After a career in advertising that spanned nearly two decades, Mark Penner-Howell has recently returned to painting and drawing as his primary creative outlet. He currently lives and works in Denver, Colorado.



Résumé

Professional experience

2004-Present, Fine artist and freelance graphic designer
2000-2004, Creative Director, Vice President, Tribal DDB, Chicago.
1997-2000, Associate Creative Director, DDB Digital, Chicago

Exhibitions

2011
Group Show at Walker Fine Art, Denver, CO
The New Normal,
Space Gallery, Denver, CO


2010
MIX, Center for Visual Art, Inaugural group exhibition, Denver, CO
Second Degree of Separation,
Group Show, Redline, Denver, CO
The Love Show, Featured Artist, Core New Art Space Gallery, Denver, CO
Artopia, Featured Artist, Denver, CO

2009
Best of Santa Fe Art District, 910 Arts Event Gallery, Denver, CO
Too Big to Fail, Solo show, CORE New Art Space, Denver, CO
The Denver Modernism Show, Denver, CO
Sizzle & Bang Gallery, featured artist, Denver, CO

2008
Destinesia, CORE New Art Space,Denver, CO
Solo show at Icelantic Gallery, Denver, CO
Politics and War, juried show at CORE New Art Space, Denver, CO
The Artists of 900 Santa Fe, Invitational group show at Center for the Arts Evergreen, Evergreen, CO
Polarities, juried show at CORE New Art Space, 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

Press

The Nervouse Breakdown, Spring, 2011

Platinum Cheese, Spring, 2011

Denver Syntax, Spring, 2010
Westword, January 24, 2008
New Haven Advocate, February 1 2007
New Haven Register, Sunday, Jan 14, 2007
Connecticut Art Scene, Thursday, January 25, 2007.