BIOGRAPHY
Mark Lifvendahl was born in Evanston Illinois where he lived until age 13 when he and his family moved to Winter Park, Fl. After graduating from Butler University with degrees in Journalism and Spanish, Mark set out to explore the world, living, working and traveling internationally as well as through cities and small towns across the United States. Among the most influential places he visited were Thailand and Indian where he immersed himself in Buddhist meditation and yoga spending time in yoga ashrams and monasteries. Mark lived on the island of St. John in the US Virgin Island, New York City, San Francisco, Miami Beach before he finally settled in the Russian River Vally in California. After many years in the wine business, Mark took up art at the late age of 39. Fully self-taught, Mark works outside on his deck inspired by nature, the redwoods, the Pacific Ocean and organic shapes.
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LIFVENDAHL FINE ART
Serena and Lily, Featured Artist, 2022 – present
Solo Shows
Out Of The Blue, Fulton Crossing, Fulton, CA, 2022
Contra Costa County Superior Courthouse, Martinez, CA, 2020
Agent Ink Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA, 2018
Making A Splash, Fulton Crossing, Front Room Gallery, Fulton, CA, 2017
F Street Gallery, Davis, CA 2016
Blair Morgan Designs, Menlo Park, CA, 2015
Paolo Mejia Fine Art, San Francisco, 2014
The Sycamore, San Francisco,, CA 2013
Union Hall Gallery, Sacramento, CA 2013
Carport Gallery, Guerneville, CA, 2012
Mural Installation, Monte Rio Elementary School, 2012
J27 Gallery, Sacramento, CA 2011
Union Hall Gallery, Scaramento, CA 2011
J. Rickards Winery, Healdsburg, CA 2011
Sunnyside Gallery, Guerneville, CA 2011
Francesca Gallery, Sausalito, CA 2010
Chop Chop Salon and Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2010
Westamerica Bank, Guerneville, CA 2009
Club Yamagata, Guerneville, CA 2008
Madrone Fine Arts Gallery, Guerneville, CA 2008
Group Shows
Secession Art & Design, San Francisco, April, 2021
Fulton Crossing, Fulton, CA, 2013
Russian River Art Gallery, Guerneville, CA, 2012
MAIYA Gallery, Sacramento, CA March, 2012
Marin Open Studios, 2012
Marin Fencing Academy, San Rafael, CA 2012
O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA Dec. 2011
Dimensions Galleria, Petaluma, CA 2011
Art and Chocolate, Produced by Danilo Santos, Los Angeles, CA 2010
MAIYA Gallery, Sacramento, CA 2010
Studio Blomster, Guerneville, CA 2010
Dimensions Galleria, Petaluma, CA, 2010
The Artist X-Change, San Francisco, CA 2010
Riverfront Art Gallery, Petaluma, CA 2010
Dimensions Galleria, Petaluma, CA 2009
Gallery One, Petaluma, CA 2009
Carport Art Gallery, Guerneville, CA 2009
Madrone Fine Arts Gallery, Guerneville, CA 2008
Chip Hackley and Associates, Winnetka, Il 2008
Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA 2008
Corporate/Professional Collections
Contra Costa County Superior Courthouse, Martinez, CA, 2020
ProPhase, Park Avenue, New York, NY
The Bateman Group, NY, SF
Downs Design Group, San Francisco, CA
M. Garig Design, San Francisco, CA
STATEMENT
Mark Lifvendahl is a self-taught artist living in Sonoma County California.
Motivated by color, form and composition, Mark constantly challanges himself to push his techniques and quality of art to new standards. Being self-taught liberates Mark from any pretaught and preconceived ideas of what should and what should not be created.
Over the years, Mark has experimented with many techniques, tools, styles and materials, but he always seems to return to the bright, works which have come to define his art. From the day he first started painting, Mark has relied on practice, experimentation and hard work to guide and inspire him towards creating successful works of art. Many hundreds of paintings later, he has developed a technique and style which are unique and easily recognizable.
Mark’s paintings have an organic, fantasy-like feeling which remind the viewer of other-worldly, underwatery fantastical places. Influences of the surreal and realism can also be seen in Mark’s sometimes splashy art. High quality art materials are used for his paintings and they are built to last for many generations to come.
