Marc Dennis
Marc Dennis is an established, contemporary artist, who was born in the United States. Marc Dennis was born in 1965. Born in the same country and around the same year are Kara Walker, Jason Rhoades, Ellen Gallagher, Andrea Zittel, Elizabeth Peyton, Rob Pruitt and Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Marc Dennis was largely influenced by the 1980s growing up. The 1980s were an era of increasing global capitalism, political upheaval, worldwide mass media, wealth discrepancies and distinctive music and fashion, characterised by hip hop and electronic pop music. This had a strong impact on the generation of artists growing up during this time. The fall of the Berlin Wall at the end of the 80s signified the end of the Cold War, yet the era was also distinguished by the African Famine. During this time prominent art movements included Neo Geo, The Pictures Generation and Neo-Expressionism, which took a particular hold in Germany, France and Italy. Artists such as Anselm Kiefer, Jörg Immendorf, Enzo Cucchi, Francesco Clemente and Julian Schnabel were key artists working at this time, alongside Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring and Kenny Scharf, who developed the street art and graffiti movements, which quickly gained recognition.
Regarding the artistic and historical context that influenced the artist, the United States, in particular New York city, remains as a central point that has played a significant role in developing modern and contemporary art in the twentieth century. The idea of New York as a new multinational and highly powerful art hub appeared in the post war era, and the city succeeded in affirming its dominance over Paris, which used to be considered as the most powerful international art capital. The predominance of the political and economic structures of the United States in the modern sphere has granted the country with a prevailing influence on the visual culture of the world. Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, Minimalism, Conceptual Art, Neo-Expressionism, Graffiti and Street Art, are influential art movements that emerged in the US. These very movements also echoed into a multitude of variations, such as diverse forms of Abstract Expressionism, as well as East and West Coast variants of Pop Art, among others. Some internationally acclaimed U.S artists of the modern age include Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Frank Stella, Donald Judd, Cindy Sherman, Barbara Kruger.
EXHIBITIONS (selected):
2015
21st Century Hyperrealism, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, South Korea
2014
A$$holes on cell phones, new drawings, Zane Bennett Contemporary Art, Sante Fe, NM (solo exhibition)
Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty, The Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Shaq Love People, EXPO Chicago, New York, NY
ArtCRUSH, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
2013
An Artist, A Curator And a Rabbi Walk Into a Bar..., Hasted Kraeutler Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
ArtCRUSH, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
The Cat Art Show, Exhibit 101 Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
Art Basel Miami Beach Private Brunch, New York, NY
Art Basel, Miami, Delano Hotel
2012
A Day in Life, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo exhibition)
2x2, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
ArtCRUSH, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
ABMB Pulse, Miami, FL, Hasted Kraeutler Gallery
2011
Honey Bunny, Hasted Kraeutler Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
Extreme Materials, Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Buds, Blooms & Berries: Plants in Science, Culture & Art, The Everhart Museum of Natural History, Science and Art, Scranton, PA
25th Anniversary Show, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Hollywood, CA
Realism Show, Trudy Labell Gallery, Naples, FL
Winter Exhibition, Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, NY
ABMB Pulse, Miami, FL, Hasted Kraeutler Gallery
The Armory Show NYC, Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, NY
2010
Hirsch & Adler Modern, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
Littlest Sister, Anthony Spinello Gallery, Miami, FL
Imago Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
ArtCRUSH, Aspent Art Museum, Aspen, CO
Knock, Knock, That Joke's Not Funny Any More!, Armand Bartos Fine Art, New York, NY
Summer Exhibition, Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, NY
ABMB Scope Art Fair Miami, Miami, FL
The Armory Show NYC, New York, NY
Chicago Art Fair, Chicago, IL
2009
Truth & Allegory, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
American Tourists, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo exhibition)
Imago Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
Trudy Labell Gallery, Naples, FL
Summer Sexy, Shroeder Romero Gallery, New York, NY
Artopolis, Chicago, IL
ABMB Pulse Art Fair, Miami, FL
Chicago Art Fair, Chicago, IL
2008
Marc Dennis Selected Exhibitions in 2008:
New Paintings, Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
New Paintings, Gail Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA (solo exhibition)
Weeds, Seeds and Buds, Trudy Labell Gallery, Naples, FL
Art Chicago, Chicago, IL, Hirschl & Adler Modern and Carl Hammer Gallery
2007
Paradise Lost - New Paintings, Billy Shire Fine Art, Culver City, CA (solo exhibition)
Natural Selection - New Paintings, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo exhibition)
Return to Eden - New Paintings, Gail Gibson Gallery, Seattle, VA (solo exhibition)
Summer Exhibition, Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, NY
The Great Outdoors, Gail Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
The Human Figure, Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences, Charleston, WV
Summer Exhibition, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL
Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution of American Art, Washington, DC
ABMB Art Miami, Miami, FL, Hirschl & Adler Modern, Carl Hammer Gallery and Gail Gibson Gallery
2006
Garden of Earthly Delights - New Paintings and Drawings, Hooks-Epstein Gallery, Houston, TX (solo exhibition)
Allegories - Seascape Paintings, Gail Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA (solo exhibition)
Caravaggio's Cat and Other Things Unseen, Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
Gallery Artists, Gail Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
Bug Out of the Box: A New Look at Contemporary Art, History and Science of Bugs, The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA
A new look at Man, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL
Tooth and Claw, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Gallery Artists Summer Exhibition, Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York, NY
Art Chicago, Chicago, IL, Carl Hammer Gallery
Scope Art Fair, New York, NY, Ricco/Maresca Gallery
ABMB Scope Art Fair, Miami, FL, Ricco/Maresca Gallery
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
The Neuberger Berman Collection, Neuberger Berman Investment Corp., New York, NY
University of Texas at Austin, TX
Binney & Smith, Inc., Corporate Headquarters Collection, Easton, PA
The Basil Alkazzi Foundation, London, England
Glenn and Amanda Fuhrman, New York, NY
Carl and Donna Hessel, Geneva, Switzerland
Beth Rudin DeWoody, and Firooz Zahedi, New York, NY
Larry Gagosian, Los Angeles, CA
Sean and Tammy McCarthy, New York, NY
Nancy Rogers, Aspen, CO and Dallas, TX
Bob and Cortney Novogratz, New York, NY
Michael Danoff and Jo Laird, New York, NY
Howard Tullman Collection, Chicago, Illinois
The Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado
Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT
Richard Shiff, Center for the Study of Modernism, Austin, TX
Flag Art Foundation, New York, NY
The Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, The Mari and James A. Michener Collection, University of Texas at Austin, TX
The Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
The Rockwell Museum of Western Art, Corning, NY
Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE
The Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY
The Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH
Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY
Louisiana Art Works, New Orleans, LA
Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
