DONNELLY MARKS

ARTIST STATEMENT:

New ideas are sparked by instant, spontaneous connection to the material. Crushed cardboard, concrete and rough textures are the raw vocabulary I use to build visual metaphors for the human condition in all its darkness, joy, pain and courage. Moving fluidly between sculpture and photography work evolves over time, one idea leading to another intuitively. Construction is vigorous, fun. Determined.

Bio:

Donnelly Marks earned a BFA in sculpture and fine art photography from Carnegie Mellon University. Exhibits include, among others – Ann Marie Sculpture Center - Smithsonian Affiliate, Maryland; Westbeth Gallery, NYC; Prince Street Gallery NYC; Queens College Art Center, NYC; Jamaica Arts Center, NYC; AHA Fine Art, NYC; Montana Modern Fine Art, MT; Miller Art Gallery, PGH; Carnegie Museum of Natural History, PGH; and is represented on Artsy through Spliced Connector. Marks has lectured on photography at Savannah College of Art and Design and presented new work for The Closer at PhotoShelter in NYC.