After a career in advertising that spanned two decades, Mark Penner-Howell has recently returned to painting and drawing as his primary creative outlet. Mark is also a founding member of the Chicago-based band Ten Tongues, with whom he still performs. He currently lives and works in Denver, Colorado.

Résumé

Professional experience

2004-Present, Freelance graphic designer and fine artist.
2000-2004, Creative Director, Vice President, Tribal DDB, Chicago.
1997-2000, Associate Creative Director, DDB Digital, Chicago
1993-1996, Designer, Spiegel Publishing Co.

Exhibitions

2008
Destinesia, CORE New Art Space gallery,Denver, CO
Member's show, CORE New Art Space gallery, Denver, CO

2007
Loud Juried exhibit, Arts & Literature Lab, New Haven, CT
Resident artists show, TOSA, Denver, CO
The Red Show Juried exhibition, CORE New Art Space Gallery, Denver, CO

2006
Resident artists show, TOSA, Denver, CO
New Talent, Space Gallery, Denver, CO
Group exhibit, RAW Art Guerilla Gallery Denver, CO

2005
Resident artists show, TOSA, Denver, CO

2004
Mayor Daley’s Celebrity Art Auction, Chicago, IL

Press

Westword, January 24, 2008
Denver Arts, January 21, 2008
New Haven Advocate, February 1 2007
New Haven Register, Sunday, Jan 14, 2007
Connecticut Art Scene, Thursday, January 25, 2007.

Affiliations

The Other Side Arts, resident artist
CORE New Art Space, Full member