CURRICULUM VITAE
MARK F. BOCKRATH
EDUCATION
1981 M.S. in Art Conservation
Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation, Newark, DE
1978 B.A. with honors in Art History/Chemistry
University of Delaware, Newark, DE
EMPLOYMENT AND RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
6/05 - present Paintings Conservator, Barbara A. Buckley & Associates, West Chester, PA
4/98 – 6/05 Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, Winterthur, DE
Paintings Conservator and Adjunct Professor, Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation
9/86 – 4/98 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Chief Conservator, Lecturer in the Materials and Techniques of Painting and Drawing
9/82 – 8/86 Intermuseum Laboratory, Oberlin, OH
Paintings Conservator
8/81 – 8/82 Washington Conservation Studio, Kensington, MD
Paintings Conservator
7/78 – 8/81 Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation
Conservation Fellow
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
“Framing Beaux”, essay by Mark F. Bockrath in Cecilia Beaux, American Figure Painter by Sylvia Yount, Kevin Sharp, Mark Bockrath and Nina Auerbach, Marquand Books, 2007.
“Observations on the Painting Techniques of William Ranney”, essay by Mark F. Bockrath in Forging an American Identity: The Art of William Ranney: With a Catalogue of His
Works, by Linda Bantel and Peter Hassrick, Cody, WY: Buffalo Bill History Center, 2006.
“‘Frank Imagination Within a Beautiful Form’: The Painting Methods of Maxfield Parrish,” chapter by Mark Bockrath in Maxfield Parrish 1870-1966, by Sylvia Yount and Mark Bockrath. Harry N. Abrams, 1999.
“Examining Aspects of the Modern in American Painting: Techniques and Treatments,” paper presented at the conference Radical Departures: Aspects of the Modern in American Painting, 1876-1939, New York University, May 8, 1998.
“The Conservation of the Paintings,” by Mark F. Bockrath, in Thomas Eakins Rediscovered: Charles Bregler’s Collection at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Kathleen A. Foster, author, Yale University Press, 1997.
“Materials and Techniques,” chapter by Mark F. Bockrath and Barbara A. Buckley in the exhibition catalogue I Tell My Heart: The Art of Horace Pippin, Judith Stein, author, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1993.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2004 - 2008, 2010 Pastel and Portrait Painting classes, Chester Springs Studio, Chester Springs, PA
April, 1998 – June, 2005 Adjunct Associate Professor, Winterthur/University of Delaware Art Conservation Department
Summer, 1990 – 1999 Portrait Painting, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
January, 1987 – April, 1999 Lecturer in the Materials and Techniques of Painting and Drawing, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS
July and August, 2016
Near and Far: Landscape Paintings, Gross McCleaf Gallery
April, 2016
153rd Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, Philadelphia Sketch Club
June to September, 2015
Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2015, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
June, 2014
43rd Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery, Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA
April, 2014
Drawings and Maquettes, Blue Streak Gallery, Wilmington, DE
September, 2013
Tonalism, Gross McCleaf Gallery
August, 2013
Beauty: Permission Granted, Gross McCleaf Gallery
June to September, 2013
Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2013, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
January, 2013
BIG/Little Show, Chester County Art Association, West Chester, PA
December, 2011
Kristina, Blue Streak Gallery, Wilmington, DE
November, 2011
Kristina, Oxford Arts Alliance, Oxford, PA
June to August, 2011
75th National Midyear Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
May to June, 2011
Inside/Outside, Goggle Works Center for the Arts, Reading, PA
August 29 to September 4, 2010
Art Residency, Eagle Hill Foundation, Steuben, Maine
June to September, 2010
Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2010, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, The Rose Roy Memorial Award
February to March, 2010
Nude and Draped Figure, Chester County Art Association, West Chester, PA
January to February, 2010
Modern & Contemporary Landscapes, Chester County Art Association, West Chester, PA
June to September, 2008
Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2008, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
June, 2008
Recent Paintings, one-person exhibition, Gross McCleaf Gallery
June to September, 2007
Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2007, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
September to October, 2005
Speaking for Themselves: The Artists of Southeastern Pennsylvania, invitational group exhibition, West Chester University, West Chester
June, 2002
Recent Landscapes, one-person exhibition, Gross McCleaf Gallery
June, 1999
Recent Landscapes, one-person exhibition, Gross McCleaf Gallery
September, 1997
Juried Fellowship Exhibition, Historic Yellow Springs, Chester Springs, PA
April, 1996
Recent Pastels and Paintings, one-person exhibition, Gross McCleaf Gallery
September, 1995
Distinguished Artists Exhibit, Artists’ House, Philadelphia
July, 1995
Other Places, group exhibition at Gross McCleaf Gallery
May, 1994
Recent Paintings and Pastels, one-person exhibition, Gross McCleaf Gallery
May, 1994
Juried Exhibition, Friends of the Tim Mark Endowment, Penn State Campus, Media, PA
January, 1994
Group Landscape Exhibition, Carspecken-Scott Gallery, Wilmington, DE
September, 1993
Pastel Exhibition, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA, Honorable Mention Award
April, 1993
Yellow Springs Art Show, Historic Yellow Springs, Chester Springs, PA
February, 1993
Pennsylvania Landscape Painters, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
May to August, 1992
Art of the State: Pennsylvania ’92, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
January, 1992
Members’ Exhibition, Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
April, 1991
Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Mainline Center for the Arts, Haverford, PA
April, 1990
Art at the Armory, Philadelphia Armory, Philadelphia, PA
March, 1990
Art Exhibit, Academy of Notre Dame de Namur, Villanova, PA
Fall, 1987
69th Annual Delaware Exhibition, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE, cash prize
September to November, 1983
All Ohio Show, Canton Art Institute, Canton, OH
1982
20th Biennial Art Exhibition, University of Delaware, Newark DE
Fall, 1977
63rd Annual Delaware Exhibition, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
GALLERY AFFILIATION
Gross McCleaf Gallery, 127 S. 16th St., Philadelphia, PA
COLLECTIONS
Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation, Bryn Mawr, PA
Donegal Group, Marietta, PA
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
The McGraw-Hill Companies, New York, NY
Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Penn Medicine, Radnor, PA
The Pennsylvania Trust Company, Radnor, PA
The State Department Art Bank, Washington, DC
The Tatnall School, Wilmington, DE
Wilmington Trust Bank, Wilmington, DE
Private Collections
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Artwork featured in Color for Painters by Albert F. Gury, Watson-Guptill Publications/Random House, Inc., 2010
Featured in Selections from the Pennsylvania Trust Company Art Collection, 2006
Featured artist in Speaking for Themselves: The Artists of Southeastern Pennsylvania by Daphne S. Landis. West Chester, PA: Chester County Historical Society, 2003.
MEMBERSHIPS
Juried Associate Member, Pastel Society of America, 2010