Color, geometry, and scale are crucial to the work of Mark Mahosky. His paintings, done on materials ranging from expansive bolts of burlap to single sheets of newspaper, employ rich linear and cubic patterns rendered in bright, contrasting hues. Mahosky also makes text-based sculptures of cardboard and wire, delicate pieces that, despite their small size, carry monumental impact. Solo exhibitions of Mahosky’s work have been shown in Philadelphia at Fleisher/Ollman Gallery and in New York at Joseph Rickards Gallery. He has also participated in group shows at the Allentown Museum of Art. Mahosky earned his BFA in painting from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University and his MFA, also in painting, from Stanford University. He now works in Pennsylvania and teaches at Kutztown University and Bucknell University.

Education
1986-1988 MFA Painting, Stanford University, Palo Alto CA
1982-1986 BFA Painting, Tyler School of Art of Temple University, Philadelphia PA
1985 Temple Abroad in Rome, Italy
1980 Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts

Grants & Awards
1993 Travel Grant, Rice University, Department of Art & Art History
1992 Grant, E.D. Foundation, Ridgefield, NJ
1989 Six Month Residency Program, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
1987 Cadogan Fine Arts Fellowship, San Francisco Foundation
1986 Graduate Fellowship, Tuition and Stipend, Stanford University Faculty Choice Award for Excellent Painting, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia PA

Bibliography
2008 The Philadelphia Inquirer, Cave Paintings for a New Aesthetic, review by Edith Newhall
2008 Philadelphia Weekly, exhibition review by Roberta Fallon
2002 Williamette Weekly, Portland OR
1999/2001 New American Painting
1999 New York Times, review by Kenneth Johnson
1999/2000 New Yorker, short list
1998 Philadelphia Weekly, exhibition review by Gerald Brown
1996 Allentown Morning Call, exhibition review
1994 Philadelphia Inquirer, review by Edward Sozanski
1993 Subject Matter and Abstraction-in Exile, Peter Fuller Memorial Lecture, delivered by Robert Natkin, published by the Tate Gallery, London, England
1992 Art in America, Seeing it All in Six Weeks
1991 Artnews, September issue, review by Garrett Henry

Solo Shows

2007

• New Paintings Old SculpturesHaas Gallery of Art, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg PA

2006

• Solo ExhibitionAlysia Duckler Gallery, Portland OR

2005

• The Earthly and the EtherealPennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport PA

2004

• Solo ExhibitionAlysia Duckler Gallery, Portland OR

2003

• Solo ExhibitionAlysia Duckler Gallery, Portland OR

2001

• Solo ExhibitionFleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia PA
• One of One: A Painter's PrintsJoseph Rickards Gallery, New York NY
• Solo ExhibitionAlysia Duckler Gallery, Portland OR

1999

• New PaintingsJoseph Rickards Gallery, New York NY

1994

• Solo ExhibitionJanet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia PA

1992

• Solo ExhibitionGimpel Weitzenhoffer Gallery, New York NY

Group Shows

2009

• Rich TextFleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia PA

2008

• Cave PaintingsFleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia PA
• 2000 Years of SculptureFleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia PA

2007

• Victory for TylerTyler Alumni Exhibition, The Ice Box, Philadelphia PA

2003

• The First Fifty YearsFleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia PA

2001

• David Klein Gallery, Detroit MI
• Paintings and PrintsFleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia PA
• Recent WorkAlysia Duckler Gallery, Portland OR
• A Microcosm of DrawingBucknell University, Lewisburg PA

2000

• One of One; A Painter's PrintsJoseph Rickards Gallery, New York NY
• Paintings and PrintsAlysia Duckler Gallery, Portland OR

1998

• New Paintings Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia PA

1997

• Rome Selections: 30 Years of Tyler School of Art Temple Rome ProgramTemple University Gallery, Philadelphia PA

1995

• Three Artists: Mark Mahosky, Peter Metzler, and Mark WonsidlerAllentown Art Museum, Allentown PA
• Area Artists, 1995Lehigh University, Bethlehem PA
• Four Contemporary Philadelphia PaintersGettysburg College Art Gallery, Gettysburg PA

1994

• New ArtistsSally Sprout Gallery, Houston TX

1993

• Rubiner Gallery, Detroit MI

1991

• Winter Group ExhibitionJanet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia PA
• New American LandscapesGimpel Weitzenhoffer Gallery, New York NY
• 25th Anniversary Faculty ExhibitionCommunity College of Philadelphia, Philadelphia PA

1990

• Summer Group ExhibitionGimpel Weitzenhoffer Gallery, New York NY
• Philadelphia Contemporary ARTNOW ExhibitionPhiladelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia PA
• Landscape at TylerTyler School of Art of Temple University, Philadelphia PA

1989

• 31st Annual ExhibitionCite International des Arts, Paris, France

1986

• Summer Group ExhibitionJanet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia PA