Mark W. McGinnis- resume
Born: September 6, 1950
E-Mail: markwmcginnis@gmail.com
Undergraduate Study: Northern State College, Aberdeen, SD, B.S. in Ed., 1972
Graduate Study: University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, M.F.A. in Painting, 1974
Professor Emeritus of Art, Northern State University, Aberdeen, SD 1976-2006
PROJECT EXHIBITIONS
2011 – Gitanjali (selections from) part 1, Boise Unitarian/Universalist Fellowship,
Boise, ID
2011 – Gitanjali (selections from) part 2, Shangrala Tea House, Boise, ID
2010 -Studies for Designs of Faith, watercolors, Boise Unitarian/Universalist Fellowship,
Boise, ID
2010 – This World of Ours (Issa) -- Visual Arts Center, Washington Pavilion, Sioux
Falls, SD
2009 – This World of Ours (Issa) – Bede Gallery, Mount Marty College, Yankton, SD
2009 – This World of Ours (Issa) – Dacotah Prairie Museum, Aberdeen, SD
2008 – This World of Ours (Issa) – Apex Gallery, SDSMT, Rapid City, SD
2008 – This World of Ours (Issa) – Dakota Discovery Museum, Mitchell, SD
2008 - Buddhist Animal Wisdom Stories- Mizel Museum, Denver, CO
2006-2007 – Gitanjali: 103 Small Paintings, Dahl Art Center, Rapid City, SD
2006 – Cloud Messenger: 90 Small Paintings, South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, SD
2006 – Cloud Messenger: 90 Small Paintings, Isaac Lincoln Gallery, Northern State
University, Aberdeen, SD
2006 – Buddhist Animal Wisdom Stories, Benedicta Art Center, St. Benedict’s College,
St. Joe. MN
2005 – Buddhist Animal Wisdom Stories, Shaman Gallery, Hot Springs SD
2005 – Watercolor Sketches from the Southwest and the Black Hills, Student Center
Gallery, NSU, Aberdeen, SD
2004 – Buddhist Animal Wisdom Stories, Dakota State University, Madison, SD
2004 – Buddhist Animal Wisdom Stories, Lamont Gallery, Dacotah Prairie Museum, Aberdeen,
SD
2003-2004 – Gitanjali: 103 Small Paintings, Visual Art Center, Washington Pavilion,
Sioux Falls, SD
2003 – Gitanjali: 103 Small Paintings (print version), Tagore Festival, University
of Illinois, Urbana, IL
2003 – Gitanjali: 103 Small Paintings (print version), Rabindra Mela, Villa Victoria
Academy, Ewing, NJ
2003 – Gitanjali: 103 Small Paintings, Isaac Lincoln Gallery, NSU, Aberdeen, SD
2003 – Buddhist Animal Wisdom Stories, Apex Gallery, SDSM&T, Rapid City, SD
2003 – Buddhist Animal Wisdom Stories, Eide/Dahlrymple Gallery, Augustana College,
Sioux Falls, SD
2003 – Handmade Artist’s Books, Williams Library, NSU, Aberdeen, SD
2002-2003 – Color, Color, Color (works from the Two Ways Project), Gallery F, Visual
Arts Center, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD
2002-2003 -Designs of Faith, paintings & essays, St. John’s Art Center, St. John’s
University, Collegeville, MN
2002 – Buddhist Animal Wisdom Stories, Isaac Lincoln Gallery, NSU, Aberdeen, SD
2002 – Buddhist Animal Wisdom Stories, Blue Cloud Abbey, Marvin, SD
2001 -Designs of Faith, paintings & essays, Mizel Museum of Judaica, Denver, CO
2001 – Elders of the Benedictines, portraits and interviews, Bede Gallery, Mount
Marty College, Yankton, SD
2000 - Mark W. McGinnis - 1980 to 2000 - Major Projects, Visual Art Center, Washington
Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD
2000 -Designs of Faith, paintings & essays, Steensland Art Museum, St. Olaf College,
Northfield, MN
2000 - Elders of the Benedictines, portraits and interviews, Isaac Lincoln Gallery,
NSU, Aberdeen, SD
2000 -Studies for Designs of Faith, watercolors, Nobles County Art Center, Worthington,
MN
2000 - People of Wisdom, collagraphs, Blue Cloud Abbey, Marvin, SD
2000 - Watercolor Sketches from India, Student Center Gallery, NSU, Aberdeen, SD
