MARK
DORF

Biography

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Live: New York, New York
Raised: Louisville, Kentucky
Born: Laconia, New Hampshire

Mark Dorf is a New York-based artist working across photography, video, digital media, and sculpture. Engaging collaboratively with ecologists and technologists, Dorf’s work questions perceptions of what Western culture often terms “Nature”. His images and objects examine how design, image culture, technology, and science shape expectations of the “Natural” world, while engaging deeply with the digital processes behind their production. By making the marks of these often hidden digital processes visible, Dorf’s work reflects an awareness of its own production, inviting viewers to consider how digital materials shape their own lives and subsequently alter their understanding of the “Natural” world and beyond. Through these inquiries into perception, ecological thought, and digital materiality, Dorf’s practice proposes a dynamic, entangled planetary ecology that includes technological systems, and a future in the Anthropocene beyond environmental collapse.xtcargo.

His works has been exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide including The Museum für Gestaltung (Zurich, CH), The Center for Maine Contemporary Art (Rockport, ME), Foam Photography Museum (Amsterdam, NL), The Houston Center for Photography (Houston, TX), Le Lieu Unique (Nantes, FR), Les Rencontres d’Arles (Arles, FR), Frankfurter Kunstverein (Frankfurt, DE), Postmasters Gallery (New York, NY), bitforms Gallery (New York, NY), and The Lima Museum of Contemporary Art (Lima, PE), among others. Dorf’s films have been featured on dis.art and VDrome.org.

His work can be found in the collections of the Foam Photography Museum, the RISD Museum, Fidelity Investments, the Deutsche Bank, and The Houston Center for Photography, along with numerous private collections. Additionally, Dorf’s books are available in renowned libraries internationally, including The Thomas J. Watson Library at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library at Yale University, and the Avery Library at Columbia University.

Education
MFA 2019, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
BFA 2011, Savannah College of Art and Design

Selected Solo Exhibitions2023 A New Nature, Public Works Administration, New York, NY
2020 Contours, Somerset House, London, UK – curated by Marcel Feil – Canceled due to Covid-19
2017 Translations, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
2017 Transposition, Postmasters Gallery, New York, NY
2017 Cityscapes, Galerie Philine Cremer, Düsseldorf, DE
2016 Transposition, Prague Botanical Gardens, Fotograf Festival #6, Prague, CZ
2016 Irreality, School Of Visual Arts CP Project Space, New York, NY
2015 Emergence, Postmasters Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Second Nature, Outlet Gallery, New York, NY
2014 Axiom & Simulation, Center For Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
2013 Environmental Occupations, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA

Selected Screenings and Events2024 A New Nature, Times Square Arts, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, FL
2024 What Do You See?, Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, CO — Performance lecture in collaboartion with Dr. Paul CaraDonna2023 A New Nature, The National Arts Club, New York, NY
2023 A New Nature, Nuit Blanche, Toronto, Canada
2023 A New Nature, Beijing Art and Technology Biennial, Beijing, China
2023 A New Nature, Midnight Moment, Times Square Arts, New York, NY
2022 A New Nature, dis.art — Online
2021 Contours, VDrome.org — Online

Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Re-Imagine Tomorrow 1954-2024, König x Expanded.art, Essen, DE
Low Resolution, Postmasters Gallery / Transfer Gallery, New York, NY
Science-Art Symposium: Mechanisms of Change, Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, CO
Interface of the Abyss, Below Grand, New York, NY — Curated by Frank WANG Yefeng 王业丰
2023
Beginnings, NonostanteMarras, Milan, Italy — Curated by Marcella Manni
HAWAPI: Out Of Context, PS122 Gallery, New York, NY
Visions 2030, CalArts, Santa Clarita, CA— Curated by Vera Petukhova
Glitch Ecology, Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, CA — Curated by Jamison Edgar
Beijing Art and Technology Biennial – Synthetic Ecology, Cube Art Center, Beijing, China— Curated by Naiyi Wang

