Mark Beltchenko

Artist Statement:

As a sculptor and object maker my constructions/fabrications are narratives whose visuals reflect my fascination with the balance, geometry and functionality of my industrial/manufacturing environment. Their intent is to provide a veiled outline for an experience from which relationships can be drawn and inferences can be made, to promote introspection and reflection through the metaphors of shape. The tactile qualities of my works reflect that of the city in which they were born, aged, hardened and lasting.

Exhibition History

Solo Exhibitions

1995 University of Michigan Hospital, Gifts Of Art, Ann Arbor, Michigan (Sponsored by the Friends of the University of Michigan Hospital)
1995 Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Signs, Rochester, Michigan
1993 Flora Kirsch Beck Gallery, Lifesigns, Clack Art Center, Alma, Michigan

Group Exhibitions

2002 Silver Medal 2002 All Media Annual Exhibition, Scarab Club, Detroit, MI
2001 20th Annual Helen DeRoy Art Competition, OCC, Farmington Hills, MI
2001 Ewe Review Exhibition, Rochester, Michigan
2000 Sterling Scapes, (juried two year exhibit). Sterling Heights, Michigan
2000 State Of The Arts Exhibition 2000, Saginaw, MI
2000 The Art Center, Michigan Annual XXVIII, Mt. Clemens, MI
2000 City Hall Gallery, Natural Selections-An Artists Choice, Dearborn, MI
1998 Detroit Artists Market, Un-Defming Sculpture, Detroit, Michigan (curated by Matthew Holland, Center for Creative Studies; catalog available)
1997 Sculpture Pontiac, Pontiac, MI (catalog available)
1996 Hinsdale Center for the Arts, Objets Du Jardin, Hinsdale, IL
1996 Paint Creek Arts Center, 10th Annual Celebrate Michigan Artists, Rochester, MI
1995 Paint Creek Arts Center, Celebrate Michigan Artists, Rochester, MI