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Marc<\/b> lives and works in Oklahoma City, OK
405.843.5292

Works on view<\/b>
\u2022\u00a01515 Lincoln Gallery<\/a>
\u2022 Oklahoma State Capitol

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Exhibitions<\/h3>\n

2025<\/strong> BancFirst Tower, Oklahoma City, group exhibition
2024<\/strong> 1515 Lincoln Gallery, Oklahoma City, two-person exhibition with Josette Simon-Gestin
2023<\/strong> Holliman Gallery, Holland Hall, Tulsa OK, Two-person exhibition with David Holland
2022<\/strong> 1515 Lincoln Gallery, Oklahoma City, gallery representation
2020<\/strong> Goddard Art Center, Juried exhibition
2019<\/strong> American Choral Directors Association, Oklahoma City, One-person exhibition
2019<\/strong> Objets Trouv\u00e9s, Oklahoma City, Group exhibition
2019<\/strong> Seven-States Biennial Exhibition
\u2013 Curator Bert Seabourn
2019<\/strong> JRB at the Elms, Oklahoma City, Invitational group exhibition
\u2013 Curator George Oswalt
2018<\/strong> Nault Fine Art, Oklahoma City, Two-person exhibition with Josette Simon
2018<\/strong> Aloft Oklahoma City Downtown-Bricktown
2018<\/strong> Oklahoma Contemporary, \u2018ArtNow 2018\u2019 Invitational group exhibition
\u2013 Curators Jennifer Scanlan and Alyson Atchison
2017<\/strong> [Artspace] at UNTITLED, \u2018Unquenchable Search,\u2019 Group exhibition
\u2013 Curator Laura Warriner
2017<\/strong> National Weather Center Biennale
\u2013 Juror Joe Goode
2017<\/strong> Myriad Botanical Gardens, Invitational one-person exhibition
2016<\/strong> Juror for Paseo Printmaking Competition
2015<\/strong> Goddard Art Center, Two-person exhibition with Bobbie Moline Kramer
2015<\/strong> 58th Annual Delta Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture
\u2013 Juror Elizabeth K. Garvey
2015<\/strong> Seven-State Biennial Exhibition
\u2013 Juror James Surls
2014<\/strong> Oklahoma State University Museum of Art
\u2013 Works contained within the Charley Miller Collection
2013<\/strong> Oklahoma Contemporary, \u2018ArtNow 2013\u2019 Invitational group exhibition
\u2013 Curator Louise Siddons
2011<\/strong> Individual Artists of Oklahoma, \u2018Money Talks, Art Walks,\u2019 Invitational group exhibit
2009<\/strong> Guest juror for the Paseo Arts Festival
2009<\/strong> Firehouse Art Center, One-person exhibit
2008<\/strong> Oklahoma State Capitol, One-person invitational exhibition \u2013 East Gallery
\u2013 Work acquired for Oklahoma State Art Collection for Oklahoma State Capitol
\u2013 Work acquired by the Melton Art Collection
2008<\/strong> Baltic Speleological Congress
2007<\/strong> Scribner\u2019s Gallery, Invitational Group Exhibition
2009<\/strong> Suite Oklahoma II, Invitational \u2018Print Exchange\u2019 with other Oklahoma printmakers
2006<\/strong> Untitled [ArtSpace], \u2018Off The Books,\u2019 Invitational group exhibition
2005<\/strong> City Art Center, \u2018Caf\u00e9 City Arts\u2019 invitational group exhibition
2003<\/strong> Untitled [ArtSpace], Three-person exhibit: Jasper Johns, Marc Barker, Jonathon Hils
\u2013 Work acquired by The Belger Foundation in Kansas City, MO
2003<\/b> Juror for Festival of the Arts presented by the Arts Council of Oklahoma City
2003<\/b> Created \u2018The Artful Experience\u2019 for the Arts Council of Oklahoma City with the mission to educate adult festival goers in traditional and digital printmaking mediums
2002<\/strong> International Congress of Speleology, Invitational Group Exhibition

