Resume
BORN
Buffalo, New York
CURRENTLY RESIDING
Santa Fe, New Mexico; Austin, Texas; and Carbondale, Colorado
EDUCATION
- 2006 Building on Ideas: Looking for Source, intensive workshop with Terry Allen and Jo Harvey - Snowmass Village, Colorado
- 2000 Anderson Ranch, workshop in creative development with James Surls
- 1997-2003 Marble/Marble Institute of Colorado
- 1996 Studied with Doug Hyde, Bill Prokopiof, James Surls, Lincoln Fox, and John Forno
- 1961 Ohio State University BBS
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
* Solo and Museum Exhibitions
2008
- *George Ohr's National Challenge, Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art - Biloxi, Mississippi
- *Eighth Annual Florida Outdoor Sculpture Competition, Polk Museum of Art - Lakeland, Florida
- Mark Yale Harris: Featured Artist, Palm Desert Art Walk, SR Brennen Gallery - Palm Desert, California
- RiverSpan Sculpture Group, Juried Exhibition - Cincinnati, Ohio
- *A National Juried Art Competition, Farmington Museum - Farmington, New Mexico
- *2008 Bi-Annual Invitational Exhibition, The Village Green Sculpture Park - Cashiers, North Carolina
- *City of Roanoke Historic District Temporary Exhibition - Roanoke, Virginia
- SOFA Chicago - Chicago, Illinois
- American Heart Association Benefit Auction - Austin, Texas
- *Mark Yale Harris, Thornwood Gallery - Dallas, Texas
- Glamour and Gauze Gala, St. Vincent's Hospital Benefit - Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Art for Life: Aids Benefit, Downtown Columbus - Columbus, Ohio
- La Posada de Santa Fe, Rock Resorts - Santa Fe, New Mexico
2007
- *21st Century Regionalist: Art of the New West, Booth Western Art Museum - Cartersville, Georgia
- New Mexico Sculptors Guild at the Sculpture Ranch, New Mexico Sculptors Guild - Santa Fe, New Mexico
- First Annual Sculpture Show, Red Brick Center for the Arts - Aspen, Colorado
- *Red River Valley International Juried Exhibition, Red River Valley Museum - Vernon, Texas
- *MAA Spring Slide Juried Art Exhibition, Museum of the Southwest - Midland, Texas
- BAL National Competition, Beaumont Art League - Beaumont, Texas
- Where the Wild Things Are, Austin Visual Arts Association - Austin, Texas
- 24th Annual Sculpture in the Park, Loveland High Plains Arts Council - Loveland, Colorado
- Austin Bergstrom International Airport Exhibition, Austin Visual Arts Association - Austin, Texas
- *38th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Palm Springs Art Museum - Palm Springs, California - Juror - Jan Ernst Adelmann
- 73rd Annual Awards Exhibition - National Sculpture Society - (traveled to Brookgreen Garden, South Carolina)
- Thompson Crossing Sculpture Park - Fort Collins, Colorado
- Group Exhibition, Thornwood Gallery - Houston, Texas
- *Mark Yale Harris, Randall Davey Audubon Center - Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Mark Yale Harris and Mitzi Prince, Amuse Gallery - Columbus, Ohio
- *Mark Yale Harris, Hilligoss Galleries - Chicago, Illinois
- Two-Person Exhibition, Thornwood Gallery - Houston, Texas
- *Mark Yale Harris: Monumental Sculpture Unveiling, Crossroads Contemporary - Santa Fe, New Mexico
- *Mark Yale Harris: Private Preview and Reception, Zeldin Agency, LLC - Atlanta, Georgia
- La Posada de Santa Fe, Rock Resorts - Santa Fe, New Mexico
2006
- *The 22nd Ube Biennale ‘07 Maquette Exhibition, Ube Open Air Museum - Ube, Japan
- Santa Fe Artists Emergency Medical Fund Exhibition & Auction, Riva Yares Gallery - Santa Fe, New Mexico
