Markus Denil
  • Monster Bench & soft weight
  • A PATH BACK TO HERE
  • Terrible Time and Hope
  • Bubble
  • Untitled (216 vials)
  • previous work
    • bed of nails
    • Pee on This
    • Painting
  • About
  • curriculum vitae
  • Contact
  • Monster Bench & soft weight
  • A PATH BACK TO HERE
  • Terrible Time and Hope
  • Bubble
  • Untitled (216 vials)
  • previous work
    • bed of nails
    • Pee on This
    • Painting
  • About
  • curriculum vitae
  • Contact
MARKUS DENIL
680-356-2180
[email protected]
www.markusdenil.com
instagram: @sillyboy.ca
 
Education
2024    MFA studio art, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2019    BFA studio art, minor in interdisciplinary studies in sexuality, Concordia University, Montreal, QC: Graduated with distinction
2013    DEC fine arts, Dawson College, Montreal, QC: Graduation Honours List

Selected Exhibitions
2025     American Masculinity, La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse, Montreal, QC (2-person exhibition)
2024     American Masculinity, Liminal Space, San Francisco, CA (2-person exhibition)
            Requisite Acts, NOVADO Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
            Unsettled, Unbridled, Unbound, Point of Contact Gallery, Syracuse, NY
            Out in the Margins, Greenly Gallery, Bloomsburg, PA (Juror: Will Wheeler)
2023    Onlytrans, Liminal Space, San Francisco, CA

          PASSAGE BEYOND, Governors Island, NY
            The New Artist, 5th Edition, Boomer Gallery, London, UK

          Diverging Paths, Governors Island, NYC
          Outsider, Governors Island, NYC
          A PATH BACK TO HERE, Loft Art Studios & Gallery, San Pedro, CA
2022    ‘Terrible Time’ – And Hope:, LAST Projects, Los Angeles (Solo Exhibition)
          Nuit Blanche YXE, Saskatoon, SK
          Engendered, Marketview Arts, York, PA (Juror: Neil Daigle Orians)
2020    A Ceramics Exhibition, online juried exhibition (Juror: Professor Mathew McConnell) Link
2019    In-flux, Eastern Bloc, Montreal, QC
          I Feel Tender, VAV Gallery, Montreal, QC
​
 
Artist Residencies

2026    Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2024    Mudhouse Artist Residency, Agios Ioannis, Greece

2023    Governors Island Artist Residency, New York, NY
            LA Turner Residency, Syracuse University, Los Angeles, CA
2022    LA Turner Residency, Syracuse University, Los Angeles, CA


Grants/Awards
2026   Full Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center
2025
   Explore and Create Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2024    Explore and Create Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
            Puffin Foundation Award
            Creative Opportunity Grant Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY (Spring)
            Professional, Academic, and Creative Work Grant, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
            VPA Graduate Memorial Scholarships and Fellowships Award, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2023    Creative Opportunity Grant, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY (fall)

2022   Professional, Academic, and Creative Work Grant, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
            Creative Opportunity Grant, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY (Fall)
            Creative Opportunity Grant Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY (Spring)

            Ginsburg-Klaus Art in LA Week, Syracuse University, Los Angeles, CA
2021    Shaffer Scholarship, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2019    Ceramic Student Excellence Award, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
2018    Ceramic Student Excellence Award, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
2017    Omer DeSerre ICS Studio Scholarship, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
2016    Ceramic Student Excellence Award, Concordia University, Montreal, QC

Bibliography
Mark Denil, "Is it a Map? The Map/Not Map Question", Cartographic Perspectives, no. 104, 2024, pp 42-64, https://doi.org/10.14714/CP104.1879
DENIL
  • Monster Bench & soft weight
  • A PATH BACK TO HERE
  • Terrible Time and Hope
  • Bubble
  • Untitled (216 vials)
  • previous work
    • bed of nails
    • Pee on This
    • Painting
  • About
  • curriculum vitae
  • Contact