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Born

Mark Baugh-Sasaki was born in 1981 in San Francisco, California. He now lives and works San Francisco.



Education

2004 BFA, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania



Selected Solo Exhibitions

2014
TBA, a public installation at Patricia’s Green in Hayes Valley, San Francisco, CA

2013
Strange Attractors: New Work by Mark Baugh-Sasaki, Thatcher Gallery Outdoor Sculpture Terrace at the University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

2012
The Civilized Wild, Krowswork Gallery, Oakland, CA

2011
Transfigured Lands, Pop-Up Art House, Las Vegas, NV

2010
The Constructed Landscape, Krowswork Gallery, Oakland, CA

2009
Adaptations, a public installation of sculpture at Patricia’s Green in Hayes Valley, San Francisco from July 2009 through January 2010.

2008
A Field Guide to the Post-Industrial Landscape, 5 Mined Fields Studio, Berkeley, CA

2004
Duquesne: A Modern Ruin, Harvey-Milk Photography Center, San Francisco, CA

2002
Reflecting Room, a solo audio/video installation at the Ellis Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2013
Art OnSite, Tribute trail, a juried outdoor sculpture exhibition along Deer Creek,
Nevada City, CA.
SCOPE Art Fair, New York, Reaves Galler, New York, NY

2012
(re)collection: A collaboration with Lost and Found: Family Photos Swept by the 3.11
East Japan Tsunami, Gallery 5M - Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Bellwether 2012: reGeneration, indoor and outdoor sculpture exhibition throughout the city of Bellevue, WA.
De-Mobbing: Landscape, Structure, Bioform, Headlands Center for the Arts, Marin, CA

2011
California, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
ArtPadSF Art Fair, Krowswork Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2010
EcoArchive: Meditations on Time and Nature, Gallery 5M - Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Chemin d’Art, Saint-Flour, France
(Re-)Claim, SOMArts - Main Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2009
Treemendous, Islip Art Museum, Long Island, NY.
Guemgang Nature Art Pre-Biennale 2009, Geumgang International Art Center, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea and Alternative Art Space Sonahmoo, Gyeonggi-do, Korea.
I-Park 2009, Environmental Art Biennale, I-Park, East Haddam, CT.

2008
Shifted Focus, produced in conjunction with the De Young Museum, Space 180, Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco, CA.
PARK(ing) Day, invited by the Hayes Valley Arts Association to participate in PARK(ing) Day. PARK(ing) Day is a one-day, global event centered in San Francisco where artists, activists, and citizens collaborate to temporarily transform metered parking spots into “PARK(ing)” spaces: temporary public parks.
Systems of Decay, Diablo Valley College Art Gallery, Concord, CA.
APAture 10, Space 180, Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco, CA.
Structured Thoughts, HANG Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Fresh Start, HANG Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA.

2007
Hang Art, featured artist, HANG Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Title TBA, Melting Point Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
APAture 9, Space 180, Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco, CA.
All Things Large and Small, The Artisans Gallery, San Rafael, CA.
Post I.D., Identity-infused art for a post-identity world, curated by Kearny Street Workshop, SomArts Main Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
City of Santa Clara 2007 Indoor Sculpture Exhibition, sponsored by the Santa Clara Cultural Advisory Commission in conjunction with the Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA.

2006
New Works
, SWARM Gallery, Oakland, CA.
APAture 8, Space 180, Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco, CA.
The Shape of Things, Artisans Gallery, San Rafael, CA.
Studio Z, Studio Z, San Francisco, CA.
Fling, SOMArts Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
%100 CFA, an exhibition of Carnegie Mellon University, College of Fine Arts Alumni sponsored by the Andy Warhol Museum, the Carnegie Museum of Art, and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA.

2005
APAture 7, Kearny Street Workshop, SomArts gallery, San Francisco, CA.
School of the Arts, Drawings, Paintings, And Sculpture, an exhibition of alumni and faculty of the School of The Arts, San Francisco, The Atrium Gallery, San Francisco, CA.

2004
Featured artist, The North Beach Gallery 3rd Anniversary Show, The North Beach Gallery, San Francisco CA.
BFA Show , Regina Gouger-Miller Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA.
Art Explosion, Artist Imaging Resources, Pittsburgh, PA.
The Adventures of Mark and Bill in the Post-Industrial Forest, The Frame Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA.

2003
Dinomite Days, an exhibition of public sculpture sponsored by the Carnegie Museum of natural History, Pittsburgh, PA.
Tech-Art, Technical Arts Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

2002
Mandala healing the Environment: Tibetan Sand Mandala and Art Exhibition, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA.
Showcase Showdown, The Frame Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA.

2001
Unblurred, Spinning Plate Artist Lofts, Pittsburgh, PA

2000
In-Vision, San Francisco Museum of Modern art, San Francisco, CA

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Selected Awards and Honors

2004 Samuel Rosenburg Award, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
2004 Undergraduate Research Grant, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
2003 Augusta F. Porter Prize, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
2002 Joeseph B. Ellis Award, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
2001 Samuel Rosenburg Award, Carnegie Mellon University,Pittsburgh, PA.



Selected Press and Publications

2010
Is it Close Up or Far Away
, San Francisco Chronicle, Kenneth Baker, San Francisco, CA
Mark Baugh-Sasaki @ Krowswork Gallery, Artillery Magazine, Barbara Morris, Los Angeles, CA
EcoArchive: Meditations on Time and Nature, Art Practical, Aimee Le Duc, San Francisco, CA
The Constructed Landscape, East Bay Express, DeWitt Cheng, Oakland, CA
Out on a Limb, The East Bay Monthly,Jeanne Storck, Oakland, CA
Exploiter les Diverses Ènergies, La Montagne, Virginie Trin, Saint-Flour, France

2009
Geumgang Nature Art Pre-Biennale 2009 catalog, Geumgang, Korea


2008
Hyphen Magazine: The Spaces Issue, Hyphen Magazine, San Francisco, CA and New York, NY.
Plastic Antinomy: Issue 2, San Francisco, CA
Like and Iris Opening, ARTslant San Francisco, www.artslant.com
Whitehot, December 2008, Shifted Focus @ Space 180 Gallery, Whitehot Magazine, Victoria B.C., Canada.
Preview Art: "Systems of Decay" Explores man-nature relations, Oakland Tribune, Oakland, CA.

2006
New Works at SWARM Gallery, Eastbay Express, Oakland, CA.

2003
Dinosaurs of Distinction: The Dinosaurs of Dinomite Days, published Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA.



Selected Public Collections

Hayes Valley Art Coalition, San Francisco, CA
I-Park, East Haddam, CT.
Carnegie Mellon School of Art, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.