- 73rd Annual Awards Exhibition, National Sculpture Society - Fairfield, Connecticut
- 73rd Annual Awards Exhibition, National Sculpture Society - Brookgreen Garden, South Carolina
- 23rd Annual Sculpture in the Park, Loveland High Plains Arts Council - Loveland, Colorado
- Focus on the Figure, A New Leaf Gallery - Berkeley, California
- La Posada de Santa Fe, Rock Resorts - Santa Fe, New Mexico
- The Weatherburn Gallery - Naples, Florida
- Redstone Sculpture Show - Redstone, Colorado
- Two-Person Exhibition, Thornwood Gallery - Houston, Texas
- *Mark Yale Harris: Reinventing the Now, Faculty Club, Ohio State University - Columbus, Ohio
- Milking the Rhino, Gabriel’s Gallery - Santa Fe, New Mexico
- SOFA Chicago - Chicago, Illinois
- Art for Life: Aids Benefit, Private Residence - Columbus, Ohio
- *The Weatherburn Gallery - Naples, Florida
- *Mark Yale Harris, Randall Davey Audubon Center - Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Art Inc. - San Antonio, Texas
- Crossroads Contemporary - Santa Fe, New Mexico
- E.S. Lawrence Gallery - Aspen, Colorado
- Exposures International Gallery - Sedona, Arizona
- Gallery Mack - Seattle, Washington
- Hudson’s On The Bend - Austin, Texas
- La Posada de Santa Fe, Rock Resorts - Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Lawrence Gallery - Portland, Oregon
- Lawrence Gallery - Gleneden Beach, Oregon
- Lawrence Gallery - Sheridan, Oregon
- Mountain Trails Gallery - Palm Desert, California
- Old Town Gallery - Park City, Utah
- Randall Davey Audubon - Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Rhodes Stringfellow Gallery - Cannon Beach, Oregon
- Sculpturesite/A New Leaf Gallery - Sonoma, California
- Thomas R. Riley Galleries - Cleveland, Ohio
- Thornwood Gallery - Houston, Texas
2005
- 2nd Annual Awards Exhibition, National Sculpture Society - New York, New York
- Juried Art Exhibition 2005, Farmington Museum - Farmington, New Mexico
- The Sea, National Sculpture Society - New York, New York (feature artist)
- The American West, National Sculpture Society - New York, New York
- 22nd Annual Sculpture in the Park, Loveland High Plains Arts Council - Loveland, Colorado
- Tri-State National 43rd Juried Exhibition, accepted, Brown & Scurlock Galleries - Beaumont, Texas
- US Bank 6th Annual Art on the Streets Downtown - Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Texas National 2005, Stephen F. Austin State University - Nacogdoches, Texas - Juror - James Surls
- Washburn University Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Washburn University - Topeka, Kansas
- SOFA Chicago - Chicago, Illinois
- Mark Yale Harris: Featured Artist, Hudson’s on the Bend - Austin, Texas
- *Mark Yale Harris, Randall Davey Audubon Center - Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Thornwood Gallery - Houston, Texas
- Santa Fe Sculptors, Crossroads Contemporary - Santa Fe, New Mexico
- A New Leaf Gallery - Berkeley, California
- Lawrence Gallery - Portland, Oregon
- E.S. Lawrence Gallery - Aspen, Colorado
- Old Town Gallery - Park City, Utah
- Exposures International Gallery - Sedona, Arizona
- Gallery Mack - Seattle, Washington
- La Posada de Santa Fe, Rock Resorts - Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Thomas R. Riley Galleries - Cleveland, Ohio
- Thomas R. Riley Galleries - Columbus, Ohio
- Mountain Trails Gallery - Palm Desert, California
- Randall Davey Audubon - Santa Fe, New Mexico
2004
- Santa Fe Artist Emergency Medical Fund Invitational, Riva Yares Gallery - Santa Fe, New Mexico
