About
Mark Velasquez was born and raised in Santa Maria, California. In 2000 he received his BFA from Cornish College in Seattle. Since then he has been through Costa Rica, Panama, Mexico, and most of the United States and Canada spreading his unique sense of humor and creative energy.
He survived eight out of ten challenges on the first season of Bravo's reality competition "Work Of Art: The Next Great Artist" in 2010. His family somehow still remains proud of him.
Today he can be found somewhere on the West Coast, camera in hand, mind reeling
Publications
- The Smithsonian Museum
- Gawker Artists
- JPG Magazine
- Box Magazine
- Lifescapes Magazine
- Razorcake Magazine
- Layers Magazine
- The Santa Barbara Independent
- The Intelligence Group Media
- The Sun
- Pacific Coast Business Times
- Santa Maria Times
- The New Times
- CKM Magazine (Poland)
- Maariv Press (Israel)
- La Repubblica National Newspaper (Italy)
- Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
- The Cove Magazine (Australia)
- Eleela Magazine (Brazil)
- The Music Network Magazine (Australia)
- Éditions de l'Olivier (France)
- Points (France)
Selected Press
Selected Exhibitions
2010
I Heart Art, WORK Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008
ELEMENTAL: Truth and Lies of Existence, Es Oro Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
The Dirty Show, Detroit, MI
2007
The Dirty Show, Detroit, MI
