Pamela Marks received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing at the University of Illinois. She went on to receive her Master of Fine Arts in Painting from the University of Arizona. She teaches at Connecticut College and the Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art in Brittany, France. Her work has been exhibited in Los Angeles, New York, Boston, Chicago, as well as France, Scotland, Japan, the Dominican Republic and the Netherlands.

Marks’ Video Composite Painting Series explores the increasingly hybridized world of nature and technology. To create the work, Marks has digitally captured different hand wrought watercolors from her previous Camouflage Series and combined them through video transitions. The resulting still frames are hybrids that are then translated by hand into larger scale acrylic paintings, a process that reflects the perpetual back and forth between the simulated environments of television and computers and the physical reality of everyday living.

In this, her latest work, color and contrast are found in abundance. However, no single color dominates over another and even the many areas of extreme contrast are beautifully balanced with multiple areas of subtle, quiet distinctions. Marks brilliantly manipulates light and color to produce a kinetic perceptual experience where one’s eyes dart from spot to spot where holes of light appear to open and widen. What one witnesses are clear, sharp delineations between colors and shades, yet the overall experience is that of a blur, but not a blur in the sense of blending, but rather in the sense of dissolving, where the resultant fabric is rendered a spotted purveyor of pure light. This sense of subtraction is deeply intriguing as it stands in stark contrast with the process, which is utterly additive. Marks is clearly developing a unique language that serves to translate the complex abstract nature of the “in between”. Her work captures both the intensities and subtleties of interaction and transition. It portrays the continuum of cacophonic layered input and yet hints at a movement toward order and structure.

commissioned & site specific works are available from each artist; please call the gallery for details.

education

University of Arizona, MFA, Tucson, Arizona
University of Illinois, BFA, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois

solo exhibitions

2010     Celebrating 100 years of Abstraction, Alcove Gallery, Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson Arizona
2009    Transpositions, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2008    Camouflage Series, Haas Gallery, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
2007    Camouflage Series, Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2007    Nature’s Veil, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2007    Cochise College, Sierra Vista, Arizona
2006    Atmosphere in Flux, Kirkland Center for the Arts, Clinton, New York
2005    Watercolors, Lenore Gray Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island
2004    Arno Maris Gallery, Westfield State College, Westfield, Massachusetts
2003    David Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2002    Paper Jewels, Burnished Chariot, New London, Connecticut
2001    New Space Gallery, Manchester College, Manchester, Connecticut
2000    Gaddis Geeslin Gallery, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas
1999    Merged Realities, Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1997    Foundation for Greater New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut
1997    Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1995    Bird Paintings, Tucson Airport Authority, Tucson, Arizona
1994    Davis Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1993    Cummings Arts Center, Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut
1992    Davis Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1990    Dinnerware Artists Cooperative Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1989    Davis Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1988    Davis Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1982    Artspace Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1980    Dinnerware Artists Cooperative Gallery, Tucson, Arizona