2000 – Elders of the Faiths, Pierre Street Emporium, Pierre, SD
2000 – Elders of the Faiths, South Dakota Cultural Heritage Center, Pierre, SD
1999 -Studies for Designs of Faith, watercolors, Russell Rotunda, Capital Hill,
Washington, DC
1999 -Studies for Designs of Faith, watercolors, Nicolett Tower Center, Sisseton,
SD
1999 -Designs of Faith, paintings & essays, The Visual Art Center, Washington Pavilion,
Sioux Falls, SD
1999 -Designs of Faith, paintings & essays, The Journey Museum, Rapid City, SD
1999 -Elders of the Benedictines: Part II, paintings and interviews, Blue Cloud Abbey,
Marvin, SD
1998 -Designs of Faith, Part III, paintings, essays, and video, Isaac Lincoln Gallery,
NSU, Aberdeen, SD
1998 -Elders of the Faiths, paintings and interviews, President's Gallery, NSU, Aberdeen,
SD
1998 -Studies for Designs of Faith, watercolors, Blue Cloud Abbey, Marvin, SD
1998 -Elders of the Faiths, paintings and interviews, Bede Art Gallery, Mount Marty
College, Yankton, SD
1998 -Elders of the Faiths, paintings and interviews, Ruddell Gallery, BHSU, Spearfish,
SD
1997 -Elders of the Benedictines: Part I, paintings and interviews, Blue Cloud Abbey,
Marvin, SD
1997 -Elders of the Faiths, paintings and interviews, Broadway Gallery, Watertown,
SD
1997 -Elders of the Faiths, paintings and interviews, SD Cultural Heritage Center,
Pierre, SD
1997 -Elders of the Faiths, paintings and interviews, Nicollet Tower Center, Sisseton,
SD
1996 -Elders of the Faiths, paintings and interviews, Civic Fine Arts Center, Sioux
Falls SD
1996 -Elders of the Faiths, paintings and interviews, South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings,
SD
1996 -Elders of the Faiths, paintings and interviews, W.H. Over State Museum, Vermillion,
SD
1996 -Elders of the Faiths, paintings and interviews, Circle of Courage Gallery,
Lennox, SD
1996 -Elders of the Faiths, paintings and interviews, Blue Cloud Abbey, Martin, SD
1996 -Elders of the Faiths, paintings and interviews, Cannon Rotunda, Washington,
DC
1996 -Elders of the Faiths, paintings and interviews, Dacotah Prairie Museum, Aberdeen,
SD
1996 -Designs of Faith, Part II, paintings, essays, and video, Isaac Lincoln Gallery,
Aberdeen, SD
1995 -Studies for Designs of Faith, watercolors, Presentation College, Aberdeen,
SD
1995 -Lakota & Dakota Animal Wisdom Stories, Gallery 306, Sioux Falls, SD
1995 -Lakota & Dakota Animal Wisdom Stories, Heritage Museum of Roberts County, Sisseton,
SD
1995 -Lakota & Dakota Animal Wisdom Stories, paintings, Mount Marty College, Yankton,
SD
1995 -Lakota & Dakota Animal Wisdom Stories, paintings, The Art Center, Jamestown,
ND
1995 -Lakota & Dakota Animal Wisdom Stories, paintings, Akta Lakota Museum, Chamberlain,
SD
1994 -Lakota & Dakota Animal Wisdom Stories, paintings, Dakota State University,
Madison, SD
1994 -Lakota & Dakota Animal Wisdom Stories, paintings, Ruddell Gallery, BHSU, Spearfish,
SD
1994 -Lakota & Dakota Animal Wisdom Stories, paintings, The Oscar Howe Art Center,
Mitchell, SD
1994 -Lakota & Dakota Animal Wisdom Stories, paintings, Community Cultural Center,
Brookings, SD
1994 -Lakota & Dakota Animal Wisdom Stories, paintings, Klien Museum, Mobridge, SD
1994 -Lakota & Dakota Animal Wisdom Stories, paintings, W. H. Over State Museum,
Vermillion, SD
1994 -Designs of Faith, Part I, paintings, essays, and video, Isaac Lincoln Gallery,
NSU, Aberdeen, SD
1993 -Lakota & Dakota Animal Wisdom Stories, paintings, The Cultural Heritage Center,
Pierre, SD
1993 -Lakota & Dakota Animal Wisdom Stories, paintings, Dacotah Prairie Museum, Aberdeen,
SD
