Mark Yale Harris
MARK YALE HARRIS (b. 1937, American)
Mark Harris is a stone sculptor, whose works are in the line of the early Modernism of Brancusi and Arp. While his figures depict natural subjects, mainly wildlife and figuration, his style abstracts to a geometric formalism. Being of stone or bronze and based in nature, Harris’ sculptures resonate with romance and naturalistic themes – conveying a love of family, nature, and the great outdoors.
Harris first realized his true passion in the Southwest. Stone carving became his life’s work, as Santa Fe became his home in the late 1990s. With much to learn, Harris chose a mentor whom he had long admired to assist him with honing his burgeoning artistic skills – sculptor Bill Prokopiof (Aleut, 1944-1999). In the spirit of the nation’s most recognized Native American artist, Allan Houser (Chiricahua Apache, 1915-1994), Prokopiof and sculptor Doug Hyde (Nez Perce) took Harris under their wings and generously shared their immense knowledge, talent, and vision. It should be remembered here that the multi-million dollar sculptures of Brancusi and Arp were, themselves, highly influenced by native arts from around the world.
Prior to developing as an artist, Harris had spent many years in the area of sustainable urban development (specifically real estate and hotels), a conventional career in which he was quite successful, but not fully satisfied. The transition into a wholly fulfilling trade was both challenging and exciting. The artistic passion that had existed just beneath the surface of Harris’s long-established business persona was finally emerging. He accessed the invaluable experience of his mentors, along with his own vision, to create an evolving body of work in alabaster, marble, limestone, and bronze, often combining different elements to bring forth contrasts of composition. Over the past fifteen years, Harris has continued to challenge himself as a sculptor, finding it important to continue learning through master workshops and teaching.
EDUCATION / ART RELATED
2020 Lecture: Untapped Potential, VR for Artists, presented by Mark Yale Harris: Roaring Fork Valley various locations, Colorado
2019 Lecture: How to Create 3-Dimensional Work in Clay, presented by Mark Yale Harris, Kramer Room: Indian Ridge Country Club, Palm Desert, California
2011 Studio Immersive, with visiting critics: David Humphrey and Charles Long Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado
2011 National Sculpture Exhibition, Mark Yale Harris, Curator, Carbondale, Colorado, Sponsored by: Carbondale Council for the Arts and Humanities
2006 Building on Ideas: Looking for Source, intensive workshop with Terry Allen and Jo Harvey, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado
2000 Workshop in creative development with James Surls, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado
1997-2003 Marble/marble Institute of Colorado, Marble, Colorado
1996 Studied with Doug Hyde, Bill Prokopiof, James Surls, Lincoln Fox and John Forno
1961 Ohio State University BBS
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS / PRESENTATIONS
*Solo, Museum and International Exhibitions
2021 Ventana Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2021 40th Annual Western Spirit Juried Art Show, Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum, Cheyenne, Wyoming
2021 International Sculpture Center/Artsy Online Exclusive Exhibition
2021 National Sculpture Society’s 88th Annual Awards Exhibition, New York, New York
2020 Yellowstone Art Auction 53, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana
2020 Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, sculpture in collection used by production company in filming TV series background shots, Farmington, Pennsylvania
2020 Art in the West, High Desert Museum, Bend, Oregon
2020 7th Annual Auction for the Arts, The Arts Council of Big Sky, Big Sky, Montana
2020 Mark Yale Harris and Leigh Vuksic, Ramey Fine Art, Palm Desert, California
2020 ProStart at YouthEntity Charity Gala, Aspen, Colorado
2019 *29th Annual ArtsThrive: Art Exhibition & Benefit, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2019 Sensual Surface and Volume, Dick Evans and Mark Yale Harris, Ventana Fine Art Santa Fe, New Mexico
2019 *Mark Yale Harris, Raitman Art Galleries, Vail, Colorado
2019 Summer Group Exhibition, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas
2019 Art World Innovators on UMFM radio at the University of Manitoba, Canada
2019 Lecture: How to Create 3-Dimensional Work in Clay, presented by Mark Yale Harris, Kramer Room: Indian Ridge Country Club, Palm Desert, California
2019 *For The Love Of Art: Booth Western Art Museum Gala, Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville, Georgia
2019 Art In The Galleria 2019, Loveland Public Library, Loveland, Colorado
