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2025 Ohio Artist Registry Juried Exhibition
Mark Hackworth
Artistathens Ohio 45701 United StatesHome Ohio United States Home Phone: 740-590-6372
Bio
Mark Hackworth is an artist who works in varied mediums including printmaking, painting,
drawing, and photography. He has over 30 years of teaching experience at Denison University
(Ohio), Ohio University, Kendal College (Kendal, England), Hocking College (Ohio) and
Vermont College of Norwich University. He served as artist-in-residence at Herron School of
Art (Indianapolis, Indiana), Bowling Green State University (Ohio), Passion Works
Collaborative Studio (Athens, Ohio) Middle Tennessee State University, and in the Hardin
Houston Local Schools, Houston, Ohio, through the Ohio Arts Council Artist Residency
Programs. Hackworth has been awarded two Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowships, a
YADDO Fellowship, and a Special Projects Award from the Ohio Arts Council, as well as
numerous exhibition awards, and permanent collections. Hackworth currently owns and operates Pigeon Coop Press, a private and collaborative
studio in Athens, Ohio, which offers opportunities for artists interested in printmaking
collaborations.
Mark Hackworth earned a BFA from Bowling Green State University, Ohio in Printmaking and
Drawing. He earned an MFA from Ohio University in Printmaking and Painting.
Artist Statement
Artists statements can change with each body of work. This is my current general artist statement.
There is a current barrier disturbance, and I seem to be on one side, not moving to the other. Time and place, change, desire to stay, in the space between. There’s a beautiful melancholy to this life. And the adjustment from loss to celebration is constant.