Mark Snyder

American artist, currently residing in Western NY.

My artistic influences stem from a variety of sources including SRL, Stelarc, Richard Prince, David Hockney, Ed “Big Daddy” Roth, Francis Bacon, Christo & Gianni Piacentino among others. I draw influence from high risk ventures such as auto racing where stressful conditions reshape one’s perception of being. While the writings of authors like Elaine Scarry, Peggy Phelan, the Marquis de Sade & Michel Foucault are among some the works that give shape to my thinking and processes.

I draw, paint, sculpt, photograph and perform through my works. The idea and concept is alway paramount in shaping the finished product, the varied processes allowing me and the viewer different access points to perceive the ideas, deconstructing/reconstructing the subject matter.

My processes often draw upon the abilities learned outside of college as a jeweler, photographer, printer and backyard mechanic, skills which were learned through apprenticeships and served as my initial sources of income. During much of this same time my undergraduate education took me along a technical path of craftsmanship in Drawing, Painting, Ceramics and Sculpture. My post undergraduate years were spent exploring an...

M.F.A.(2014), Visual Studies & Emerging Practices, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.

B.F.A. (1996), Alfred University, Alfred, NY.

• Selected Solo Exhibitions
2017 "Muscle and Bone" Castellani Art Museum, Niagara Falls, NY

2016 “Auto-Cannibalism” Joanna Angie Gallery, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, NY

2015 “Horsepower” Andrew L. Bouwhuis Library, Canisius College, Buffalo, NY

2014 “Death Drives a Dragster” CEPA Contemporary Visual Arts Center / Big Orbit Gallery, Buffalo, NY

2001 “Honey Apparatus,” Little White Box, Boston MA

1995-6 “A Year at Freakazoid” Fetish Night. Freakazoid Nite Club, Rochester, NY

1995 “Confrontation” South Hall, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
“Consent” Harder Hall, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
“Assault” Moka Joka Coffee Shop, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
“Introduction” South Hall, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
“Sarah’s House of Pleasure Cancelled – A Sadistic Love Poem” Harder Hall, Alfred University, Alfred, NY


• Selected Group Exhibitions

2016 “SCB350”, Makers, Buffalo Science Museum, Buffalo, NY

2015
“Hood Series, Red 003,” A Show of Heads, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY

“Hemi,” A Mid Summer’s Night Draw – drawing rally & silent auction,
Hallwalls Art Center, Buffalo, NY

2014
“Spaceship Control Panel,” Le Canoé des Coureurs de L’Espace – Reinhard Reitzenstein & Gary Nickard, Grimsby Public Ar...