2019 ProStart at YouthEntity Charity Gala, Aspen, Colorado
2018 Art Of Alaska: Inaugural Exhibit of Mark Yale Harris, Holland America Cruise Line, International
2018 Gallery Artist Exhibition, New Arrivals: Featured artist Mark Yale Harris, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas
2018 Inaugural Exhibition featuring artist Mark Yale Harris, Red West Gallery, Steamboat Springs, Colorado
2018 *Surface and Volume: Dick Evans and Mark Yale Harris, Ventana Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2018 26th SculptFest, Round Rock, Texas
2018 Summer Art and Winemakers' Exhibition: Featured Artist, Mark Yale Harris, Chloe Fine Art, San Francisco, California
2018 *Vibrancy and Form: Ash Almonte, Kevin Greer and Mark Yale Harris, The Russell Collection, Austin, Texas
2018 *Mark Yale Harris, Cutter and Cutter Fine Art, St. Augustine, Florida
2017 Art in the Third Dimension, Featured artist Mark Yale Harris, Cutter and Cutter Fine Art, St. Augustine, Florida
2017 *Sensuality in 2D and 3D: John Axton and Mark Yale Harris, Ventana Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2017 SOFA Chicago, Adam Blaue Gallery Booth, Lyndhurst, Ohio
2016 *Form and Figure: Paige Bradley and Mark Yale Harris, Canyon Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2016 Invitation Only Exhibition, Chloe Gallery, Featured artist Mark Yale Harris, San Francisco, California
2016 *First Peek, Southern Utah Museum Of Art, Cedar City, Utah
2016 ArtPrize 2016, Grand Rapids, Michigan
2016 *Member Art Exhibit, Fredric Remington Art Museum, Ogdensburg, New York
2016 *Art Auction 48, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana
2016 Gilcrest Exhibition, Saatchi Art, Los Angeles, California
2016 Selected for the Stanthorpe Art Festival 2016, Queensland, Australia
2016 Spring Group Exhibition, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas
2016 Grand Reopening Exhibition, Canyon Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2015 Holiday Group Exhibition, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas
2015 82nd Annual Awards Exhibition, National Sculpture Society, Brookgreen Gardens, Pawleys Island, South Carolina
2015 *Art of the West, High Desert Museum, Bend, Oregon
2015 *Annual Gala Exhibition, Taos Art Museum, Taos, New Mexico
2015 Release, A World Premier, Greenberg Fine Art, Outdoor Sculpture Show featuring Mark Yale Harris in tandem with Paige Bradley, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2015 Introducing: Mark Yale Harris, R. Alexander Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2015 *Art Palm Beach, Thomas Riley Galleries Booth, Palm Beach, Florida
2015 Form and Figure: Featuring Mark Yale Harris, Greenberg Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2015 *For the Love of Art Gala, Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville, Georgia
2015 *Selected for: X Florence Biennale, Art and The Polis, Florence, Italy
2015 Art for the Mountain Community Sculpture Walk, Evergreen, Colorado
2014 SOFA Chicago, Thomas Riley Galleries Booth, Chicago, Illinois
2014 *Open, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
2014 *Traveling exhibition, global, The Sketchbook Project
2014 *133rd Annual Exhibition, Royal Ulster Academy of Arts, Belfast, Ireland
2014 *Western Visions, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
2014 Art of the West, High Desert Museum, Bend, Oregon
2014 Biennial, The Red Brick, Aspen, Colorado
2014 Summer Feature, Mark Yale Harris, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas
2014 Art Palm Beach, Thomas Riley Galleries Booth, Palm Beach, Florida
2014 Body Language, Orange County Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Ana, California
2014 Art for the Mountain Community Sculpture Walk, Evergreen, Colorado
2013 *Selected for Open Exhibition 2013, Royal Scottish Academy of Art and Architecture, Edinburgh, Scotland
2013 *Selected for Own an Original, Littleton Museum, Littleton, Colorado
2013 SOFA Chicago, Thomas Riley Galleries Booth, Chicago, Illinois
2013 *Mark Yale Harris, Rare Fine Art, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
2013 Dual Exhibition, Mirada Fine Art, Denver, Colorado
2013*Western Visions, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
2013 Selected for KUNST 2014, Berlin, Germany
2013 *Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Art, London, United Kingdom
2013 *Summer National, Marin MOCA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, California
2013 The Figure Now, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, Missouri
2013 *34th Annual Juried Exhibition, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, New Jersey
2013 Sculpture Walk Avera McKennan, Avera McKennan Hospital, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
