Mark Verabioff
Born in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 1963
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
Education:
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Canada
The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Canada
Solo Exhibitions, Performances and Screenings:
2020
M. LeBlanc, Chicago, IL, FORSAKEN STATES
2019
team (bungalow), Los Angeles, CA, Poolside Drive-by
M. LeBlanc, Chicago, IL, Mark Verabioff: Seminal Videotapes 1984-1992
Art Cologne, Cologne, DE, abercrombie AF (under the auspice of M. LeBlanc, Chicago, IL)
2018
team (gallery, inc), New York, NY, TEARS
2017
The Pit, Los Angeles, CA, Civil Piss War
2016
Private Places, Portland, OR, Fascist/Gerd/Private
2014
356 S. Mission Rd., Los Angeles, CA, Mark Verabioff: Seminal Videotapes 1984-1992
(organized by Laura Owens)
2013
Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, BREAKDOWN
2012
Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, CRACK ATTACK
Artist Curated Projects (ACP), Los Angeles, CA, Mark Verabioff: Page Tears
2010
LAND (Los Angeles Nomadic Division), Los Angeles, CA, Secret Spill: 2010
DAN GRAHAM, Los Angeles, CA, mark verabioff abled woman train wreck hard fuck hairy la
2009
Eighth Veil, Los Angeles, CA, OUTWARD MODEL (performance with Flora Wiegmann)
Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA, Forum Lounge: Mark Verabioff (performance
with Flora Wiegmann)
2008
Angstrom Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, OVERAWE
2007
Mandrake, Los Angeles, CA, mark verabioff oinks faculty insurgent phyllis allen 570-6 for model
pleasure III
2002
Clifford Smith Gallery, Boston, MA, mark verabioff helen keller and another abled woman
2000
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, DART-ACTION-INSURGENCY
1997
Knitting Factory Video Lounge, New York, NY, Mark Verabioff: Selected Works
1995
The LURE, New York, NY, porkvideostall
1992
Video In, Vancouver, Canada, Wantfull Judgement
1985
Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, Canada, de-constructing sexual spectacle quality control
performance desire of SKIN
Two-Person Exhibitions, Performances:
2019
team (bungalow), Los Angeles, CA, BURY THE BODY: Amanda Ross-Ho, Mark Verabioff
2015
Ditch Projects, Springfield, OR, UNZIPPED: Mark Verabioff, Bobbi Woods
Selected Group Exhibitions, Performances and Screenings:
2021
O-Town House, Los Angeles, CA, Pathologically Social (curated by Mark Verabioff and Scott Cameron Weaver) (upcoming)
2020
Wil Aballe Art Projects/Stephen Bulger Gallery, Vancouver/Toronto, Canada, Quid Tum? (What
Next?) (forthcoming Oct 28 - Nov 8)
de boer gallery, Los Angeles, CA, THE SPREAD
www.Passing-Time.org (organized by Neville Wakefield)
QUEENS LA, Los Angeles, CA, Disposable Boyfriends
www.epoch.gallery, Afterlife
Fierman, New York, NY, Circus of Books: BLOWOUT
M. LeBlanc, Chicago, IL, 2020
2019
Anonymous Gallery, 18 Rue Dussoubs, 75002 Paris, France, 100 Sculptures
team (gallery, inc), New York, NY, Scenes of the American Landscape
Fierman, New York, NY, Circus of Books
The Pit, Los Angeles, CA, Flat Files Show
2018
Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, CA, Tragedy Plus Time
M. Leblanc, Chicago, IL, Annunciations: Michel Auder, Darja Bajagić, Rosalind Nashashibi,
Mark Verabioff
2016
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, Made In L.A. 2016: a, the, though, only (curated by Aram
Moshayedi, Hamza Walker)
Arturo Bandini, Los Angeles, CA, Brancusi 2.0
LAND (Los Angeles Nomadic Division), Los Angeles, CA, Rob Pruitt’s Flea Market
Phil Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, GERD (The Failed Promise of Enigma)
2015
Arturo Bandini, Los Angeles, CA, Tomb Raider
2014
Martos Gallery, New York, NY, Another, Once Again, Many Times More (curated by Walead
Beshty, Kelley Walker)
356 S. Mission Rd., Los Angeles, CA, Another Cats Show (organized by Laura Owens)
2012
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA, Pacific Standard Time Performance Art and Public Art
Festival: Blackbox (invited by Liz Glynn)
Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Spare Me
Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, A Romantic Measure_______
2010
François Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Perform! Now!
