1972, Falls Church, VA
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

EDUCATION

2002
MFA, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

1994
BA, Degree in Art, University of California, Santa Cruz

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, CA
The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
LA><ART, Los Angeles, CA
Foundation Louis Vuitton, Paris, France
Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA

PUBLIC COMMISSIONS

Découpé Ville (Cut City), West Hollywood, CA (forthcoming)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019
Mexican Mammoth, Marlborough, New York, NY

2018
Nude Group Therapy, Almine Rech Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

2016
The Big Hole, Marlborough, New York, NY

2015
Mark Hagen, Parapet Real Humans, St. Louis, MO
Schmanthropocene, China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
Rampart Tile Wall #1, LA><ART, Los Angeles, CA
The Outdoor Type, JOAN, Los Angeles, CA

2014
a parliament of some things, Almine Rech Gallery, London
Guest Star, Marlborough, New York, NY

2013
Paleo Diet, China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
Black Swamp, Almine Rech Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

2012
TBA de nouveau, Almine Rech Gallery, Paris, France

2011
TBAA, Galeria Marta Cervera, Madrid, Spain
TBA, China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles, CA

2010
Succession & Simultaneity, China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
Vapor Parade & Earth Monster, LA><ART, Los Angeles, CA

2006
Circulation & Light Visit, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019
The Fragrance of Images (touring exhibition), Staedtische Galerie, Delmenhorst, Germany (catalog)
Abstraction(s), curated by Nicolas Trembley, Song Art Museum, Beijing China

2018
The Fragrance of Images (touring exhibition), Opelvillen Art and Culture Foundation, Frankfurt, Germany (catalog)
By Fire, Ceramic Works, Almine Rech, New-York, NY

2017
Flatland / Narrative Abstractions 2, Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean (MUDAM), Luxembourg City, Luxembourg (catalog)

2016
L.A. Exuberance, LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
Folkeobservatoriet (People’s Observatory), Teknisk Museum, Oslo, Norway
After Effect, Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, TX
Grand Opening of Ceramica Suro, Guadalajara, Mexico

2015
Three Day Weekend: Party in Back, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
Theories on Forgetting, Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Lost in a Sea of Red, The Pit, Glendale, CA (catalog)
Sweet 16, China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
Eagles II, Marlborough, Spain (catalog)

2014
Sèvres Outdoors, Cité de la Céramique, Sèvres, France
Another Cats Show, 356 Mission, Los Angeles, CA
The White Album, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA (catalog)
Too Many Things Are Too Many Things, Sputnik/Barbara Seiler Galerie, Basel, Switzerland
Platform, curated by Nicolas Trembley, Almine Rech Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

2013
Painting in Place, LAND, Los Angeles, CA
A Handful of Dust, Contemporary Arts Forum (CAF), Santa Barbara, CA
Endless Bummer II, Marlborough, New York, NY
And Mae and Mac and Me, Barbara Seiler Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Rocks and Clocks, Ambach and Rice, Los Angeles, CA
19 rue de Saintonge, Almine Rech Gallery, Paris, France
Flicker, curated by Jan Tumlir, Control Room, Los Angeles, CA

2012
Made in L.A., Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA (catalog)
Lost Line: Contemporary Art from the Collection, LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
TC: Temporary Contemporary, Bass Art Museum, Miami Beach, FL
XYZ, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA (catalog)
Treating shadows as real things, curated by Lauren Mackler, Museo Sindone, Turin, Italy
Venice Beach Biennial, curated by Ali Subotnick, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Bass elegy/Devil’s Night (for Mike Kelley) collaboration with Scott Benzel, performances at LA><ART and Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
Knowledges, Mount Wilson Observatory, Los Angeles, CA
One Day at a Time, Peres Projects, Berlin, Germany
Perfect, China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
Mark Hagen, Richard Hoblock, Lesley Vance, Anthony Meier Fine Arts, SF, CA
Spare Me, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
More and Different Flags, Marlborough, New York, NY

