Mark Pederson
Contact Information
contact name: Mark Pederson
email: markpederson@q.com
location address:
Elk River MN 55330
open to public: yes
hours: by appointment
Experience
1994 Master of Fine Arts, Painting, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
1991 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Awards
2005
Individual Artist Award, Central Minnesota Arts Board/McKnight Foundation.
Exhibitions/Performance History
2011
A Sense of Place, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, Minnesota.
Arts of the Holidays 2011, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, Minnesota.
2010
Foot in the Door 4, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Arts of the Holidays 2010, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, Minnesota.
2010 Biennial Exhibition, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, Minnesota.
99th Annual Fine Arts Exhibition, Minnesota State Fairgrounds Fine Arts Building, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Art Educators' Juried Exhibition, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, Minnesota.
2008
First Place, Art a la Carte-Visual Arts Minnesota Juried Art Exhibition, Paramount Theater Gallery, St. Cloud, Minnesota.
Honorable Mention, Essential Art 2007-- Visual Arts Minnesota Juried Art Exhibition,Paramount Theater Gallery, St. Cloud, Minnesota.
2007
96th Annual Fine Arts Exhibition, Minnesota State Fairgrounds Fine Arts Building, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Art Per Chance, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Second Place, Art a la Carte-Visual Arts Minnesota Juried Art Exhibition, Paramount Theater Gallery, St. Cloud, Minnesota.
2006
Art on the Plains 9, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, North Dakota.
Honorable Mention--Drawing, 95th Annual Fine Arts Exhibition, Minnesota State Fairgrounds Fine Arts Building, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Family Farms and Rural Communities: A Tribute,
Northfield Arts Guild Gallery, Northfield, Minnesota.
Earthscapes, AZ Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota.
2005
20" x 20" x 20": A National Compact Competition, LSU Union Art Gallery, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Small works: 28th Harper College National Art Exhibition, Harper College Art Center, Palatine, Illinois.
2004
56th Arrowhead Biennial, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, Minnesota.
Arts of the Holidays 2004, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, Minnesota.
Purchase Award, Americas 2000, Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, Minot, North Dakota.
American Landscapes 2004, Circle Gallery, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, Maryland.
93rd Annual Fine Arts Exhibition, Minnesota State Fairgrounds Fine Arts Building, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Family Farms and Rural Communities: A Tribute, Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts, Fridley, Minnesota; Hogan Galleries, St. Mary's University, Winona, Minnesota.
20" x 20" x 20": A National Compact Competition, LSU Union Art Gallery, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Juried Print and Drawing Exhibition 2004, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, Minnesota.
Purchase Award, Merit Award, Arts in Harmony 2004,
Sherburne County Government Center, Elk River, Minnesota.
2003
Landscape Unlimited, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
Best of Show, Extremely Minnesota Juried Art Exhibition, Robbin Gallery, Robbinsdale, Minnesota.
Second Place, Arts Soup Juried Fine Arts Exhibition,
Sherburne County Government Center, Elk River, Minnesota.
Second Place, Art a la Carte-Visual Arts Minnesota Juried Art Exhibition, Paramount Theater Gallery, St. Cloud, Minnesota.
Special Award-Landscape/River Representation, Arts in Harmony 2003, Sherburne County Government Center, Elk River, Minnesota.
From Close to Far-Three from Elk River, Thrivent Financial Building Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
92nd Annual Fine Arts Exhibition, Minnesota State Fairgrounds Fine Arts Building, St. Paul, Minnesota.
2002
Art on the Plains 2002, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, North Dakota.
First Place-Drawing, 91st Annual Fine Arts Exhibition,
Minnesota State Fairgrounds Fine Arts Building, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Galleries
Minnetonka Center For the Arts.
Publications
2010
Meditations on Light and Form, Review: Minnetonka Center for the Arts Biennial, July 9, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Mary Abbe.
2008
Interview: The Creative Department with Dave Phipps, 1450 KNSI, St. Cloud, Minnesota.
Biographical Information
Country of Citizenship:
United States
Active Place:
Elk River, MN
Minnesota County:
Sherburne
Artist Information
Roles
Painter