2013 Texas National, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas
2013 Art aRound Town, Carbondale Council for the Arts and Humanities, Carbondale, Colorado
2013 *Turquoise Ball, Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos, New Mexico
2012 SOFA Chicago, Thomas Riley Galleries Booth, Chicago, Illinois
2012 *Western Visions, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
2012 *Booth Western Art Museum Gala, Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville, Georgia
2012 LaGrange Art Museum Biennial XXVII, LaGrange Art Museum, LaGrange, Georgia
2012 32nd Annual Exhibition, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, Colorado
2012 Mark Yale Harris, two-person exhibition, Mary Martin Gallery, Charleston, South Carolina
2012 *Mark Yale Harris, two-person exhibition, Muse Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2012 29th Annual Sculpture in the Park, Loveland High Plains Arts Council, Loveland, Colorado
2011 SOFA Chicago, Thomas Riley Galleries Booth, Chicago, Illinois
2011 *Western Visions, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
2011 *Mark Yale Harris Figurative Abstractions, Greenberg Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2011 SOFA West, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2011 WildAid Gala and Charity Auction, Julie Morgan Ballroom, Merchants Exchange Building, San Francisco, California (hosts included Harrison Ford, Jackie Chan, Edward Norton, Bo Derek, Ralph Fiennes, among others)
2011 *Turquoise Ball, Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos, New Mexico
2011 Mark Yale Harris, Debra Malotte, Pamela Rae, a three-person exhibition, Ramey Fine Art, Palm Desert, California
2011 24th Annual Sculpture in the Park, Loveland High Plains Arts Council, Loveland, Colorado
2011 Borders: Visible & Invisible, Firehouse Plaza Art Gallery, NCC State University, Garden City, New York
2010 *Recent Works, National Sculpture Society, New York, New York
2010 SOFA Chicago, Thomas Riley Galleries Booth, Chicago, Illinois
2010 Faces of the Wild, benefit for World Wildlife Federation, Humanscale, New York, New York
2010 SOFA West, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2010 The SOFA West Lecture Series presents Mark Yale Harris, July 9, 2010, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2010 *International Sculpture Exhibition, Artparks International, Guernsey, England
2010 Grand Opening Exhibition, Fireside Gallery, Bastrop, Texas
2010 *Turquoise Ball, Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos, New Mexico
2010 *Western Visions, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
2010 *Mark Yale Harris, Ramey Fine Art, Palm Desert, California
2010 *In Family Unity - Unity of the World, August - December (as a cultural program of the 39th World Chess Olympiad), Khanty-Mansisk, Russia
2009 SOFA Chicago, Thomas Riley Galleries Booth, Chicago, Illinois
2009 Group Exhibition, La Posada Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2009 *Mark Yale Harris, Thornwood Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2009 *Small Works, The Wildlife Experience Museum, Parker, Colorado
2009 Arts Council of Oklahoma City Sculpture Park, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
2009 *International Sculpture Exhibition, Artparks International, Guernsey, England
2009 SOFA West, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2009 EdgePosure, Group Exhibition, The Edge Galley, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2009 Juried Exhibition, Red Brick Council for the Arts, Aspen, Colorado, Juror: James Surls
2009 *Benefit Auction for the Arts, Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
2009 *Twelfth Annual Peace Arch Park International Sculpture Exhibition, United States/Canada Peace Anniversary Association, British Columbia, Canada
2009 Spring Sculpture Show, Texas Society of Sculptors, Austin, Texas
2009 Make a Wish Foundation, Benefit Auction, Columbus, Ohio
2009 In the Know, Auction benefiting the Mental Health America of Greater Dallas, Dallas, Texas
2009 *Faculty Club Art Auction, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
2009 Contemporary Sculpture 2009, The Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, Colorado
2009 *Mark Yale Harris, Park Place Gallery, Kansas City, Kansas
2009 *Mark Yale Harris, A Muse Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2009 *Mark Yale Harris, Gallery 344, Kalamazoo, Michigan
2009 *Midland Arts Association Show, Museum of the Southwest, Midland, Texas, Jurors: David Drummond and J. K. Drummond
2008 *George Ohr's National Challenge, Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, Mississippi
2008 *City of Roanoke Historic District Temporary Exhibition, Roanoke, Virginia