2022
MUTEK Japan, Refraction, Tokyo, JP
7Gardens, Anonymous Gallery, New York, NY
Event Horizon, Francisco Carolinum Museum, Linz, Austria— Curated by Anika Meier
We Are Nature, Ying Arts Center, Shanghai, China — Curated by Naiyi Wang
The Lowline, Public Works Administration, New York, NY
Digital Combines, bitforms Gallery — San Francisco, CA — Curated by Claudia Hart
Organic Material, organicmaterial.net — Online

2021
DA-Z, Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich, Switzerland – Curated by Hans Riegel
Into Action, Maine Center For Contemporary Art, Rockland, ME – Curated by Timothy Peterson
GetxoPhoto Festival, Getxo, Spain – Curated By Jon Uriarte
Frameless30, frameless-muenchen.de – Online
EcoSpirits, Postmasters Gallery, New York, NY

2020
Keeper of the Hearth, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
On Earth, Le Lieu Unique, Nantes, FR – Curated by Hinde Heast and Marcel Feil
Tree of Life, bitforms Gallery, New York, NY – Curated by Claudia Hart
Well Now WTF?, hosted by Silicon.Valet, Online – Curated by Faith Holland, Lorna Mils, and Wade Wallerstein
On Earth, Foam Photography Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nature In Play, Metronom Gallery, Modena, IT
The Drowned, Alabama Contemporary Art Center, Mobile, AL – Curated by Aaron Garvey

2019
On Earth, Les Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, France – Curated by Hinde Heast and Marcel Feil
Printed Matter LA Art Book Fair, Silent Face Projects, Los Angeles, CA

2018
ICP Photobook Festival, International Center for Photography, New York, NY
Foam Talent Exhibition, Beaconsfield Gallery Vauxhall, London, United Kingdom
Foam Talent Exhibition, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany
Living Still, Transmitter Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Foam Talent Exhibition, Red Hook Labs, Brooklyn, NY
From My Point of View, Metronom Gallery, Modena, Italy

2017
Foam Talent Exhibition, Foam Photography Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
No Lemon, No Melon, Flowers Gallery, New York, NY
Temporal Topologies, IFP Media Center, New York, NY – Curated by Danielle Ezzo
Mermaids And Unicorns – Curated by Tina Sauerländer, Benoit Palop, and Carlotta Meyer (Online)
Paradise Out Front, The Southern, Charleston, SC – Curated by Eliot Dudik

2016
Future-isms, Humbolt Arts Foundation – Curated by Jon Feinstein (Online)
Land Forms, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY
real-fake.org.02, Bronx Art Space, New York, NY – Curated by Claudia Hart, Rachel Clarke, and Pat Reynolds
Loving Earth, Hangar 18, Brussels, BE
Eye South, University of Columbus, Columbus, GA
Layered Landscapes, Galerie Philine Cremer, Düsseldorf, Germany – Curated by Tina Sauerländer
30 Under 30ish, Victori + Mo, Brooklyn, NY
Aint–Bad: Vision to Reality, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA – Curated by Susan Laney
Cat Heroicus Sublimis, New Hive – Curated by Tina Sauerländer (Online)
NARGIFSUS, Transfer Gallery / New Hive, Brooklyn, NY – Curated by Carla Gannis and Tina Sauerländer
New Realities, Fundación Telefónica, Lima, Peru – Curated by Alpha-ville

2015
Magenta Foundation Flash Forward, Division Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Landscape as Fetish, Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA – Curated by Greer Muldowney
fig-2, ICA Studio, London, UK – Curated by Louise Benson and POSTMatter
HAWAPI, Museo del Convento de Santo Domingo Qorikancha, Cuzco, Peru
Dynamic Mapping, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
//_PATH, Loop Hole Gallery, CONTACT Photo Festival, Toronto, Canada
Room Nine, Panther Modern, Online exhibition commissioned by LaTurbo Avedon

2014
HAWAPI, Lima Museum of Contemporary Art, Lima, Peru
Inverted Normals, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ – Curated by Chris Manzione
New Realities, Mobile World Centre, Barcelona, Spain – Curated by Alpha-ville
Breaking Ground: Contemporary Photography, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
#EverythingAllAtOnce, 48 Hoxton Square, London United Kingdom
The Flash of an Instant, The New Art Center, Boston, MA
PARALLELS, Neverland Space, (Online)
Alone Together, 15folds.com

