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Artist
Mark Grotjahn
b. 1968, Pasadena, California, USA · American · Based in Los Angeles, California, USA
- Tamalpais High School
- Butterfly Radiating Compositions
- Oil on Cardboard
- Cast Bronze Masks
Mark Grotjahn developed a painting language from radiating perspectival 'butterfly' structures before moving into dense face paintings and increasingly gestural abstractions. Repeated formats allow him to test geometry, symmetry and physical paint.
Painting; drawing; sculpture
Gallery Representation
Artist Films
Virtual Studio Visits: Klaus Biesenbach in Conversation with Mark Grotjahn
The Museum of Contemporary Art59 minOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Major Works
- 2001 onwardButterfly Paintings
- 2003Untitled (Black and Cream Butterfly)
- 2000sUntitled (Blue Face Grotjahn)
- 2003 onwardFace Paintings
- 2010sMask sculptures
- 2010sCircus Paintings
- 2004Untitled (Red Butterfly)
- 2012Untitled
- 2016 onwardNew Capri series
- 2018Untitled
Museums & Public Collections
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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