2008 Art Garden Party, La Posada de Santa Fe, Rock Resorts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2008 23rd Annual Conservatory Art Classic, Bosque Conservatory, Clifton, Texas
2008 *Eighth Annual Florida Outdoor Sculpture Competition, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, Florida
2008 *Mark Yale Harris: Featured Artist, Palm Desert Art Walk, SR Brennen Gallery, Palm Desert, California
2008 RiverSpan Sculpture Group, Juried Exhibition, Cincinnati, Ohio
2008 25th Annual Sculpture in the Park, Loveland High Plains Arts Council, Loveland, Colorado
2008 *A National Juried Art Competition, Farmington Museum, Farmington, New Mexico
2008 *Bi-Annual Invitational Exhibition, The Village Green Sculpture Park, Cashiers, North Carolina
2008 SOFA Chicago, Thomas Riley Galleries Booth, Chicago, Illinois
2008 American Heart Association Benefit Auction, Austin, Texas
2008 *Mark Yale Harris, Thornwood Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2008 Glamour and Gauze Gala, St. Vincent's Hospital Benefit, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2008 Art for Life: Aids Benefit, Downtown Columbus, Columbus, Ohio
2008 La Posada de Santa Fe, Rock Resorts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2007 *21st Century Regionalist: Art of the New West, Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville, Georgia
2007 New Mexico Sculptors Guild at the Sculpture Ranch, New Mexico Sculptors Guild Santa Fe, New Mexico
2007 *First Annual Sculpture Show, Red Brick Center for the Arts, Aspen, Colorado
2007 *Red River Valley International Juried Exhibition, Red River Valley Museum, Vernon, Texas
2007 *MAA Spring Slide Juried Art Exhibition, Museum of the Southwest, Midland, Texas
2007 BAL National Competition, Beaumont Art League, Beaumont, Texas
2007 Where the Wild Things Are, Austin Visual Arts Association, Austin, Texas
2007 24th Annual Sculpture in the Park, Loveland High Plains Arts Council, Loveland, Colorado
2007 *Austin Bergstrom International Airport Exhibition, Austin Visual Arts Association, Austin, Texas
2007 *38th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, California, Juror -
Jan Ernst Adelmann
2007 Thompson Crossing Sculpture Park, Fort Collins, Colorado
2007 Group Exhibition, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas
2007 *Mark Yale Harris, Randall Davey Audubon Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2007 *Mark Yale Harris, Amuse Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2007 *Mark Yale Harris, Hilligoss Galleries, Chicago, Illinois
2007 Two-Person Exhibition, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas
2007 *Mark Yale Harris: Monumental Sculpture Unveiling, Crossroads Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2007 *Mark Yale Harris: Private Preview and Reception, Zeldin Agency, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia
2007 La Posada de Santa Fe, Rock Resorts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2006 *The 22nd Ube Biennale ‘07 Maquette Exhibition, Ube Open Air Museum, Ube, Japan
2006 Santa Fe Artists Emergency Medical Fund Exhibition & Auction, Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2006 73rd Annual Awards Exhibition, National Sculpture Society, Fairfield, Connecticut
2006 73rd Annual Awards Exhibition, National Sculpture Society, Brookgreen Garden, South Carolina
2006 23rd Annual Sculpture in the Park, Loveland High Plains Arts Council, Loveland, Colorado
2006 Focus on the Figure, A New Leaf Gallery, Berkeley, California
2006 La Posada de Santa Fe, Rock Resorts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2006 The Weatherburn Gallery, Naples, Florida
2006 Redstone Sculpture Show, Redstone, Colorado
2006 Two-Person Exhibition, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas
2006 *Mark Yale Harris: Reinventing the Now, Faculty Club, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
2006 Milking the Rhino, Gabriel’s Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2006 SOFA Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2006 Art for Life: Aids Benefit, Private Residence, Columbus, Ohio
2006 *The Weatherburn Gallery, Naples, Florida
2006 *Mark Yale Harris, Randall Davey Audubon Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2006 Art Inc., San Antonio, Texas
2006 Crossroads Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2006 E.S. Lawrence Gallery, Aspen, Colorado
2006 Exposures International Gallery, Sedona, Arizona
2006 Gallery Mack, Seattle, Washington
2006 Hudson’s On The Bend, Austin, Texas
2006 La Posada de Santa Fe, Rock Resorts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2006 Lawrence Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2006 Lawrence Gallery, Gleneden Beach, Oregon
2006 Lawrence Gallery, Sheridan, Oregon
