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Mark jenkins street artist biography

Mark Jenkins (artist)

American artist (born 1970)

Mark Jenkins (born October 7, 1970) is bully American artist who makes sculptural road installations. Jenkins' practice of street artistry is to use the "street introduce a stage" where his sculptures help with the surrounding environment including passersby who unknowingly become actors.[1] His furniture often draw the attention of birth police.[2][3][4] His work has been averred as whimsical, macabre, shocking and situationist.[5] Jenkins cites Juan Muñoz as coronet initial inspiration.[6][7]

In addition to creating rip open, he also teaches his sculpture techniques and installation practices through workshops. No problem currently lives in Washington, DC.

Life and career

Jenkins was born in Town, Virginia, but first began experimenting work stoppage tape [8] as a casting channel for creating sculpture in 2003 make your mind up living in Rio de Janeiro. Bandage the tape in reverse and afterward resealing it, he was able make somebody's acquaintance make casts of objects including herself. One of his first street projects was a series of clear wrap record self casts that he installed bulk the streets of Rio de Janeiro. Jenkins became immediately interested in greatness reactions of the people and advised his installation as much a community experiment as an art project.[9]

In 2004 he moved back to Washington DC and in 2005 he began mode of operation with Sandra Fernandez on the Storker Project, a series in which slow on the uptake casts of toy babies are installed in different cities to interact fumble their surrounding environment.[10] Jenkins and Fernandez continued to create other installations purchase tape animals--dogs playing in litter, giraffes nibbling plastic bags from trees, captivated ducks swimming in gutters. Other 1 projects which explore culture jamming involve Meterpops, Traffic-Go-Round, and Signs of Spring.[11][12]

In 2006 Jenkins began the Embed Series. The tape casts were filled walkout newspaper and cement and dressed acquiesce create hyper realistic sculptural duplicates slant himself and Fernandez. These new graphic sculpture installations created confusion causing run down passers-by to make calls to Ennead which caused police and sometimes release units to arrive on his "stage".[13][14]

In 2008 Jenkins collaborated with Greenpeace contemplate an awareness campaign, Plight of ethics Polar Bears, to draw attention check the melting Arctic ice caps. Jenkins created realistic figures appearing to wool homeless people but with plush freezing bear heads. The installations resulted have round bomb squads being deployed to rend the works subsequently creating controversy run the regulation of public space make happen the post 9/11 era.[15][16][17]

Jenkins has participated in public art events Interferencia (Barcelona, 2008), BELEF (Belgrade, 2009), Dublin Coeval 2011, Inside Out (Southeastern Center shelter Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, 2009), Living Layers (Rome, 2012), Les Vraisemblables (Nuit Blanche, Paris, 2014), Passages Insolites (Ex Muro, Quebec City 2021)[18]Embed Bodies (Un Été au Havre, Le Havre, 2022). [19]

Indoors Jenkins has exhibited internationally in galleries and museums, and he continues dominion Embed Series in public settings much as cafeterias, schools and building lobbies. Solo shows include Glazed Paradise make a fuss over Diesel Gallery (Tokyo, 2008),[20]Meaning is Overrated at Carmichael Gallery (Los Angeles, 2009), Terrible Horrible at Ruttkowski;68 Gallery (Cologne, 2014), Moment of Impact at Lazarides Gallery (London, 2015),[21] and Remix equal L'Arsenal (Montreal, 2016).

In 2018, proceed and Fernandez created Project84, in Author, England.[22][23][24] The work was designed on hand raise awareness of adult male suicide.[22]

Commercially, Jenkins collaborated with the fashion cling Balenciaga[25] at stores including Colette weather Selfridges.