2011
Seven Los Angeles Artists, Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
California Dreamin' - Myths And Legends of Los Angeles, curated by Hedi Slimane, Almine Rech Gallery, Paris, France
Painting and Space, Luce Gallery, Turin, Italy
Tabula Rasa, Galeria Marta Cervera, Madrid, Spain
April, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York, NY

2010
Seven Los Angeles Artists, Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
California Dreamin' - Myths And Legends of Los Angeles, curated by Hedi Slimane, Almine Rech Gallery, Paris, France
Painting and Space, Luce Gallery, Turin, Italy
Tabula Rasa, Galeria Marta Cervera, Madrid, Spain
April, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York, NY

2008
2008 California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA (catalog)
Desertshore, curated by Jan Tumlir, Luckman Gallery, Cal State Los Angeles (catalog)

2009
Extra Extra, China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
1999, China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles, CA

2008
California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA (catalog)
Desertshore, curated by Jan Tumlir, Luckman Gallery, Cal State LA (catalog)

2006
Strange Animal, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), Los Angeles, CA

2005
Post No Bills, curated by Matthew Higgs, White Columns, New York, NY
Futurism Restated Again, Rental Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2020
Restos Mamut Mexicano (forthcoming), Guadalajara MX, Los Angeles, CA

ARTIST LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS

2018
Visiting Artist (Artist Presentation and MFA Studio Visits), Fine Art Lecture Series, University of California, Riverside

2017
Artist Project Presentation for X-TRA Contemporary Art Quarterly with editor Shana Lutker and curator Aaron Multon, at Hauser & Wirth, Los Angeles, CA 
Panel discussion with curator Rita Gonzalez and artists Analia Saban and Anna Sew Hoy of L.A. Exuberance, LACMA, Los Angeles, CA

2016
Guest Lecturer (Artist Presentation), Norman Locks’ Advanced Photo class, University of California, Santa Cruz
Artist Project Presentation for X-TRA Contemporary Art Quarterly with editor Shana Lutker and curator Aaron Multon, at Hauser & Wirth, Los Angeles, CA

2015
Panel discussion on the work of Xavier Veilhan, MOCA Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA

2014
Visiting Artist (Artist Presentation and MFA Studio Visits), Visiting Artist Lecture Series, University of California, Irvine
Visiting Artist (Artist Presentation and Undergradute Studio Visits), Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA

2013
Guest Lecturer (Artist Presentation), Jon Pylypchuk’s Sculpture class, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Visiting Artist (Artist Presentation and MFA Studio Visits), Fine Art Lecture Series led by Charles Long, University of California, Riverside
Panel discussion with curator Rita Gonzalez and artist Liz Glynn of exhibition Lost Line, LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
Artist’s talk, LA Art Book Fair at MOCA Geffen, Los Angeles, CA

2008
Visiting Artist (Artist Presentation and Undergradute Studio Visits), Idyllwild Arts Academy, Idyllwild, CA

2004
Guest Lecturer (Artist Presentation), Olga Koumoundouros’ Advanced Drawing Class, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

2019
Bollinger, Klaus; Medicus, Florian, Konrad Wachsmann USAF Aircraft Hangar, Birkhäuser Basel

2018
Bjorn N. Sandaker, Arne P. Eggen, Mark R. Cruvellier, The Structural Basis of Architecture, 3rd edition, Routledge, UK
Messina, Rab, “Mark Hagen Does Nude Group Therapy”, TL Magazine, Jan 16 2018, online, https://tlmagazine.com/mark-hagen-nude-group-therapy/

2017
Stromberg, Matt, “Inside The Marciano Art Foundation, L.A.'s Newest Museum”, LAist.com, May, online
Marianne Derrien, Sarah Ihler-Meyer, Flatland / Abstractions narratives, catalog, Mudam Luxembourg, Mrac Occitanie / Pyrénées-Méditérranée, Éditions Cantz
Bhuiya, Hannah, “Meet the Hottest New Sculptors in LA”, Amuse, May 23 2017, online

