"I’M NOT INTERESTED IN QUESTIONING THE VIABILITY OF THE AMERICAN DREAM. IT’S JUST A SIDE EFFECT OF EXPERIMENTING WITH DISTORTIONS OF THE ICON, TO SEE WHAT FEELINGS AND IDEATIONS ARE EXPERIENCED BY VIEWERS."
– Mark Flood in Conversation w/ David Alarcón, Metal Magazine, 2023
Mark Flood (b. 1957 in Houston, US) approaches his interdisciplinary practice with a satirical sense of humor. Often turning to the internet for source material, Flood appropriates, distorts and parodies viral images and corporate logos in order to draw attention to the function of mass media, at once making a joke and raising a facetious mirror to society. This interest in representation and the power of images has motivated the majority of Flood’s artistic career, evident across the spectrum of his visual language, from his lace paintings — on which delicate, paint-soaked ribbons of cloth construct intricate frames around empty canvas —to his silk screened paintings of bloated and abstract masses formed of silhouetted hands.
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Authority with Fuzzy Flag, 2018Painting - Acrylic, archival ink on canvas182 x 182 cm (72 x 72 in)
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Friendly Greeting with Paranoid Fantasy, 2018Painting - Acrylic on canvas168 x 152 cm (66 x 60 in)
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Aged Logotype, 2015Painting - Oil and acrylic on plaster on burlap121.9 x 152.4 cm (48 x 60 in)
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Another Painting, 2013Painting - Acrylic on canvas101.6 x 101.6 cm (40 x 40 inches)
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Bad Art / People, 2008Painting - Spray paint and acrylic latex on canvas50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in)
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Billy, 1983Collage86.4 x 55.9 cm (34 x 22 in)
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CBS 3 (Berlin), 2013Painting - Archival ink on canvas278 x 215 cm (109.45 x 84.65 in)
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David Lee, 1984Painting – Collage99 x 58 cm (39 x 23 in)
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Deutsche 29, 2013Painting - Archival ink on canvas278 x 279 cm (109.45 x 109.84 in)
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Feel It, 2011Painting - Acrylic on canvas122 x 91 cm (48 x 36 inches)
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Find The Love You Won't, 2015Painting - acrylic on canvas121.9 x 91.4 cm (48 x 36 in)
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Get laid, 2012Painting - Acrylic on canvas122 x 122 cm (48 x 48 inches)
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God Less America, 2008Painting - Acrylic and spray paint on cardboard109 x 107 cm (43.5 x 42 inches)
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google stain, 2014Painting - Archival ink on canvas152 x 279 cm (60 x 110 in)
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Human Scan Couple, 2014Painting - UV ink on canvas203.2 x 203.2 cm (80 x 80 in)
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International Postcard, 2009Painting - collage on coroplast mounted on plywood230 x 194 cm (approx 90 x 76 inches)
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Love Bruise, 2013Painting - Acrylic on canvas239 x 177 cm (94 x 70 in)
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PEPSI PROPRIETARY FORMULA, 2014Painting - Archival ink on canvas183 x 140 cm (72 x 55 in)
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Pink Kimono, 2014Painting - Acrylic on canvas203 x 152 cm (80 x 60 in)
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Rabbit, 1988 - 2008Sculpture - Bronze70 x 30 x 30 cm (27.56 x 11.81 x 11.81 in)
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Scoreboard Flag, 2014Painting - Archival ink on canvas122 x 122 cm (48 x 48 in)
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Surface Layer, 2015Painting - Archival ink on canvas182.9 x 365.8 cm (72 x 144 in)
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THAT FUCK, 2014Painting - Archival ink on canvas237 x 130 cm (93 x 51 in)
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Too Many Friends, 2014Painting - Archival ink on canvas203 x 178 cm (80 x 70 in)
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Violet Ray, 2014Painting - Acrylic on canvas294 x 198 cm (116 x 78 in)
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Trading Days, 2015Painting - Archival ink on canvas213 x 152 cm (84 x 60 in)