1992 -The Wonderful World of Explorers, performance and painting installation, The
Walker's Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
1992 -The Wonderful World of Explorers, performance and painting installation, pARTs
Alternative Artspace, Minneapolis, MN
1992 -The Wonderful World of Explorers, painting installation and video lecture,
CSPS Alternative Artspace, Cedar Rapids, IA
1992 -The Wonderful World of Explorers, painting installation and video lecture,
W. H. Over State Museum, Vermillion, SD
1992 -The Wonderful World of Explorers, performance and painting installation, The
Cultural Heritage Center, Pierre, SD
1992 -The Wonderful World of Explorers, performance and painting installation, The
Colombian Legacy Institute, NSU, Aberdeen, SD
1992 -The Wonderful World of Explorers, painting installation and video lecture,
The New Gallery, SDSMT, Rapid City, SD
1992 -The Wonderful World of Explorers, performance, Nobel Peace Prize Forum, Augustana
College, Sioux Falls, SD
1992 -The Wonderful World of Explorers, performance and painting installation, The
South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, SD
1992 -The Wonderful World of Explorers, performance and painting installation, Isaac
Lincoln Gallery, NSU, Aberdeen, SD
1990 -Two Ways, performance production, Johnson Fine Arts Center, NSU, Aberdeen,
SD
1989 -Third World Ties, installation, Franklin Furnace, New York, NY
1989 -Third World Ties, installation, Cannon Rotunda, Washington, DC
1989 -Third World Ties, installation, C.A.G.E., Cincinnati, OH
1989 -Third World Ties, installation, Civic Fine Arts Center, Sioux Falls, SD
1988 -Third World Ties, installation, The Peace Museum, Chicago, IL
1988 -Third World Ties, installation, Paul Whitney Larsen Gallery, U of M, St. Paul,
MN
1988 -Third World Ties, installation, Steensland Gallery, St. Olaf College, Northfield,
MN
1988 -Portraits for the Two Ways Project, Isaac Lincoln Gallery, Northern State,
Aberdeen, SD
1987 -Visual Art as a Political Voice, Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, MN
1986 -Sculpture and Paintings, University of Minnesota-Morris, Morris, MN
1986 -Sculptural Works-Nuclear Themes, Bede Gallery, Mount Marty College, Yankton,
SD
1986 -Paintings, Sculpture, Video, Eide/Dalrymple Gallery, Augustana College, Sioux
Falls, SD
1985 -Major Table Projects, Dahl Fine Arts Center, Rapid City, SD
1985 -Recent Projects, South Dakota Memorial Art Center, Brookings, SD
1985 -A Faculty Sampler 1970-1985, Presidents Gallery, Northern State, Aberdeen,
SD
1984 -Sabbatical Projects, Isaac Lincoln Gallery, Northern State, Aberdeen, SD
1984 -Projects with a Nuclear Theme, ARCC Gallery, Aberdeen, SD
1984 -Five Futures and Related Works, Worthington Community College, Worthington,
MN
1983 -Small Sculpture and Paintings, Buell Gallery, Rapid City, SD
1983 -Major Projects '81, '82, '83, Civic Fine Arts Center, Sioux Falls, SD
1983 -Scenes from an American Tragedy, Fort Sisseton Visitor Center, Fort Sisseton,
SD
1983 -Scenes from an American Tragedy, Norwest Bank, Aberdeen, SD
1982 -Scenes from an American Tragedy, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND
1982 -Scenes from an American Tragedy, Isaac Lincoln Gallery, Aberdeen, SD
1982 -Scenes from an American Tragedy, ARCC Gallery, Aberdeen, SD
1982 -Variations on Utopia, Harnett Hall Gallery, Minot State College, Minot, ND
1982 -Variations on Utopia, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD
1981 -Variations on Utopia, Civic Fine Arts Center, Sioux Falls, SD
1981 -Variations on Utopia, ARCC Gallery, Aberdeen, SD
1980 -New Works, Lincoln Gallery, Northern State, Aberdeen, SD