2016
Goldfarb, Brad, Peter Marino: Art Architecture, Phaidon Press
Hagen, Mark, “Untitled” Artist’s Project, X-TRA Contemporary Art Quarterly, Volume 18, Issue 4, print/online, https://www.x-traonline.org/article/artists-project/
Colacello, Bob, “Lure of LACMA, A New Crop of Artists Re-create a Famed 1968 LACMA Photograph”, Vanity Fair, December issue 2016, print/online,
http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2016/11/lacma-artists-re-create-1968-lacma-photograph
Boutboul, Charlotte, "Final Week to See Mark Hagen’s Coca Cola anodized titanium at Marlbourough Chelsea", whitewall, April 21, 2016, online, https://www.whitewall.art/art/final-week-to-see-mark-hagens-coca-cola-anodized-titanium-at-marlbourough-chelsea

2015
Vicente, Alex, “Los Ángeles, capital del arte”, El Pais, November 11, print/online https://elpais.com/elpais/2015/11/06/eps/1446827160_003636.html
Preston-Zappas, Lindsay, “Mark Hagen at JOAN”, CARLA, July 15, online
Hagen, Mark, “A Picture and a Poem”, The New York Times T Magazine, Spring, print/online, https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/03/t-magazine/picture-poem-michael-dickman-mark-hagen.html
Hagen, Mark, interview, Paddle 8, online, https://paddle8.com/editorial/mark-hagen-what-inspires-me/
Brazilian, Alexa, “Gallerist Almine Rech’s Eclectic and Elegant Paris Apartment”, Wall Street Journal Magazine, Feb. 11, 2015, online, https://www.wsj.com/articles/gallerist-almine-rechs-eclectic-and-elegant-paris-apartment-1423671202
Tschorn, Adam, “Louis Vuitton’s Rodeo Drive renovation a mix of classic and cool”, Los Angeles Times, January 30, 2015, print/online

2014
Reynolds, Cory, “ARTBOOK | D.A.P. Presents Mark Hagen's 'Ramada Santa Monica' Bookstore Installation at Art Los Angeles Contemporary”, Artbook.com, Jan 31, 2014, online, https://www.artbook.com/blog-event-art-los-angeles-contemporary-2014.html
Bambic Kostov, Ana, ‘a parliament of some things’ , Widewalls Magazine, October, online
Interview magazine, May 2014, print
Bailey, Stephanie, “A conversation with Mark Hagen”, Ocula, October, online, https://ocula.com/magazine/conversations/mark-hagen/
Hagen, Mark, High School Drawings, 1987-1990, aREa sNEAKs, Issue 3
Allenova, Ekaterina, et al., Structures. Novelty. Stripes., SNS Collection, BALTO Print
Baumgardner, Julie, “Meterorite Falls on Car, Car Becomes Artwork”, The New York Times T Magazine, May 9, online, https://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/05/09/mark-hagen-guest-star-asteroid-chevy-malibu-marlborough-chelsea-gallery/
Black, Ezrha Jean, “The Postconceptual Multimedia”, Artillery Magazine, November 4, 2014, online
SFAQ, International Art and Culture magazine, SFAQ Pick: “THE WHITE ALBUM, Group Exhibition at Richard Telles”, online, http://sfaq.us/2014/07/sfaq-pick-the-white-album-group-exhibition-at-richard-telles-fine-art-los-angeles/
McKnight, Jenna, “Standard Architecture creates minimal Hollywood showroom for Helmut Lang”, dezeen.com, April 6, 2016, online, https://www.dezeen.com/2016/04/06/standard-architecture-minimal-fashion-showroom-helmut-lang-melrose-avenue-hollywood/