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Battlefields
Mark Flood 14 Jan - 3 Mar 2023 MilanPeres Projects is pleased to present Battlefields by Mark Flood (b. 1957 in Houston, US), the artist’s first exhibition with the gallery in Milan.Read more -
Wild Style: Exhibition of Figurative Art
Group Show 10 Jun - 5 Aug 2016 BerlinPeres Projects is pleased to present Wild Style: Exhibition of Figurative Art, a group exhibition exploring depictions of the human figure by contemporary artists and unidentified African artists active from...Read more -
Astroturf Yelp Review Says Yes
Mark Flood 1 May - 13 Jun 2015 BerlinPeres Projects is pleased to present Astroturf Yelp Review Says Yes, the gallery’s sixth solo show with Houston-based, American artist Mark Flood for Gallery Weekend 2015.Read more -
Serialize
Group Show 21 Mar - 18 Apr 2015 BerlinPeres Projects is pleased to present Serialize, a group exhibition featuring contemporary and historic works by Wallace Berman, Mark Flood, Guillaume Gelot, Dean Sameshima, and Andy Warhol.Read more -
Group Spirit
Group Show 28 Jun - 9 Aug 2014 BerlinPeres Projects is very pleased to present Group Spirit, an exhibition of works by contemporary artists along with works of unidentified African artists from the Bassa, Gola, Mende, and Vai...Read more -
Ask Officer Pepperspray
Mark Flood 20 Sep - 9 Nov 2013 BerlinPeres Projects is pleased to present Mark Flood's solo exhibition, Ask Officer Pepperspray.Read more -
People Are Strangle
Mark Flood 14 Jan - 10 Mar 2012 BerlinPeres Projects is pleased to present People Are Strangle, an exhibition of new works by the Houston based, American artist Mark Flood. This will be Flood's fourth solo exhibition with...Read more -
Bitch Moves
Mark Flood 26 Nov 2010 - 5 Feb 2011 BerlinJavier Peres is pleased to present Bitch Moves a two part show by Mark Flood spanning both Peres Projects Berlin locations. The artist will be present at the openings.Read more -
Bitch Moves
Mark Flood 12 Nov - 18 Dec 2010 BerlinJavier Peres is pleased to present Bitch Moves a two part show by Mark Flood spanning both Peres Projects Berlin locations. The artist will be present at the openings.Read more -
Minneapolis
Group Show 2 - 31 Jul 2009 Los AngelesPeres Projects is very pleased to present Minneapolis, a group exhibition featuring works by the following artists, assume vivid astro focus, Dan Attoe, Antonio Ballester Moreno, Joe Bradley, Dan Colen,...Read more -
Additional Paintings at ReMap2, Athens
Mark Flood and John Kleckner 16 Jun - 27 Jul 2009Javier Peres is pleased to present new works by John Kleckner and Mark Flood.Read more -
Wart Exhibit
Mark Flood 28 Mar - 25 Apr 2009 BerlinJavier Peres is pleased to announce Wart Exhibit, a solo exhibition by Houston-based artist Mark Flood. The exhibition will include mixed media drawings, paintings, sculpture and installation.Read more -
Entertainment Weakly
Mark Flood 22 Nov 2008 - 7 Feb 2009 Los AngelesJavier Peres is pleased to announce Entertainment Weakly, a solo exhibition by Houston-based artist Mark Flood.Read more -
Sack of Bones
Group Show 24 Mar - 2 May 2008Javier Peres and Terence Koh are pleased to present Sack of Bones, a group exhibition featuring: Anthony Burdin, Dan Colen, Tara Delong, Mark Flood, Bill Hayden, Neil Jenney, Bruce Labruce,...Read more
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Would the real Mark Flood please stand up?
Robert Boyd , Chron, March 2, 2023 -
Pathways. Mark Flood
Martina Alemani, Cactus, February 24, 2023 -
Beyond Symbols
David Alarcón , Metal Magazine, January 30, 2023 -
Career Suicide
Patrick McGraw, Kaleidoscope Magazine, October 1, 2022 -
Above The Fold: Samuel Jablon and Mark Flood talk dirty words, hedonism, psychotropic drugs
Ann Binlot , Document Journal, February 11, 2020 -
Mark Flood Protests at the Karma Gallery
Sarah Sunday, Provokr, January 27, 2020 -
Color Out of Space
Shana Nys Dambrot, Artillery Magazine, April 20, 2019 -
Protesting Artists Step Off the Streets and Into the Gallery
Catherine Hickley, The New York Times, April 17, 2018 -
In conversation with Mark Flood.
Katja Horvat, Interview Magazine Germany, July 12, 2017 -
Eight Galleries to See at Art Basel
Elephant Magazine, June 14, 2017 -
Mark Flood’s Google Murder-Suicide Opens in New York
Amuse Vice, May 31, 2017 -
A Chance To Cut: The Ends Of Collage
Robert Barry, The Quietus, April 22, 2017 -
What Is a Facebook ‘Like,’ Anyway?
