NAME: mark wiener
BIRTH PLACE: New York City
BIOGRAPHY
New York based artist Mark Wiener has exhibited in Los Angeles, London, Paris, Milan and Tokyo, and regularly in solo and group exhibitions in New York City. His work appears in private collections in the UK, Berlin, France, China, Japan, Australia, Canada and the US.
This July, Mark Wiener presented his first performance/installation, “Inside Out,†at the Lab For Installation and Performance Art in Manhattan. In 2006 he was selected to exhibit his works, including large-scale exterior reproductions and original murals, at the Montblanc flagship store on 57th Street.
In 2005, Mark Wiener was invited to participate in the Felissimo Design House “Tribute 21†program, joining celebrities and other artists in having his work reproduced on a limited edition ceramic plate, sold for the benefit of UNESCO. He has also received several commissions from the World Federation of United Nations Associations to create first day covers and limited edition lithographs to accompany issues of UN Postage Stamps, and was awarded the Croix de Croix de
Chevalier de’orde Belgo Hispanique under the patronage of Queen Fabiola of Belgium.
SInce 2005, in support of the fine art community, he has publushed the
online magazine Resolve40.com, which offers readers a lifestyle view of the art world, without advertisements, through the eyes of artists.
As a teenage artist in New York, Mark Wiener presented his work to the most prestigious dealers on Madison Avenue, unrolling his canvases on the gallery floors. He went on to study painting and photography at the Philadelphia College of Art, and afterwards gained considerable recognition as a photographer, illustrator and fine artist, with his work appearing in periodicals such as the Wall Street Journal, Esquire, New York Magazine and Paris Match, as well as noteworthy books including “Family of Children,†(Grosset and Dunlap), and “The Art of Mickey Mouse†(Hyperon), and many others in the US and abroad.