2006 Mountain Trails Gallery, Palm Desert, California
2006 Old Town Gallery, Park City, Utah
2006 Randall Davey Audubon, Santa Fe, New Mexico Rhodes Stringfellow Gallery, Cannon Beach, Oregon
2006 Sculpturesite/A New Leaf Gallery, Sonoma, California Thomas R. Riley Galleries, Cleveland, Ohio
2006 Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas
2005 72nd Annual Awards Exhibition, National Sculpture Society, New York, New York
2005 *Juried Art Exhibition 2005, Farmington Museum, Farmington, New Mexico
2005 The Sea, National Sculpture Society, New York, New York (feature artist)
2005 The American West, National Sculpture Society, New York, New York
2005 22nd Annual Sculpture in the Park, Loveland High Plains Arts Council, Loveland, Colorado
2005 Tri-State National 43rd Juried Exhibition, accepted, Brown & Scurlock Galleries, Beaumont, Texas
2005 US Bank 6th Annual Art on the Streets Downtown, Colorado Springs, Colorado
2005 Texas National 2005, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, Juror - James Surls
2005 Washburn University Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas
2005 SOFA Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2005 Mark Yale Harris: Featured Artist, Hudson’s on the Bend, Austin, Texas
2005 *Mark Yale Harris, Randall Davey Audubon Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2005 Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas
2005 Santa Fe Sculptors, Crossroads Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2005 A New Leaf Gallery, Berkeley, California
2005 Lawrence Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2005 E.S. Lawrence Gallery, Aspen, Colorado
2005 Old Town Gallery, Park City, Utah
2005 Exposures International Gallery, Sedona, Arizona
2005 Gallery Mack, Seattle, Washington
2005 La Posada de Santa Fe, Rock Resorts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2005 Thomas R. Riley Galleries, Cleveland, Ohio
2005 Thomas R. Riley Galleries, Columbus, Ohio
2005 Mountain Trails Gallery, Palm Desert, California
2005 Randall Davey Audubon, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2004 Santa Fe Artist Emergency Medical Fund Invitational, Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2004 *Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood 2004: Reflections of Nature, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, Juror -Elliot Offner
2004 Focus on the Figure, A New Leaf Gallery, Berkeley, California
2004 21st Annual Sculpture in the Park, Loveland High Plains Arts Council, Loveland, Colorado
2004 *Thomas R. Riley Galleries, Cleveland, Ohio
2004 SOFA Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2004 *Thomas R. Riley Galleries, Columbus, Ohio
2004 *Art for Life: Aids Benefit, Private Residence, Columbus, Ohio
2004 *Mark Yale Harris, Randall Davey Audubon Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2004 La Posada de Santa Fe, Rock Resorts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2004 US Bank, Art on the Streets, Colorado Springs, Colorado
2004 *Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood: Reflections of Nature, Chesterwood Museum, Stockbridge, Massachusetts
2004 *The Terrain, Las Cruces Museum of Fine Art, Las Cruces, New Mexico
2004 Dual Exhibition, Crossroads Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2004 Outdoor Sculpture, Sculptor’s Dominion, San Antonio, Texas
2004 Gallery Artists Group Sculpture Exhibit, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas
2004 *Thomas R. Riley Galleries, Columbus, Ohio
2004 Three-Person Exhibition, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas
2004 Randall Davey Audubon Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2003 20th Annual Sculpture in the Park, Loveland High Plains Arts Council, Loveland, Colorado
2003 7th Annual Sculpture Show, Redstone Art Gallery, Redstone, Colorado
2003 TALA Art and Soul Exhibition, Gerald Hines College of Architecture, University of Houston, Houston, Texas
2003 *Austin Art Festival, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, Texas
2003 18th Annual Art Exhibition, Bosque Conservatory Art Council, Clifton, Texas
2003 AVAANTI Artists - Top 10 Texas Artists of 2003, Austin Visual Arts Association, Austin, Texas, Juror -Dr. Christopher Adejumo
2003 *Take Home A Nude, The Robert and Mary Montgomery Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida
2003 Gallery Artists Group Sculpture Exhibit, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas
2003 *Mark Yale Harris, Randall Davey Audubon Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2003 A New Leaf Gallery, San Francisco, California
2003 Bader/Melnick Gallery, Vail, Colorado
2003 Gallery Mack, Palm Desert, California
2003 Exposures International Gallery, Sedona, Arizona
2003 Gallery Alexander, Vail, Colorado