1980 -Ten Year Retrospective, ARCC Gallery, Aberdeen, SD
1980 -Screenprints, Memorial Union Gallery, Northern State, Aberdeen, SD
1978 -Lincoln Gallery, Northern State, Aberdeen, SD
1977 -Dakota Prairie Museum, Aberdeen, SD
1976 -Lincoln Gallery, Aberdeen, SD
1976 -Gallery LTD, Indianapolis, IN
1975 -Gallery LTD, Indianapolis, IN
INVITATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 – Not Just Another Pretty Face – Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
2009 – Ten Year Celebration: Solo Exhibition Artist’s Retrospective (1999-2009),
Visual Art Center, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD
2007 – Ladies Choice – Bradord Brinton Memorial & Museum, Big Horn, WY
2006 – The Siouxland Landscape II, Visual Art Center, Washington Pavilion, Sioux
Falls, SD
2002 – The Siouxland Landscape, Visual Art Center, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls,
SD
2001 – 5th Anniversary Invitational, G K Gallery, Cooperstown, ND
2001 - NSU Faculty Exhibition (Designs of Faith Prints),
G K Gallery, Cooperstown, ND
1998 - NSU Faculty Exhibition (Lakota and Dakota Animal Wisdom Stories), Granary
Art Center, Groton, SD
1997 - A Cherished Generation (Elders of the Faiths, paintings and interviews), Mizel
Museum of Judica, Denver, CO
1997 - Please Touch: Tactile Art, Isaac Lincoln Gallery, NSU, Aberdeen, SD
1996 -South Dakota Art Faculty, South Dakota Museum of Art, Brookings, SD, and The
New Gallery, SDSMT, Rapid City, SD
1995 -Intimate Objects: A Small Sculpture Invitational, University Art Galleries,
USD, Vermillion, SD
1994 -Sea Change, Franklin Furnace, New York, NY
1994 -On Common Ground, Oscar Howe Art Center, Mitchell, SD
1993 -Freedom Made Visible, Dahl Fine Arts Center, Rapid City, SD
1993 -Sunstruck, Oscar Howe Art Center, Mitchell, SD
1993 -South Dakota Art Faculty, South Dakota Museum of Art, Brookings, SD, and The
New Gallery, SDSMT, Rapid City, SD
1992 -Across the Western Ocean: Artists of Irish America, Pirate: A Contemporary
Art Oasis, Denver, CO
1992 -Brenau College National Invitational Art Exhibition, Gainesville, GA
1992 -South Dakota Sculptors, Isaac Lincoln Gallery, NSU, Aberdeen, SD
1992 -South Dakota Sculptors, The New Gallery, SDSMT, Rapid City, SD
1991 -Prairie Weather, Old Courthouse Museum, Sioux Falls, SD
1990 -The Great American Fax Attack, Andrea Ruggieri Gallery, Washington, DC
1989 -Everyone Has The Right To..., The Peace Museum, Chicago, IL
1989 -Art For A New Century, South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, and Civic Fine Arts
Center, Sioux Falls, SD
1989 -Marriage Proposals and Third World Ties, SPACES, Cleveland, OH
1988 -Franklin Furnace in Wuppertal, Zeigt Das Atelier, Wuppertal, West Germany
1988 -South Dakota Sculptors, University Galleries, University of South Dakota, Vermillion,
SD
1988 -South Dakota Sculptors, Dahl Fine Arts Center, Rapid City, SD
1987 -Disquietitudes: Landscapes and Cityscapes, (Scenes From an American Tragedy),
Katherine E. Nash Gallery, UofM, Minneapolis, MN
1986 -Visions: Works on Peace by Contemporary Sculptors and Designers, (Five Futures
and related works), The Peace Museum, Chicago, IL
1986 -Technesthetics, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD
1985 -State of Mind, State of the Union, Transference, White Columns, New York, NY
1984 -South Dakota Sculpture Invitational, University Galleries, University of South
Dakota, Vermillion, SD
1984 -Visions of America at Peace, The Concourse, San Francisco, CA
1983 -Artists For Survival, The Cannon Rotunda, Washington, DC
1983 -Discovery Gallery, Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, MN
