b. June 1, 1968, Los Angeles, CA
Resides in New York, NY
Solo Exhibitions
2010
Invitation, Last Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
(catalogue)
Mark Gonzales, Cartel Zero Onze, Sao Paolo, Brazil
2009
Round N’ Round, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY
(catalogue)
South West, Half Gallery, New York, NY
Mark Gonzales, DPMHI Gallery, London, UK
2007
Priest, Kemistry Gallery, London, UK
2003
Shopping, Andrew Roth, New York, NY
2001
Untitled 2001, Alleged Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
The Priest, The Annex, Los Angeles, CA
2000
The Mark Gonzales Art Show, Alleged Gallery, New York, NY
The Mark Gonzales Art Show, Purple Institute, Paris, France
Weapons and Armor, Museum Het Domein Sittard, Sittard, Netherlands
1998
Backworlds Forwards, Museum Abteiberg, Stadtisches Museum, Monchengladbach, Germany
Two-Person Exhibitions
2010
Mark Gonzales + Ari Marcopoulos, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY
2008
Alva/Gonz, Exhibit A Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006
Mark Gonzales with Christian Hosoi, Journal Gallery, New York, NY
1994
Maurizio Cattelan – Mark Gonzales, Analix Forever, Geneva, Switzerland
Group Exhibitions
2012
Art in the Streets, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
2011
Art in the Streets, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
2010
Multiple Pleasures: Functional Objects in Contemporary Art, Curated by Nathalie Karg/Cumulus Studios,
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, NY
Printed Matter Warehouse Sale, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
California Maximalism, Nyehaus, New York, NY
ZINE*FAIR, Kinsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
Salad Days, Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
”Draw” Tour, Museo de la Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
Sonic Youth etc. – Sensational Fix, Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Móstoles, Spain
2009
The Detournements of Wynn Miller, Exhibit A Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Learn to Read Art: A History of Printed Matter, MoMA PS1, New York, NY
The Detournements of Wynn Miller, Exhibit A Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Learn to Read Art: A History of Printed Matter, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany
Beautiful Losers, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
Topsy Turvy, Janet Borden Gallery, New York, NY
”Draw” Tour, Shooting Gallery, San Francisco, CA
I Am Snowboarding, OnSix Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Sonic Youth etc. – Sensational Fix, Malmö, Sweden
Sonic Youth etc. – Sensational Fix, Kunst im Tunnel, Dusseldorf, Germany
Sonic Youth etc. – Sensational Fix,Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
2008
There is Xerox on the Insides of Your Eyelids, Nog Gallery, London, UK
”Draw” Tour, Stolenspace Gallery, London
Sonic Youth etc. – Sensational Fix, Museum für moderne und zeitgenössische Kunst, Bolzano, Italy
Sonic Youth etc. – Sensational Fix, International Space for Emerging Arts, Saint Nazaire, France
2007
Beautiful Losers, Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, Poland
”Draw” Tour, Gallery Lombardi, Austin, TX
2006
Beautiful Losers, Le Tri Postal, Lille, France
Beautiful Losers, La Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy
”Draw” Tour, Fuse Gallery, New York, NY
The Kate Show, Foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Saudades, Museum het Domein Sittard, Sittard, Netherlands
Saudades, Crac Alsace, Altkirch, France
Skate Culture, Preus Museum, Horten, Norway
2005
Beautiful Losers, University of South Florida / CAM, Tampa, FL
Beautiful Losers, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD
Beautiful Losers, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
rupture des evidences, Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France
10 Years of New York’s Notorious Alleged Gallery, Printed Matter, New York, NY
2004
Beautiful Losers, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Beautiful Losers, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
The Human Face is an Empty Force…, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2003
Models & Mavericks, Museum het Domein Sittard, Sittard, Netherlands
2002
Bay Area Now 3, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
From the Trenches, Five San Francisco Painters, Curated by Chris Lindig, New Image Art Gallery, Los
Angeles, CA
2000
Kim’s Bedroom, MU, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Kim’s Bedroom, Parco Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1999
Kill All Lies, Curated by Michele Maccarone, Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York, NY
1997
The Independents, Alleged Gallery, New York, NY
1993
Minimal Tricks, Alleged Gallery, New York, NY
Publications
2010
Invitation, Last Gallery
Portfolio: Mark Gonzales and Harmony Korine, The Journal, No. 29
Focus Photo Finishers, Elk Books
2008
Emportant News (author), Decathlon Books
The Collected Fanzines (with Harmony Korine), Drag City
2006 The Journal, No. 17, Guest editor
2005
Young, Sleek, and Full of Hell: Ten Years of New York’s Alleged Gallery, Compiled by Aaron Rose, Drago Arts
and Communications
Beautiful Losers, Edited by Aaron Rose and Christian Strike, Iconoclast/DAP
2002
High Tech Poetry (author), Contingency Publishing
2000
Weapons & Armor, Museum Het Domein
1998
Social Problems, Little More
Broken Poems: Stories, Poetry and Drawings (author), Tropen Verlang
Bibliography
2010 Gonzales, Mark and Ari Marcoupoulos. “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” Hobo Magazine, Issue No. 12
O’Brien, Glenn. “Mark Gonzales,” Hobo Magazine, Issue No. 12
Valdez, Sarah. “Mark Gonzales,” Art in America, February 10
2009 Reeves, Emma. “Gonzo For Mark Gonzales,” Interview Magazine, July 8
Nelson, Karin. “PULSE; Brush Strokes Slanted Southwest,” New York Times, July 24
2007 Riggio, Jay. “Mark Gonzales City Dreaming,” Huck Magazine
2005 Cotter, Holland. “Young, Sleek and Full of Hell,” New York Times, May 13
2003 Weyland, Jocko. “Free Wheeler,” New York Times, March 9
2000 Cotter, Holland. “The Mark Gonzales Show,” New York Times, February 2011
1999 Smith, Roberta. “Kill All Lies,” New York Times, July 9
Filmography
2009
Circle Board in New York City, directed by William Strobeck
Circle Board in Paris (featured), directed by Ludovic Azemar
Any Fun, director. (music video for Coconut Records)
2008
Beautiful Losers (featured), directed by Aaron Rose and Joshua Leonard
2007
Gnar Gnar, VHS, ed. 1000. Filmed and edited by Mark Gonzales and Sam Salganik
2006
McBeth, released in conjunction with The Journal, No. 17
1999
Backworlds For Words, written by Mark Gonzales, directed by Cheryl Dunn (released in conjunction
with Broken Poems)
1997
Gummo (featured), directed by Harmony Korine
How They Got There (featured), directed by Spike Jonze
1991
Video Days (featured), directed by Spike Jonze
A large selection of Mark Gonzales’ zines, books, and multiples are available through Printed Matter, 195 10th Avenue, New York, NY.