2013
Tumlir, Jan, “Mark Hagen: Paleo Diet”, Artforum, December, print
Mizota, Sharon, “Mark Hagen at China Art Objects”, Los Angeles Times, September 24, print/online, https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-review-mark-hagen-at-china-art-objects-20130916-story.html
Knight, Christopher, “Review: ‘Painting in Place’ flings open conceptual abstraction doors”, Los Angeles Times, June 13, 2013, print/online
Herren, Michael, “LA Artists to Watch”, Los Angeles Confidential, October, print
Shaw, Michael, “Mark Hagen”, ArtScene, October , print
Klee, Miles, “2013?: A Doomsday Day Planner”, Brooklyn Rail, July 15, online
Steverlynck, Sam, “Mark Hagen: Black Swamp”, ArtReview, May, print/online, https://artreview.com/reviews/review_mark_hagen/
Launay, Aude, “Mark Hagen”, Zérodeux, Numéro 65, print
Mohseni, Yasmine, “A Handful of Dust”, ArtInfo.com, February 21, online
Heller, Nathan, “Hedi Slimane Thrills and Scandalizes as Director of Saint Laurent,” Vogue, Sept, print
Carmichael, Elisa, “25 Artists to Watch in 2013,” Complex, January 2, 2013, online
Moore, Caitlin, “Rocks & Clocks at Ambach & Rice”, Daily Serving, May 3, 2013, online

2012
Hagen, Mark, 2013?: A Doomsday Day Planner, Paper Chase Press
Paper Chase Press, “2013?: An interview with Mark Hagen and Jessica Fleischmann”, online
Griffin, Jonathan, “Made in L.A.”, Frieze, September, print
Stromberg, Matt, “From Los Angeles: Made in L.A. 2012”, Art Practical, July 10, online, http://www.artpractical.com/review/made_in_la_2012/
Ellegood, Anne, “Los Angeles Is Everywhere”, Made in L.A. 2012 catalog, Hammer Museum/Delmonica Prestel, print

2011
Berardini, Andrew, “Natural History: Mark Hagen”, LA Weekly, June 16, print/online https://www.laweekly.com/natural-history-anthony-lepore-and-mark-hagen/
Coles, Alex, “Mark Hagen”, Man About Town, Summer, print
Kowalinski, Michael, “Mark Hagen Dreams On”, interview, i-D Magazine, 2011, online
Kowalinski, Michael, “Art Talks Hedi Slimane”, AnOther Magazine, March 2011, print

2010
Young, Paul, “The New Garde: Five emerging artists: Annie Lapin, Carter Mull, Andrea Bowers, Mark Hagen, Mark Flores”, Angeleno Magazine, Dec 2010, print

2009
Huffman, Jibade-Khalil, After Stan Donen, Eighth Veil Press, print
Berardini, Andrew, “2008 California Biennial”, Frieze magazine, March, print, https://frieze.com/article/2008-california-biennial

2008
Mizota, Sharon, “Desertshore”, at Luckman Gallery, Los Angeles Times, September 12, print

2007
Berardini, Andrew, Critic Pick, November, online, https://www.artforum.com/picks/mark-hagen-18908

2006
Hagen, Mark, “A Few Questions Regarding Our Possible Post-Civilization Future”, Arthur Magazine, Winter 2006, print

2004
Hagen, Mark, “Your Pretty Face Isn’t Going to Hell”, Cakewalk, Issue 6, 2004, print

2003
Hagen, Mark, Poster Project, w/ Olga Koumoundouros, Journal of Aesthetics & Protest, Fall 2003, print

GRANTS AND AWARDS

2011
Artists’ Resource for Completion Grant, Center for Cultural Innovation, Los Angeles, CA

TEACHING

2009-2011
Lecturer, "Sculpture", University of California, Irvine

GALLERY AFFILIATIONS

Almine Rech Gallery
Paris, Brussels, London, NYC
www.alminerech.com

Marlborough
NYC, London
www.marlboroughgallery.com