LAND (Los Angeles Nomadic Division), Los Angeles, CA, The Secret (Still) Knows
David Castillo Gallery, Miami, FL, Chained to a Creature of a Different Kingdom
LAND (Los Angeles Nomadic Division), Austin, TX, The Secret Knows
Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA, FAST-FORWARD: A Screening of
Contemporary American Video Art
2009
China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles, CA, Extra Extra
2007
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Sert Gallery, Cambridge, MA, Existencia: Modes of the
Body: Teresa Margolles Mark Verabioff Lawrence Weiner (curated by Dmitry Mironenko)
LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions), Los Angeles, CA, ARTSLUT VIDEO
2006
New Langton Arts, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA, the backroom L.A. (curated by Magali
Arriola, Kate Fowle, Renaud Proch)
Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Brave New World
2005
Artists Space, New York, NY, Log Cabin
2004
e-flux, New York, NY; Fondazione Giuliani per l'arte contemporanea, Rome, Italy; The
Mücsarnok, Budapest, Hungary; Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal; Salón
Nacional de Artista, El Salóns, Cali, Columbia; 9e Biennale de Lyon, Lyon, France; Extra City,
Antwerp, Belgium; KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany; Portikus, Frankfurt am
Main, Germany; The Moore Space, Miami, FL, e-flux Video Rental (selected by Lauri
Firstenberg)
1997
Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax, Canada, Queer Looking Queer Acting:
Lesbian and Gay Vernacular (curated by Robin Metcalfe, Jim McSwain)
1995
Centro Cultural Ricardo Rojas, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Maricons: Un Comunicado de América
del Norte (curated by Bill Arning)
1993
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY, Sign-Up Performances
Centre Regional d’Art Contemporain, Nantes, France, Tattoo Collection
1992
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY, Tattoo Collection
Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany, 42.Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin
White Columns, New York, NY, Performance (behind the curtain)
Wonder Bar, New York, NY, East Village Video
1990
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY, Video Library
1989
Collective for Living Cinema, New York, NY, How Do I Look? (curated by Bill Horrigan, Martha
Gever)
Center for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland; The Mücsarnok, Budapest,
Hungary; Canada House, London, UK, Aurora Borealis: Canadian Video Art
1988
The Kitchen, New York, NY, New-Erotic Video
The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY, Nitelife: Three Evenings of
Experimental Performance (curated by William Olander, Russell Ferguson)
Artists Space, New York, NY, Other Versions (Perversions) (curated by Dan Walworth)
Directors Guild of America, West Hollywood, CA, 6th Annual Los Angeles International Gay &
Lesbian Film & Video Festival
1987
The Western Front, Vancouver, Canada, Visual Evidence (curated by Sara Diamond, Karen
Knights)
American Film Institute, Los Angeles, CA, Only Human: Sex, Gender, and Other
Misrepresentations (curated by Bill Horrigan, B. Ruby Rich)
London Filmmakers Co-op, London, UK; The 10th Tyneside Festival, Newcastle-Upon- Tyne,
UK; Canada House, London, UK; The National Film Theatre, London, UK, Underground
Canada (curated by Richard Fung)
1986
Videonale.2 Bonn, West Germany
Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Canada, Poetic Signals (curated by Daina Augaitis, Manon
Blanchette)
Cinéma Québécois, Montreal, Québéc, 15th Festival International du Nouveau Cinéma et de la
Vidéo Montréal
1985
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, West Germany, Video Kanada (curated by Jeanette Reinhardt)
SAW Gallery, Ottawa, Canada, Exhibition of Canadian Video Art
Artists’ Centre d Artistes (galerie 101), Ottawa, Canada, Images of Sexuality
1984
AIR Gallery, London, UK, British/Canadian Video Exchange (curated by Jane Wright, Jeremy
Welsh)
A Space, Toronto, Canada, Wendy Geller Jan Peacock Mark Verabioff
1983
Centre for Art Tapes, Halifax, NS, Screening/Performance
Selected Bibliography:
2020
Harris, Jane Ursula, “The Specter of What’s to Come: Mark Verabioff’s FORSAKEN STATES”
M. LeBlanc , Chicago, September.
Moffett, Evan, "Circus of Books and the Lost Pleasures of Print Pornography" Frieze, May 8.
2019
Hayden, Christie, "Mark Verabioff at team (bungalow)" Contemporary Art Review LA,
January 30.
Tilley, John Martin, “Poolside Drive-by” Office Magazine, January 31.
Verabioff, Mark "The Blackglama Insurgents" F Magazine : CELEBRITY, Issue 8, April/May.
