Mark di Suvero

Mark di Suvero
Mark di Suvero

Aurora, by di Suvero, at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden
Birth name Marco Polo di Suvero
Born 1933 (1933)
Shanghai, China
Nationality American
Field Sculpture
Training University of California, Berkeley

Marco Polo "Mark" di Suvero is an American abstract expressionist sculptor born Marco Polo Levi in Shanghai, China in 1933 to Italian expatriates. He immigrated to San Francisco, California in 1942 with his family. From 1953 to 1957, he attended the University of California, Berkeley to study Philosophy. He later moved to New York City where he was surrounded by an explosion of Abstract Expressionism. While working in construction, he was critically injured in a freight elevator accident and focused all his attention on sculpture.

While in rehabilitation, he learned to work with an arc welder. His early works were large outdoor pieces that incorporated railroad ties, tires, scrap metal and structural steel. This exploration has transformed over time into a focus on I-beams and heavy gauge metal. Many of the pieces contain sections that are allowed to swing and rotate giving the overall forms a considerable degree of motion. He prides himself on his hands-on approach to the fabrication and installation of his work.

di Suvero was a founding member of the Park Place Gallery [1] and ConStruct, both artist-owned galleries, the former was the first SoHo Contemporary art gallery and the latter promoted and organized large-scale sculpture exhibitions throughout the United States. Other founding members include John Raymond Henry, Kenneth Snelson, Lyman Kipp and Charles Ginnever.

His distinctive, large bold pieces can be found all over the world. He continues to be the subject of multiple exhibitions and his commitment to emerging artists is undeniable through the Athena Foundation and the Socrates Sculpture Park. di Suvero has received the Lifetime Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award from the International Sculpture Center and, in 2005, the 11th Annual Heinz Award in the Arts and Humanities for his commitment to aspiring artists.

di Suvero currently lives in New York City with his second wife and daughter. He has three working studios, since 1981 in Long Island City, a former brickyard on the edge of the East River in Long Island ,an open air fabrication facility in Petaluma California, which he developed in partnership with first wife from 1975 to 1988 as the third studio on a river barge in Chalon-sur-Saône, France, since 1972.

He most recently published a book, titled Dreambook, a compilation of pictures of sculptures, poems, and ideas. The vibrant colors in it are reflected in the bright colors he always wears.

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Education/Distinctions

  • 1933 Born Shanghai, China
  • 1942 Immigrated to USA
  • 1953-54 San Francisco City College
  • 1954-55 University of California, Santa Barbara
  • 1957 University of California, Berkeley, B.A. Philosophy
  • 1972 Chalon Sur Saone's barge studio
  • 1975 Develops Petaluma's studio
  • 1977 Starts Athena Foundation
  • 1985 Establishes Socrates Sculpture Park
  • 2000 International Sculpture Center Lifetime Achievement Award
  • 2005 Heinz Award for Arts and Humanities
  • 2010 National Medal of Arts

Sculptures in public collections and public spaces

United States

California

Colorado

Connecticut

District of Columbia

Florida

  • Untitled, 1967, Federal Reserve Bank - Miami Branch, Miami
  • Bojangles, 1966–67, Martin Z. Margulies Sculpture Park, Florida International University, Miami
  • Untitled, 1977, Martin Z. Margulies Sculpture Park, Florida International University, Miami
  • Gnarly, 2008, Fairchild Tropical Gardens, Miami
  • Oolam-pali, 2008, Fairchild Tropical Gardens, Miami

Hawaii

Illinois

Indiana

Snowplow

Iowa

  • Shadowframe, 1973, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines
  • T8, 1985, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines
  • Untitled, 1971, University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City

Kentucky

Maine

  • Untitled (Hand), 1959, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

  • Gorky's Pillow, 1987, Franconia Sculpture Park, Franconia
  • Inner Search, 1980, Norwest Operations Center, Minneapolis
  • Arikidea, 1982, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
  • Molecule, 1983, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
  • Stuyvesant's Eye, 1965, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

Missouri

Nebraska

  • Old Glory, 1986, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

New Hampshire

New York

  • Caramba, 1994, Riggio, Leonard, Bridgehampton
  • Jive, 1977, Pratt Institute Sculpture Park, Brooklyn
  • Cubo Arcane, 1997, Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Exclamation, 1980–81, Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • For Gonzalez, 1973, Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • For Roebling, 1971, Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Ladderpiece, 1962, Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Hankchampion, 1960, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
  • New York Dawn (for Lorca), 1965, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
  • Joie de Vivre, 1998, Zuccotti Park, Manhattan
  • Mon Père, Mon Père, 1975, Storm King Art Center, Mountainville
  • Mother Peace, 1970, Storm King Art Center, Mountainville
  • Mozart's Birthday, 1989, Storm King Art Center, Mountainville
  • Pyramidian, 1998, Storm King Art Center, Mountainville
  • Beethoven's Quartet, 2003, Storm King Art Center, Mountainville
  • Chonk On, 2002, Storm King Art Center, Mountainville
  • For Chris, 1991, Storm King Art Center, Mountainville
  • Frogs Legs, 2002, Storm King Art Center, Mountainville
  • Jambalaya, 2002–06, Storm King Art Center, Mountainville
  • Mahatma, 1978–79, Storm King Art Center, Mountainville
  • One O'Klock, 1968–69, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor
  • Double Tetrahedron, 2004, Salem Art Works, Salem
  • For Euler, 1997, Salem Art Works, Salem

North Carolina

  • To Be, 1996, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro

Ohio

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

Tennessee

Texas

Washington

  • Scissors, 1976, Restricted Owner, Bellevue
  • For Handel, 1975, Western Washington University, Bellingham
  • Mindseye, 1978, Western Washington University, Bellingham
  • The Answer, , Jon and Mary Shirley, Medina
  • Charles, Merrill, Robin, Bing, 1967, Restricted Owner, Seattle
  • Hand, 1962, Restricted Owner, Seattle
  • Bunyon's Chess, 1965, Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle
  • Schubert Sonata, 1992, Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle

Wisconsin

The Calling
  • Lover, 1973, The Bradley Family Foundation Sculpture Garden, Milwaukee
  • Poland, 1968, The Bradley Family Foundation Sculpture Garden, Milwaukee
  • The Calling, 1982, Bluff Park, Milwaukee

International

Australia

Canada

France

New Star

Germany

Netherlands

Spain

  • Homage to Brancusi, 1962, Museu d´Art Contemporani de Barcelona - MACBA, Barcelona

Sweden

United Kingdom

Nelly
  • Nelly, 1986, Yorkshire Sculpture Park - YSP, Wakefield, West Yorkshire
  • Tyne Anew, 1999, Albert Edward Dock, North Shields

References

External links


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