Mark Mangion (b. Malta 1976)
Lives and works in London.
EDUCATION
2003 - 2005 MA Fine Art Sculpture, Royal College Of Art, London, UK
1998 - 2001 BA Fine Art Painting, Parsons School Of Design, New York, NY, USA
PROJECTS
2012 - 2016 Founder Parallel Borders
2008 - 2018 Founder & Director of Malta Contemporary Art
AWARDS
2005 Becks Futures Film & Video Award (Shortlisted), Beck’s Futures Film & Video, ICA, London, UK
2004 Serenella Ciclitira Award, Royal College of Art, London, UK
EXHIBITIONS
2023
Phosphenes: Pi ARTWORKS, London
2017
White Memory: Art & identity at the edge of Europe, Curated by Irene Biolchini & Marinella Paderni
2016
The sea is my land curated by Francesco Bonami & Emanuela Mazzonis, FRAC PACA Marseilles, France
2015
Edition 46 – Süddeutsche Zietung Magazin
The Voices of The Sirens curated by Alessandro Castiglioni, Space for Contemporary Art, Gibraltar
2014
Parallel Borders 1 / Monuments & Shrines to Capitalism, Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria
The sea is my land curated by Francesco Bonami & Emanuela Mazzonis, Triennale Museum, Milan, Italy
EcransMed 3 Film Festival, Cinématheque Québécoise, Montreal, Canada
START Retrospective, St James Art Centre, Valletta, Malta
2013
4th Thessalonki Biennial, curated by Adelina von Fürstenberg, Thessaloniki, Greece
Parallel Borders 1 / Monuments & Shrines to Capitalism, ReMap4, Athens, Greece
The sea is my land curated by Francesco Bonami & Emanuela Mazzonis, MAXXI, Rome, Italy
Subjective Maps / Disappearances, National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavic, Iceland
2012
Parallel Borders 1 / Monuments & Shrines to Capitalism - Athens, Rome, Zurich, Frankfurt, Brussels, Paris, London, Reykjavik
EU, Museum Tongerlohuys, Roosendaal, Holland
Little Constellation – The land seen from the sea, Villa Croce Museum for Contemporary Art, Genoa, Italy
A New Topography, Movement, Birmingham, UK (Solo)
2011
Fleurnication, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, Scotland curated by Clare Corrigan
2010
Little Constellation, Geography of Proximity Curated by Roberto Daolio, Malta Contemporary Art Foundation, Valletta, Malta
Little Constellation, Curated by Roberto Daolio, Fabrica Del Vapore, Milan, Italy
Arrivals and Departures Europe Curated by Andrea Bruciati & Walter Gasperoni, Molo Vanvitelliana, Ancona, Italy
2009
Blackout, Malta Contemporary Art Foundation, Malta (Solo)
2008
eight eighteen, 18 Contemporary Artists Curated by Start, Malta Contemporary Art, Malta
2007
Search for a Space – 5 Group Shows
1 – Fragments from the Studio, Biagio Steps, Valletta, Malta
2 – Duration, Valletta Waterfront, Valletta, Malta
3 – Asylum Seekers, Marsa Open Centre, Albertown, Malta
5 – Forbidden Spectacle, Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta, Malta
2006
Iran 2005 with Jaume Simo Sabater I Garau, St James Art Centre, Valletta, Malta (Collaboration)
Background III, Horrach Moya Gallery, Palma, Spain
Schema curated by Carrie Levy, Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, NY, USA
Artstars, Place de Hotel de Ville Paris, Paris, France
2005
LOOP Video Art Fair, Barcelona, Spain
VAD Film & Video Festival, Girona, Spain
Digital Discourse curated by Vince Briffa, St. James Art Centre, Valletta, Malta
Video Sensitive, San Marino
Peculiar Encounters curated by Sarah Dwyer & Laura Green, London, UK
Video Channel, Cologne, Germany
Background 2, Horrach Moya Gallery, Palma, Spain
MA Sculpture Degree Show coordinated by Nigel Rolfe, Royal College of Art, London, UK
60 Seconds, Café Gallery, London, UK
Becks Futures Film & Video selected by Lynne Ramsay & Rankin, Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), London & CCA, Glasgow
Detroit Film and Video Festival, MONA, Detroit, USA
2004
Stereo White coordinated by Nigel Rolfe, Royal College of Art, London, UK
4.3, Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse, NY, USA
Time Share, Trinity Buoy Wharf, London, UK
2003
RCA Secret, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Biennial for Young Artists from Europe, Athens, Greece
Borders curated by START and Richard Davies, Valletta, Malta
2002
Cityspaces curated by Raphael Vella, Valletta, Malta
Uber curated by Mark Mangion, Paceville, Malta
2001
Senior Thesis Show coordinated by Roger Shepherd, Aronson Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2000
