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Mark Panza

Artistic Category Artist
Career Level Professional
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Artist Statement
Ever since I was a child, I’ve been visually oriented. My earliest memories consist of a series of images from broad events like the lunar landings, and personal moments such as mishaps in my youth. I first discovered the satisfaction of sharing my artwork in 7th grade, when I compiled a photo essay of my nephew. Those photographs were developed in the darkroom and prominently displayed in the halls of my junior high.
 
Today I continue to capture the world around me through photography, but I use an expanded set of resources that includes digital cameras and an Apple computer. These tools allow me complete control over my artistic process. I’ve built an extensive, professional-quality studio that enables me to use technology to achieve a level of efficiency and precision that I could once have only imagined.
 
My work continues to evolve as my subject matter changes. I have explored the mystery of the human figure, the elements, flora, and modern architecture. Recently these inspirations have become increasingly suggestive of one another, and I have used software to merge them into a highly personalized imagery. As their separate components begin to converse, new relationships are revealed, and there is an alchemical reaction that I find compelling.
 
Finally, presentation is vital to my work. I have owned and operated a framing business for over two decades. This experience has led me to concoct novel ways of presenting my photos. I have incorporated a panel system that adds a dynamic component to composition, thus leading the viewer’s eye slowly across the image’s surface. Additionally, I have employed reverse-angled degrees and levels to add increased dimensionality to my work. These methods become cues for interpretation.
 
Over the last few years I have shown in a variety of spaces, including the Carnegie Museum of Art, the Westmoreland Museum, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, and the Hoyt Fine Art Institute. I have every intention of continuing to seek meaning and reaction through engagement with both the mundane and the magical.
 
Mark Panza
11/08
Biography

Mark Panza

115 Sedgwick Street

Millvale Pa 15209

412.821.0959

email: [email protected]

website: www.markpanza.com

www.panzagallery.com

 

Bio

 

Artist since birth

 

Owner/Operator PanzaGallery 1986 to present

 

Member Associated Artists of Pittsburgh

 

Shows/Exhibits

 

Westmoreland Museum of American Art / Biennial 2006

 

Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 96thAnnual @ The Carnegie Museum 

(Douglas Fogle Juror)  2006

 

The Bee Hive / Solo Show 2006

 

Space Gallery/In Full Bloom (Bob Ziller Curator) 2007

 

Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 97thAnnual @ The Carnegie Museum

(Polly Apfelbaum Juror) 2007/08

 

Associated Artists of Pittsburgh / Pittsburgh thru AAP Eyes. 

Award (Barbara Jones Juror) 2008

 

Fein Art Gallery NS. Emerging artist show K.Zimbicki curator 2008

 

Pittsburgh Technology Council/ 15 minutes gallery opening 

(Jane Haskel Juror) Beauty on the Surface 2008

 

Fe Gallery Pgh 250 show 2008

 

Hoyt 2008 Regional “Green Split Awareness”  ( Douglas Fogle Juror )

 

AAP/Void/Absent/Empty exhibit Juried by Graham Shearing 2012

(Hall of Nature photo collage)

 

Westmoreland Museum of American Art / Biennial 2012

           Juror: Kerry Oliver-Smith, Curator of Contemporary Art,Fl.

           http://www.wmuseumaa.org/museum/exhibitions.cfm

        

 

 

Collections

 

ELA Law Firm (PGH)  Buildings & Trees 2004

 

Susan Gallo (PGH) Mixed Flowers In Green 2005

 

Kristiana Kriess (PGH) Rivots & Trees 2006

 

Kathy Oreint (PGH) Flowers In Green SM) 2006

 

Dave Wilke & Associates (PGH) 8 works Buildings & Trees 2007/08

 

Peter Katsafanas (PGH) / Time Warner/Sports Illistrated Exec. (Hollie In Stone) 2007

 

Joe Kapp (Cleveland) Stuck in the Middle 2006

 

Romania Dentico (Yonkers NY) The Warhol In Trees 2007

 

Charles Reel, MD (McLean VA) Water In Trees 2008

 

Park Mansions 2 works thru AAP@PCA  

Submerged in Buildings & InnerCity Scrappers 2008

 

Universal Electric/Canonsburg thru Kathy Stewart Design 2009.

6 works Building and Nature series.

 

PNC Plaza Pittsburgh  thru Rhonda Goodall Gallery 2010

3 works glass panel buildings and tree series.

 

PNC Plaza Pittsburgh (phase two)  Rhonda Goodall Gallery 2011

3 works Rivets & Tree series

 

PNC Plaza Pittsburgh (phase three)  Rhonda Goodall Gallery 2012

5 works Rivets & Tree series

 

Dave and Kathy Faucett

2012 (Hall of Nature photo collage)

 

2013 updates coming.........

Contact


Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15209
4128210959
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Genres

  • Photography
  • Other
  • Light
  • Drawing

Keywords

  • Computer generated
  • Digital
  • Digital manipulation
  • Digital painting
  • Expressionist

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