Biography

Mark Patnode received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Purchase College and is a Fellow of the Urban Artists Initiative (UAI) Hartford, CT, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism (CCT), in partnership with the Institute for Community Research (ICR). Mark is a recipient of eleven Fellowships / Residencies and seven Grants, including two all-inclusive CCT awards to Vermont Studio Center where he worked with William Beckman, Michael Gitlin, David Kapp, Carol Robb. Mark has also received two all-inclusive Residencies to I-Park Artists’ Enclave. A Silver Rose recipient from Bulgaria’s Preeminent Poet, Lyubomir Levchev, Mark was sponsored by the Griffis & Orpheus Foundations for a summer 2006 Artist Residency at the Sharon House in the village of Polkovnik Serafimovo, Smolyan, Bulgaria.

Mark’s work has been featured internationally in galleries and museums, including The White House, Smithsonian Institution, National Palace of Culture, Bulgaria, Neuberger Museum, Lyman Allyn Art Museum, Two Faber Birren National Color Award Shows, Real Art Ways, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery at Wesleyan College, ALVA Gallery, Fuller Gallery. Mark's work is in the collection of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Bush, Sr. Presidente Pedro Verona Pires, Cape Verde, Africa, and private collections internationally. He has been interviewed by American, African, Bulgarian, Cape Verde, and Portuguese press and appears in the 2008 Orpheus Art Album Ford / Brod, St. Klinent Ohridski University Press, Lyubomir Levchev, Editor. In 2003, Mark received publicity in the January edition of American Artist magazine for his large-scale paintings project of urban New London, done through a UAI grant. Mark’s work is currently featured in Jack Richeson & Co. catalog.

Mark was selected by Senator Joseph Lieberman as Connecticut’s Designated Artist for the 2008 White House Christmas Tree Ornament Design. Mark attended an Artist’s Reception at the White House on December 2, 2008 and his ornament will remain in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution. Mark is currently displaying his work in Senator Lieberman’s Washington, D.C. office as part of the CCT Art in Public Spaces Program.

Juried into the CCT Teaching Artist Directory, a reflection of excellence in both teaching and artistry, Mark conducts residencies through CCT Arts in Education HOT Schools and public and private organizations seeking to fulfill Federal, State, and local curriculum mandates. Mark was a nominee for the Guilford Art Center’s Achievement Award – 2006 - Year of the Child Education category. Mark is a Presenter for CCT HOT Schools Summer Institute, Best Practices in Teaching Artist residencies, Art & Technology, The Marriage of Art & Science, and is an invited panelist. Mark is the USA Professional Visual Artist Instructor for Center for Creative Youth Cape Verde Visual Arts Program.

Mark is a member of the Bulgarian-American Exchange Program, CREC CCY CulturArte, CT Plein Air Painters Society, Elected Member of Mystic Arts Center and Norwich Arts Center, Hygienic Galleries Programming Committee, Executive Board of Directors, Purchase College Alumni Association, Inc., New London Rotary International - New London Board, and is listed in Who’s Who in American Art. Mark shares studio space with six other Artists at 73 Washington Street, New London and resides at the Griffis Art Center, New London, CT.
 
For further information on the Griffis Art Center:
http://www.griffisartcenter.com/

For further information on Mark's Teaching Artist Listing:
http://www.ct.gov/cct/cwp/view.asp?A=2079&Q=318604

For additional information on Mark's artwork:
http://afonline.artistsspace.org/alpha.php?a=15&page=5&num_hits=431&sortby=lastname
http://artid.com/search/results.html?search=patnode&SES=35e694c570a5d0f7249
http://www.1artcity.com/sendcard/indexFree.php
www.markwpatnode.com
http://www.zatista.com/store/artist_profile/items/468/Patnode

For further information on the organizations of which Mark is a member:
http://www.newlondonrotary.org/

http://www.norwicharts.org/

http://www.hygienic.org/page/about-us