RESUME

MARK CAMERON BOYD 

Bethesda, MD 20814 

Email: brosboyd@gmail.com

Web site: www.markcameronboyd.com

Blog: http://theorynow.blogspot.com

Education 

University of Maryland, College Park, MD 

Master of Fine Arts in Painting, May 1999 

Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA 

Independent Study in Painting and Film, 1988-1992 

Washington University, St. Louis, MO 

Graduate Painting Program 

University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR B.A. in Fine Art

Art Educator Positions 

Corcoran School of Art + Design (currently in Columbian College of Arts and Sciences 

at George Washington University, Washington, D.C.) 

Associate Faculty, Adjunct Faculty and Lecturer: 2003-2014

Self-designed courses: Art as Social Practice, Theory Now, Post-Conceptualism

Degree courses: Graduate Collaborative Studio, Theories of Art, Painting I, Junior Core 

Elective courses: Abstract Painting, Figure Drawing  

Maryland College of Art and Design, Silver Spring, MD 

Adjunct Faculty: 2001-2008 

Drawing I, Drawing II, Intermediate Drawing, Advanced Drawing, Introduction to Figure Drawing, Introduction to Photography

Montgomery College’s School of Art and Design, Rockville, MD

Adjunct Faculty: 2003-2004 

Drawing I, Design I

University of Maryland and University College (UMUC), College Park, MD 

Adjunct Faculty and Assistant Teacher: 1999-2003

Introduction to Art Theory, Two-Dimensional Art Fundamentals, Elements of Painting, 

Elements of Drawing II, Painting, Special Problems in Studio Art: Color  

The Art League, Alexandria, VA 

Instructor: 2004-2009 

Collage/Décollage, Abstract Painting, Figurative Abstraction Workshop, 

Minimalist/Post-Minimalist Painting

Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, CA 

Lecturer: 2000 Beginning Photography, Black & White Photography II  

Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA 

Lecturer: 2000 

Film Noir Series: A Walk on the Dark Side, Film Noir Primer: Hard-Boiled in the Afternoon  

Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA 

Lecturer on Film and Popular Culture: 1989-1993 

Self-designed courses: PostModern Teenage Nervous Breakdown, PostNoir Film,

Rebellion and PostWar Pop Mayhem, Crime Film, Outlaw Culture, Film Noir Canon 1941-1959, 

The Dark Side of PostWar Cinema  

Academic Office Work 

University of Maryland, University College; College Park, MD

Admissions Assistant; 1996-1997

Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Santa Monica, CA

Director of Admissions; 1995-1996

Samra University of Oriental Medicine, Los Angeles, CA

Assistant Director of Admissions: 1994-1995

Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA

Admissions Assistant: 1987-1993   

Curatorial, Scholarly and Other Experience

Artist Exchange, San Jose, Costa Rica: March 2016 

Under auspices of U.S. State Department “Art in Embassies” program, I collaborated with six 

San Jose artists in the making of my text-boards for Reflections on Diversity exhibit, launching the exhibit with a participatory installation at the opening night reception; conducted four social practice workshops for University of Costa Rica, National University, Museos de Central Bank, Arte por la Paz and community artists.

Curator, Washington, D.C. 

American University Museum at Katzen Arts Center, Readymade@100; Sept. 6–Oct. 19, 2014 Stamp Gallery, University of Maryland, The Malleable Object; Mar. 7-Apr. 8, 2011 

Moderno, Postconceptualism; May 1-9, 2009

Co-Chair, College Art Association Conference, Los Angeles, CA

With Nana Danielle Last, University of Virginia; panel session on Accumulation; Feb. 23, 2012 

Musician, Los Angeles, CA: 1978-1994

Singer/songwriter for The Brainiacs, Wayzata Band, Vocalions, Pearl Necklace, others

Press Agent, Los Angeles/Paris/Berlin/Munich; 1983

Publicity liaison for Nina Hagen on European tour

Actor, Los Angeles, CA: 1983

Lead role in The Hollies’ music video, “Stop in the Name of Love”

Writer; Los Angeles, CA; 1982-1983

Founder/editor of FUNK Magazine; freelance writing for Black Beat Magazine 

Gallerista; Los Angeles, CA; 1980-1981 

Co-founder and curator of Zero Zero Gallery, exhibiting Raymond Pettibon, Jim Shaw, 

Mary Woronov, others  

Art Preparator; St. Louis, MO; 1976 

Installation of Larry Bell’s The Iceberg and Its Shadow, Washington University 

Solo Shows 

Salve Regina Gallery, A Postmodern Meditation on the Existence of God, 

Catholic University of America; Nov. 11–Dec. 17, 2010 

Hamiltonian Gallery, Theories & Documents, Washington, D.C.; Feb.-Mar. 2009 

Athenaeum Gallery, Song for Europe, Alexandria, VA; Aug. 16-Sept. 21, 2008

American University Museum at Katzen Arts Center, Logocentric Playground, 

Washington, D.C.; Nov. 14–Dec. 15, 2006

Galerie Ingrid Cooper, Bethesda, MD; 2002/2003/2005

Granados 2 Gallery, Abandoned Thinking, Los Angeles, CA; June 1994  

Selected Group Exhibitions 

Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Montpelier Arts Center, Incommunicado, Laurel, MD; April 6-May 26, 2019 