group exhibitions

2011     Synesthesia, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2011     Rose Moon, Second Avenue Fire House Gallery and Performance Space, Bay Shore, New York
2010     The Ties that Bind, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2010    Shared Response, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2010    Give & Take, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2010     San Francisco Art Fair 2010, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, California
2010     Common Purpose, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2009    Push & Pull, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2009    Art Hamptons, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2009    Soft Serve, Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism Gallery, Hartford, Connecticut
2009     Annual Faculty Exhibitions, 1991-2009, Cummings Arts Center, Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut
2009    In the Middle, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2008    Group Experiment, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2008    Group Dynamics, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2008    Group Therapy, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2008    Red Dot NY, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2007     An Eclectic Eye: The Dan Leach Collection, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
2007    Atmosphere in Flux, Kirkland Center for the Arts, Clinton, New York
2007    Dislocations, Cade Fine Arts Center Gallery, Arnold, Maryland
2007     Speaking in Tongues, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2007     Featured Artist: Art Department Faculty Exhibition, Gallery 66, Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut
2006    Convergence, Tolbooth Art Center, Kirkcudbright, Scotland
2006    Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2005    Watercolors, Lenore Gray Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island
2005    Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2005    Annual Faculty Exhibitions (1991-2005), Cummings Arts Center, New London, Connecticut
2004    Recent Work, Lake George Arts Project, Courthouse Gallery, Lake George, New York
2003    SOHO 20 Chelsea, New York, New York
2003    Foundation Mona Bismarck, Paris, France
2003    Institut Franco-American, Rennes, France
2003    Espace Melanie, Riec-sur-Belon, France
2003    Pulp Fiction, French Library and Cultural Center, Boston, Massachusetts
2002    Gallerie Pont-Aven, Pont-Aven, France
2002    Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2002    Burnished Chariot, New London, Connecticut
2001    Remembering Brittany, Alliance Francais, French Institute, New York, New York
2001    New Space Gallery, Manchester, Connecticut
2001    Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2001    Cummings Arts Center, New London, Connecticut
2000    Gaddis Geeslin Gallery, Huntsville, Texas
2000    Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1999    Cummings Arts Center, New London, Connecticut
1999    Le Carre-Long, Nizon, France
1999    Fireland Association for the Visual Arts, Oberlin, Ohio
1999    Sleight of Hand, Traveling Exhibition, Dutch Tide Projects, Utrecht, Netherlands and New York
1999    Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1999    St. John’s University Gallery, New York
1998    The Tucson Collection, Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1997    Foundation for Greater New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut
1997    Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1996    Natural Discourse, Gallery One, Elgin College, Elgin, Illinois
1996    Abstraction, DOSHI Center for Contemporary Art, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
1996    Watermark Exhibition, Concord Gallery, Concord, California
1996    Irene Leach Memorial Exhibition, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia
1996    MAXIMUS-minimus Exhibition, Muse Gallery, Foundation for the Visual Arts, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
1996    Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1995    Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, Connecticut
1995    Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
1994    Invitational, Dinnerware Artists Cooperative Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1993    Cummings Arts Center, New London, Connecticut
1993    University of Arizona Union Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1992    1.5 Show, Tribeca Gallery, New York, New York
1992    New Art ’92, Kingston Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1991    Fourteen Year Celebration, Artspace Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1991    Good Art Part I, Etherton/Stern Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1991    Four Artists, Davis Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1991    Corporate Collections, Old Pueblo Museum, Tucson, Arizona
1990    Southwest ’90, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1989    Under Southwestern Skies, Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Pueblo, Colorado
1989    Paper Transformations-Works by Five Tucson Women, Tohono Chul Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1988    Altered Prints, Dinnerware Artists Cooperative Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1987    Arizona Past, Present and Future, West Wing Gallery, Capitol Building, Phoenix, Arizona
1987    Hecho en Chavon, National Museum of Fine Arts, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
1987    Reuben Saunders Gallery, Wichita, Kansas
1987    Prints, Pima College Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1986    Galleria Principal, Altos de Chavon, Dominican Republic
1985    Faculty Show, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
1985    Second International Competition, Ariel Gallery, New York, New York
1985    Phoenix Biennial, Phoenix Art Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
1985    Screens and Scrolls, 18th Street Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1985    Invitational, Mars Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
1985    Women Who Create, Coconino Center for the Art, Flagstaff, Arizona
1984    Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
1984    Linda Durham Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1983    Invitational, Meridian Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1983    Emerging Artists, Marilyn Butler Fine Arts, Scottsdale, Arizona
1983    On Paper, Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut
1982    Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
1982    Touring Exhibit, Montana Art Gallery Directors’ Association
1981    Pima College, Tucson, Arizona
1981    Arizona Women Artists, Verde Valley Art Association, Jerome, Arizona
1981    Cochise Fine Arts, Bisbee, Arizona
1980    Notre Dame University Invitational, ISIS Gallery, South Bend, Indiana
1980    14th Southwestern Invitational, Touring Exhibition, Yuma Arts Center
1976    Champaign-Connection, Illinois Wesleyan Museum of Art, Bloomington, Illinois
1974    National Drawing Touring Exhibition, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois