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCIES
2011 – Grand Canyon National Park
2010 – North Cascades National Park
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Visual Art Center, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD (Two Ways, Five Futures,
Studies of Paintings From the Western World)
Aberdeen Public Schools, Aberdeen, SD (ten of the Lakota and Dakota Animal Wisdom
Stories canvases rotating between ten schools)
Prairie Peace Park, Lincoln, NE (Madonna of Baghdad)
Mizel Museum , Denver, CO
Dahl Art Center, Rapid City, SD
Franklin Furnace Archives, New York, NY
The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York, NY
The Peace Museum, Chicago, IL
PADD, Political Art Documentation and Distribution, New York, NY
South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, SD (One Megaton)
University Galleries, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD (Scenes From an
American Tragedy, Red-Blue)
Dacotah Prairie Museum, Aberdeen, SD
South Dakota School for the Visually Handicapped, Aberdeen, SD
Northern Galleries, Northern State University, Aberdeen, SD
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2008-2010 – Touring Arts Grant, SD Arts Council
2002-2006 – Touring Arts Grant, SD Arts Council
2004 - Terence Brown Research Award, NSU
2002 – Nora Staael Evert Research Award, NSU
2001 – Outstanding Service to Art Education Award, Aberdeen Area Arts Council
2000 - Outstanding Honors Faculty Member Award, NSU
1999 - Terence Brown Research Award, NSU
1996 - Terence Brown Research Award, NSU
1994 -Touring Arts Grant, South Dakota Arts Council
1993 -Touring Arts Grant, South Dakota Arts Council
1991 -Senior Artist's Fellowship, SD Arts Council
1989 -Intermedia Arts - NEA/Rockefeller Foundation Grant for Interdisciplinary Artists
1989 -Individual Artists Grant, Artists Space, New York, NY
1989 -Project Grant (Two Ways), South Dakota Arts Council
1989 -Northern State Research Award (Two Ways Project), Northern State University
1988 -Northern State Research Award (Two Ways Project), Northern State College
1987 -Adrienne Kaufman Peace With Justice Award, South Dakota Peace and Justice Center
1985 -Northern State Research Award (Third World Ties) Northern State College
1982 -Project Grant (Five Futures), South Dakota Arts Council
1980 -Project Grant (Variations on Utopia), South Dakota Arts Council
1980 -Northern State Research Award (Screenprinting), Northern State College
1979 -Northern State Research Award (Screenprinting), Northern State College
PAPER PRESENTATIONS
2003- “The Aesthetics of Rabrindranath Tagore for the 21st Century” Rabindramela,
Ewing, New Jersey
2002- “Remembering Rabindranath Tagore,” 16th Annual National Conference on the Liberal
Arts and Education of Artists, New York, NY
2002 – “Elders of the Benedictines Project,” American Benedictine Academy Convention,
Bismark, ND
2001 -"Designs of Faith: An Artist’s Inquiry in Religious Studies," 15th Annual National
Conference on the Liberal Arts and Education of Artists, New York, NY
1999 -"The Language of Art and Understanding Our World," 13th Annual National Conference
on the Liberal Arts and Education of Artists, New York, NY
1998 -"Nurturing the Human Interface," 12th Annual National Conference on the Liberal
Arts and Education of Artists, New York, NY
1997 -"A Timeless Factor," 11th Annual National Conference on the Liberal Arts and
Education of Artists, NYC
1996 -"Your Computer is Fine, But You Might Want to Reprogram Your Mind," 10th Annual
National Conference on the Liberal Arts and Education of Artists, NYC
