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Mark Hogensen Hogensen
Investigating the realm of perception has always been at the forefront of my painting and drawing experience.
For me, art making has been and is about the interpretation, alteration and reorganization of expected perceptions. Each of the elements that make up our surroundings seemingly beg for a re-assignment or new orchestration.
In the 1980’s, I began painting and drawing on irregular shaped forms. This was a natural evolution for me, in that I always felt compelled to complete a gestural action that was limited by the edge or frame of a rectangle. When I encounter a self imposed drawn border, I can accept or reject its’ “finality”. The frame, or border becomes a device to draw behind, on top of or in some cases to spill out of.
In these drawings I reference textures and patterns in articulating shapes that are forced into uneasy associations. These drawings have no preconceived master plan or even any idea of where they will end up. They all start with random gestural marks that slowly evolve into ideas that then compete for attention. Eventually, they meld into a composition that takes the hard-earned, time-honored rules of perspective and disobey!
I am envious of the subtleties of illusionary space – the kinds of things that make you look twice – things that present themselves in a disguise – something that you “know” but are still surprised to see.
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Artist Style: Visual Art: Abstract, Conceptual, Contemporary, Dream Imagery/Ethereal, Focus on Color/Light/Movement, Formalism, Impressionistic, Landscape/Cityscape, Site-Specific
Artist Medium: Acrylic; Colored Pencil; Drawing Media
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Mark Davies Hogensen mhogensen@yahoo.com
Mark Hogensen is a recently retired tenured Professor of Art at Palo Alto College in San Antonio, Texas. He holds degrees from Oregon State University (BA, BFA) and the University ofTexas at San Antonio (MFA). He taught at Palo Alto College for 30 years.
Mark was born and raised in Oregon until he moved to Texas in 1988 to attend graduate school. He has two grown children with families of their own. He has traveled extensively in Europe and led Study Abroad Programs to Italy and Spain for 6 years.
In 2018 he was invited to New Delhi, India as the keynote speaker for an International Conference on Creativity. While there, he presented workshops and lectured at 3 different universities on the integration of creativity across disciplines.
He was twice selected for Fulbright Grants, traveling to Egypt, Bulgaria and Turkey.
His paintings and drawings have been included in numerous exhibitions at venues such as: The San Antonio Museum of Art, the Marion Koogler McNay Museum, San Antonio, TX, The Boulder Contemporary Art Museum, Boulder, CO, Polvo Gallery, Chicago, IL, Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX and G Gallery, Houston TX. He has presented numerous workshops, lectures and gallery talks. Mark’s paintings and drawings are widely collected and represented in local, regional and national collections including; The San Antonio Museum of Art, The University of Texas at San Antonio, Oregon State University, Trinity University, Blue Star Contemporary Art, the City of San Antonio, Frost Bank, San Antonio, TX. Marathon Petroleum Corporation, Santa Rosa Children’s Hospital, San Antonio, TX., San Antonio Water System, IDEA Public Charter Schools and many more. After a 30-year career of teaching art he now spends more time in his studio, tinkers with old cars and enjoying his grandchildren. He and his wife Kimberly, a personal trainer, trail running coach and artist, share their home with several rescue cats in an older San Antonio neighborhood 1 mile from the Alamo.