2018
ARTNews.com, Pictures at an Exhibition: ‘Annunciations’ at M. LeBlanc, Chicago, August 3,
2018.
Neuman, Barry, “A Talk About “TEARS” At team (gallery, inc) with Mark Verabioff"
Whitehot Magazine, February.
Yerebakan, O.C., “ New York – Mark Verabioff: TEARS At team (gallery, inc) Through March
3rd, 2018” Art Observed, January 28th.
Tilley, John Martin, “Pronunciation Optional: TEARS at team (gallery, inc)” Office Magazine,
January 11.
2017
O'Connell, Brian; O’Dwyer, Deirdre; "Artist Project: Rakish Light Make-Readies"
X-TRA Contemporary Art Quarterly, Fall, Volume 20, Number 1.
2016
Berardini, Andrew, “a, the, though, only, Made In L.A. 2016” artagenda.com, July 22.
Buckley, Anne, “A Mediation on Contemporary Art: Made In L.A.: a, the, though, only”
Los Angeles Review of Books, August 3.
Costa, Jamie, "Field Notes: Made In L.A." theculturelist.org, June 17.
Czerwinski, Sarah, "Desirables: Made In L.A." csq.com
Delphine, "Feminist Reminiscence: A Retrospective of Female Artists Surrounding
Contemporary Artist’s Mark Verabioff’s: Marxism and Art: Beware of Fascist Broism"
https://lavantegardiste.wordpress.com, September 4.
Griffin, Jonathon, “Made In L.A.: a, the, though, only” Frieze, no.181, September.
Martens, Anne, "Labor of Love: Made In L.A." artillerymag.com, September 6.
Slenske, Michael, “Made In L.A.: Hammer Museum’s 2016 biennial explores history and myth”
Wallpaper, June 27.
Stromberg, Matt, “The Weird, Wondrous, and Worldly Art Visions of LA” Hyperallergic.com,
August 19.
Vankin, Deborah, “What is an L.A. Artist? Hammer Museum answers with its ‘Made In L.A.’
biennial lineup” The Los Angeles Times, January 19.
Verabioff, Mark, “Artist Project: Mark Verabioff” Canadian Art, Summer.
2012
Aguilar, Carlyn, “ALAC” Notes On Looking.com, February 2.
Tuck, Geoff, “A Romantic Measure_________ - a second accounting” Notes On Looking.com,
August 1.
Tuck, Geoff, “Out–rocking the big dogs” Notes On Looking.com, January 12.
Verabioff, Mark, “Margaret Trudeau” Night Papers II, p.8, Night Gallery, Los Angeles.
2010
Korek, Bettina, “Perform Now Festival: Interview with Francois Ghebaly” Huffingtonpost.com,
July 29.
Wise, Lloyd, “Keepers’ of the Fame” Artforum.com, February 8.
2009
Berardini, Andrew, “Roamin‘ Holiday” Artforum.com, December 24.
Berardini, Andrew, “Black Market” Artforum.com, July 18.
2008
Miller, Earl, “Global Canadians” C magazine, pp.12–20, cover, Fall, Issue 99.
2007
Berardini, Andrew, “Rise & Sprawl” Artforum.com, September.
2006
Aranda, Julieta; Vidokle, Anton, “e-flux video rental (EVR) Catalogue” Volume 1, electronic flux
corporation, New York, NY, Revolver Books, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Firstenberg, Lauri, “the backroom” Frieze, Issue 96, p.159, January – February.
Knight, Christopher, “Around The Galleries: Brave New World” The Los Angeles Times, p.E27,
July 21.
Montreuil, Gregory, “Cabin Fever” Gay City News, Volume 4, #8.
Waugh, Thomas, “The romance of transgression in Canada: queering sexualities, nations,
cinemas” McGill-Queen’s University Press (MQUP).
Welchman, John C., Editor, “Institutional Critique and after" JRP/Rinigier.
2005
Cotter, Holland, “Log Cabin” The New York Times, p.39, January 28.
Public Collections:
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
The Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
Eileen Harris Norton Foundation, Santa Monica, CA
Los Angeles Contemporary Archive (LACA), Los Angeles, CA
Public Video Collections:
LUX Collection, London, UK
Centre For Art Tapes, Halifax, Canada
NSCAD University, Halifax, Canada
VIVO Media Centre, Vancouver, Canada
V/tape, Toronto, Canada
Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova | +MSUM, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Selected Awards:
2020
Relief Fund for L.A. County Visual Artists, The Getty Foundation
2018
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
1999
Canada Council for the Arts, Research Creation Grant