- *Thomas R. Riley Galleries - Cleveland, Ohio
- SOFA Chicago - Chicago, Illinois
- *Thomas R. Riley Galleries - Columbus, Ohio
- *Art for Life: Aids Benefit, Private Residence - Columbus, Ohio
- La Posada de Santa Fe, Rock Resorts - Santa Fe, New Mexico
- US Bank Art on the Streets - Colorado Springs, Colorado
- *Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood: Reflections of Nature, Chesterwood Museum - Stockbridge, Massachusetts
- *The Terrain, Las Cruces Museum of Fine Art - Las Cruces, New Mexico
- Dual Exhibition, Crossroads Contemporary Art - Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Sculptor’s Dominion - San Antonio, Texas
- Gallery Artists Group Sculpture Exhibit, Thornwood Gallery - Houston, Texas
- *Thomas R. Riley Galleries - Columbus, Ohio
- Three-Person Exhibition, Thornwood Gallery - Houston, Texas
- Randall Davey Audubon- Santa Fe, New Mexico
2003
- 20th Annual Sculpture in the Park, Loveland High Plains Arts Council - Loveland, Colorado
- 7th Annual Sculpture Show, Redstone Art Gallery - Redstone, Colorado
- TALA Art and Soul Exhibition, Gerald Hines College of Architecture, - University of Houston - Houston, Texas
- Austin Art Festival, Austin Museum of Art - Austin, Texas
- 18th Annual Art Exhibition, Bosque Conservatory Art Council - Clifton, Texas
- AVAANTI Artists - Top 10 Texas Artists of 2003, Austin Visual Arts Association - Austin, Texas - Juror - Dr. Christopher Adejumo
- Take Home A Nude, The Robert and Mary Montgomery Art Center - West Palm Beach, Florida
- Gallery Artists Group Sculpture Exhibit, Thornwood Gallery - Houston, Texas
- *Mark Yale Harris, Randall Davey Audubon Center - Santa Fe, New Mexico
- A New Leaf Gallery - San Francisco, California
- Bader/Melnick Gallery - Vail, Colorado
- Gallery Mack - Palm Desert, California
- Exposures International Gallery - Sedona, Arizona
- Gallery Alexander - Vail, Colorado
- La Posada de Santa Fe, Rock Resorts - Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Lawrence Gallery - Portland, Oregon
- Lynne White’s Shriver Gallery - Taos, New Mexico
- Old Town Gallery - Park City, Utah
- Rio Grande Gallery - Santa Fe, New Mexico
- *Mark Harris: Flash of Spirit, Thornwood Gallery - Houston, Texas
- Zandoozi Gallery - Austin, Texas
- Bee Galleries - New Orleans, Louisiana
- Bronze Coast Gallery - Cannon Beach, Oregon
- Thomas Riley Galleries - Kirkland, Washington
2002
- The National Juried Exhibition, Holter Museum - Helena, Montana
- *29th Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum - Monroe, Louisiana
- *Roswell Fine Arts League Juried Exhibition, Roswell Museum - Roswell, New Mexico
- *Mark Harris: Flash of Spirit, Lynne White’s Shriver Gallery - Taos, New Mexico
- Austin Fine Arts Festival, Austin Museum of Art - Austin, Texas
- New Mexico Sculptor’s Guild, Governor’s Gallery, State Capitol - Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Sedona Sculpture Walk - Sedona, Arizona
- 19th Annual Sculpture in the Park, Loveland High Plains Arts Council - Loveland, Colorado
- Indian Market Exhibition, Lynne White’s Shriver Gallery - Taos, New Mexico
- Focus on the Figure, A New Leaf Gallery - Berkeley, California
- Bemidji Sculpture Walk - Bemidji, Minnesota
- Buckaroo Ball, invitational - Santa Fe, New Mexico
- La Posada de Santa Fe, Rock Resorts - Santa Fe, New Mexico
- A New Leaf Gallery - San Francisco, California
- Exposures International Gallery - Sedona, Arizona
- Gallery Alexander - Vail, Colorado
