Mark Innerst (born 1957 in York, PA) is an American painter known for his luminous urban landscapes.

Biography

Innerst earned his

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at Kutztown State College, Kutztown, PA in 1980. He worked as a preparator at the newly formed

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in 1981. There he met

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and became one of his assistants. Innerst has been exhibiting in New York City galleries since the early 1980s. He currently lives and works in

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, PA and

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, NJ. He is represented by DC Moore Gallery in New York.

Work

Innerst is known for his

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paintings of New York City and his small landscape paintings that harken back to American 19th-century Luminism. The curator Katherine Gass has linked Innerst's work to the landscapes of American painters

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and

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. Earlier works by Innerst include the Monochromatic Gray Drawings from the early 1980s, the Ultramarine Blue Paintings from 1984 to 1985, and the Amusement Park Paintings from the late 2000s. Innerst's work has been exhibited widely in the United States and abroad, including shows at the

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, Kansas City; Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston; and

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. His work is in numerous public collections including the

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, NY,

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, Ny,

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, NY,

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, NY, Albright-Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY, and

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, IN among others. Innerst lives and works in Philadelphia and Cape May.

Process

Innerst paints in acrylic on board and oil on canvas. He builds layer upon layer of paint onto the surface, which he keeps flat on a table as he works. Paintings are ultimately glazed and joined with a frame custom-made by Innerst. He also creates many preliminary photographs, drawings, and painted studies. He usually underpaints his paintings in bright red.

References

;Bibliography *Coggins, David. “Mark Innerst: The Ongoing Landscape,” Mark Innerst, exhibition catalogue. New York, NY: DC Moore Gallery, 2012. *Duncan, Michael. "Mark Innerst: That Other Faraway Place," exhibition catalogue. New York, NY: DC Moore Gallery, 2010. *Milazzo, Richard. Mark Innerst: Doubt and Delirium (exhibition catalogue). Brussels: Alain Noirhomme Gallery, 2009. *Milazzo, Richard. Mark Innerst: Painting at the Point of Infinity (exhibition catalogue). Modena: Emilio Mazzoli Galleria d’Arte Contemporanea, 2007. *Mark Innerst: Places of Wonder (exhibition catalogue) Utica, NY: Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute, 2005. *Kernan, Nathan. Mark Innerst, (exhibition catalogue) New York: Paul Kasmin Gallery, 2003. *Mark Innerst: Paintings and Works on Paper (exhibition catalogue) Los Angeles: Michael Kohn Gallery, 2001. *Gass, Katherine. Mark Innerst, (exhibition catalogue) New York: Paul Kasmin Gallery, 2000. *Mark Innerst (exhibition catalogue) London: Faggionato Fine Arts, 1995. *Rosenblum, Robert, Mark Innerst Paintings and Works on Paper, (exhibition catalogue) New York, NY: Curt Marcus Gallery.

External links

Mark Innerst at DC Moore Gallery

DC Moore Gallery to Represent Mark Innerst and Opens First Exhibition with the Artist

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