Mark Wilson (Artist) (born May 13, 1943 in

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) is an

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ist, a

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, and

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. He received a

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fellowship in 1982,

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(Distinction, Computer Graphics) in 1992, and 3 Connecticut Commission on the Arts grants. He has taught, lectured and been visiting artist at

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, and

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Public collections

His work is held by the

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, the Museum der Stadt Gladbeck at

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and other institutions.

External links

* http://new.aec.at/prix/en/gewinner/1992/ * http://www.mgwilson.com * http://dam.org/artists/phase-one/mark-wilson * https://web.archive.org/web/20110722122104/http://www.geoform.net/features/features_wilson.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20161017160616/http://www.siggraph.org/publications/newsletter/v32n3/contributions/truckenbrod.html * http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/c/computer-art-artworks-in-detail/ * https://collections.vam.ac.uk/search/?q=Wilson,%20Mark&id_person=A22858 (List of works held by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London) * http://www.aec.at/prix/en/gewinner/1992/#computer-graphics

Sources

*"A Portfolio." Perspectives in Computing. Vol. 5, No.2, (Summer, 1985), p. 39-40. *"Artist's Easel is His Computer Screen." Los Angeles Times, (December 15, 1983), Part I-B, p. 10. *Beddard, Honor and Dodds, Douglas. Digital Pioneers. London: V&A Publishing, 2009. *Brand, Frederick and Massie, Rebecca. The Lewis Collection. Richmond: The Virginia Museum, 1978. *"Computer Art for Art's Sake." PC Magazine, (April, 1983), p. 73-85. *"Computer as Palette." The Christian Science Monitor, (August 7, 1985), p. 23. *"Computer Technology Replaces the Brush of the Artist." The New York Times, (October 13, 1985). *Dodds, Douglas. Mark Wilson: Code Matrix 1985-2012. Cologne: Galerie DAM, 2012. *Farthing, S. ed. Art:From Cave Painting to Street Art. New York: Universe, 2010. *Galloway, David. Artware. Düsseldorf: Econ Verlag, 1987. *Goodman, Cynthia. Digital Visions. New York: Harry Abrams, 1987. *Klanten, R. ed. Data Flow 2. Berlin: Gestalten, 2010. *Lieser, Wolf. Digital Art. Konigswinter: H.F. Ullmann, 2009. *Lieser, Wolf. The World of Digital Art. Konigswinter: H.F. Ullmann, 2010. *Lovejoy, Margot. Postmodern Currents. Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press, 1989. *Reas, Casey and McWilliams, Chandler. Form+Code. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2010. *Walker, James Faure. Painting the Digital River. New York: Prentice Hall, 2006. *Wands, Bruce. Art of the Digital Age. London: Thames & Hudson, 2006. *Royal College of Art. Control Print. London: Royal College of Art, 2007. *Wood, Deborah. Imaging by Numbers. Evanston:Block Museum of Art, 2008. {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Mark 1943 births Living people Artists from Oregon People from Cottage Grove, Oregon American digital artists Yale University alumni Pomona College alumni