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Sculptor/Painter, using recycled cardboard boxes covered in sand.

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Hey friends, this show went up a couple days ago but the opening won’t happen until Sept 3. But if you find yourself in the area, the gallery is open daily from 9am to 9pm. So please stop by to see my new drawings and wall sculptures.

The venue is located in the Performing Arts Center First Floor Gallery, Adelphi University, 1 South Ave, Garden City.

Gallery Hrs: Every Day 9am to 9pm

I’ll send out announcements for the opening reception a week before it happens. 🙏🏼 by @mark.van

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Discover the elemental sculptures of Mark Van Wagner @mark.van, whose work fuses sand, pigment, and found materials into meditative monuments of erosion, play, and transformation.

Featured by DiFranco on Munchies Art Club

From beaches to biennials—Mark Van Wagner turns dust into monument.
His work doesn’t just use sand, it becomes sand.

Every sculpture feels like a fossil from the future—bright, bruised, and brutally honest. Recently on view at Spark Art Fair Vienna with MARQUEE PROJECTS @marqueeprojects , @sparkartfair, Van Wagner stacks, crushes, and stains cardboard until it hums with history.

It’s art that remembers being a tree, a box, a ruin.
Catch the full interview with DiFranco on Munchies Art Club now.

Portraits credits: @ceg619

Read the full interview with Mark Van Wagner and Difranco on Munchies Art Club—link in bio. by @mark.van

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This sculpture is currently on view @68princegallery in a group exhibition titled: Putting It Together, Transforming Collage.

“Nomad”
Natural and pigmented sand, debris and collage on cardboard boxes.
28x18x13 inches

The exhibition includes so many great artists, continues through July 12 and will also be open during Upstate Art Weekend June 25-29. Be sure to stop by and visit.

@alangoolman @davidkucerastudio #artepovera #monoha taken in Kingston, New York by @mark.van

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A few of my sculptures are pictured here in a wonderful exhibition with an outstanding group of fellow collage artists in an exhibition titled:

Putting it Together:
Transforming Collage

Now on view @68princegallery

Curated by @alangoolman
68 Prince St, Kingston, NY

Gallery Hours:
Friday 12-5
Saturday 11-6
Sunday 12-5

Show runs through July 12, 2026

This exhibition coincides with Upstate Art Weekend @upstateartweekend. Also check out @makingmeaningsymposium for conversations and workshops about collage at Vassar Institute July 22-24.

IN THE GALLERIES:

LIZ ATLAS • ELIZABETH BRANDT • JOANNE BROCKLEY • ANDREA BURGAY • SAUL CHERNICK •
MONICA CHURCH • MIKE COCKRILL • SUSAN SPENCER CROWE • JENNE CURRIE • COLIN DEVINE •
JOSH DORMAN • JOAN FFOLLIOTT • SALLY FRANK • GINNIE GARDINER • LAURA HART • DAVID HORNUNG •
BETH HUMPHREY • ELLEN JOURET-EPSTEIN • ELLEN KOZAK • CAROLE KUNSTADT • NANCY LASAR •
ANNIE LEWIS • ANN MORRIS • DOUG NAVARRA • STEPHEN NICCOLLS • DENISE OEHL • ROBERT OEHL • ROBERT OHNIGIAN • HEARNE PARDEE • TRACY PHILLIPS • DAVID POLLACK • ROBIN REYNOLDS •
STEPHEN REYNOLDS • SUSANNA RONNER • ED ROTHFARB • KAREN SHAW (ESTATE) • SARAH Z. SHORT •
D. JACK SOLOMON • BUZZ SPECTOR • LYNNE TOBIN • MARIANNE VAN LENT • MARK VAN WAGNER •
PAMELA J. WALLACE • MIMI YOUNG • MONIKA ZARZECZNA • taken in Kingston, New York by @mark.van

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It was a fantastic turn out for “Putting it Together: Transforming Collage”@68princegallery coinciding with Upstate Art Weekend @upstateartweekend with a group of colorful artists that like to cut and paste the new-old fashion way.