- Lawrence Gallery - Portland, Oregon
- Lynne White’s Shriver Gallery - Taos, New Mexico
- Old Town Gallery - Park City, Utah
- Rio Grande Gallery - Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Thornwood Gallery - Houston, Texas
- Zandoozi Gallery - Austin, Texas
2001
- Animals in the Atrium, National Sculpture Society - New York, New York
- Lines into Shapes, Art Center at Estes Park - Estes Park, Colorado
- Figurative Works Competition, accepted, Robert and Mary Montgomery - Armory Art Center - West Palm Beach, Florida
- 18th Annual Sculpture in the Park, Loveland High Plains Arts Council - Loveland, Colorado
- Buckaroo Ball, invitational - Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Stone Show, A New Leaf Gallery - Berkeley, California
- La Posada de Santa Fe, Rock Resorts - Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Lynne White’s Shriver Gallery - Taos, New Mexico
- Thornwood Gallery - Houston, Texas
2000
- Featured Artist, Laughing at the Sun Gallery - Austin, Texas
- Nutcracker Gala Auction, Ballet Austin - Austin, Texas
- Real Art for Real People, Texas Society of Sculptors - Austin, Texas
- The Human Condition, Alpha Group Art Gallery - Santa Fe, New Mexico
- 4th Annual Sculpture Show, Redstone Art Gallery - Redstone, Colorado
- La Quinta Art Festival, La Quinta Arts Foundation - La Quinta, California
- FOCA Artists Juried Exhibition, LewAllen Contemporary - Santa Fe, New Mexico
- The Buckaroo Ball, invitational - Santa Fe, New Mexico17th Annual Sculpture in the Park, Loveland High Plains Arts Council - Loveland, Colorado
- Group Exhibition, The Sculpture Works - Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Lynne White’s Shriver Gallery - Taos, New Mexico
- La Posada de Santa Fe, Rock Resorts - Santa Fe, New Mexico
1999
- Group Exhibition, Alpha Group Art Gallery - Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Group Exhibition, Redstone Gallery - Redstone, Colorado
1998
- Group Exhibition, Laughing at the Sun Gallery - Austin, Texas
1997
- Texas Society of Sculptors, Umlauf Gardens - Austin, Texas
- Group Exhibition, Laughing at the Sun Gallery - Austin, Texas
1996
- *Sculpture Show, Elisabet Ney Museum - Austin, Texas
AWARDS
- 2007, Best of Show: Second Place, 3D Mixed Media Division - Museum of the Southwest, Spring Juried Art Exhibition - Midland, Texas
- 2007, Honorable Mention - Beaumont Art League, BAL National Competition - Beaumont, Texas
- 2002, Sculpture / 3D, Roswell Museum, sponsor: Roswell Chamer of Commerce - Roswell, New Mexico
- 1996, First Place, Elisabet Ney Museum Sculpture Show - Austin, Texas
MEMBER
- International Sculpture Center
- National Sculpture Society
- Texas Society of Sculptors
- Texas Fine Arts Association
- Austin Visual Artist’s Association
- Society of Animal Artists
- Wildlife Artist Association
- Friends of Contemporary Art Santa Fe
- New Mexico Sculptors Guild,
Former Vice Chair
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2008
- Mark Yale Harris, A Retrospective, published by ARTWORKinternational, second edition, Santa Fe, New Mexico, July.
- Daily Times, “Gateway to Imagination” by Debra Mayeux, Farmington, New Mexico, June.
- Around 505, “Local Activities, Farmington Museum Exhibition”, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June.
- Guild Sourcebook of Architectural and Interior Art #23.
- Artspeak Newsletter, “Mark Yale Harris, addition to State’s permanent collection”, New Mexico State Arts
- Commission, Santa Fe, New Mexico, May.