2003 La Posada de Santa Fe, Rock Resorts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2003 Lawrence Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2003 Lynne White’s Shriver Gallery, Taos, New Mexico
2003 Old Town Gallery, Park City, Utah
2003 Rio Grande Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2003 *Mark Harris: Flash of Spirit, Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas
2003 Zandoozi Gallery, Austin, Texas
2003 Bee Galleries, New Orleans, Louisiana
2003 Bronze Coast Gallery, Cannon Beach, Oregon
2003 Thomas Riley Galleries, Kirkland, Washington
2002 *The National Juried Exhibition, Holter Museum, Helena, Montana
2002 *29th Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum, Monroe, Louisiana
2002 *Roswell Fine Arts League Juried Exhibition, Roswell Museum, Roswell, New Mexico
2002 *Mark Harris: Flash of Spirit, Lynne White’s Shriver Gallery, Taos, New Mexico
2002 *Austin Fine Arts Festival, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, Texas
2002 New Mexico Sculptor’s Guild, Governor’s Gallery, State Capitol, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2002 Sedona Sculpture Walk, Sedona, Arizona
2002 19th Annual Sculpture in the Park, Loveland High Plains Arts Council, Loveland, Colorado
2002 Indian Market Exhibition, Lynne White’s Shriver Gallery, Taos, New Mexico
2002 Focus on the Figure, A New Leaf Gallery, Berkeley, California
2002 Bemidji Sculpture Walk, Bemidji, Minnesota
2002 Buckaroo Ball, invitational, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2002 La Posada de Santa Fe, Rock Resorts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2002 A New Leaf Gallery, San Francisco, California
2002 Exposures International Gallery, Sedona, Arizona
2002 Gallery Alexander, Vail, Colorado
2002 Lawrence Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2002 Lynne White’s Shriver Gallery, Taos, New Mexico
2002 Old Town Gallery, Park City, Utah
2002 Rio Grande Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2002 Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas
2002 Zandoozi Gallery, Austin, Texas
2001 Animals in the Atrium, National Sculpture Society, New York, New York
2001 Lines into Shapes, Art Center at Estes Park, Estes Park, Colorado
2001 Figurative Works Competition, accepted, Robert and Mary Montgomery Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida
2001 18th Annual Sculpture in the Park, Loveland High Plains Arts Council, Loveland, Colorado
2001 Buckaroo Ball, invitational, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2001 Stone Show, A New Leaf Gallery, Berkeley, California
2001 La Posada de Santa Fe, Rock Resorts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2001 Lynne White’s Shriver Gallery, Taos, New Mexico
2001 Thornwood Gallery, Houston, Texas
2000 *Featured Artist, Laughing at the Sun Gallery, Austin, Texas
2000 Nutcracker Gala Auction, Ballet Austin, Austin, Texas
2000 Real Art for Real People, Texas Society of Sculptors, Austin, Texas
2000 The Human Condition, Alpha Group Art Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2000 4th Annual Sculpture Show, Redstone Art Gallery, Redstone, Colorado
2000 La Quinta Art Festival, La Quinta Arts Foundation, La Quinta, California
2000 FOCA Artists Juried Exhibition, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2000 The Buckaroo Ball, invitational, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2000 17th Annual Sculpture in the Park, Loveland High Plains Arts Council, Loveland, Colorado
2000 Group Exhibition, The Sculpture Works, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2000 Lynne White’s Shriver Gallery, Taos, New Mexico
2000 La Posada de Santa Fe, Rock Resorts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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“Art Miami still stewing over losing Convention Center dates,” Eliot Kleinberg, Palm Beach Post, Palm Beach, Florida, December 10th, 2015
“Opening of the 10th edition of the Florence Biennale,” Foreign Affairs, October 22, 2015
RAM Roma Art Magazine, “QART3/|STREET FESTIVAL DI ARTECONTEMPORANEA Indetto il bando di partecipazione, a titolo gratuito, per artisti!” 2015
“What’s it Like To Live in Evergreen? “by Shad Phillips, Denver Mountain Homes, 2015
“Businessman Turned Artist Brings Emotion to Form,” Karl Herchenroasder, The Aspen Times, February 26, 2014
"Mark Yale Harris has work on exhibit at the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh,“ SculptureNews, January 5, 2014
“$14000 Stolen Statue Found in Scrap Yard,”ABC6OnYourSide.com, July 31,
2014 Your Hub, Golden Colorado, Featured Event: Mark Yale Harris featured in "Heart, Wax and Stone" at Mirada, Golden, Colorado
Fine Art, Indian Hills, Colorado by Janet Thompson, September 19, 2013
