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conceptual art western pop mixed media small works
conceptual art western pop mixed media small works
I paint on everything...mannequins, guitars, shoes, bikes, skateboards
and even race cars to name a few. Here are some examples
"Fine artist Mark Andrew Allen has stunned a new generation with a rainbow-hued retro reply.
Texas-born Allen's sophisticated jabs at modern American consumer culture blend playful sarcasm with vibrant text messages woven into polychromatic backdrops” - Quendrith Johnson
The Argonaut, Cover Story, Oct 19, 2017
Boston Globe Magazine - April 1, 2018
Malibu Magazine, Art Scene - Nov 2019
My art titled "Chairy Tree" was featured on signs throughout Beverly Hills promoting this famous bi-annual show that artists from all over the country participate.
A member of the Malibu Art Utility Box Program interviews me as I work on this utility box.
Pulse Magazine, July 2014 - Star Spangled Group show
Art Patron Magazine, July 2019
ARTFORUM Magazine, 30th Anniversary issue, 1993

Spectrum used my art to promote their show

Art used on set of Disney Channel's 'K.C. Undercover'
LA Weekly.com 'Best Dressed at LA Art Show'

Fashion Week, Hollywood, CA
2020 - Malibu Arts and Culture, Art Utility Box Program
2019 - Malibu Magazine - page 103, Nov/Dec, 2019
2019 - Malibu Surfside News - “The Finishing Touches” - Oct 24, 2019
2019 - Malibu Surfside News - “Third Artist Wraps ” - Oct 22, 2019
2019 - Malibu Surfside News - “Trio of Artists Tapped ” - Oct 15, 2019
2019 - Santa Monica Daily Press - “Artist Works on Malibu Utility Boxes” - Sept 28, 2019
2019 - Patch.com - “Artist Begins Work on Malibu Utility Boxes” - Sept 12, 2019
2019 - ART PATRON Magazine, Aug Issue, pg 25
2019 - LA Art Party - “Knockout” - Aug 15, 2019
2019 - Featured artist at Beverly Hills Art Show, May 18,19
2019 - LA WEEKLY, Best of LA issue, Featured artist at Beverly Hills Art Show
2018 - 4 Paintings on Feature Film “EL TONTO”
2018 - 3 Paintings featured on ABC show: “The Rookie”
2018 - NBC 5, Chicago, Interview
2018 - Home Town News - “Locals Only”
2018 - Boston Globe Magazine - “Vacation Home is Designed For Fun”, April 1, 2018
2017 - Los Angeles Daily News - "The Coolest Utility Boxed popping up in LA” Nov10, 2017
2017 - The Argonaut - Cover story - “Making Art Fun Again” Oct 19, 2017
2017 - Hillviews Interview, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
2017 - The Argonaut - “Art Shout Out” - Oct
2017 - Interview, Klassik Magazine International, Barcelona, Spain, May 12
2017 - We Choose Art, “Sneak Peek of the LA Art Show, ” Jan 13
2017 - LA WEEKLY, “Artfully Dressed Creatives Storm Opening of the L.A. Art Show”, Jan 12
2017 - Greenline Calendar produced by teNeues, Frankfurt, Germany
2016 - Art Patron Magazine / Spectrum Indian Wells ad campaign featured art work in
full page ad, pg 12
2016 - Art San Diego / Spectrum Indian Wells ad campaign featured art work in full
page ads
2015 - interviewed by Spectrum Art Fair Director Rick Barnett in Indian Wells, CA
2016 - Argonaut, “Playa Locals Only”, April 7, 2016
2015 - Bmore Art, “Aqua: Art Walk on Steroids”, Dec 10, 2015
2015 - interviewed by TV Anchor Kristen Cusato of KUSI News in San Diego
2014 - Saatchi Gallery online. Art selected in curated show “Power Pop”
2014 - Conneticut Post - “Star Spangled” June. 30, 2014
2014 - Los Angeles Times front page ad of solo show at Chic Design, Jan. 11, 2014
2014 - Santa Barbara Press - Mark Andrew Allen at EGG
2013 - Beauty Scene - Pop Inspiration, Nov 27, 2013
2013 - LA ART Show 2013_Surf Channel
2013 - ClickForArt featured artist October 2013
2013 - Saatchi Gallery online. Art selected in curated show "Pop Art"
2013 - Published book titled "150 Pictures by Mark Andrew Allen"
2013 - Saatchi Gallery online. Art selected in curated show "Contemporary Collage"
2013 - Santa Monica Mirror. "I Love Santa Monica" July 2013
2012 - Lead story ARTweek LA
2012 - Painting featured on feature film "Premature"
2011 - Eight paintings featured on Disney Channel's hit Emmy winning
TV show "Wizards of Waverly Place" starring Selena Gomez
2011 - Ten paintings featured on Disney Channel's TV show "Ant Farm"
2010 - ‘Mammojam’ - solo showing - TV news coverage, ABC, Channel 7, Los Angeles
2010 - United States Trademark Office issues registered trademark for “This Is Art”
2010 - Lightning Magazine - published in Tokyo, Japan
2009 - THE Magazine - published in Santa Fe, NM
