MARK WHALEN 

MARK WHALEN

Mark Whalen is an Australian born, Los Angeles based artist. Whalen expresses satirical social narratives in seemingly universal situations. The most recent series of sculptural works continues his study into the complexities of displacement and positioning that we, as both individuals and a species, experience through our evolutionary trajectory. Construction netting captures, cordons and compartmentalizes
our distinctive characteristics as they shift under the weight of societal pressure through this ever-changing global economy.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2015
Occupied, Emma Bett Gallery, Hobart
Trapezoid, Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles
Between the Cracks, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
Improper Fraction, Chalk Horse Gallery, Sydney

2014
Peculiarities, Melbourne Art Fair - Black Art projects
Stranded, Merry Karnowsky gallery

2013
I’ll meet you in the middle, Blackartprojects at Future Perfect, Singapore
Maze Walkers, Blackartprojects at Chalk Horse, Sydney

2012
Portals, Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles
Hallucination, Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne

2011
One Moment Please, Gallery A.S, Sydney
Anomaly, Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles
White Out, Blackartprojects, Melbourne

2010
Parralled Opposites, Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles
Observatory, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane

2009
Supreme Beings, Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles
I’ll hit you up tomorrow, Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles

2008
Super Systems, Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Berlin
Everything’s AOK, Until Never Gallery, Melbourne

2007
Kill Communication, Monster Children Gallery, Sydney
Bailbond, China Heights Gallery, Sydney

2006
Kill Pixie, Until Never Gallery, Melbourne
In the Woods, China Heights Gallery, Sydney Kill Pixie, China Heights Gallery, Sydney

Selected Group Exhibitions

2013
New Neon: Light, Painting & Photography, Bedford Gallery, Lesher Center for the Arts, California
Full Court Press, Artereal Gallery, Sydney
Glitterers Anonymous, RMIT School of Art, Melbourne
Fhloston Paradise, Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles

2012
Midnight on the Sun, Fecal Face, San Francisco

2011
STEP09 with Blackartprojects, Milan
Super Heroes, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
Merry Karnowsky 2 Projects, Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles
100, Langford 120 with Blackartprojects, Melbourne
Artpad, San Francisco, Merry Karnowsky Gallery

2010-11
Space Invaders, national touring exhibition, Australia

2010
Disorder, Disorder, Penrith Regional Gallery, Australia

2009
Apocalypse Wow, Museum of Contemporary Art Macro, Rome
The Mirror Stage, Monster Children Gallery, Sydney
Hard Left, Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Berlin
Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
Out3, Mostra Internacional d'art Urba Publicitari, Barcelona

2008
Small Gems, Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne
Subliminal Projects, Park Life Gallery, San Francisco
Kill Pixie and Cleon Peterson, White Walls Gallery, San Francisco
Kill Pixie and Ryan Shaffer, Park Life Gallery, San Francisco
The Alternative Philosophy, Leonard Street Gallery, London
Hard Left, Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles
Welcome Home, Fecal face
High Math, Pool Gallery, Berlin

2007
Replace ‘please’ with ‘fast’ and ‘thank you’ with ‘good’,The Lab 101 Gallery, Los Angeles
Fecal Face 7.5 Anniversary, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco
Across the Board, Wall Space Gallery, Sydney
Bootlegger, Until Never Gallery, Melbourne
Refill Seven, MTV Gallery Mini Pieces, Melbourne Museum

2006
Sixteen x Twelve, Monster Children Gallery, Sydney
All Style City, China Heights Gallery, Sydney
Semi-permanent, The Breadbox Gallery
What the fuck?, Monster Children Gallery, Sydney

Art Fairs

2012
Melbourne Art Fair, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Melbourne
Art Miami, Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Miami

2011
STEP09, Blackartprojects, Milan

2010
Melbourne Art Fair, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Melbourne

2009
Aqua Art Miami, Whitewalls Gallery, Miami

2008
Berliner Liste for Contemporary Art, Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Berlin

Collections
Artbank
National Gallery of Australia
Mainland Art Fund