“Damian Guillot, owner of Aspen Art Gallery, plus Mark Harris and James Vilona are appearing at SOFA Chicago 2014,” Valerie Gotten, California Newswire, November 7, 2014
Cover, New Mexico Bar Bulletin, the official publication of the New Mexico State Bar, November 13, 2013
SculptureNews, Mark Yale Harris, Published by the National Sculpture Society, September/October 2013
Catalog, Summer Exhibition Illustrated, Published by the Royal Academy of Arts, London, United Kingdom
Metro UK, Gallery: The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2013, by Alex Pielak, June 5, 2013
“Mark Yale Harris at Royal Academy,” National Sculpture Society News Bulletin, May 2013
“...Making a Mark at 2013 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition,” Mark Brown, The Guardian, June 5, 2013
“Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy,” Alastair Smart, The Telegraph, June 6, 2013
“The Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition,” The Economist, June 10, 2013
“Sculptural Expressions,” Janna Farley, Argus Leader, May 12, 2013
“Texas National 2013,” Longview News Journal, Longview, Texas, April 4, 2013
“Texas National 2013,” Robbie Goodrich, Stephen F. Austin State University Press, Austin, Texas, March 25, 2013
“Art Savvy: your Private Eye, Understanding Public Art in 5 Easy Pieces,” TJ Aitken, published by CreativeSpace Publishing
New Mexico Bar Bulletin, cover, the official publication of the New Mexico State Bar
“Harris - Feel Free to Touch at Mary Martin Gallery,” ART MAG, Charleston, South Carolina
Contemporary Sculptors: 84 International Artists, cover, Schiffer Publishing Best of American Sculpture Artists, published by: Best of Artists and Kennedy Publishing
Catalog, “Western Visions: National Museum of Wildlife Art 2011,” Jackson, Wyoming
“Mark Yale Harris: Untamed,” published by ARTWORKinternational, Inc., Acclaimed Artist Series American Art Collector, published by Alcove Books
“Hard Focus: Mark Yale Harris,” Art Sí Magazine, May/June 2011
“Jewel of a Collection,” American Art Collector, January 2011
“The Art Lover’s Guide to Collecting Fine Art in Palm Desert, CA,” American Art Collector, January 2011
“Mark Yale Harris: Figurative Abstractions” published by ARTWORKinternational, Inc., Acclaimed Artist Series
Catalog, “Western Visions: National Museum of Wildlife Art,” Jackson, Wyoming
“Mark Yale Harris, Sculpting a Second Career,” The Magazine of Sigma Chi, Winter 2010-2011.
“Open Air Art, Public Art Flourishes in the Roaring Fork Valley,” Aspen Sojourner, Aspen, Colorado, Summer
“Mark Yale Harris, Sculptor, discusses the business side of art world,” The Desert Sun, Desert Life, Palm Desert, California, March 7, 2010
“Mark Yale Harris,” Significant Sigs section, The Magazine of Sigma Chi, Winter 2009-2010
Artful Home Magazine, fall 2009
Society of Animal Artist’s Book, featured artist, 2009
“Mark Yale Harris and the 12th annual Peace Arch International Sculpture Exhibition,” Northern Light Newspaper, Blaine, Washington, February 18, 2009
“2009 Spring Sculpture Show” catalog cover, Texas Society of Sculptors, Austin, Texas, April 2009
“Director’s Choice: A Muse Gallery owner displays top pieces from past show,” R. Scott Gerdes, Taos News, Taos, New Mexico, January 2009
“He’s a ‘natural’ maker of art,” Art-to-Art Palette, Austin, Texas, November 2008
“Roanoke Public Art Collection” catalog, City of Roanoke, Virginia
“Star City Sculptures,” Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia, August 10, 2008
“Taking the Art to the Streets,” Kevin Kittredge, Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia, October 28, 2008
“Artwork Chosen for Public Exhibit this Fall,” Kevin Kittredge, Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia, August 4, 2008
Roanoke Times, “Percent for Art is paying dividends,” Roanoke, Virginia, August 9, 2008
“Mark Yale Harris, A Retrospective,” published by ARTWORKinternational, second edition, Santa Fe, New Mexico, July
“Gateway to Imagination,” Debra Mayeux, Daily Times, Farmington, New Mexico, June
“Local Activities, Farmington Museum Exhibition,” Around 505, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June
Guild Sourcebook of Architectural and Interior Art #23
“Mark Yale Harris, addition to State’s permanent collection,” Artspeak Newsletter, New Mexico State Arts Commission, Santa Fe, New Mexico,
RiverSpan Sculpture Group, catalog, Juried Exhibition, Cincinnati, Ohio Sculpture in the Park, catalog, Loveland, Colorado, August
Catalog, Polk Museum of Art, Eighth Annual Florida Outdoor Sculpture Competition, Lakeland, Florida
“Spotlight on the Desert: Mark Yale Harris at S.R. Brennen Gallery,” KNBC4 Television Program, April
“21st Regionalist The Art of the Next West,” Western Art Collector, January
“Art of the New West”, Southwest Art Magazine, January.
