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Marq Sutherland

American, b. 1974

Born in San Diego, California, Marq Sutherland was raised in numerous areas of the country but considers New Mexico his home. After serving in the US Air Force as an Explosives K-9 handler and trainer Marq studied music and technology at the College of Santa Fe. In his third year at age 24 he discovered his passion for photography. A year later he had the opportunity to travel around the world aboard the study abroad program Semester At Sea, where he photographed his first project, Moments Given: Children in our World, a series capturing moments of connection with children along his journey. In 2001 he graduated from the College of Santa Fe with a self-designed 156 credit hour degree in Photography, Music and Technology.

In 2001-2002 Marq photographed a documentation of a Cambodian non-governmental organization, FRIENDS/Mith Samlanh, who help reintegrate street children back into society through outreach, education, and vocational training. The photographs went to raise money for their programs through exhibitions and promotion through the Asia Foundation for Philanthropy. In 2002 Marq was a finalist for the Willard Van Dyke Award through the NM Council on Photography. In 2005 he received his MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and was selected to exhibit at the Benicia Arts Center’s annual showcase, Cream – from the top, introducing artists that have risen to the top of their classes in the Bay Area. He has been a mentor in photography for the Santa Fe Charter High School, Monte Del Sol, and taught Digital Photography Workshops for homeless teens through the Santa Fe Youth Drop-In Shelter. In 2008 Marq received a Helen Wurlitzer Foundation Fellowship. He has worked as a photo editor for Fashion.net since 2007. In 2009 he completed writing the curriculum for the upper division Photojournalism and Documentary Photography course at the Art Center Design College in Tucson, Arizona. He currently lives and works as a freelancer in New Mexico. His clients have included: The Associated Press, BNFL Instruments Inc., Random House/Pantheon Books, PBS, Youth Orchestra Monterey, Santa Fe Center for Photography, and Gwyn & Gwyn Arts, Ltd.

EDUCATION

San Francisco Art Institute 2005

MFA Photography

College of Santa Fe 2001

BFA Photography, Music and Technology

Semester At Sea Fall 1999

Study Abroad through the University of Pittsburgh visiting Canada, Japan,

Hong Kong, China, Vietnam, Malaysia, India, Egypt, Turkey, Croatia, Italy, and Morocco.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

MFA Thesis Exhibition Herbst Pavilion, San Francisco, CA 2005

The State Of Being Manly Still Lights Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2005

Mith Samlanh Exhibit for Aids Project LA Phay Doe Doe, Los Angeles, CA 2004

Mith Samlanh Exhibit for Friends Paramount, Santa Fe, NM 2003

Moments Given: Children In Our World Greer Garson Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2000

Millennium Voyage Reunion The Luxor Hotel, Las Vegas, NV 2000

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Woody Gwyn Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2009

The Man Box and Beyond The Lab, San Francisco, CA 2006

Woody Gwyn - Revisited Museum of the South West, Midland, TX 2006

Cream – from the top Benicia Art Center, Benicia, CA 2005

Student Artist Exhibition Bowie Art .Com London, England 2005-2006

Continuing MFA Exhibition Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2004

Nevada Landscape Exhibition Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2004

Open Studio Exhibition SWELL Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2003

Light Show The Darkroom, Santa Fe, NM 2003

Anything Goes The Darkroom, Santa Fe, NM 2003

Juried Exhibition The College of Santa Fe Fine Arts Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2001

Juried Exhibition Marion Center for the Photographic Arts, Santa Fe, NM 2000

It’s in the Bag CSF Fine Arts Gallery, Juried by Luis Grachos Site Santa Fe 2000

Juried Exhibition Marion Center for the Photographic Arts, Santa Fe, NM 1999

Juried Exhibition Spring College of Santa Fe Fine Arts Gallery Santa Fe, NM 1999

PUBLICATIONS

The Whole World Over by Julia Glass Cover Pantheon/Random House 2006

Artweek Cream - from the top Review October 2005

artUS Cream - from the top Review November/December 2005

Give2Asia Greeting Card Set Asia Foundation to promote philanthropy to Asia 2004

Glyph The Literary Magazine of The College of Santa Fe Morris Publishing 2001

Voyage of the Millennium Duschene-Peckam Publishing 2000

AWARDS

Helen Wurlitzer Foundation Fellowship Taos, New Mexico 2008

Teaching Assistantship Award San Francisco Art Institute 2004

Finalist: Willard Van Dyke Award The NM Council On Photography 2002

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