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Mark Titmarsh (born 1955) is a contemporary Australian painter. [1] His work involves permutations of painting, sculpture, installation, screen media, performance and writing [ citation needed ] . In 2017, he published a book called Expanded Painting. [2] [ why? ]
During the early 1980s Titmarsh was a key figure[ according to whom? ] in the underground Super 8 film scene [ citation needed ]. He produced a number of film projects in Super 8 [ citation needed ], and in 1982, with Ross Gibson, Lindy Lee, Deirdre Beck and Janet Burchill, formed the Super 8 Collective, who together staged the 3rd Sydney Super 8 Film Festival at the Chauvel Cinema, Paddington, Sydney [3]
Following the 1983 festival, The Sydney Super 8 Film Group, with Titmarsh the sole continuing member from the previous year, was formed and continued to organise and stage festivals[ which? ], publish film readers[ which? ] and tour programs of film[ which? ] throughout the 1980s. [3] [ specify ]
During this period Titmarsh was a prolific film artist[ according to whom? ]. [4] His work as a painter was included in Australian Perspecta 1989 [5] [6] and his film work[ example needed ] was shown in Australian Perspecta 1986. [7]
In the 1990s he co-founded the Sydney-based artist's run initiative Art Hotline [8] exhibiting weekly one day exhibitions of ephemeral works in non-gallery everyday sites[ example needed ]. He is the editor of an eponymously titled book [9] documenting the 3-year life of the project.
His current practice gathered under the term ‘expanded painting’, [10] involves deconstructing traditional conventions of painting based on canvas, brush, and stretcher and replacing them with other materials including contemporary devices and post-industrial services[ example needed ].
Titmarsh's exhibition history comprises Australian and international exhibitions[ citation needed ]. It includes the Pompidou Centre, Paris, France [11] [ verification needed ] and the Ionion Centre for Art and Culture, Greece. [12] He has held exhibitions at commercial galleries including Roslyn Oxley, Sydney, Bellas Milani Gallery, Brisbane, Australia and Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne[ citation needed ].
A monograph about his work, titled, The Thing, [13] was written by Cameron Tonkinwise, and published by Artspace. Sydney, in 2006.
Titmarsh's works are held in museums and private and corporate collections in Australia, Europe and the United States [ citation needed ]. These include:
Titmarsh was awarded the Grace Cossington Art Award in 2016 [16] and The Lake Macquarie Regional Art Prize in 1989. [17]
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