Curated by the keen eye of @alangoolman

Show runs from June 13 - July 12, 2026
68 Prince St, Kingston, NY

IN THE GALLERIES:

LIZ ATLAS • ELIZABETH BRANDT • JOANNE BROCKLEY • ANDREA BURGAY • SAUL CHERNICK •
MONICA CHURCH • MIKE COCKRILL • SUSAN SPENCER CROWE • JENNE CURRIE • COLIN DEVINE •
JOSH DORMAN • JOAN FFOLLIOTT • SALLY FRANK • GINNIE GARDINER • LAURA HART • DAVID HORNUNG •
BETH HUMPHREY • ELLEN JOURET-EPSTEIN • ELLEN KOZAK • CAROLE KUNSTADT • NANCY LASAR •
ANNIE LEWIS • ANN MORRIS • DOUG NAVARRA • STEPHEN NICCOLLS • DENISE OEHL • ROBERT OEHL • ROBERT OHNIGIAN • HEARNE PARDEE • TRACY PHILLIPS • DAVID POLLACK • ROBIN REYNOLDS •
STEPHEN REYNOLDS • SUSANNA RONNER • ED ROTHFARB • KAREN SHAW (ESTATE) • SARAH Z. SHORT •
D. JACK SOLOMON • BUZZ SPECTOR • LYNNE TOBIN • MARIANNE VAN LENT • MARK VAN WAGNER •
PAMELA J. WALLACE • MIMI YOUNG • MONIKA ZARZECZNA • by @mark.van

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68 PRINCE STREET GALLERY, KINGSTON, NY

PUTTING IT TOGETHER, TRANSFORMING COLLAGE

JUNE13 - JULY 12TH

OPENING RECEPTION, SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 5 - 8PM

ON VIEW: MARK VAN WAGNER, JOSH DORMAN, MARIANNE VAN LENT...

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As I continue with a series of collaged wall sculptures titled Adrift they seem to be more beat up, patched/bandaged and collecting more recognizable debris from the “studio neighborhood”.

Another Adrift
Sand, collage, and debris on recycle cardboard boxes.
27x27x8inches

#monoha #artepovera #constructivism taken in New York, New York by @mark.van

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@mark.van #markvanwagner in #spectacleexhibition

Thank you @57w57arts for assembling my work into you spectacle exhibition and this post 🙏🏼🎶🙏🏼 by @mark.van

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I’m happy to announce I’ll be in this collage forward-focused exhibition @68princegallery coinciding with Upstate Art Weekend @upstateartweekend with a group of colorful artists that like to cut and paste the new-old fashion way.

Curated by the keen eye of @alangoolman

Putting it Together:
Transforming Collage

Opening Reception:
June 13, 2026 | 5 - 8:00 PM
68 Prince St, Kingston, NY

Show runs from June 13 - July 12, 2026

IN THE GALLERIES:

LIZ ATLAS • ELIZABETH BRANDT • JOANNE BROCKLEY • ANDREA BURGAY • SAUL CHERNICK •
MONICA CHURCH • MIKE COCKRILL • SUSAN SPENCER CROWE • JENNE CURRIE • COLIN DEVINE •
JOSH DORMAN • JOAN FFOLLIOTT • SALLY FRANK • GINNIE GARDINER • LAURA HART • DAVID HORNUNG •
BETH HUMPHREY • ELLEN JOURET-EPSTEIN • ELLEN KOZAK • CAROLE KUNSTADT • NANCY LASAR •
ANNIE LEWIS • ANN MORRIS • DOUG NAVARRA • STEPHEN NICCOLLS • DENISE OEHL • ROBERT OEHL • ROBERT OHNIGIAN • HEARNE PARDEE • TRACY PHILLIPS • DAVID POLLACK • ROBIN REYNOLDS •
STEPHEN REYNOLDS • SUSANNA RONNER • ED ROTHFARB • KAREN SHAW (ESTATE) • SARAH Z. SHORT •
D. JACK SOLOMON • BUZZ SPECTOR • LYNNE TOBIN • MARIANNE VAN LENT • MARK VAN WAGNER •
PAMELA J. WALLACE • MIMI YOUNG • MONIKA ZARZECZNA • taken in Kingston, New York by @mark.van

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It’s the last weekend to see my work among many others in a beautiful exhibition at the Bridgehampton Museum titled Materials Speak. The show runs through May 23.

Wednesdays - Saturdays, 11am to 3pm

From the curators:
Given the diversity of artists, audiences, materials, landscape, and the rich culture to be found on the East End, we happily present Materials Speak at the Bridgehampton Museum. The exhibition consists of artwork being created in or having association with the East End of Long Island. Materials Speak includes a broad spectrum of artists, many of whom are locally familiar and well-known as well as others who have quieter studio practices. The thread that runs through the exhibition is a demonstration of the way the artists use materials. In other words, how they follow the sociologist Marshall McLuhan ‘s adage, “The Medium is the Message.”

Apologies for not getting everyone’s work into this post! Many thanks to Claire Watson @clairewatsonstudio - I swiped a few photos from her Instagram account.