awards

2008    Artist Fellowship Grant, Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism
2007    Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellowship, Amherst, Virginia
2006    Visiting Artist and Scholar Program, American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy
2003    Temple Institute, Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut
2003    CONNsharp Grant, Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut
2000    Artist-in-Residence, Auvillar, France
1999    Artist-in-Residence, MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire
1998    CONNsharp Grant, Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut
1994    Honorarium and Purchase Prize: Public Art for Arizona Health Science Library, University of Arizona
1992-    Artist-in-Residence, Arizona Commission on the Arts
1982
1991    Visual Arts Fellowship, Tucson Pima Arts Council
1989    Purchase Award, Under Southwestern Skies, Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Pueblo, Colorado
1986    Artist-in-Residence, Altos de Chavon, Dominican Republic
1985    Best of Show, Second International Competition, Ariel Gallery, New York, New York
1984    Award of Merit, Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
1981    Best of Show, Arizona Women Artists, Verde Valley Art Association, Jerome, Arizona

collections

Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, Connecticut
Coleman, Epstein, Berlin & Co., Chicago, Illinois
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
Stompoly and Stroud, Tucson, Arizona
Chicago Hilton Tower, Chicago, Illinois
Pier 66 Hotel, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Vista Monterey, Scottsdale, Arizona
Tucson Hilton East, Tucson, Arizona
Venture West Corporation, Tucson, Arizona
Douglas Alred Company, San Diego, California
IBM, Norwalk, Connecticut
University of Arizona Health Sciences Library, Tucson, Arizona
Ana Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
Sheraton Hotel, Singapore
Pabst Brewing Corporation, Peoria, Illinois
De Concini and MacDonald, Tucson, Arizona
Westin La Paloma, Tucson, Arizona
Sheraton Hotel, Tyson’s Corner, Virginia
Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Pueblo, Colorado
Streich Lang, Tucson, Arizona
Benziger Winery, Glen Ellen, California

reviews and publications

Studio Visit, juried by Ian Berry, Associate Director for Curatorial Affairs and Curator at The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, vol. 15/16, 2011
Studio Visit, Open Studio Press, juried by Dina Deitsch, Assistant Curator DeCordova Sculpture Park, vol.12, 2010
Ink, A guide to finer living in Connecticut and abroad, Issue 9, 2009
An Eclectic Eye: The Dan Leach Collection, 2007
Nature’s Veil, Boston Globe Exhibitionist, June 2007
Imagery: Art for Wine, 2005
Anna Audette, One Hundred Creative Drawing Problems
Tucson Weekly, March 1991, March 1992, March 1994, January 2003
Oberlin News-Tribune, January 1999
Arizona Daily Star, February 1982, March 1984, March 1985, March 1990, July 1997
Image, Fall 1989
Artspace, Spring 1985
Arizona’s Women Artists, Arizona Arts and Lifestyle, Spring 1982

lectures

2008    The Camouflage Series, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
2007    The Camouflage Series, Pima College, Tucson, Arizona
2007    History of Artists and Camouflage, Cochise College, Sierra Vista, Arizona
2007    The History of Artists and Camouflage, eo art lab, Chester, Connecticut
2006    Artists and Camouflage, Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art, Pont-Aven, France
2004    Organic Abstraction and Magnetic Fields, Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art, Pont-Aven, France
2004    Inner and Outer Worlds, Westfield State College, Westfield, Massachusetts
2002    Pigeonnier Series, Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art, Pont-Aven, France
2001    Magnetic Field Series, Manchester College, Manchester, Connecticut
1999    Painting Transitions: Fifteen Years of Paintings, Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art, Pont-Aven, France
1997    Ten Years of Painting, Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut
1990    Works in Progress, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, Arizona
1989    Works in Progress, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, Arizona
1991-    Artists in the Schools, panel participant, Artists in Education Conference, Phoenix, Arizona
1989
1991-    How to Plan a Successful Artist’s Residency, Artists in Education Conference, Phoenix,
1989     Arizona
1991-    Presenter for artist in education program, Southwest Arts Conference, Phoenix, Arizona
1989
1988    Recent Work, Tucson Museum of Art School, Tucson, Arizona
1986    Cultural Influences, Parson School of Design, Altos de Chavon, Dominican Republic