Mark Lightfoot

Mark Lightfoot was raised in Michigan where he began drawing and painting at an early age. He attended the University of Michigan, graduating with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Design. He moved to the west coast that year to attend the University of Washington in Seattle, completing his Master of Fine Arts Degree. His thesis work was figure painting, with an emphasis in oils.
Since completing his graduate studies, Mark has exhibited his work extensively in Michigan, Washington, British Columbia and California. He won Fourth Place in the Mixed Media category at the California Works exhibition in Sacramento. His paintings, drawings, sculpture and handmade paper pieces are in private collections and public buildings throughout the west.

2002-2004 HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMY AND CAREER PATHWAYS PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, Conferences, Workshops and Seminars, Pasadena, Belmont and Anaheim, CA

2003 DIGITAL IMAGING, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA

1995 ART ON THE COMPUTER, Ohlone College, Fremont, CA

1976 POSTGRADUATE TEACHING CERTIFICATION PROGRAM,
Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

1970 M.F.A., PAINTING, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

1967 B.S., DESIGN, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2015 NEW WORKS, Manna Gallery, Oakland, CA

2014 OF THINGS PAST, Manna Gallery. Oakland, CA

2012 E = MC2, Manna Gallery, Oakland, CA

2011 FIGURE SERIES, Oakland City Hall, Oakland, CA
DANCER, Market Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2010 THREE PAINTERS, Stanford Art Spaces, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

2009 MARK LIGHTFOOT: NEW DIRECTIONS Los Gatos Museum of Art, Los Gatos, CA
MARK LIGHTFOOT: MONOTYPES, Berkeley YWCA , Berkeley, CA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2013 WORKS ON PAPER, Manna Gallery, Oakland, CA
SMALL WORKS, Stage Left Cellars, Oakland, CA
A CALIFORNIA PORTRAIT, Manna Gallery, Oakland, CA

2012 THE LIFE OF FORMS, Manna Gallery, Oakland, CA
THE SKETCHBOOK PROJECT WORLD TOUR, “Encyclopedia of Virtual Biology”, Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY
VIRTUAL BIOLOGY, Mark Lightfoot with Wayne Armstrong, Manna Gallery, Oakland, CA

2011 TERRA ENTWINED, Art Gallery, Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, CA
COME ON HOME TO ME, Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts, Oakland, CA
INAUGURAL EXHIBITION, FIELDS OF VISION, HOLIDAY SHOW, Manna Gallery, Oakland, CA
THREE PERSON EXHIBITION, Community ...