1996 -"Joyous Learning. How?," 4th Annual Northern Conference on Teaching and Learning,
NSU, Aberdeen, SD
1995 -"Just Another Crazy Artist: Mental Illness in Artists and Art Students," 9th
Annual National Conference on the Liberal Arts and Education of Artists, New York,
NY
1995 -"Creativity and Mood Disorders," 3rd Annual Northern Conference on Teaching
and Learning, NSU, Aberdeen, SD
1994 -"In Praise and Condemnation of Teaching Tolerance," 8th Annual National Conference
on the Liberal Arts and Education of Artists, New York, NY
1994 -"Call Off the Lectures," 2nd Annual Northern Conference on Teaching and Learning,
NSU, Aberdeen, SD
1993 -"Ethics, Aesthetics, Art History, and Students," 7th Annual National Conference
on the Liberal Arts and the Education of Artists, New York, NY
1993 -"Teach Ethics and Morals?! - no problem in the visual arts," Northern Conference
on Teaching and Learning, NSU, Aberdeen, SD
1991 -"Resensitize Art Students / Disarm Mass Media," 5th Annual National Conference
on Liberal Arts and the Education of Artists, New York, NY
1991 -"The Aesthetics of Violence," 55th Annual Conference of the Mid-America College
Art Association, Madison, WI
1988 -"How Do You Educate Artists in a Visually Desensitized Society," 2nd Annual
National Conference on Liberal Arts and the Education of Artists, New York, NY
1987 -"An End to Isolationism in Educating Artists," 1st Annual National Conference
on Liberal Arts and the Education of Artists, NYC
1987 -"From Zen to General Zia," 51st Annual Conference Mid-America College Art Association,
Minneapolis, MN
1986 -"Slide Programming for Video," Techsigns, Creativity and the Computer Conference,
South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD
1986 -"An Artist's Reaction to the Nuclear Dilemma," 1st Conference of International
Philosophers to Prevent Nuclear Omnicide, St. Louis, MO
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2010- Jay Kirschenmann, “Artist Finds Inspiration in Japanese Haiku Poet,” Argus
Leader, Sioux Falls, SD May 11
2002 – Don Hall, “Artist’s Vision Holds Buddhist Messages,” Aberdeen American News,
Jan. 17, C1 & C2
2001- Fred Baerkircher, “Artist Explores Faith Through Painting,” Colorado Daily,
August 22, pp 14-15
2001- Susan Froyd, “Finding His Religion,” Westworld, June 21-27, p45
2000 - Stacey M. Jones, “Retrospective Proves Eye-opening for the Artist,” Aberdeen
American News, Jul. 1, 6A
2000 - Stacey M. Jones, “Professor Uses Art as Vehicle to Come to New Understandings,”
Aberdeen American News, Feb. 8, 7A
1999 - Amanda Henry, “The Art of Faith,” The Rapid City Journal, Jan 10, B5.
1996 - Ann Grauvogl, "Faithful and True: Aberdeen Artist Interviews, Paints Real
People of Faith," Sioux Falls Argus Leader, Jan 7, p. G1.
1995 -Roger Holtzmann, "Elders of the Faith," South Dakota Magazine, November/December
cover and pp. 34-44.
1995 -Lance Nixon, "Artist Finds Inspiration in Elder's Faith," Aberdeen American
News, October 14, p. 1. (distributed as AP wire story)
1994 -Ann Grauvogl, "South Dakota Tales," Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, SD, July 10,
p. G1.
1993 -Bernie Hunhoff, "Animal Wisdom Stories," South Dakota Magazine, September/October,
cover and pp. 8-14.
1993 -End Paper, "A Rich and Wonderful History of Animal Stories," The Chronicle
of Higher Education, February 17, p. B72.
1992 -Mary Abbe, "Critic's Choice," Star/Tribune, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN, March
6, p 12E.
1992 -Ann Grauvogl, "Artist Explodes Explorer Myths," Argus Leader, Sioux Falls,
SD, February 7, p. 1B.
1991 -Shirley Sneve, "Artist Addresses Social Issues Through Work," The Arts, Vol.
