Kelly Mark
Project Description: Moonshot
Moonlight sets the scene for many film and television dramas. In Moonshot, Kelly Mark continues her series of found footage video collages by collecting hundreds of these establishing shots of the moon. Romance, horror and adventure are some of the themes suggested by this material which is projected onto the London cityscape transforming the landscape and setting the scene for the spectator’s own drama to unfold.
Artist Statement
I have always had an intense preoccupation with the differing shades of pathos and humour found in the repetitive mundane tasks, routines and rituals of everyday life. Hidden within these spans of time can be found startling moments of poetic individuation, and an imprint of the individual within the commonplace rituals of society. Individuation, especially within this uniformity, although subtle and frequently paradoxical, is something I find myself returning to again and again. Through my ‘will to order’ and my frequently inane sense of humour my objective is the investigation, documentation and validation of these singular ‘marked’ and ‘unmarked’ moments of our lives…
Artist Biography
Born: Welland, Ontario 1967. Currently lives and works in Toronto, Canada.
Completed Bachelor of Fine Arts degree (w/ a Minor in Art History) in 1994 at the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design (N.S.C.A.D.).
Has exhibited widely across Canada, and internationally (including the United States, Australia, & Europe). Such venues include: Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), The Power Plant (Toronto), Contemporary Art Gallery (Vancouver), Saidye Bronfman Art Center (Montreal), ZieherSmith Gallery (NY), Leadbased (NY), Museum of New Art (Detroit), University of Houston (Texas), Real Art Ways (Hartford), Ikon Gallery (UK), Lisson Gallery (UK), the Physics Room (NZ) and the Henry Art Gallery (Seattle) etc…
Represented Canada at Sydney Biennale, Australia (1998) and Liverpool Biennale, UK (2006)
Recipient of numerous Canada Council, Ontario Arts Council & Toronto Arts Council grants. As well as the KM Hunter Artist Award (2002), and Chalmers Art Fellowship (2002)
Works in a variety of media including: drawing, sculpture, photography, installation, sound, multiples, video & public interventions.
Represented in the public collections of: The Victoria & Albert Museum (Wallpaper Collection). London, UK; National Gallery of Canada; Canada Council Art Bank; Museum London, Ontario; Winnipeg Art Gallery. Winnipeg; Hamilton Art Gallery. Hamilton; Art Gallery of Greater Victoria; Agnes Etherington Art Gallery (Queens University), Kingston; Art Gallery of Mississauga. Ontario; Art Gallery Of Ontario, Ontario; Art Gallery of Nova Scotia; Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery. Halifax; Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery. Halifax. As well as numerous private and corporate collections
Represented by: Diaz Contemporary, Toronto