U.S. State Department “Art in Embassies” exhibit, Reflections on Diversity, San Jose, Costa Rica; March 29-April 30, 2016 

Center for the Arts Gallery, Medium of Exchange, Towson University, Towson, MD; July-Aug. 2011

Stamp Gallery, The Malleable Object, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; April 2011

Prada Gallery, Elements, Washington, D.C.; Dec. 2007-Feb. 2008

Meat Market Gallery, Performance Week, Washington, D.C.; January 2007 

Corcoran Museum of Art, Faculty Biennial Exhibit, Washington, D.C.; Oct.-Nov. 2006 

Greater Reston Arts Center, Text at GRACE, Reston, VA; March 31-May 5, 2006 

Warehouse Gallery, SEVEN: WPA/Corcoran(Juror: F. Lennox Campello), Washington, D.C.;

July-August 2005 

Montgomery College’s School of Art and Design, Faculty and Staff Exhibition, Gudelsky Gallery, Silver Spring, MD; October-November 2004 

Corcoran Museum of Art, Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Washington, D.C.; Aug.-Sept. 2004

Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Bridges: Students of David C. Driskell from the University of Maryland, 1977-1997, College Park, MD; April-May 2003 

Maryland College of Art and Design, Faculty Exhibition, Silver Spring, MD; 2001/2002

University of Maryland, University College, Maryland Community Gallery; 2nd Annual Faculty and Student Exhibition, College, Park, MD; March 1998

McLean Project for the Arts, Emerson Gallery, Strictly Painting II: Radical Realism(Jurors: W. C. Richardson and Annie Gawlak), McLean, VA; September 1998

Eklektikos Gallery, 2nd Annual Exhibit(Juror: Ken Oda), Washington, D.C.; February 1998

WPA/Projectspace, 7th Street International II, Washington, D.C.; November 1997

Visual Aid Gallery, Light Intentions, Los Angeles, CA; 1994 

Claremont Colleges, Claremont Annual Exhibition(Juror: Donald Judd), Claremont, CA; 1979

Orange County Community Center, 62nd National Orange All California Exhibition(Juror: Henry T. Hopkins), San Bernardino, CA; 1977

Moorpark College, 6th Annual Moorpark College Exhibition(Jurors: Jud Fine and Doug Edge), Moorpark, CA; 1977

Public Collections 

D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities: Art Bank Collection and City Hall Art Collection, Wilson Building, Washington D.C. 

Maryland Artists Collection, College Park, MD

Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, Little Rock, AR

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR  

Press Reviews 

Blee, John. “Campello’s Take on DC Art;”The Georgetowner, Vol. 3, No. 10; July 27, 2005; 29

Oda, Ken. “7th Street International II;”KOAN, Vol. VI, No. 3; November 1997; 18

O’Sullivan, Michael. “Art Review: Readymade@100;”Washington Post; Sept. 11, 2014

O’Sullivan, Michael. “TEXT: Reading Between the Lines;”Washington Post; April 7, 2006; 33-34 

Schlatter, Elizabeth. “Strictly Painting II: Radical Realism;”Art Papers, Vol. 23, No. 1; 

January-February 1999; 62-63

Tuss, Katie. “Logocentric Playground at the Katzen;”Mid-Atlantic Art News blog:

Watson, Amy. “Seven @ the Warehouse;”Thinking About Art blog; Aug. 2, 2005

Additional Press 

Latham, Aaron. “The Zero Generation,”Rolling Stone, No. 448, May 23, 1985; 24-32

Moses, Tai. “Down These Mean Streets a Man (and a Woman) Must Go;”Monterey County Weekly; June 15, 2000

Snowden, Don. Make the Music Go Bang: The Early L.A. Punk Scene, St. Martin’s Press, New York, 1997

Spitz, Marc, and Brendan Mullen. We Got the Neutron Bomb: The Untold Story of L.A. Punk, Three Rivers Press, New York, 2001

Honors and Awards 

Mentor for Hamiltonian Fellows, Hamiltonian-So Foundation, Washington, D.C.; 2008-2010 

Distinguished Teaching Assistant, awarded by University of Maryland’s Center for Teaching Excellence, College Park, MD; 1999

Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; 1999 

Special Award in Drawing, 6th Annual Moorpark College Exhibition, awarded by Jud Fine and Doug Edge; Moorpark, CA; 1977