2013
Center Forward , Center For Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
Surface Intentions, HARBOR Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2012
With / Out, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA
enter: CR10, CR10 Arts, Hudson, NY

Art Fairs
2020
Art Verona, Postmasters Gallery, Verona, Italy

2019
Photo London, Savannah College of Art and Design, London, United Kingdom
Art Fiera, Metronom Gallery, Bologna, Italy
Printed Matter LA Art Book Fair, Silent Face Projects, Los Angeles, CA

2017
COFA Contemporary Art Fair, Galerie Philine Cremer, Cologne, Germany
Untitled Art Fair, Postmasters Gallery, Miami, FL
Unseen Art Fair, Metronom Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2016
Untitled Art Fair, Postmasters Gallery, Miami, FL
COFA Contemporary Art Fair, Galerie Philine Cremer, Cologne, Germany

Artist Residencies
2023
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory Artist in Residence – Gothic, CO

2021
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory Artist in Residence – Gothic, CO

2019
Banff Centre for the Arts – Digital Promises – Banff, Canada

2016
Meet Factory – Prague, Czechia – Fellowship awarded

2014
HAWAPI – Pariacaca, Peru
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory Artist in Residence – Gothic, CO

2013
Contemporary Arts Center Woodside – Troy, New York

2012
chaNorth Artist Residency – Pine Plains, New York
Nes Artist Residency – Skagaströnd, Iceland

Awards + Honors2015
KLOMPCHING Gallery Fresh 2015 finalist
Magenta Foundation Flash Forward Winner

2014
2nd Annual New York Times Lens Portfolio Review

2012
Silver Eye Center for Photography Fellowship 13 – Judges Commendation

2011
Francis Larkin McCommon Scholarship – Four year full tuition scholarship awarded by the Savannah College of Art and Design

Visiting Lecturer + Workshops2023
Mountain Art Summit, Crested Butte Center for the Arts, Crested Butte, CO
Post-photographic Processes, Workshop, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
Beijing Art and Technology Biennial Symposium, Envisioning New Natures for the Anthropocene, 789 CUBE, Beijing, China
Caradonna Lab, Lab visit, screening, and lecture, A New Nature, Chicago Botanical Gardens, Chicago, IL

2022
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Program Mentor, Chicago, IL
Post-photographic Processes, Workshop, Anderson Ranch Arts Center – Snowmass, CO
Virtual Art Salon, Anderson Ranch Arts Center
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
Introduction to Blockchain, Workshop, Fotografiska, New York, NY

2021
CCNY Department of Digital and Interdisciplinary Art Practice [DIAP], New York, NY

2020
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Program Mentor, Chicago, IL
NYU Tisch School of the Arts, New York, NY

2019
Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT

2018
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

2017
Washington State University, Pullman, WA
Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
UArts, Philadelphia, PA

2016
Bronx Art Space, real-fake.org.02, Panel Discussion, New York, NY

2014
Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA
School of Visual Arts [SVA], New York, NY
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory [RMBL], Gothic, CO
School of the Art Institute of Chicago [SAIC], Online Artist Lecture, Chicago, IL
University of South Carolina [USC], Online Artist Lecture, Columbia, SC

2013
Savannah College of Art and Design [SCAD], Savannah, GA
Cecil College, North East, MD

2012
Savannah College of Art and Design Lacoste, Lacoste, FR

Artist Books
2018
kin – Silent Face Projects

2016
Translations – Aint–Bad Editions

2015
Emergence – In the In-Between Editions

Publications 2024
Midnight Moment : A Decade of Artists in Times Square — Phaidon Press

2023
Art Accrediting — Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts Taiwan — Issue No. 101
Dear Dave Magazine — Issue No. 34
Antennea Magazine — Earthly — Issue No. 61
Granta Magazine — Sister, Brother — Issue No. 161