7, No. 1, Fall, pp. 6-7.
1991 -Peter Carrels, "Home on the Plains: Mark McGinnis Makes Art and Trouble in
a Small Town", High Performance, Summer, pp. 34-37
1989 -Editorial, "Controversy: A Measure of Artist's Success." Aberdeen American
News, October 19
1989 -Philip Brasher, "South Dakotan's Sculpture Draws Attacks in Washington." Associated
Press, Washington, October 13
1989 -Maralee Schwartz, "Controversial Sculpture Displayed On Capital Hill." The
Washington Post, October 11
1989 -Helen Cullinan, "Riveting Messages in Metal and Other Media." The Plain Dealer,
Cleveland, OH, April 10
1989 -Owen Finsen, "'Third World Ties' Message Left to the Viewer." The Cincinnati
Enquirer, March 5
1988 -Judy Arginteanu, "Artist Intervention: Mark McGinnis Makes a Difference with
Sculpture." The Minnesota Daily, Mpls-St. Paul, July 22
1989 -Ann Grauvogl, "Deadly Connections: Art Exhibit Lashes Out at U.S. Policy."
Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, SD, December 15
1988 -Su Lin Yap and Dave Knox, "Mark McGinnis Uses Video, Painting, and Sculpture....Exhibit
Combines Politics and Art." Manitou Messenger, Northfield, MN, April 15
1987 -"Visual Art as a Political Voice." Artpaper, May
1987 -Bart Cannon, "Mark McGinnis." Vinyl Arts Magazine, April
1986 -Jay Pridmore, "Anti-War 'Visions' Right at Home at Peace." Chicago Tribune,
August 8
1986 -Jean Shea, "Politics: Artist Makes His Point." Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, SD,
April 10
1986 -Charles Nauman, "Artist Explores Nuclear Alternatives in his Sculptural Works."
The Rapid City Journal, November 8
PUBLICATIONS
2005 – Rabindranath Tagore and Mark W. McGinnis, Gitanjali, Floating World Editions,
Warren, CT.
2005 – Mark W. McGinnis, Wisdom of the Benedictine Elders, Blue Bridge, NY, NY.
2004 – Mark W. McGinnis, Buddhist Animal Wisdom Stories, Weatherhill Inc., Trumbull,
Connecticut
1998 - Mark W. McGinnis, “Enduring Idealism,” Art & Academe, Fall 1998, pp. 16-21.
1997 - Mark W. McGinnis, “Spiritual Elders Speak to Youth,” Reclaiming Children and
Youth, Winter 1997, Vol 5, No 4., pp. 203-205.
1996 -Mark W. McGinnis, Elders of the Faiths, (book version) Ex Machina Press, Sioux
Falls, SD
1995-6 - Mark W. McGinnis, Elders of the Faiths - Interviews and Portraits, a series
of fifteen interviews with painted portraits published in numerous newspapers throughout
South Dakota including the Sioux Falls Argus Leader, the Aberdeen American News,
the Madison Leader, and the Watertown Public Opinion.
1994 -Mark W. McGinnis (book compiled and illustrated by), Lakota and Dakota Animal
Wisdom Stories, Tipi Press, Chamberlain, SD
1993 -Mark W. McGinnis, "Lakota & Dakota People Today," a series of twelve photographic
and interview profiles ran in over a dozen South Dakota newspapers as a South Dakota
Peace and Justice Center Reconciliation Project.
1992 -Mark W. McGinnis, "Television is Numbing Creativity and Sensitivity," (an essay),
in George Rodman's anthology Mass Media Issues, 4th Edition, Kenadal-Hunt, 1992
1991 -Mark W. McGinnis, "TV Replaces Creative Vision of Youth," The Artist/Teacher,
4th Quarter, 1991
1991 -Mark W. McGinnis, "Violence is Helping to Shape Values," Aberdeen American
News, September 24
1991 -Mark W. McGinnis, "The New World Order." The Intermeddler, Volume 1, Issue
4, March-June
1991 -Mark W. McGinnis, "An Overdose of Television Has Deadened the Visual Imagination
of Our Students." The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 20
1991 -Mark W. McGinnis, Design: The Parts and the Whole (campus-published design
textbook), 2nd edition 1993
1989 -Mark W. McGinnis, "Banning U.S. Aid for 'Obscene' Art Is Sure to Stifle Freedom
of Expression." The Chronicle of Higher Education, August 9
1988 -Mark W. McGinnis, "Art Students Deserve More Exposure to Ideas, More Guidance,
More Variety, More Options." The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 10
BRIEF PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS
2009 – ongoing - Abstract Naturalism: a series of multi-panel paintings that has
been shaped by the artist’s interest in philosophy, physics, and modernist aesthetics.