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Education and Experience<\/h3>\n

2019<\/strong> Juror for The Goddard Center, \u201849th Annual Goddard Juried Exhibit\u2019
2016 <\/b>Juror for the Paseo Printmaking Competition
2009<\/b> Juror for the Paseo Art Festival
2003<\/b> Juror for Festival of the Arts presented by the Arts Council of Oklahoma City
2003<\/b> Created \u2018The Artful Experience\u2019 for the Arts Council of Oklahoma City with the mission to educate adult festival goers in traditional and digital printmaking mediums
2000-present<\/b> Aeternitas Inc., Owner\/President, website and interactive design and development company
1999-2000<\/b> Vectrix Corporation, Executive Vice President of Interactive Services, manager Oklahoma City office after acquisition of Cosus Interactive by Vectrix
1995-1999<\/b> Cosus Interactive, LLC, Founding partner in an interactive design and development communications company
1993<\/b> Quartz Mountain Art Institute, Adobe Photoshop workshop assistant to celebrity photographer Douglas Kirkland
1991-1995<\/b> Graduate work, staff and faculty in the Graphic Design Department and Art Museum, helped create the Presentation Production Center, taught principles of interactivity, was Production Supervisor for the Multimedia Technology Laboratory, oversaw all printed collateral for the Museum of Art, University of Central Oklahoma
1985-1991<\/b> Paseo Intaglio Printers, Manager and along with Sharon J. Montgomery did contract printmaking for national artists in etching, aquatint, monotypes, and other printmaking mediums. Artists include: T. C. Cannon (\u2018On Drinking Beer in Viet Nam\u2019 posthumous etching commissioned by the estate), Bert Seabourn, Richard Ray Whitman, Sherman Chaddlesone, John Hogan, Loraine Moore, Janet O\u2019Neal, Donna Berryhill and Jean Richardson
1983<\/b> Oil painting workshop class monitor with RV Goetz
1982-1984<\/b> Michael Beals Photography, color & black\/white darkroom manager, field assistant for lighting and shoots
1982-1984<\/b> Graduate work including mural painting, color theory, studio painting and drawing, Central State University
1976-1985<\/b> Apprentice to Isador S’Renco \u201cIzzy\u201d in offset lithography, process camera, darkroom manager, stripping, plate making, member Graphic Arts Union
1973-1974<\/b> Graduate work in Limnology, University of Oklahoma
1971<\/b> Bachelor of Sciences in Zoology, Oklahoma State University

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Articles<\/h3>\n

Elizabeth Burr article \u2013 ArtFocus<\/a>
Oklahoma State Capitol exhibition 2008<\/a>
National Speleological Society Arts & Letters article<\/a>
Susan Grossman article \u2013 ArtFocus<\/a>
Allied Artist \u2013 Art Focus<\/a>

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Multimedia Bio<\/h3>\n

Marc has been in the interactive field over 25 years. He founded Aeternitas in 2000, and currently manages, designs and programs interactive projects, but typically contracts with highly experienced Oklahoma talent. Aeternitas has created local and regional ADDY award winning interactive projects, logo designs and print collateral.

Formerly Marc was the Executive Vice President of Interactive Services for Vectrix Corporation. He managed the Oklahoma City division and headed up all interactive CD-ROM production for Vectrix, created over 35 unique CDs and over 100 total CD titles. He oversaw production teams consisting of project managers, designers, animators and programmers. Projects have ranged from Business-to-Business marketing and communication websites to fine art CDs. Marc co-founded Cosus Interactive (an Oklahoma based interactive communications company) in 1995. Previously to that, he was on the staff and faculty of the University of Central Oklahoma, taught design classes and he was instrumental in the founding of the Presentation Production Center, taught principles of interactivity and was production supervisor for the Multimedia Technology Laboratory.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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