Biography
Mark Dziewior was raised in central Wisconsin among the woods and bluffs and was afforded ample opportunity to explore, observe and interact with wildlife nurturing what has become a lifelong fascination with, and connection to animals. His favorite childhood memories involved animals of one kind or another. The fawn he bottle-fed at a wildlife rescue, the rabbits he raised, even the cougar cub he was allowed to hold purring against his chest were spiritual encounters that touched and inspired him. Even the books he read as a boy were those told by and about animals.
Mark’s love for nature and its creatures was paralleled by an innate and almost visceral need to draw and paint. He was fortunate to have parents and an older brother who nurtured his talent and interest from the time he could first hold a pencil and brush. It wasn’t until he completed his MFA in painting that he began a serious pursuit of sculpting, which opened a whole new world. Mark found that he could bring depth and breadth to subjects through sculpture that he missed when creating two-dimensional art, whether it’s capturing the motion of a running wolf or the almost human-like expression of a lazy rabbit waking from a nap.
Exhibitions
2012, 2014-2019, 2021-2025 Sculpture in the Park, Loveland High Plains Arts Council, Loveland, CO
2016-2019, 2021, 2022 Wausau Festival of the Arts, Wausau, WI
2017-2025 Mountain Oyster Club Art Show, Tucson, AZ
2019, 2021-2025 Waterfowl Festival, Easton, MD
2017-2018, 2024-2025 Madison Art Fair On the Square, Madison, WI
2014-16, 2023 Madison Art Fair Off the Square, Madison, WI
2015-16 Winter Art Fair Off the Square, Madison, WI
2015, 2017, 2019, 2020 Bronze Only Art Show, Broadmoor Galleries, Colorado Springs, CO
Gallery Representation
Commissions The Broadmoor Galleries, Colorado Springs, CO Edgewood Orchard Gallery, Fish Creek, WI Sorrel Sky Gallery, Sante Fe, NM Sorrel Sky Gallery, Durango, CO James Krom Natural Images Gallery, Rochester, MN
Commissions
Kennel Club of Fort Atkinson honoring founder’s dogs, Fort Atkinson WI K9 War Memorial, Fort Atkinson, WI Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC Historic Monroe Building, Chicago, Illinois Dixon Historical Society, Dixon, Illinois.
Mark was fortunate to have parents and an older brother who nurtured his talent and interest from the time he could first hold a pencil and brush. It wasn’t until he was completing my MFA in painting that he began a serious pursuit of sculpting which opened a whole new world. He found that he could bring depth to his subjects through sculpture that he missed when creating two-dimensional art.
In addition to creating art, Mark has a passion for teaching art. He finds excitement in fostering the talents of college art students and feels it’s one way he can help ensure that arts will continue for generations to come. Being an adjunct professor allows him to have the best of both worlds; by helping aspiring artists to master their craft, he has become stronger in his own.
Mark has participated in Sculpture in the Park in Loveland, CO, the Bronze Only Art Show at Broadmoor Galleries in Colorado Springs, CO, and most recently in the Mountain Oyster Club Art Show. His work has been commissioned for the K9 War Memorial, Fort Atkinson, WI, U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC, Historic Monroe Building, Chicago, IL, Dixon Historical Society, Dixon, IL, St. Joseph School, Fort Atkinson, WI.
