“My creativity evolves from a controlled sense of reckless abandon.
This allows my heart to sing and my soul to dance with the wood.”
RESUME
MARK BRESSLER
BORN:
Detroit, Michigan 9/20/51
EDUCATION:
Center for Creative Studies, Wayne State University, Photography Major, 1996
Arrowmont School of the Arts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, 1997, 1998
AWARDS:
2005 “NICHE AWARD”, Best Turned and Carved Vessel, Buyers Market of American Craft, Rosen Group, Niche Magazine
GALLERY REPRESENTATION:
del Mano Gallery
-Los Angeles, California
Gallery Materia / Cervini Haas
-Scottsdale, Arizona
Woodturning Center
-Philadelphia, Penn.
MUSEUM PERMANENT COLLECTIONS::
Addison Museum of Art, Andover, Massachusetts
Museum of Art’s and Design, New York City, New York
University of Michigan, Museum of Art
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama
Sparta Teapot Museum, Sparta, North Carolina
Arrowmont School of the Arts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Brandeis University Permanent Collection, Simi Valley, California
Woodturning Center Permanent Collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:
Robert Bohlen Collection, Detroit, Michigan
Irving Lipton Collection, Los Angeles, California
Bernard Marcus Private Collection (Founder Home Depot)
Arnold Abelman Collection,Smyrna, Ga.
Randy Antik Collection, Dallas, Texas
Doug Ferguson Collection, Atlanta, Georgia
Emanuel Friedman Collection, Washington, DC.
Terry Moritz Collection, Chicago, Illinois
Nathan Newman, Auburn Alumni Wood Collectors, Auburn, Ala.
Al Selnik Collection, New York City, New York
Robert Warren Collection, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Winston Lambert Collection, San Francisco, Ca
Numerous Other Private Collections
EXHIBITIONS:
La Petite VII, 1997, Alder Gallery, Eugene, Oregon
La Petit VIII, 1998, Alder Gallery, Eugene, Oregon
Aesthetics, 1998, Sandzen Gallery, Kansas City, Kansas
Spotlight, 1998, Southeast Regional Assembly of American Craft Council
Arrowmont School of the Arts
Materials Hard and Soft, 1999, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, Texas
Works of Faith, 1999, Columbus Liturgical Council, Columbus, Ohio
La Petit VIII, 1998, Alder Gallery, Eugene, Oregon
Spotlight, 2000, Regional Assembly of American Craft Council
Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia
La Petit VIIII, 2000, Alder Gallery, Eugene, Oregon
Small Treasures 2006, del Mano Gallery
Selected Works 2007, del Mano Gallery
Selected works 2008, del Mano Gallery
Collectors of Wood Art, 2008
PUBLICATIONS:
1997 Woodturning Magazine, Guild of the Master Craftsmen, Great Britain
1998 Atlanta Journal and Constitution
1999 Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, Ohio
2000 Woodturning Magazine, Guild of the Master Craftsmen, Great Britain
2000 Knoxville Metro Pulse, December, Knoxville, Tennessee
2000 Marietta Daily Journal, December, Marietta, Georgia
2000 Woodwork Magazine, August
2004 Nature Transformed: Wood Art of the Bohlen Collection
2004 The Artful Home, Guild.Com
2005 Woodwork Magazine
2005 American Craft Magazine
2005 Shelter Magazine
2006 American Craft Magazine
SHOWS ATTENDED:
2008 Sculptural Object Functional Art, del Mano Gallery
2008 Collectors of Wood Arts, Cirvini Haas Gallery and del Mano Gallery
2007 Philadelphia Museum of Art Show, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2007 Sculptural Objects Functional Art, Chicago, Il., Del Mano Gallery
2007 American Craft exposition, Evanston, Il.
2006 Washington Craft Show, Washington, DC.
2006 SOFA (sculptural objects and functional art) Chicago, del Mano Gallery
2006 Wood Masters, Zane Bennett Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2006 American Craft Council Shows, Baltimore, San Francisco
2005 American Craft Council Shows, Baltimore, Md.
2005 Southwest Design Conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2005 SOFA (Sculpture Objects Functional Art), New York, del Mano Gallery
2005 Art Scottsdale (del Mano Gallery)
2003 Collectors of Wood Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2001 Collectors of Wood Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1998 Savannah Arts Festival Exhibitor and Demonstrator
1997 2004 American Craft Council Shows, 7 shows per year, various locations