Mentor Information



Kelly Mark

Location: Toronto, Canada

Genres: Interactive art, Interdisciplinary art, Performance, Photography

Languages: English

Email: kelly[at]kellymark.com
Website: http://kellymark.com/

Bio: 
Kelly Mark completed her BFA in 1994 at the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design.  Since then she has exhibited widely across Canada, and internationally (including the United States, Australia, & Europe). 
Kelly works in a variety of media including: drawing, sculpture, photography, installation, sound, video & performance.
She is currently represented by Wynick/Tuck Gallery (Toronto) and Tracey Lawrence Gallery (Vancouver).

I have always had an intense preoccupation with the differing shades of pathos and humour found in the repetitive mundane tasks, routines and rituals of everyday life. Hidden within these spans of time can be found startling moments of poetic individuation, and an imprint of the individual within the commonplace rituals of society. Individuation, especially within this uniformity, although subtle and frequently paradoxical, is something I find myself returning to again and again. Through my ‘will to order’ and my frequently inane sense of humour my objective is the investigation, documentation and validation of these singular ‘marked’ and ‘unmarked’ moments of our lives.
I work in a variety of media including: Sculpture, installation, drawing, photography, video, sound, artist multiples and pubic interventions.