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Artist Statement:
Coming Soon!
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Artist Exhibitions:
Please visit my website for
more information:
http://www.markdotzler.com...
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Artist Galleries:
Coming Soon!
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Artist Reviews:
Saint Louis Homes &
Lifestyles, April 2008, Artist
Profile "Wired for Thought"
(available at
http://markdotzler.com)
ART is Moving - Artist
Interview, August 2010:
http://artismoving.blogspot.com
/2010/08/i-am-artist-mark-dotzl
er-missouri.html...
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Collections:
The Pulitzer Foundation for
the Arts, Saint Louis, MO, USA
Archdiocese of Chicago,
Chicago, IL, USA (Project
video at
http://markdotzler.com)
Adam and Judith Aronson
Foundation, Saint Louis, MO,
USA
William & Florence Schmidt Art
Center, Belleville, IL, USA
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Commissions:
Archdiocese of Chicago,
Chicago, IL, USA (Project
video at
http://markdotzler.com)
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Mark Dotzler Biography:
| Biographical information for Mark Dotzler can be found below. The artist may choose what information to display. Sometimes the artist chooses not to display personal information to the general public. |
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Age
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55
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| Gender |
Male
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| Status |
Single
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| Children |
99
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| Religion |
not provided |
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| Education |
Self Taught |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
I'm interested in just about everything! |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Sculpture Mixed
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Minimalism - (1960 - 1975)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
C. Brancusi, M. Duchamp, R. Serra
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| Favorite Work of Art |
Too hard to say...I love so many!
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
I'm inspired by many of the things that I love, like metal, science, technology and the incredible advancements we're all witnessing now. I think there's incredible beauty all around us! I'm always on lookout for things I've never seen before and when I find something I really like, the ideas start flooding in. A lot of my early work was inspired by things I found in the trash or at junk yards. Materials with an intrinsic sort of cool elegance were always especially inspiring to me.
Most inspiring though are real world situations (as in art commissions) with all their interconnected relationships and concerns that need to be fully considered and addressed. |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
Although I didn’t know my mother (she died when I was very young), I was always told stories about how incredibly creative she was in everything she did. Maybe that had something to do with me developing a love for art.
Before making art, I was in the business world and one day I found myself confronted with a very difficult decision, where if I did what was best for me I would become very wealthy in a year or two, but in the process three guys and their parents would get hurt. Our two companies were working together on a complicated multi-year pre-construction phase of a large historic redevelopment project. From a business standpoint, they deserved to get hurt and just fade away under their own debt. However, I found that I couldn't do it, even though I knew it would severely impact me later. After I made the decision to help them, they later broke an agreement with me. Through all of that I found that I wasn't cut out for business (due to a conscience) and decided then and there to become an artist. Those guys are now really huge. I sleep well......but not exactly where I thought I would.
A long time ago, I remember being at an art museum with an artist friend of mine and saying to her in front of one of (the) pieces "I could do that" and her saying to me, "yes, but we do". That comment has always resonated with me. |
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| Your Personal Biography |
Mark Dotzler is a self-taught American artist making sculpture. His work is influenced by the minimal artists of the 1960s.
Instead of using the industrial materials of that period, he often uses today’s more scientifically advanced materials like computer microchips (silicon wafers), computer hard drives and sometimes old thermionic valves (early binary code devices). His inspiration comes from the digital revolution and the dramatic societal impact it is having.
Mark Dotzler has his artwork in the President’s office of The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts and recently completed a major outdoor commission for the Archdiocese of Chicago. |
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