MARK ACETELLI
Bio
Mark Acetelli was born in 1969 in Detroit into an artist household. Mark’s mother herself was a painter and some of his earliest memories was the smell of turpentine and oil paints. Growing up surrounded by his mother's work, she inspired and encouraged him to become an artist. Mark was first drawn to music, playing guitar for many years and then deciding in 1999 to follow his muse and his Mother's footsteps, a journey that would eventually lead him to becoming a painter.
Mark describes his work as “The Elegance of Decay.” Like the walls of an old city, distressed, weathered, as if the hands of time have stripped and eroded the surface of the painting to reveal a beauty all their own. Continuously building up and tearing down, layer upon layer of paint, adding and subtracting, until the emotion is expressed.
Mark uses primarily oils and encaustics to create thickly layered canvases, with emotive bursts of color and texture. Striking a delicate balance between personal introspection and accessibility for the viewer. He seeks to evoke a feeling rather than depict a defined image. One that is ever changing in all it’s complexities, exploring universal themes of life, death, love, and loss.
Mark’s works can be found in many private and corporate collections around the world including, Raytheon Corp, Universal Studios, Warner Bothers, Michael Jordan, Stuart Beattie, Claire Forlani, Camryn Mainhiem and Francine Maisler.
Exhibitions and Collections
2010 In Art Santa Fe Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico Mw Galleries, Aspen, CO Gallery 9, Outside the Abstract, Culver City, CA The Art Of Elysium, Pieces of Heaven,, Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles Art Association. Annual Benefit Auction, W.Hollywood, CA Los Angeles Art Association, GEM Group Show, W. Hollywood, CA The Affordable Art Fair, New York City Fall 2010, NY, NY Pipeline For A Cure, San Diego, CA 2009 Left Coast Galleries, “Solo Show” Bulls & Matadors, Studio City, CA Pharmaka “ The Man Show” “Two Person Show” Los Angeles, CA The Whole 9 Gallery, Fearless Leaders, Culver City, CA Left Coast Gallery, Bronze and Brushstrokes, Studio City, CA MW Galleries, Aspen, CO 2008 Pharmaka, “Marks on Paper”, Los Angeles, CA Dale Youngman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Left Coast Galleries, Studio City, CA Museum Works Gallery Aspen, CO Whole 9 Gallery, Culver City, CA Industry Color ” Young L.A.” Culver City, CA New Mark Gallery, New York, NY
2007 Museum Work Gallery, Aspen, CO Lawrence Asher Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Whole 9 Gallery, Culver City, CA Bert Green, Los Angeles, CA Red Dot Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Pharmaka Gallery “L.A Ethos,” Los Angeles, CA Ambrogi/ Castanier Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA 2006 Lurie Gallery, Studio City, CA Micheal Josephs Gallery, Wilton Manors, Fl 2005 Lurie Gallery, Studio City, CA Studio Blue Promotions, Brentwood, CA 2004 Melrose lightspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Lurie Gallery, Los Angeles, CA New York International Art Expo, New York , NY Art Miami, Miami, FL Artfront Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Track 16 Gallery, Hollywood Bowl/Frank Geary, Sphere Project Create Fixate, Los Angeles, CA 2003 Guardian Gallery, Los Angles, CA Art Coalition, Los Angeles, CA Chaz Dean Studio, Hollywood, CA Selected Private and Corporate Collections Michael and Juantia Jordan, Chicago, IL Tom Beiry, VP Warner Bros Promotions, Los Angeles, CA Jack Permeter, Vice President, CBS Promotions, Los Angeles, CA Raytheon Corperation, Los Angels, CA Tom Shadyac, Universal Studios, Studio City, CA Claire Forlani, Los Angeles, CA Lavar Burton, Los Angeles, CA Thomas Bähler, Los Angeles, CA Chaz Dean, Hollywood, CA Steven Zeller, Brentwood, CA American Heart Association, Los Angeles, CA Hollyrod Foundation, Beverly Hills, CA Mark Kohn, Detriot, MI Jeff Franklyn, Los Angeles, CA Stuart Beattie, CAlabasis, CA Russell Bearney, Brentwood, CA Francine Maisler, Beverly Hills, CA The Art of Elysium Jessica Needleman, Los Angeles, CA Eduardo Renta Los Angeles, CA Keith Pressman, Los Angeles, CA