2022
IMA Magazine — Volume 37

2021
GetxoPhoto Festival Catalog (Cover)

2020
Keeper of the Hearth – Schilt Publishing – Edited by Odette England
Foam Magazine – Elsewhere – Issue No. 56 (Cover)
Fusebox Festival Catalog (Cover)

2019
ARCH+ – Issue No. 234

2018
The Focal Press Companion to the Constructed Image in Contemporary Photography – Routledge Press
Tique Arts Paper – Issue No. 2
IMA Magazine – Volume 23

2017
Foam Magazine – Talent – Issue No. 48
ARCH+ – Issue No. 228

2016
Off The Wall – Issue No. 10
PhotoViz: Visualizing Information through Photography – Gestalten – Edited by Nicholas Felton
Foam Magazine – On Earth – Issue No. 44

2015
Granta Magazine – The Map Is Not the Territory – Issue No. 131
DIS Magazine (Digital) – The Data Issue

2014
HAWAPI – Etiqueta Negra
urbanBLUR – CND Publications – Thessaloniki, Greece
Harvard Business Review – Issue No. 92

2013
Unless You Will– Issue No. 28 – Axiom & Simulation
Orion Magazine – Axiom & Simulation – Vol. 3 Issue No. 2
Geometry Makes Me Happy – Index Books – Barcelona Spain

2011
Vision Magazine (Chinese Edition) – Environmental Occupations
Surface Magazine (Chinese Edition) – Environmental Occupations

Selected Press
2023
Antennae Magazine Issue No. 61 — Giovanni Aloi

2021
VDrome.org – Interview conducted by Nora Khan

2020
The New York Times – Virtual Galleries: Well Now WTF? – Jilian Steinhauer
The New Yorker – Review – Well Now WTF? – Johanna Fateman

2019
Elephant Magazine — The Artists Using Technology to Harness the Forces of Nature — Sanjana Varghese

2018
The New Yorker – Review of Living Still at Transmitter – Print
UK Photoworks – Ideas Series Interview

2017
Self Publish Be Happy – Journal
The Creative Independent – Interview
Collector Daily – Review – Transposition at Postmasters Gallery
Baxter Street – Mark Dorf: Transposition
Creators Project – Find Your “Alt + Esc” at this DIY Art Heaven
ALT_ESC – Interview
Tique Arts – Six Questions

2016
Artyčok.tv – Video Interview
Art Zealous – 30 Under 30
Art Zealous – Technology and Aesthetics With Artist Mark Dorf
URBANAUTICA – Transformation and Reassembly of a Fractured Landscape

2015
RHIZOME – Artist Profile
iGNANT – Digital Art: Beyond the Hype
HYPERALLERGIC – Review – Emergence at Postmasters Gallery
Artsy – Review – Emergence at Postmasters Gallery
Collector Daily – Review – Emergence at Postmasters Gallery
Boston Globe – Review – Landscape as Fetish at Gallery Kayafas
Al Jazeera – Interview – Broadcast
Cool Hunting – Interview
HYPERALLERGIC – Review – Second Nature at Outlet Gallery
Juxtapoz Magazine – //_PATH

2014
Central Station – Interview
ROOMS Magazine – Interview
The Creators Project – Interview
LENSCRATCH – Emergence
Redefine Magazine – Interview
The New Yorker Elements Blog – Axiom & Simulation
Frontier Psychiatrist – PARALLELS
TIME Lightbox – //_PATH
La Lettura (Italian) – //_PATH – May 2014

2013
In the In-Between: Journal of Digital Artists – //_PATH
In the In-Between: Journal of Digital Artists – Interview
The Creators Project – //_PATH
Arts in Bushwick – Interview
Orion Magazine Blog – Interview
LENSCRATCH – Axiom & Simulation

Collections
Yale University Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library
RISD Museum
Foam Photography Museum
Deutsche Bank Collection
Fleet Library at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Thomas J. Watson Library at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Avery Library at Columbia University
John D. Rockefeller Library at Brown University
Luke Lindoe Library at the Alberta College of Art and Design
Fidelity Investments Collection
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
Mercedes-Benz
Savannah College of Art and Design

MARK DORF

MARK
DORF