2009 - Mosiac Globe Interview
2008 - Logo for "Daddy Yankee" and "Caribbean Connection" included in
"Logo Design - Vol. 2" pub. by Taschen Books
2008 - Workbook #30 pub. by Scott & Daughter / Los Angeles
2008 - Austin Chronicle - Chrontourage, Austin ,TX
2007 - Workbook #29 pub. by Scott & Daughter / Los Angeles
2005 - Workbook #27 pub. by Scott & Daughter / Los Angeles
2004 - Breaking Designer’s Block {pages 258, 282, 283}
pub. by Rockport Publishers, Gloucester, Mass
2003 - The Greatest Album Covers That Never Were, {page 22}
pub. by The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, OH
2002 - Alternative Pick pub. by Storm / NYC
2001 - Alternative Pick pub. by Storm / NYC
2001 - Feb./ G0-Card free postcards in racks -
NYC & Los Angeles, restaurants, coffee shops, clubs & book stores
2000 - Alternative Pick pub. by Storm / NYC
2000 - Mar./ G0-Card free postcards in racks -
NYC & Los Angeles, restaurants, coffee shops, clubs & book stores
2000 - Workbook #22 pub. by Scott & Daughter / Los Angeles
2000 - Jan./ G0-Card free postcards in racks -
NYC & Los Angeles, restaurants, coffee shops, clubs & book stores
1999 - Coagula Calendar.{publication released in January}
one of 12 artists featured in Calendar 1999
1999 - Alternative Pick pub. by Storm / NYC
1999 - American Showcase pub. in New York, NY
1999 - Workbook #21 pub. by Scott & Daughter / Los Angeles
1998 - Extreme Graphics one of 40 artists featured on cutting edge art. Published
by Hearst Books }
1998 - Wow - A feature story in prominent design publication in Seole, Korea
1998 - Aug. General Television Network GTN, Detroit, MI, A feature story
1998 - American Showcase {page 1449} pub. in New York, NY
1998 - Alternative Pick. {pages 32 ~ 33 pub. by Storm / NYC
1998 - Workbook #20 {page 18} pub. by Scott & Daughter / Los Angeles
1998 - Musician’s Atlas
1997 - The Newest Logo of California {pgs 143, 278, 379, 399, 401, 409} Hearst Books
International
1997 - Workbook #19 {page 54} pub. by Scott & Daughter / Los Angeles
1997 - Alternative Pick {pages 32~ 33} pub. by Storm / NYC
1997 - RSVP # 22 {page 276
1996 - Sep./ The Article “15 Minutes with Mark Allen” {page 2} pub. by Texas State
University, San Marcos Texas
1996 - Apr./ Single Image, Number Nineteen {page 50}
1998 - HOW Magazine Design Annual
1996 - The New Logo Typographic {pgs 45, 109, 116, 119} Hearst Books International
1996 - Alternative Pick. {pages 32 ~ 33} pub. by Storm / NYC
1996 - Workbook # 18 {pages 6~ 7} pub. by Scott & Daughter / Los Angeles
1995 - Sep./ Single Image, Number Seventeen {page 46}
1995 - A Blip on the Continuum Peachpit Press {page 46, 47}
1995 - Aug./ VM+SD, “Beyond The Traditional Two-Dimensional” {page 32 - 37}
1995 - Macworld.”Marcus Aurelius” {page 112}
1995 - Workbook # 17 {page 49} pub. by Scott & Daughter / Los Angeles
1995 - Alternative Pick. {pages 6~ 7}pub. by Storm / NYC
1995 - Apr./ Single Image, {page 33}
1994 - Dec. 2/ LA Weekly “Art Is Stupid” {page 123}
1992 - Calligraphy Review
1994 - Sep./ On Line Design “T~26” {page 23}
1994 - Precision Type, “Type in Black + White” {p. 47}
1994 - The Creative Illustration Book {page 597}
1994 - Workbook #16 {page 25} pub. by Scott & Daughter / Los Angeles
1994 - Alternative Pick {page 18} pub. by Storm / NYC
1993 - Letterwork, pub. by Phaidon Press Ltd, London, England {page 120}
1993 - Oct./ Adweek “What’s New Portfolio” {page 46}
1993 - Sep./ ARTFORUM Magazine. {30th Year Anniversary Issue} {page 84}
1993 - The New Logo of California {pages 91, 95, 185, 199} Hearst Publications
1993 - Workbook {page 20} pub. by Scott & Daughter / Los Angeles
1993 - Alternative Pick {page 6} pub. by Storm / NYC
1992 - Sep./ Letter•Arts Review “Slammin’ Summer” {page 16}
1992 - Sep./ Confetti Magazine An Artist Profile:“A Leap of Faith” {pages 7~ 8}
1992 - Workbook {page 17} pub. by Scott & Daughter / Los Angeles
1991 - Landmark Calendar, “The Renderings of Mark Allen"
1991 - SHOW published in Tokyo, Japan {pages 46, 47}
1990 - EuroLink published in Switzerland {page 130}
1990 - Nov. 1/ The Outlook “BAba Puts Spotlight on Local Artist”
1988 - May/Jun / HOW Magazine Design Annual {page 146}
1988 - ADLA published in Los Angeles {page 11}
1988 - Art Director’s Club of Houston
1988 - Creativity 88
1985 - Jul/Aug / Print Magazine Design Annual {page 143}
1985 - Oct / Adweek “Southwestern Profiles” {page 58}

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