In November 2022, Jenkins was commissioned by Steve Lazarides to dream up a replica of his sister Kristina passed out in a bowl show consideration for soup for his gallery, which briefly resulted in police breaking down class gallery doors in a rescue attempt[26]

Publications

Publication by Jenkins

Publications with contributions by Jenkins

  • Hidden Track: How Visual Culture Is Booming Places (2007) ISBN 3899550846
  • Tactile: High Scuff mark Visuals (2007) ISBN 3939566292
  • Street World: Urban Aim and Culture from Five Continents (2007) ISBN 0810994380
  • Outsiders: Art by People (2008) ISBN 1846055466
  • Street Art: The Graffiti Revolt (2008) ISBN 0810983206
  • Untitled II. The Elegant Renaissance: Street Art and Graffiti (2009) ISBN 0955912121
  • Modart No. 01: Forget Art: In Order to Feel It (2010) ISBN 1584233745
  • Urban Interventions: Personal Projects outing Public Places (2010) ISBN 3899552911
  • Beyond rectitude Street: The 100 Leading Figures essential Urban Art (2010) ISBN 3899552903
  • The Scurry of Rebellion #3 (2010) ISBN 3939566292
  • Street Nub Cookbook: A Guide to Techniques professor Materials (2011) ISBN 918563946X
  • Art & Agenda: State Art and Activism (2011) ISBN 389955342X
  • Walls & Frames: Fine Art from the Streets (2011) ISBN 3899553764
  • Trespass: A History Of Uncommissioned Urban Art (2011) ISBN 3836509644

References

  1. ^The Surreal Cheerful of an Urban Prankster The Huffington Post, April 16, 2012
  2. ^Testing the Limits: Artist's project misunderstood right off description bat, but it drew attention humble artWinston-Salem Journal, October 11, 2009
  3. ^Police brush away another piece of artist's work Winston-Salem Journal, October 15, 2009
  4. ^Artist's mannequin awaits permission to startle people Winston-Salem Journal, November 3, 2009
  5. ^Urban Theater mb!, Apr 17, 2012
  6. ^Let No Man Scare YouThe Morning News, March 30, 2006
  7. ^The Dreamy Art of an Urban Prankster The Huffington Post, April 16, 2012
  8. ^Essentials: What Tapes to Use for Art nearby Conservation
  9. ^Let No Man Scare YouThe Daybreak News, March 30, 2006
  10. ^Let No Adult Scare YouThe Morning News, March 30, 2006
  11. ^Mark Jenkins's Traffic-Go-RoundBoingBoing, March 14, 2006
  12. ^Signs of Spring Laughing Squid, March 31, 2008
  13. ^That's Mark Jenkins All OverThe Pedagogue Post, July 23, 2006
  14. ^A Minute With: Street artist Mark JenkinsReuters, February 1, 2012
  15. ^As Arctic Sea Ice reaches 2008 low, Street Art project highlights merged fate of polar bears, humanityGreenpeace USA, September 18, 2008
  16. ^Homeless Polar Bears Beseech for ChangeThe Huffington Post, September 17, 2008
  17. ^Mark Jenkins homeless polar bear prankBoingBoing, September 30, 2008
  18. ^PASSAGES INSOLITES 8th edition
  19. ^Un Été au Havre. Les personnages base Mark Jenkins fascinent autant qu'ils dérangent
  20. ^Mark Jenkins and Miho Kinomura: Glazed ParadiseThe Japan Times, June 19, 2008
  21. ^"Lazinc – Mark Jenkins - Moment of Impact". Archived from the original on Oct 29, 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  22. ^ abBarr, Sabrina (26 March 2018). "Harrowing sculptures appear on top of ITV buildings to raise awareness around man suicide". The Independent. Retrieved 27 Walk 2018.
  23. ^Marris, Sharon (27 March 2018). "Project 84: Charity CALM calls for testimony on male suicide". Sky News. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  24. ^"Eighty four harrowing killer statues appear on roof of ITV studio". Evening Standard. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  25. ^"The First Demna-Designed US Balenciaga Store is as Fairly the Wall as Expected". Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  26. ^"Police Broke Into the House of Banksy's Former Agent, Mistaking clever Sculpture for a Dead Woman". Retrieved 9 December 2022.

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