Mark Wilson (artist)
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Mark Wilson (b. May 13, 1943 in Cottage Grove, Oregon
) is an American
digital art
ist, a painter
, and printmaker
.
He received a National Endowment for the Arts
fellowship in 1982, Prix Ars Electronica
(Distinction, Computer Graphics) in 1992, and 3 Connecticut Commission on the Arts grants. He has taught, lectured and been visiting artist at University of California at Santa Barbara, Yale
, Carnegie-Mellon
, and the School of Visual Arts
.
Cottage Grove, Oregon
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) is an American
American Art
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digital art
Digital art
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ist, a painter
Painting
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, and printmaker
Printmaking
Printmaking is the process of making artworks by printing, normally on paper. Printmaking normally covers only the process of creating prints with an element of originality, rather than just being a photographic reproduction of a painting. Except in the case of monotyping, the process is capable...
.
He received a National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
fellowship in 1982, Prix Ars Electronica
Prix Ars Electronica
The Prix Ars Electronica is one of the most important yearly prizes in the field of electronic and interactive art, computer animation, digital culture and music...
(Distinction, Computer Graphics) in 1992, and 3 Connecticut Commission on the Arts grants. He has taught, lectured and been visiting artist at University of California at Santa Barbara, Yale
YALE
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, Carnegie-Mellon
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....
, and the School of Visual Arts
School of Visual Arts
The School of Visual Arts , is a proprietary art school located in Manhattan, New York City, and is widely considered to be one of the leading art schools in the United States. It was established in 1947 by co-founders Silas H. Rhodes and Burne Hogarth as the Cartoonists and Illustrators School and...
.
External links
- http://new.aec.at/prix/en/gewinner/1992/
- http://www.mgwilson.com
- http://dam.org/artists/phase-one/mark-wilson
- http://www.geoform.net/features/features_wilson.html
- http://www.siggraph.org/publications/newsletter/v32n3/contributions/truckenbrod.html
- http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/c/computer-art-artworks-in-detail/
- http://www.aec.at/prix/en/gewinner/1992/#computer-graphics
Sources
- "A Portfolio." Perspectives in Computing. Vol. 5, No.2, (Summer, 1985), p. 39-40.
- "Artist's Easel is His Computer Screen." Los Angeles Times, (December 15, 1983), Part I-B, p. 10.
- Beddard, Honor and Dodds, Douglas. Digital Pioneers. London: V&A Publishing, 2009.
- Brand, Frederick and Massie, Rebecca. The Lewis Collection. Richmond: The Virginia Museum, 1978.
- "Computer Art for Art's Sake." PC Magazine, (April, 1983), p. 73-85.
- "Computer as Palette." The Christian Science Monitor, (August 7, 1985), p. 23.
- "Computer Technology Replaces the Brush of the Artist." The New York Times, (October 13, 1985).
- Farthing, S. ed. Art:From Cave Painting to Street Art. New York: Universe, 2010.
- Galloway, David. Artware. Düsseldorf: Econ Verlag, 1987.
- Goodman, Cynthia. Digital Visions. New York: Harry Abrams, 1987.
- Klanten, R. ed. Data Flow 2. Berlin: Gestalten, 2010.
- Lieser, Wolf. Digital Art. Konigswinter: H.F. Ullmann, 2009.
- Lieser, Wolf. The World of Digital Art. Konigswinter: H.F. Ullmann, 2010.
- Lovejoy, Margot. Postmodern Currents. Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press, 1989.
- Reas, Casey and McWilliams, Chandler. Form+Code. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2010.
- Walker, James Faure. Painting the Digital River. New York: Prentice Hall, 2006.
- Wands, Bruce. Art of the Digital Age. London: Thames & Hudson, 2006.
- Royal College of Art. Control Print. London: Royal College of Art, 2007.
- Wood, Deborah. Imaging by Numbers. Evanston:Block Museum of Art, 2008.