Born: 1964

Hometown: Danvers, MA

Lives and Works: Brooklyn, NY and Ithaca, NY

Website: http://www.marcdennis.com

Blog: wskg.typepad.com/creativefootprint

Education: MFA, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 1993
BFA, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Elkins Park, PA
The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA

About The Artist

Marc Dennis paints hyper-realistic and strikingly detailed paintings addressing notions of subversive desire, pleasure, and beauty. The artist lures us into the spectacle of subtly staged and slightly voyeuristic worlds of contemporary American culture. Interested in the transformative possibilities of familiar iconic images, such as guns, meat, jewelry, and assorted material possessions, Dennis explores the charged subjects of decadence, death, power, and sexuality.

Galleries

Hasted Kraeutler Gallery, New York, NY

Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL

Select Permanent Collections

John and Amy Phelan, New York, New York

Glenn and Amanda Fuhrman, New York, New York

Beth Rudin DeWoody, New York, New York

Larry and Marilyn Fields, Chicago, Illinois

Michael Danoff & Jo Laird, New York, New York

Nancy Chritton Rogers, Aspen, Colorado

Flag Art Foundation, New York, New York

The Neuberger Berman Collection, Neuberger Berman Investment Corp., New York, New York

The Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, The Mari and James A. Michener Collection, University of Texas at Austin, Texas

Howard Tullman Collection, Chicago, Illinois

The Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York

The Rockwell Museum of Western Art, Corning, New York

Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, Nebraska

The Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, New York

The Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, Ohio

Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn, New York

Louisiana Art Works, New Orleans, Louisiana

Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California

Binney & Smith, Inc., Corporate Headquarters Collection, Easton, Pennsylvania

Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Stephen Jay Gould Estate, New York, New York

The Rockwell Museum of Western Art, Corning, New York

The Basil Alkazzi Foundation, London, England

Paul Simon & Edie Brickell, New York, New York

Elizabeth Cropper, Washington, District of Columbia

Marc Graff, Northridge, California

The McCulloughs, Hyannis Port, Massachusetts

Shirley & Alan Becker, Houston, Texas

Joanna Wurtele, New Roads Parrish, Louisiana

Jun Kaneko & Ree Schonlau, Omaha, Nebraska

Peggy and John Baeder, New York, New York

Elizabeth Buchbinder, Washington, DC

Susan and Lester Smith, Houston, Texas

Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut

Richard Shiff, Center for the Study of Modernism, Austin, Texas

Dr. Helene Strassman and Scott Libby, Alexandria, Virginia

Robert Cerullo, Washington, District of Columbia

Jay & Pamela Bothwell, Washington, District of Columbia

Francine Whitney, New York, New York

Larry and Gloria Lieberman, Boston, Massachusetts