“21st Century Regionalists: Art of the New West, “Booth Bulletin, winter issue 21st Century Regionalists Art of the New West, catalog, Booth Western Art Museum, December 2007 - April 2008
A Muse Gallery, catalog, Columbus, Ohio, January - March 2007
“Booth Western Art Museum exhibition showcases art of new regionalist movement,” The Daily Tribune, Cartersville, Georgia, December 31
“Art Of The New West at Booth Western Museum,” Antiques and The Arts Weekly, December
Southwest Art Magazine, cover image, October
“Group Show at the Sculpture Ranch,” THE Magazine, October
A Muse Gallery, catalog, Columbus, Ohio, September
“Mark Yale Harris, The Unveiling of Crush,” The Santa Fean, August
“Once leader in business, he sees life in rocks,” The Columbus Dispatch, May 2006
“Mark Yale Harris, A Retrospective,” published by ARTWORKinternational
“Mark Yale Harris: Set in Stone,” Alumni Magazine, Ohio State University, November/December
“Businessman-Turned-Artist,” The Booster, November
“The Art of Sitting, or Sitting Art,” onCampus, November
“Mark Yale Harris,” Art Business News, August
“Young@Art Fact Contemporary Group Exhibition,” Pasatiempo/The Santa Fe New Mexican, June
“Mark Harris, Sculptor,” ART-TALK, June
“Mark Yale Harris, A Flash of Spirit,” ARTBOOK of the New West, Spring/Summer issue 2005
“Mark Yale Harris,” Southwest Art Magazine, July
“Mark Yale Harris,” Elegant Texan Magazine, Summer issue
“Mark Yale Harris: Success in Art and Business,” Texas Society Of Sculptors, The Third Dimension, April
Sculpture in the Park ,catalog, Loveland, Colorado 2004
“Bronze, stone come to life in subtle, playful sculptures,” The Columbus Dispatch, October
“Businessman ‘reborn’ as sculptor of stone,” The Columbus Dispatch, September Reflections of Nature: Off the Beaten Path, catalog, Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 2004
“Mark Yale Harris,” The Santa Fean Magazine, June
“Mark Yale Harris,” Wildlife Art Magazine, September/October
Sculpture in the Park, catalog, Loveland, Colorado 2003
Guild Sourcebook of Architectural and Interior Art #19, Preview 2003, Clifton, Texas
Sculpture in the Park, catalog, Loveland, Colorado
“The Shape of Things: Mark Harris,” Southwest Art Magazine, July 2002
Guild Sourcebook of Architectural and Interior Art #18, 2002
“Mark Yale Harris - Emerging Artists,” ArtBusiness News, July “Gallery Watch: Mark Yale Harris,” Art and Antiques, July
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Selected by State of New Mexico Art in Public Places and the Military teams of New Mexico Arts for: Essential(s) Poster Series (featured artist). New Mexico Arts will create and distribute these posters to our citizens on the frontlines during the COVID-19 pandemic: hospitals, testing centers, grocery stores, fire stations, police stations, etc.
State of New Mexico, Western New Mexico University, Silver City, New Mexico Hilton Hotels
Rock Resorts: La Posada Hotel, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Permanent Collection: Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, New York
State of New Mexico, Ruidoso, New Mexico
The City of Roanoke, Roanoke, Virginia
Four Seasons Hotel, Chicago, Illinois
Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville, Georgia
Herman Memorial Hospital, Houston, Texas
Thompson Crossing Sculpture Park, Fort Collins, Colorado
Hester Capital Management, Austin, Texas
Resort Condominiums International, Mexico City, Mexico Sage Land Company, Austin, Texas
American Apartment Communities, San Francisco, California Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody, Austin, Texas
Ressig Designs, Houston, Texas
ART Collections, West Hills, California
Group Plans Inc., Phoenix, Arizona
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