Mark Pettegrow

RESUME: Mark Pettegrow

EDUCATION

University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Master of Fine Arts 1990, Sculpture
Studio study and figure drawing with Robert Engman. Figure study with Maurice Lowe. Printmaking with Hitoshi Nakazato. Relevant courses included: welding and foundry skills, landscape architecture with Sir Peter Shepard, and Albers Color Theory. Studio and visiting faculty included Robert Engman, Maurice Lowe, William King, Bill Barrett, Barbara Zucker, and Neil Welliver.
University of Maine, Orono, ME. Bachelor of Arts 1981, Fine Arts, Psychology
Degree with Highest Honors, Highest Distinction
Phi Beta Kappa 1981, Phi Kappa Phi 1980
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME, Summer 1981
Bernard Langlais Scholar

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Mark Pettegrow Studio Ltd., 1995 - Present
An independent sculpture studio and custom design and decorative arts company. Private commissions include original sculpture, design, fabrication and construction supervision for restaurants, residences, corporate and public spaces.
Important corporate and commercial clients include:
Vatche Simonian Architecture, Morristown, NJ
Integra Life Sciences, Plainsboro, NJ
Peddlers Village, Lahaska PA
American Reinsurance Company, Princeton, NJ
AON Affinity Insurance Corporation, Hatboro, PA
The Pennsview Inn and Panorama Restaurant, Philadelphia PA
Pine Run Elementary School, Chalfont PA
Brushworks, Inc., New Hope, PA. 1989 - 2000.
Founder and principal designer in an architectural mural, decorative painting and custom finishing studio. Specializing in period and original murals, trompe l’oeil, stenciling, wall finishes and painted furniture.
University of Pennsylvania, 1988-1990 Graduate fellowships.
Instructor, The College of General Studies
Courses included figure study from the model.
Resident fellow. Gutman Center, Responsibilities included assisting in the set up
and operation of the bronze casting facility.



SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
Equipoise: New work from the studio. Solo show at the Michener Museum of Art, Doylestown, PA 2006
Bucks County Sculpture Invitational, 2004 Canopus VIII, Third Place Prize
New Hope Sculpture Show, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003
Buckingham Winery Sculpture Invitational, Summer 2006, 2005, 2004
Bucks County Sculpture Invitational 2004,2003,2002, Eyes of Wonder, Byers Choice Award
Maine Coast Artist Invitational, Maine Coast Art Gallery, Rockport, Maine 1996
James Michener Museum, Through the Veil Darkly: World AIDS Day Without Art installation, 1998
Bucks County Biennial, James Michener Museum, Doylestown, PA, 1992
Bucks County Chamber Sculpture Invitational, Doylestown, PA, 1990,1991
Phillips Mill Annual Juried Exhibition, Solebury, PA. 1990,1991,1999, 2000 Patrons Prize 1990

SELECTED COLLECTIONS AND COMMISSIONS:

Mariposa, Permanent collection of the James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA., 2006
Dancing on the Edge, Carlyle Towers, Palisades Park, NJ, 3 Monumental 10’ Bronze figures, Installed 2004
Arabesque, Collection of Mr. Harold Rose, Solebury, PA 2004
Adamant, Collection of Mr. Craig Blackman, Philadelphia, PA 2003
Through Eyes of Wonder, Pine Run Elementary Commission, Chalfont PA 2002
Torkelsen Residence, Princeton, NJ. Custom carved glass, steel and bronze staircase, Carved glass doors, 2001
Aspen, Sturm Residence, Aspen CO. Custom abstract sculpture for Great Room, 2000
American Eagle, American Reinsurance Corporation, Princeton, NJ. Bronze relief for Chairman’s Boardroom, 2000
AON, Affinity Insurance Services, Custom sculpture for main entrance foyer, 200
Dr. Joseph Murphy Residence, New Hope, PA. Design for a custom Classical pool
house including fabrication for all decorative art including 7 life-size bronze
figures and a 120’ x 5’ Doric figurative frieze for the exterior soffit. 1995- 1998
Panorama Restaurant, Philadelphia, Pa. Interior design and fabrication including
murals, fountains, relief sculpture, stained and carved glass, 1993, 1999, 2002
Philadelphia Fish and Co. Restaurant, Philadelphia, PA. Sculptural installation, 1996
Canopus Series VI, Bronze abstract. Collection of Mr. Ellis Alden, Woodside CA
Canopus Series V, Bronze abstract. Collection of Mrs. Elaine Gurland, FortLee, NJ.
Pazzo Pazzo, Site -specific sculptural installation, 8’x30’ Morristown, NJ, 1995
Bruder children, Bronze portraits. Private collection, Gladwyne, PA 1994,1995,1999
Canopus Series II, Bronze abstract edition of 5. Private Collections #1, #2
Canopus Series XI, Bronze Abstract edition of 5. Private Collections #’s1-4

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Nouveau Magazine, “ Patently Pettegrow” Lynn Whelden, September 2004
HGTV ‘s Our Place, “Metal Magic” Joe Zanger. Produced by Ray Sells, Reid-Land Productions January 2001
Nouveau Magazine, “Pursuing a Line of Inquiry” Bruce B. Blackburn III, Sept. 2000
Philadelphia Magazine, “ The Sky’s the Limit” Thomas Hine, October 1999
Traditional Building, “A Wall and Ceiling Dream Project” Judith Lief, March 1997
Bucks County Town and Country Living, “Irrepressible Art Fiends” Cathy Viksjo, Winter 1995
Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine, “The Big Picture” Debra Nussbaum, May 1994

A Brief Biography
Originally from Machiasport, Maine, Mark attended the University of Maine at Orono for his BFA in 1981. After a 6 year academic hiatus while living and working in Portland, Mark moved to Pennsylvania in 1987 to study with Bob Engman, Neil Welliver and Maurice Lowe at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Fine Arts. There he graduated with a Master of Fine Arts Degree in 1990 and settled, temporarily, in Bucks County 17 years ago.
His work has been exhibited in the James A. Michener Museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, the Skowhegan Retrospective at the Maine Coast Artist Gallery in Rockport, Maine, The New Hope Sculpture Center and in many regional and local shows. One of Mark’s sculpture commissions for a private residence in Aspen, Colorado was also featured on HGTV. His work has been published in Philadelphia, Bucks County, Nouveau and several other regional magazines.
Working primarily in wax, plaster and clay for bronze casting or direct metal fabrication, Mark's sculpture is usually commissioned on a site-specific or project basis and has been produced for numerous corporate and private collections, and many residential architectural installations.
Maintaining an active and busy studio in Bucks County, Mark divides his time between his sculpture commissions, varied residential and commercial design projects and planning and building a new studio in Kennebunkport, Maine in preparation for a long awaited return to his home state.

A note regarding the Mariposa series:
The new work: Mariposa, Equipoise and Leap of Faith, started as a direct reaction to a trip to Barcelona and my first exposure to the work of Gaudi. From a skeptical and admittedly ignorant beginning, dismissing him as merely decorative, I began to be intrigued. After viewing as much of his work as possible, I found myself completely enthralled walking through the unfinished vault of the Sagrada Familia Cathedral one week later.
Back in the studio I started working with the parabolic arches and elliptical curves I found compelling in his architecture. A kind of kinetic hybridization occurred as these new forms married themselves to the organic winged architecture of my previous Canopus series. Suddenly my previously static forms took flight.