Upcomming Exhibitions and News
Mark Messersmith, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Louisiana.
scheduled April 2012 (Solo Exhibition)
December, 2009
Tyler Museum of Art in Tyler, Texas
purchase the painting, Those Who Believe, 2008 as, The Collectors' Circle purchase for 2009.
"Scenic Delusions of Ordinary Disappointments"
Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, Texas,
April 16 through July 10, 2011, (Solo Exhibition)
Mark Messersmith, "Blighted Eden", Bernice Steinbaum Gallery
Miami, Florida, May 2011 (Solo Exhibition)
Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama
October 3, 2010 through January 30, 2011 (solo exhibition)
"Paradise Lost / Paradise Found", The Morean Arts Center,
St. Petersburg, Florida, January 14 – March 13, 2011
(Group Exhibition)
"Fresh & Salty", Curated by Valley House Gallery & Sculpture
Garden, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas,
January 7 - 29, 2011 (Group Exhibition)
Tyler Museum of Art in Tyler, Texas
New Works: Highlights from the Permanent Collection
December 22, 2009 through May 23, 2010
Eminent Domain, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas.
October 17, 2009. (Solo Exhibition)
Maximalist Painting, Byblos Art Gallery, Verona, Italy, May 9, 2008
(Group Exhibition)
Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, Florida, March 1 -May 17, 2008,
(Solo Exhibition)
J. Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville Beach, Florida.
January 18-Feburary 29, 2008 (Solo Exhibition)
Mark Messersmith: Southern Mythology, Valley House Gallery,
Dallas, Texas, February 15 - March 15, 2008 (Solo Exhibition)
A Southern Landscape, Bob Rauschenberg Gallery, Edison College,
Fort Meyers, Florida. November 2007, (Solo Exhibition)
*3 Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant
Program Award Winners:*
Lilian Garcia Roig, Sedrick Huckaby and Mark Messersmith,
Valley House Gallery, at Wynwood Lofts, Miami, Florida.
December 4, 2007
More is More' - Maximalist Painting, FSU Museum of Fine Art, Feb.16
-March 25, 2007 (Group Exhibition)
The Art Show, Art Dealers Association of America, Valley House
Gallery, Dallas, Texas, Park Avenue
Armory, New York, New York, February 22, 2007,
Under the Fort, The Rhys Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
(Group Exhibition), curated, by Evelyn Rudz, June-July 2006
30th Parallel: A Convergence of Contemporary Painting, Jacksonville
Museum of Modern Art, Jacksonville Florida, September
2005-January 2006
Nature of the Beast, University of Arkansas, Fine Arts Gallery, January-
February 2004, (Solo Exhibition)
Shakespeare Theater, Washington, D.C. 5 paintings for Ibsen’s play,
“Ghosts”,
directed by Edwin Sherin, staring Jane Alexander.
June 3 thru July 27, 2003
Cagnes-sur-Mer, XXXIII Festival International de la Peinture,
Cagnes-sur-Mer, France, June 30-September 30, 2001,
organized by the Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida,
The Apocalyptic Landscape: Paintings by Mark Messersmith,
Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, Florida, June, 2001,
(Solo Exhibition).
April 16 through July 10, 2011, (Solo Exhibition)
Mark Messersmith, "Blighted Eden", Bernice Steinbaum Gallery
Miami, Florida, May 2011 (Solo Exhibition)
Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama
October 3, 2010 through January 30, 2011 (solo exhibition)
"Paradise Lost / Paradise Found", The Morean Arts Center,
St. Petersburg, Florida, January 14 – March 13, 2011
(Group Exhibition)
"Fresh & Salty", Curated by Valley House Gallery & Sculpture
Garden, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas,
January 7 - 29, 2011 (Group Exhibition)
Tyler Museum of Art in Tyler, Texas
New Works: Highlights from the Permanent Collection
December 22, 2009 through May 23, 2010
Eminent Domain, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas.
October 17, 2009. (Solo Exhibition)
Maximalist Painting, Byblos Art Gallery, Verona, Italy, May 9, 2008
(Group Exhibition)
Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, Florida, March 1 -May 17, 2008,
(Solo Exhibition)
J. Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville Beach, Florida.
January 18-Feburary 29, 2008 (Solo Exhibition)
Mark Messersmith: Southern Mythology, Valley House Gallery,
Dallas, Texas, February 15 - March 15, 2008 (Solo Exhibition)
A Southern Landscape, Bob Rauschenberg Gallery, Edison College,
Fort Meyers, Florida. November 2007, (Solo Exhibition)
*3 Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant
Program Award Winners:*
Lilian Garcia Roig, Sedrick Huckaby and Mark Messersmith,
Valley House Gallery, at Wynwood Lofts, Miami, Florida.
December 4, 2007
More is More' - Maximalist Painting, FSU Museum of Fine Art, Feb.16
-March 25, 2007 (Group Exhibition)
The Art Show, Art Dealers Association of America, Valley House
Gallery, Dallas, Texas, Park Avenue
Armory, New York, New York, February 22, 2007,
Under the Fort, The Rhys Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
(Group Exhibition), curated, by Evelyn Rudz, June-July 2006
30th Parallel: A Convergence of Contemporary Painting, Jacksonville
Museum of Modern Art, Jacksonville Florida, September
2005-January 2006
Nature of the Beast, University of Arkansas, Fine Arts Gallery, January-
February 2004, (Solo Exhibition)
Shakespeare Theater, Washington, D.C. 5 paintings for Ibsen’s play,
“Ghosts”,
directed by Edwin Sherin, staring Jane Alexander.
June 3 thru July 27, 2003
Cagnes-sur-Mer, XXXIII Festival International de la Peinture,
Cagnes-sur-Mer, France, June 30-September 30, 2001,
organized by the Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida,
The Apocalyptic Landscape: Paintings by Mark Messersmith,
Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, Florida, June, 2001,
(Solo Exhibition).
Mark Messersmith, Blighted Eden
Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, Florida. May 2011 (Solo Exhibition)
Mark Messersmith, "Florida, An Uneasy Allusion".
September 9- October 24, 2011, 9solo exhibition) Stetson University
Mark Messersmith, Encounters Exhibition
Huntsville Museum of Art
October 3, 2010 through January 30, 2011. (Solo Exhibition) Catalogue
October 3, 2010 through January 30, 2011. (Solo Exhibition) Catalogue
*Joan Mitchell Foundation Painting Award 2006*
Le Grand Prix, XXXIII Festival International de la Peinture, Cagnes -sur-Mer, France,
July, 2001 (Purchase award).
Florida Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, Individual Artist Fellowship
Awards, 2008-1999-1993-1987.
National Endowment for the Arts/Southern Arts Federation, Regional Fellowship
Awards for Emerging Visual Artists, 1994 and 1988.
Ford Foundation Artist Fellowships, 1980 and 1979.
July, 2001 (Purchase award).
Florida Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, Individual Artist Fellowship
Awards, 2008-1999-1993-1987.
National Endowment for the Arts/Southern Arts Federation, Regional Fellowship
Awards for Emerging Visual Artists, 1994 and 1988.
Ford Foundation Artist Fellowships, 1980 and 1979.
