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MARK CROFTON BELL
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| EDUCATION |
| 2008 - 09 |
Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK. Masters of Fine Art |
| 1984 - 89 |
Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Ontario. Honours A.O.C.A. in Fine Art. |
| Lives and works in Toronto, Canada. |
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| SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
| 2007 |
(Detail) Harbourfront Gallery, Toronto, Ontario |
| 2006 |
The Truth About Falling,YYZ Artists’ Outlet, Toronto, Ontario |
| 2003 |
History Painting Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
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| Carte de Visite Forest City Gallery, London, Ontario |
| 2002 |
Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, Newfoundland
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| Stride Gallery, Calgary, Alberta |
| 2001 |
Information Passagegallerie/Kunstler Haus, Vienna, Austria |
| 1999 |
Mercer Union Gallery, Toronto, Ontario |
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| GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
| 2010 |
Hotspot, Paul Petro Gallery, Toronto, Ontario |
| 2009 |
Gift, 10 Vyner Street, London, UK |
| Magic Carpet, The Crypt, London, UK |
| Taxi!, Paul Petro Gallery, Toronto, Ontario |
| Condensation, Bodhi Gallery, London, UK |
| Learned Pigs and Fireproff Women, The Bear Gallery, London, UK |
| 2008 |
Summer Group Show, Paul Petro Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. |
| 2007 |
Things We Know Jessica Bradley Art + Projects, Toronto, Ontario
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| If you go out in the woods, Paul Petro Gallery, Toronto, Ontario |
| 2006 |
International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Shumen, Bulgaria |
| 2003 |
Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, Macedonia |
| 1999 |
Copycat Kenderdine Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| 1998 |
“25” 469 King St. West, Toronto, Ontario
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| Crosseyed 60 Bathurst St. Toronto, Ontario |
| 1997 |
Figuratively Speaking Wave Gallery, Toronto, Ontario |
| 1996 |
Fast 520 King St. West, Toronto, Ontario |
| 1995 |
Surface Matters 425 Adelaide St. West, Toronto, Ontario
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| Invitational Cold City Gallery, Toronto, Ontario |
| 1994 |
Painting Disorders 455 King St. West, Toronto, Ontario
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| Dreaming of You Garnet Press Gallery, Toronto, Ontario |
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| AWARDS\GRANTS |
| 2008 |
Artists and Collectors’ Exchange Bursary, London, UK |
| 2007 |
Toronto Arts Council, Visual Artists’ Grant |
| 2004 |
Ontario Arts Council, Visual Artists’ Grant
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| Toronto Friends of the Visual Arts, Artist Grant Award |
| 2003 |
Canada Council for the Arts, Visual Arts Grant |
| 2002 |
Canada Council for the Arts, Visual Arts Grant |
| 2000 |
Ontario Arts Council, Visual Artists’ Grant |
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| RESIDENCIES |
| 2006 |
Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Co. Mayo, Republic of Ireland. |
| 2002 |
Pouch Cove, Newfoundland, Canada. |
| Galichnick Art Colony, Galichnick, Macedonia. |
| 2001 |
Atelierhaus des Bundes, Vienna, Austria.
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| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Dault, Gary Michael. Mark Bell… Globe and Mail, June 30, 2007
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| Tomic, Milena. The Truth About Falling. YYZine, 2007 |
| Harrington, Kristine. Rewind, Canadian Art, Winter 2003 |
| Osborne, Catherine. History Painting, National Post, September 6, 2003 |
| Dault, Gary Michael. A Photo a Day… Globe and Mail, August 30, 2003 |
| Goddard, Peter. Capturing All the News That’s Fit to Paint Toronto Star, July 12, 2003 |
| Portis, Ben. 2002 Catalogue essay, Art Gallery of Ontario, July 2003 |
| Eden, Xandra. Catalogue essay, Forest City Gallery. 2003. |
| Eden, Xandra, Flatlanders, Border Crossings Winter 2001 |
| Glabush, Sky, Through a Glass Repetitively, Border Crossings Winter 2000 |
| Penaloza, Si Si, Bell’s eye transforms historic day into night, Now May 13 1999 |
| Weaver, David, Escape From Photography Catalogue essay, Mercer Union, May 1999 |
| Jordan, Betty Ann, Crosseyed, Globe and Mail, May 16 1998 |
| Armstrong, John, Disorderly Conduit, Border Crossings, Spring 1997 |
| Bentley Mays, John, Young Painters Prove... , Globe and Mail, November 4 1995 |
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