Peter-Astrid Kane, SF Weekly, December 15, 2016 -
When Hell Floods Over
Jim Lewis, Surface Magazine, December 5, 2016 -
The Diary of Mark Flood, Part Four: Opening Night
Mark Flood, ARTnews, July 15, 2016 -
The Diary of Mark Flood, Part Three: Attack of the Drones
Mark Flood, ARTnews, June 8, 2016 -
The Diary of Mark Flood, Part Two: Home Alone
Mark Flood, ARTnews, May 20, 2016 -
The Diary of Mark Flood, Part One: Gone to Texas
Mark Flood, ARTnews, May 11, 2016 -
“Mark Flood: Gratest Hits” at CAMH Offers 30-Year Mixed Bag
Susie Tommaney, Houston Press, April 21, 2016 -
Mark Flood Plays Patron Saint to Houston’s Unknown Artists
Casey Lesser, Artsy, January 8, 2016 -
The Mark Flood Experience Kills Painting (Again)
Scott Indrisek, Blouin Artinfo, January 7, 2016 -
Mark Flood: Modern Art Helmet Row
Sherman Sam , Artforum, January 1, 2016 -
Total Service Artists
Raphael Rubinstein, Art in America, October 1, 2015 -
Berlin - Mark Flood: “Astroturf Yelp Review Says Yes” At Peres Projects Through June 13, 2015”
D. Creahan, Art Observed, June 10, 2015 -
L’arte contagiosa
Fabrizio Meris and Gloria Maria Cappelletti, Flair Magazine, March 1, 2015 -
My Own Career Bores Me: Mark Flood on His Gallery Experiment
Samuel Jablon, Hyperallergic, January 9, 2015 -
Mark Flood
Leo Fitzpatrick, Purple Magazine, December 4, 2014 -
Mark Flood Interview on the Release of His Supreme Limited Edition Skateboards Out Now
Annabel Fernandes, Purple Magazine, May 26, 2014 -
Ten Trending Artworks at 22nd Street’s Leading Art Fair
Artsy, May 15, 2014 -
Are You a Believer?: Mark Flood’s Insider Art Fair
Rachel Small, Interview Magazine, May 14, 2014 -
Mark Flood Founds an Art Fair
Lucia Simek, Glasstire, May 2, 2014 -
Mark Flood, Peres Projects Gallery, Berlin
Lise Guhenneux , Crash Magazine, January 1, 2013 -
Mark Flood’s Hateful Years Weren’t Extra Bad
Joseph Akel, Interview Magazine, August 6, 2012 -
More Than Lace: Mark Flood at Luxembourg & Dayan
Aimee Walleston, Art in America, August 1, 2012 -
Artist Mark Flood makes a rare appearance at…his own exhibition
Melissa Smith, Capital New York, July 20, 2012 -
Mark Flood: Doing It His Own Way
Daily Spots, July 10, 2012 -
‘No Sacred Monster,’ Just a His-Way Artist
Randy Kennedy, The New York Times, July 6, 2012 -
Mark Flood at Cardoza Gallery
Robert Boyd, The Great God is Dead, October 16, 2011 -
Mark Flood
Purple Magazine, October 1, 2011 -
Mark Flood makes subversive, provocative art
Javier Peres, i-D Magazine (P.Y.T issue) , October 1, 2009 -
Mark Flood
The New Yorker, June 22, 2009 -
Critics’ Picks: Mark Flood
Britany Salsbury, Artforum, June 21, 2009 -
Bones’ Beat: Mark Flood’s Chelsea Whores at Zach Feuer Gallery
The Village Voice, June 4, 2009 -
Mark Flood
Ken Johnson , The New York Times, May 29, 2009 -
Los Angeles: Mark Flood
Michael Ned Holte , Artforum, March 1, 2009 -
Mark Flood
Brendan Fowler, ANP Quarterly, January 1, 2009
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Art Basel Miami Beach
7 - 10 Dec 2017Peres Projects is pleased to announce our participation in this year’s Art Basel Miami Beach, presenting works by Donna Huanca, Dorothy Iannone, Dean Sameshima, Mark...Read more -
FIAC
19 - 22 Oct 2017Peres Projects is pleased to announce our participation in this year’s FIAC, presenting works by Donna Huanca, Blair Thurman, Brent Wadden, Mark Flood, Leo Gabin,...Read more -
Art Basel
15 - 18 Jun 2017Peres Projects is pleased to announce our participation in this year’s Art Basel from June 15 – 18, 2017 . VIP Preview: June 13 –...Read more -
Frieze New York
5 - 7 May 2017Peres Projects is pleased to announce our participation in this year’s Frieze New York, presenting works by Brent Wadden, Blair Thurman, Dean Sameshima, Donna Huanca,...Read more -
Art Basel Hong Kong
24 - 26 Mar 2016Peres Projects is pleased to announce our participation in this year’s Art Basel Hong Kong, presenting works by Melike Kara, David Ostrowski, Blair Thurman, Mark...Read more -
