Harlan Mack is a Rural Multidisciplinary Artist, living and working in Johnson, VT. Harlan works narratively through painting, sculpture, oral narrative, and poetry as well. Harlans Narratives are built around a fictitious future that contemplates themes related to life’s experience and pieces of life yet to be arranged.
EDUCATION
2007-2012 MFA, Vermont Studio Center / Johnson State College (now) Northern Vermont University
2003-2007 BFA, Johnson State College, Johnson, VT
2000- Painting @ A.I.S- Amsterdam Institut Voor Schilderkunst, Focus in Oil
A.I.S. Van Baerlestraat 13c 1071 AM Amsterdam
EMPLOYMENT
2022 Vermont studio Center, Sculpture Program Manager
2020 Vermont Studio Center, Sculpture / Residential/ Community Life Manager
2016 Vermont Studio Center, Sculpture / Operations Manager
2013 Adjunct Faculty, fine arts, Johnson State college
2013 Substitute Sculpture professor, Johnson State College, Intro and advanced
2009-now Sculpture, Vermont Studio Center
2009-2010 Adjunct Faculty, fine arts, Johnson State College
2008-2009 Summer and after-school art teacher, Helen Day Art center
2008 Substitute sculpture technician, Vermont Studio Center
2006-2007 Visiting lecturer for advanced and introductory sculpture classes. Johnson State College
2006 Custom Interior and Exterior Painter, Lamoille Valley Painters, LLC,
2004-2005 Maintenance of Artists Studios, Vermont Studio Center,
2002 Intern, Donkersloot Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2002 Art Department Swing Man, Killer Flood/ Feature Film, Edgewood Studios,
2001 Intern, AIS (Amsterdam Institut Voor Schilderkunst), Amsterdam, NL
1999-2002 Independent film, art department lead man, swing man, production designers assistant,
screen actor, driver, and on set set sculptor.
EXHIBITIONS
2022 South Burlington City Hall, Solo exhibition, Burlington, VT
2022 Lamoille Art and Justice Project, Lamoille county, VT
2022 Highland Center for the Arts, Open Air Gallery, Greensboro VT
2021 NBOS 2021, Bennington, VT
2021 Highland Center for the Arts, Open Air Gallery, Greensboro VT
2020 Whirligig Brewing, Solo Exhibition , St Johnsbury, VT
2020 Highland Center for the Arts, Open Air Gallery, Greensboro, VT
2020 Looking Outward, Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center
2019 First Tangshan Delong Steel and Iron International Steel Sculpture Art Festival, Laoting, China
2019 Unbroken Current, Helen Day Art Center, Stowe,VT
2018 In Light of Disuse, University of Vermont, Francis Colburn Gallery, Burlington VT
2018 Summertime, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018 Vox Populi, Burlington City Arts Center, VT
2018 Post Pioneer, Solo exhibition, Vermont Studio Center, VT
2017 Pulse Miami Beach, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, Miami, FL
2017 Hidden in Plain Sight, curated by Derrick Adams, Jenkins Johnson Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Off The Walls, Curated by Willie Cole, Green County Council of the Arts, Catskill NY
2016 Upcycle Sculpture competeition, Catamount Arts, VT
2015 Forcast - Revival , Solo exhibition, Vermont Studio Center Gallery II, Johnson, VT
2014 Goodweather at 9/50 Summit, Atlanta Contemporary art Center, GA
2014 Draughts for Every Passing Game, Solo exhibition, The Gallery at River Arts, Morrisville, VT
2013 An Affair With The Muse, Kristin Johnson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
2012 Waking Rage, two part Solo exhibition, Julian Scott Gallery and Vermont Studio Center
2011 The One Two Five Gallery, Solo sculpture exhibition, Midtown Manhattan, NY
2011 Mack Rage Tank, Solo exhibition, Vermont Studio Center,
2010 Outdoor Sculpture exhibit, Art Exposed, Stowe, VT
2010 Johnson Works Outdoor Sculpture exhibit,
2010 National life building, Burlington City Arts, Sculpture exhibition,
2009 Air Quality and the Weatherman, Solo exhibition, Vermont Studio Center
2009 BCA (Burlington city arts) Art Fair sculpture exhibition
2009 Art Exposed, outdoor sculpture exhibit, Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT
2009 Johnson Works Outdoor Sculpture exhibit,
2008-09 Maltex Building, Burlington City Arts, Sculpture exhibit, Burlington VT
2008 Johnson Works Outdoor Sculpture exhibit
2008 Art Exposed, outdoor sculpture exhibit, Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT
2007 Staff exhibition, Vermont Studio Center,
2007 Art Exposed, outdoor sculpture exhibit, Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT
2007 Thesis, Jullian Scott Memorial Gallery @ Dibden Center for the Arts, VT
2006 Granilla (the Gorilla), sculpture exhibit Dewey Hall, JSC
2006 Dancing With Line, Sculpture Exhibition, The Painted Caravan,
2005 Darkness Exhibition, Visual Arts Center, JSC, Johnson, VT
2004 Monthly Group Exhibitions, Vermont Studio Center
2002 Donkersloot Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
Awards and Residencies
2018 Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, Rauschenberg Residency #34, Captiva, FL
2016 Grand prize, Upcycle Art Bike Competition, Catamount Arts and Kingdom Trails
2005 Painting award Johnson State College
2007 Vermont Studio Center Fellowship
Collections
Both Public and Private