Participating artists

Sydney Albertini
Suzanne Anker
Philippe Cheng
David Kennedy Cutler
Eric Dever
Hiroyuki Hamada
Mary Heilmann
Brianna Hernandez
Candace Hill-Montgomery
Barry Holden
Dennis Hollingsworth
Mel Kendrick
Debbie Ma
Russell Maltz
Chuck Manion
Curtis Mitchell
Victoria Munro
Joel Perlman
David Row
Brie Ruais
Bonnie Rychlak
Bastienne Schmidt
Julian Schnabel
Drew Shiflett
Jeanne Silverthorne
John Torreano
Mark Van Wagner
Claire Watson
Nina Yankowitz
Almond Zigmund

Material Speaks is curated by Barbara MacAdam and Mary Dinaburg.

@thebridgehamptonmuseum @marydinaburg @barbaramacadam999
#bridgehamptonmuseum taken in Bridgehampton, New York by @mark.van

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What an evening! Thank you to everyone who came to the Exclusive Exhibition Reception “Just Powers: Long Island Biennial 2026”! @heckschermuseum

Honored to be exhibiting with so many fellow Long Island artists.

The Long Island Biennial, now in its ninth iteration, deepens connections between artists across Nassau and Suffolk counties and their communities. The exhibition uses the Declaration of Independence (1776) and George Grosz’s masterpiece of political art, Eclipse of the Sun (1926), as touchstones for thinking about power, national ideals, and public life. 73 works by 69 artists are featured in the exhibition and respond to these cultural and political legacies. Just Powers brings together the work of Long Island artists with diverse perspectives to reveal how democratic ideals are interpreted, challenged, and reimagined today.

The exhibition is on view through September 13.

Public funding generously provided by Suffolk County

Exhibiting Artists:
Denise Jones Adler, Kelynn Zena Alder,
Verna Lynn Amakawa, Efrat Baler, Emily Barnett, Barbara Bilotta, Darlene Blaurock, Rita Broughton, Fernando Carpaneda, Philippe Cheng, Leslie Christian, Madeline Daversa, Natasha K. De Armas, Riccarda de Eccher, Jeremy Dennis, Sally B. Edelstein, Wan Ling Fahrer, Safia Fatimi, Anna Fleury, Steve Forster, Carole Freysz Gutierrez, Alicia Gitlitz, Mikhail Gubin, Ali Haider, Christopher Hansen, RJT Haynes, Mandy Henson, Lori Horowitz, Takafumi Ide, Anna Jurinich, Elizabeth Karsch, Joan Kim Suzuki, Denise N. Kramer, Michael W. Krasowitz, Neil Leinwohl, William Low, Luanda Lozano, Benson Ma, Manuel Alejandro Macarrulla, Giona Maiarelli, Antonio Masi, Paul Mele, Linda Pasca, Jessica Penagos, Vanessa Powers, Jason Rawcliffe, Tim Roda, Toussaint Rosefort, Diana Salomon, Bastienne Schmidt, Hillary Serota Needle, Eileen Shaloum, Lauren Skelly Bailey, Maria Spector, Lisa Stancati, Laura Steffen, Sabine Lola Stock, Adam Straus, Aurelio Torres, Ezra Thompson, Hui Tian, Benjamin Truong, Christine Tudor, Pinky Urmaza, Shawn Uttendorfer, B.A. Van Sise, Mark W. Van Wagner, Ahron D. Weiner, Dan Welden taken in The Heckscher Museum of Art by @mark.van

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Many thanks to the jurors (listed below) that selected this sculpture to be included in this year’s Long Island Biennial, now in its ninth iteration. Hosted by the Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington, NY.

Axis Proba, 2025
Natural and pigmented sand and debris on recycled cardboard boxes
36x24x6 inches

“Just Powers” opens tomorrow night, Friday, May 15. Heckscher Museum of Art.

The Biennial deepens connections between artists across Nassau and Suffolk counties and their communities. The exhibition uses the Declaration of Independence (1776) and George Grosz’s masterpiece of political art, Eclipse of the Sun (1926), as touchstones for thinking about power, national ideals, and public life. The Declaration of Independence set forth aspirational principles of liberty and equality, although its promises remain incomplete. A century and a half later, George Grosz’s searing painting exposed the corruption he saw at the heart of modern society. From an open call that attracted nearly six hundred submissions, the guest jurors selected 73 works by 69 artists that respond to these cultural and political legacies. “Just Powers”brings together the work of Long Island artists with diverse perspectives to reveal how democratic ideals are interpreted, challenged, and reimagined today.

“Just Powers” was juried by Tripoli Patterson, founder and owner, Tripoli Gallery; photographer Andreas Rentsch, Associate Professor of Photography and Chair of the Art Department, Lycoming College; and Dr. Lauren Rosati, Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. It was curated by Dr. Meredith A. Brown, Consulting Curator of Contemporary Art, The Heckscher Museum of Art.

@tripolipatterson @rentsch.andreas @redbrown_art @heckschermuseum taken in The Heckscher Museum of Art by @mark.van

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