Mark Rebennack

I am inspired by the everyday art, artists, languages, thoughts, colors, comments, jokes, news headlines, memories, music, motivations and silences. Having studied art, and now teaching it, I have had the experiences needed in order to develop my philosophies about the creation of art as a viewer, a collector, a student, an advocate and a practitioner. I believe in art for art's sake. I believe in the power of creativity. I believe that you must first know the rules before you can break them. I believe that artists that become complacent are at risk of failing themselves as much as the viewers. I believe in the universality of mark-making.

Exhale Series:
My series of "Exhale" drawings are a record of separating energy from the breath. Each freehand line is conducted for the length of one exhale and mimics the previous line. Beginning with the straightest freehand line possible, the "waves" begin to take shape as minor imperfections or bumps in one line are exaggerated through the following lines. One at a time: no jumping ahead and no going back, but always moving forward.

BFA: University of Cincinnati School of Design, Art, Architecture and Planning. 1999.
MS: California State University, Long Beach. Master's in Special Education. 2012.

2017: Man Handled. Good-Eye Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017: Art in Place. Newberry Lofts, Long Beach, CA
2018: Art on Paper. Catalyst, Westminster, CA
2018: Art in a New Place, ArtExchange, Long Beach, CA
2018: HERE|NOW, Artistic Edge Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2020: Elements: Air, Water. Gallery 57, Arundel, UK
2021: The Other Art Fair, Los Angeles CA
2021: Surfing the Pacific Rim. Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA
2022 Spring: The Other Art Fair, Los Angeles CA
2022: Summer Show, Artistic Edge Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2022 Fall: The Other Art Fair, Los Angeles CA
2022: Art With Purpose, The Brewery Los Angeles
2023 Spring: The Other Art Fair Los Angeles
2023: OlyClub, Santa Monica
2023: Summer Show, studio.gallery.lb, Long Beach, CA