Artissima
6 - 8 Nov 2015Peres Projects is pleased to announce our participation in this year’s Artissima from November 6 – 8, 2015 .Read more -
FIAC
22 - 25 Oct 2015Peres Projects is pleased to announce our participation in this year’s FIAC, presenting works by Dan Attoe, Mark Flood, Leo Gabin, Peter Shire, Marinella Senatore...Read more -
Frieze London
14 - 17 Oct 2015Peres Projects is pleased to announce our participation in this year’s Frieze London, presenting works by Donna Huanca, Mike Bouchet, Peter Shire, Marinella Senatore, Dan...Read more -
Art Basel
18 - 21 Jun 2015Peres Projects is pleased to announce our participation in this year’s Art Basel, presenting works by Mike Bouchet, Mark Flood and David Ostrowsk.Read more -
Frieze New York
14 - 17 May 2015Peres Projects is pleased to announce our participation in this year’s Frieze New, presenting works by Dan Attoe, Mike Bouchet, Mark Flood, Dorothy Iannone, Marinella...Read more -
Art Cologne
16 - 19 Apr 2015Peres Projects is pleased to announce our participation in this year’s Art Cologne, presenting works by Dan Attoe, Mike Bouchet, Mark Flood, Leo Gabin, Guillaume...Read more -
Art Basel Hong Kong
15 - 17 Mar 2015Peres Projects is pleased to announce our participation in this year’s Art Basel Hong Kong, presenting works by assume vivid astro focus, Dan Attoe, Mike...Read more -
Independent New York
5 - 8 Mar 2015Peres Projects is pleased to announce our participation in this year’s Independent New York, presening works by Mike Bouchet and Mark Flood.Read more -
Artissima
7 - 9 Nov 2014Peres Projects is pleased to announce our participation in this year’s Artissima, presenting works by assume vivid astro focus, Mike Bouchet, Leo Gabin, Mark Flood...Read more -
FIAC
23 - 26 Oct 2014Peres Projects is pleased to announce our participation in this year’s FIAC, presenting works by Mike Bouchet, Mark Flood and Leo Gabin.Read more -
Frieze London
15 - 18 Oct 2014Peres Projects is pleased to announce our participation in this year’s Frieze London, presenting works by assume vivid astro focus, Mike Bouchet, Mark Flood and...Read more -
Art Basel Hong Kong
15 - 18 May 2014Peres Projects is pleased to announce our participation in this year’s Art Basel Hong Kong, presenting works by Dan Attoe, Mike Bouchet, Mark Flood, Alex...Read more -
Art Los Angeles Contemporary
30 Jan - 2 Feb 2014Peres Projects is pleased to announce our participation in this year’s Art Los Angeles Contemporary, presenting works by Joe Bradley, Mark Flood and Leo Gabin...Read more -
Frieze London
17 - 20 Oct 2013Peres Projects is pleased to announce our participation in this year’s Frieze London, presenting works by Dan Attoe, Joe Bradley, Mark Flood, Leo Gabin David...Read more -
Art Basel Hong Kong
23 - 26 May 2013Peres Projects is pleased to announce our participation in this year’s Art Basel Hong Kong, presenting works by Joe Bradley, Mark Flood, Alex Israel, David...Read more -
MIART
5 - 7 Apr 2013Peres Projects is pleased to announce our participation in this year’s MIART, presenting works by Dorothy Iannone, David Ostrowski, Dean Sameshima, Mark Flood and Dash...Read more -
Art Los Angeles Contemporary
24 - 27 Jan 2013Peres Projects is pleased to announce our participation in this year’s Art Los Angeles Contemporary, presenting works by Mark Flood, Dan Attoe and Dash Snow.Read more -
Artissima
9 - 11 Nov 2012Peres Projects is pleased to announce our participation in this year’s Artissima, presenting works by Mark Flood , Leo Gabin, Alex Israel, David Ostrowski, Brent...Read more -
FIAC
18 Oct - 21 Nov 2012Peres Projects is pleased to announce our participation in this year’s FIAC, presenting works by assume Mark Flood, Joe Bradley, David Ostrowski and Brent Wadden....Read more -
Artissima
4 - 6 Nov 2011Peres Projects is pleased to announce our participation in this year’s Artissima, presenting works by Joe Bradley, Amie Dicke, Kaye Donachie, Mark Flood , Leo...Read more