2007-ongoing - Sentient Landscapes: a series of acrylic on panel paintings dealing
with connections, cycles, and relationships in the natural world.
2007- Black Hills Stone: a series of 11” X 14” acrylic on paper paintings depicting
the unending diversity of rock formations in the Black Hills and creatures that dwell
with them.
2006 – 2007 – Issa:108 a series of 108 8” X 8” acrylic on paper paintings based on
the haiku of Kobayashi Issa (touring version titled This World of Ours, 60 paintings)
2003 – 2005 – Cloud Messenger: a series of ninety 8 ½ X 8 ½ inch acrylic paintings
inspired by the ancient Sanskrit poetry of Kalidasa.
2001 – 2003 – Gitanjali (Song Offerings): a series of 103 nine inch by nine inch
acrylic paintings inspired by the 1913 Noble Prize winning book of poems “Gitanjali”
by Rabindranath Tagore.
2001 - 2000 – Buddhist Animal Wisdom Stories: a series of 37 acrylic paintings on
paper based on ancient Buddhist Jataka Tales retold by the artist.
1999 - 1996 -- Elders of the Benedictines: a series of thirty 30" X 30" acrylic portraits
of Benedictine brothers and sisters from monasteries across the United States accompanied
by printed interviews with the elders conducted by the artist.
1998 - 1992 -- Designs of Faith: a series of twelve five section canvases (quintychs),
6 1/2' X 8' and twelve essays -- each canvas and essay is a study of the moral and
ethical foundations of a religion.
1996-1998 – People of Wisdom: a series of 17" X 11" collagraphic portraits accompanied
by posted quotes. The individuals depicted are religious and secular people whose
wisdom and insights have been important to the artist. Each print is limited to
an edition of fifty copies.
1995 -- Elders of the Faiths: a series of fifteen 2' X 2' acrylic portraits of elders
from a wide variety of faiths in the Midwest accompanied by printed interviews conducted
by the artist dealing with the values and outlooks of the elders (book version published
in 1996 by Ex Machina Publishing, Sioux Falls SD).
1992 -- Paintings from Lakota and Dakota Animal Wisdom Stories: twelve paintings
based on animal stories of the Lakota and Dakota people, installation includes posted
copies of the stories, all canvases 45" X 45", mixed media on canvas (book version
published in 1994 by Tipi Press, Chamberlain, SD)
1991 -- The Wonderful World of Explorers: a twelve canvas painting installation and
seventy minute performance work contrasting what is taught of the early explorers
of the "New World" to research information, all canvases 45" X 45", mixed media on
canvas, performance is also available as a seventy-three minute video lecture.
1987-1990 -- Two Ways: installation and performance consisting of seven painted pillar
sculptures, forty portraits, seven painted coats, twelve painted hats, two painted
chairs, two painted stands, multi-image projections, an eighty minute scripted performance,
a seventy-five page research booklet; project is a study of the evolution of capitalist
and socialist economic thought, performance is also available as an eighty-one minute
video lecture.
1984-1987 -- Third World Ties: twenty-two connected sculptural sections of canvas
stretched over wooden forms with wood and misc. painted additions; project symbolizes
U.S. and U.S.S.R. interventions in twenty nations around the world; project also
includes a research booklet and 102 minute video version, 4' X 40' X 20', mixed media.
1983 -- Five Futures: canvas stretched over wooden forms with wood and misc. painted
additions; depicts five possible nuclear futures, 40" ht., 11' dia., mixed media.