- Catalog, RiverSpan Sculpture Group, Juried Exhibition, Cincinnati, Ohio.
- Catalog, Sculpture in the Park, Loveland, Colorado, August.
- Catalog, Polk Museum of Art, Eighth Annual Florida Outdoor Sculpture Competition, Lakeland, Florida.
- “Spotlight on the Desert: Mark Yale Harris at S.R. Brennen Gallery”, KNBC4 Television Program, April.
- “21st Regionalist The Art of the Next West”, Western Art Collector, January.
- “Art of the New West”, Southwest Art Magazine, January.
- “21st Century Regionalists: Art of the New West”, Booth Bulletin, winter issue.
- Catalog, 21st Century Regionalists Art of the New West, Booth Western Art Museum, December 2007 - April 2008.
- Catalog, A Muse Gallery, January - March.
2007
- “Booth Western Art Museum exhibition showcases art of new regionalist movement”, The Daily Tribune, December 31.
- “Art Of The New West at Booth Western Museum”, Antiques and The Arts Weekly, December.
- Cover Image, Southwest Art Magazine, October.
- “Group Show at the Sculpture Ranch”, The Magazine, October.
- Catalog, A Muse Gallery, September.
- “Mark Yale Harris, The Unveiling of Crush”, The Santa Fean, August.
- “Once leader in business, he sees life in rocks”, The Columbus Dispatch, May.
2006
- “Mark Yale Harris, A Retrospective”, published by ARTWORKinternational.
- “Mark Yale Harris: Set in Stone”, Alumni Magazine Ohio State University, November/December.
- “Businessman-Turned-Artist”, The Booster, November.
- “The Art of Sitting, or Sitting Art”, onCampus, November.
- “Mark Yale Harris”, Art Business News, August.
- “Young@Art Fact Contemporary Group Exhibition”, Pasatiempo - The Santa Fe New Mexican, June.
- “Mark Harris, Sculptor”, ART-TALK, June.
- “Mark Yale Harris, A Flash of Spirit”, ARTBOOK of the New West, spring/summer issue.
2005
- “Mark Yale Harris”, Southwest Art Magazine, July.
- “Mark Yale Harris”, Elegant Texan Magazine, summer issue.
- “Mark Yale Harris: Success in Art and Business”, Texas Society Of Sculptors, The Third Dimension, April.
- Catalog, Sculpture in the Park, Loveland, Colorado.
2004
- “Bronze, stone come to life in subtle, playful sculptures”, The Columbus Dispatch, October.
- “Businessman ‘reborn’ as sculptor of stone”, The Columbus Dispatch, September.
- Catalog, Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood 2004: Reflections of Nature: Off the Beaten Path.
- “Mark Yale Harris”, The Santa Fean Magazine, June.
- “Mark Yale Harris”, Wildlife Art Magazine, September/October.
- Catalog, Sculpture in the Park, Loveland, Colorado.
- Guild Sourcebook of Architectural and Interior Art #19.
2003
- Catalog, Preview 2003 - The Bosque Conservatory Art Council 18th Annual Art Exhibition, Clifton, Texas.
- Catalog, Sculpture in the Park, Loveland, Colorado.
- “The Shape of Things: Mark Harris”, Southwest Art Magazine, July.
- Guild Sourcebook of Architectural and Interior Art #18.
2002
- “Mark Yale Harris - Emerging Artists”, Art Business News, July.
- “Gallery Watch: Mark Yale Harris”, Art and Antiques, July.
- “Mark Harris' Studio - The Colony at Rufina Court”, Pasatiempo - The Santa Fe New Mexican, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
- Catalog, “Mark Yale Harris, A Flash of Spirit”, introduction by Hollis Walker, Lynne White’s Shriver Gallery, Taos, New Mexico.
2001
- “Animals in the Atrium”, News Bulletin: National Sculpture Society, New York, New York.
