberty Street, Ann Arbor News
2001
Crawford, Karis. Arts of Citizenship Awards Faculty, Graduate Student Grants,
University Record
2000
Pearson, Craig. Art Show in Arresting Location, The Windsor Star
2000
Cantu, John Carlos. Abstract ‘Trappings’ Take Hold of Emotions, Ann Arbor
News
1999
Green, Roger. Italian Dressing, Ann Arbor News
1999
Colligan, K. Remember Betty Jean Jones, University Records
1999
Canut, John Carlos. Different Strokes, Ann Arbor News
1999
Balducci, Carolyn Feleppa. L’Avventura Artistica: Artist Under the Italian
Influences
, Exhibition Catalog
1998
Schwazer, Jeane. Mark Pomilio Gains Scholarship, The Times Herald
1997
Rosoff, Seven. Mural for the U Club, Michigan Alumnus
1997
Nesbit, Joanne. Muralist at Work in Media Union, University Record
1997
Kalmback, Bob. Elevator Art, University Record
1997
Green, Roger. Extra-Mural at U-M, Ann Arbor News
1996
Nesbit, Jesbit. U-Club Gets Artistic Face-lift, University Record
1995
Branam, Judson, Wall Flowers, Ann Arbor News
 
LECTURES, PUBLIC SPEAKING, AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2017
Artist Talk (Via Skype): In Conjunction with Modeling Nature, Manifest Creative
Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH.
2015
Artist Talk: In Conjunction with “Cellular,” Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery, Pima
Community College, Tucson, AZ.
2014
Artist Lecture: Painting Patterns Informed by Biological Processes, as part of
the series, Mandorla of Life Sciences and the Arts,Talks by Art-Scientists, The
University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, MI.
2013
Artist Talk: In Conjunction with Natural Order, Bentley Gallery at Bentley
Projects, Phoenix, AZ. (Three talks: Tucson Museum of Art, Phoenix Art Museum
and the Sprit of the Senses group.)
2013
Artist Talk & Workshop: The Artwork of Mark Pomilio, Scottsdale Museum of
Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ.
2011
Guest Lecturer: My Space, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2011
Artist Talk: The Bi-folds, Digital Drawing Curriculum Development Symposium,
Southwestern College. Chula Vista, CA
2010
Guest Lecturer: The Cezanne Effect, in conjunction with the exhibition
Cezanne and America
2010
Artist Talk: Folds and Reflections, Xu Beihong Art Academy, Renmin University
of China, Beijing, China
2010
Artist Talk: Divine Geometry, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
2009
Artist Lecture: Unifying Principles: Geometry in the Artwork of Mark Pomilio,
University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
2009
Master Workshop; Xu Beihong Academy of Art, Renmin University of China,
Beijing, China
2009
Artist Lecture: Abstract Painting and the Poetics of Cell Biology, Kalamazoo
College, Kalamazoo, MI
2009
Artist Lecture: in conjunction with Two Dreams, Cline and Dale, Scottsdale, AZ
2008
Artist Talk: The Artwork of Ralph Iwamoto, the Gallery at 6th and 6th, Tucson,
AZ
2007
Guest Lecturer: Cezanne’s Gift: A new Pictorial Idiom, The Jungermann
Lecture Series, Contemporary Forum, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2006
Artist Lecture: Adelphi University, Garden City, NY
2006
Teacher’s Workshop: In conjunction with Form + Function: Mathematics and
Beyond in Contemporary Art
, Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ
2006
Artist Lecture: In conjunction with Form + Function: Mathematics and Beyond
in Contemporary Art
, Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ
2005
Guest Artist/Lecturer: Family Circle in Chapelle Saint-Louis de la Salpetriere,
Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
2005
Artist Lecture: In conjunction with Pomilio & Pomilio, Paintings & Drawings by
Mark & Vincent
, North Point Cultural Arts Center, Kinderhook, NY
2004
Presenter: The Pedagogy of Public Art, Annual Texas Art School Association
2004
Conference, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX
2004
Artist Panel Moderator & Presenter: 7th Annual National Undergraduate
Bioethics Conference
, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2003
Guest Artist/Lecturer: In conjunction with An Absence of Color exhibition,
Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY
2002
Guest Artist/Lecturer: College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
2002
Guest Artist/Lecturer: Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX
2001
Panelist: Public Art Symposium, Ann Arbor District Library, Ann Arbor, MI
2001
Guest Artist: Adrian College, Adrian, MI
2000
Guest Artist/Lecturer: Haverford College, Haverford, PA
2000
Presenter: Weisner Symposium, Best Practice Workshop, Studio Collaborative
Projects: Art 455, University of Michigan, School of Art and Design, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
1999
Artist Lecture: in conjunction with solo exhibition at Montgomery College,
Blue Bell, PA
1997
Logistical Coordinator and Site Foreman to Dorothea Rockburne, Fresco of
Euclid’s Comet, Media Union, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
1996
Interview: National Public Radio-Ann Arbor, MI
1996
Creative Workshop: Painting Seminar, School of Art and Design Alumni,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
1995
Thesis Lecture: School of Art and Design, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
1991
Co-Founder: Artists’ House, Cooperative Gallery and Studios, Philadelphia, PA
1990
Public Lecture: “Trecento and Quanttrocento Art,”
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1990
Co-Founder, Creator and Organizer of the Faculty Lecture Series;
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Artsy Editorial: Six Sculptors Who Are Straddling Minimalism and Abstract Expressionism
Following the spread of the Minimalism movement in the 1960’s, its terminology has been applied across numerous practices, leading to an inevitable obscurity that some contemporary artists are willing to scrutinize. Minimally Speaking (on view at Bentley Gallery through March) highlights six such artists whose counteractions and homages challenge mid-century ideals. Their works – while aesthetically spare and modern – allude to traces of personal inspiration, rendering contemporary blends of Abstract Expressionism and Minimalism. 

Artsy Editorial: At the Intersection of Art and Science
When Mark Pomilio embarks on a new project, he admits that there is no clear outcome. Rather than duplicating something observable, he employs precise tools to create hard-edged geometric forms. By duplicating these forms in algorithmic ways he expresses developmental processes at play in all forms of life, from micro to macro.

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