Drawing Show coordinated by Robin Hill, Parsons School Of Design, New York, NY, USA
1999
Painting Show curated by Glenn Goldberg and Elke Solomon, Parsons School Of Design, New York, NY, USA
CURATED
2018
Desert Island, Malta Contemporary Art, Valletta Malta with Adrian Abela, Bettina Hutschek, Peter Sant
2018
From Afar, Malta Contemporary Art, Valletta Malta with Mania Akbari, Louis Henderson, Simon Starling, Filipa César, Mark Cousins
2017
A Tranquil Star, Malta Contemporary Art, Valletta Malta with Anthea Hamilton & Nicholas Byrne, Salvatore Arancio, Haris Epaminonda, Basim Magdy
2014
Parallel Borders 1 / Monuments & Shrines to Capitalism, Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria
2013
Parallel Borders 1 / Monuments & Shrines to Capitalism, ReMap4, Athens, Greece
2012
Parallel Borders 1 / Monuments & Shrines to Capitalism – Angelo Plessas - AnotherSideofTime.com, Athens, Greece
Parallel Borders 1 / Monuments & Shrines to Capitalism – Silvia Giambrone - L’Appuntamento, Rome, Italy
Parallel Borders 1 / Monuments & Shrines to Capitalism – Tobias Spichtig - Oyster Politics Session, Zurich, Switzerland
Parallel Borders 1 / Monuments & Shrines to Capitalism – Jürgen Ots – Periqueductal Grey, Brussles, Belgium
Parallel Borders 1 / Monuments & Shrines to Capitalism – Mark Mangion - Punichment Park, Paris, France
Parallel Borders 1 / Monuments & Shrines to Capitalism – Tom Dale – Cannibal Light Feed, London, UK
Parallel Borders 1 / Monuments & Shrines to Capitalism – Ingibjorg Magnadottir – Reykjavik, Iceland
2010
Spartacus Chetwynd, Jess Flood-Paddock, The Grid System. A Regime, Malta Contemporary Art Foundation, Malta
Cyprien Gaillard, The Fight Against Vegetation, Malta Contemporary Art Foundation, Malta
A New Generation, Malta Contemporary Art Foundation, Valletta, Malta
2009
Stuart Croft, The Death Waltz, Malta Contemporary Art Foundation, Malta
Douglas White, Masquearde, Malta Contemporary Art Foundation, Malta
Martina Schmuecker, Visual Mechanics, Malta Contemporary Art Foundation, Malta
Tatiana Echeverri Fernandez, New Plane, Malta Contemporary Art Foundation, Malta
Mark Mangion, Malta Contemporary Art Foundation, Malta
Rupert Ackroyd, Moon Under Water, Malta Contemporary Art Foundation, Malta
2007
The Search for a Space – 5 Group Shows
1 – Fragments from the Studio, Biagio Steps, Valletta, Malta
2 – Duration, Valletta Waterfront, Valletta, Malta
3 – Asylum Seekers, Marsa Open Centre, Albertown, Malta
4 – Chroma, 24 St Ursula Street, Valletta, Malta
5 – Forbidden Spectacle, Museum of Fine Arts, Valletta, Malta
2002
Uber, Paceville, Malta
RESIDENCIES
2003
Venice Shorts, Venice & Rome, Italy - A film Project coordinated by Italian Film-maker Davide Ferrario
Gozo Contemporary, Gozo - Collaboration with Norbert Attard
ARTIST TALKS
2009 Malta Contemporary Art, Marsa, Malta
2008 Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design, Jerusalem
2005 Chelsea College of Art & Design, London
PRESENTATIONS / TUTORING
2011 Presentation of When In Rome, Brown Project Space, Milan, Italy
When In Rome, Reconsidering Site specificity , Städelschule, Frankfurt, Germany
Symposium with Nick Aikens, Mark Godfrey, Nikolaus Hirsch, Mark Mangion, Simon Starling
2009 - 2010 Visiting Lecturer, University of Malta
PUBLICATIONS
2017 White Memory: Art & identity at the edge of Europe, Curated by Irene Biolchini & Marinella Paderni
2016 The sea is my land curated by Francesco Bonami & Emanuela Mazzonis, FRAC PACA Marseilles, France
2015 Edition 46 – Süddeutsche Zietung Magazin
2013 4th Thessalonki Biennial, curated by Adelina von Fürstenberg, Thessaloniki, Greece
Subjective Maps / Disappearances, National Gallery of Iceland, Mousse, Milan
The sea is my land curated by Francesco Bonami & Emanuela Mazzonis, Feltrinelli, Milan
Parallel Borders 1 / Monuments & Shrines to Capitalism, MCA
2012 Little Constellation / The Land Seen from the Sea, Mousse, Milano, Italy
2010 Little Constellation, Mousse, Milano, Italy
Arrivals and Departures Europe, Silvana Editoriale, Italy
2005 Cross-currents, Allied Publications, Malta
LOOP, Barcelona, Spain
Digital Discourse, Valletta, Malta
‘The Show’, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Fine Art Catalogue, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2003 ArtStars, Europe
Borders, Valletta, Malta
2002 Cityspaces, Valletta, Malt