- Catalog, “Lines into Shapes”, The Art Center of Estes Park, Estes Park, Colorado.
- Catalog, featured artist, Sculpture in the Park, Loveland, Colorado.
- Poster, featured artist, Sculpture in the Park, Loveland, Colorado.
- “The High Road to Taos Art Tour”, Taos, New Mexico.
- Catalog, “Indian Market 2001”, Lynne White’s Shriver Gallery, Taos, New Mexico.
2000
- Catalog, “Exploring Self”, Anderson Ranch, Instructor: James Surls.
- “Animals in the Atrium”, News Bulletin: National Sculpture Society, New York, New York.
- “Artists Dance with Stone”, Life and Arts, Austin American Statesman, December 16.
- “Field Notes”, Pasatiempo - The Santa Fe New Mexican, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
1999
- “Long Time Sculpture Patron Exhibiting Work”, Albuquerque Journal, Journal North, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
- “Still Life”, Westake Picayune, Austin, Texas.
1997
- “Straight White Male”, Austin American Statesman, Austin, Texas.
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
- Booth Western Art Museum - Cartersville, Georgia
- Herman Memorial Hospital - Houston, Texas
- State of New Mexico - Ruidoso, New Mexico
- Four Seasons Hotel - Chicago, Illinois
- Thompson Crossing Sculpture Park - Fort Collins, Colorado
- Hester Capital Management - Austin, Texas
- Resort Condominiums International - Mexico City, Mexico
- Sage Land Company - Austin, Texas
- American Apartment Communities - San Francisco, California
- Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody - Austin, Texas
- Ressig Designs - Houston, Texas
- ART Collections - West Hills, California
- Group Plans Inc. - Phoenix, Arizona
SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
- London, England, UK
- Dallas, TX
- Toronto, Ontario, CAN
- Austin, TX
- Paris, FRANCE
- Columbus, OH
- Washington, DC
- Oklahoma City, OK
- New York, NY
- Philadelphia, PA
- Houston, TX
- Denver, CO
- Santa Fe, NM
- Atlanta, GA
- Los Angeles, CA
- Tucson, AZ
- Paradise Valley, AZ
- Highland Park, IL
- Alexandria, VA
- Clayton, MO
- Grand Rapids, MI
- Lafayette, CA
- Loveland, CO
- Bruceton Mills, WV
- Boston, MA
- Wilmington, DE
- Roxbury, CT
- Purchase, NY
- Chilton, TX
- Tesuque, NM
- Woodlands, TX
- Sedona, AZ
- Terre Haute, IN
- Greenwood Village, CO
- Barrington, IL
- Brookline, MA
- Cherry Hill, NJ
- Sherman Oaks, CA
- Gaithersburg, MD
- Cleveland, OH
- Aspen, CO
- Enumclaw, WA
- Los Altos, CA
- Snellville, GA
- Great Falls, VA
- Boca Grande, FL
CURRENT REPRESENTATION
- A Muse Gallery - Columbus, OH
- A Muse Gallery - Taos, NM
- Amangani Gallery - Jackson Hole, WY
- Brennen Gallery - La Jolla, CA
- Exposures International Gallery - Sedona, AZ
- La Posada de Santa Fe - Santa Fe, NM
- Lawrence Gallery - Portland, OR
- Park Place Gallery - Leawood, KS
- Reflection Gallery - Santa Fe, NM
- Saatchi Gallery, Online Gallery - London, UK
- Sacred Dancing Gallery - Bigfork, MT
- SR Brennen Gallery – Palm Desert, CA
- Stanfield Fine Art - Aspen, CO
- Stanfield Fine Art - Park City, UT
- Sun Valley Contemporary - Ketchum, ID
- Thomas R. Riley Galleries - Cleveland, OH
- Thornwood Gallery - Dallas, TX
- Thornwood Gallery - Houston, TX
- Thornwood Gallery - Houston, TX (second location)
- The Weatherburn Gallery - Naples FL