- Mark Nantz -

Turned and Constructed Wood Art

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	Background -			Exhibitions -
	1986 - 1989	Cabinet Maker's Apprentice		SOFA Chicago 1999, Zimmer Gallery
	1989	Opened Furniture & Cabinet Studio		Forms in Wood 1999, Soc. of Arts & Crafts, Boston, MA,
	1994	Began experimenting with Box making,Knife making and Model making		SOFA New York, 2000, Del Mano Gallery
	1995	Began Woodturning		Horizons 2000, Brookfield Craft Center, CT
	1997	Exhibited in First Craft Show		Small Treasures 2000, Del Mano Gallery, LA
				Turned Wood 2000, Del Mano Gallery, LA
				Snyderman Gallery Invitational 2001,Philadelphia, PA
				Innovations -Perspectives in Turning 2005, Brookfield Craft Center, CT
	Shows Attended -			Innovations -Perspectives in Turning 2005, Woodturning Center, Philadelphia, PA
	1999, 2004	Atlanta ACC
	1998 - 2008	Baltimore ACC		Awards -
	1997, 1998	Designer Arts NYC		Guilford Handcraft Expo, Booth Award 1997
	1999, 2000, 2001, 2004	Paradise City Arts, Northampton, MA		Baltimore ACC, Honorable Mention 2000
	2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006	Philadelphia Museum of Art		Westchester Craft Show Award of Excellence2001
	1998, 1999	Springfield ACC		ACE Craft Show, Best in Wood Award 2001
	1998, 1999, 2001, 2004	Washington DC Craft Show		Baltimore ACC, Honorable Mention 2002
	1998, 1999, 2001 - 2004, 2008	Westchester Craft Show		Westchester Craft Show, Blue Ribbon, First Place 2003
	1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004	American Craft Expo, Evanston, IL
	2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008	Smithsonian Craft Show		Publications -
	2000 - 2004	Crafts at the Castle, Boston, MA		American Woodturner Magazine, Summer '08, Volume 23, "What Collectors Want"
				Preview Connecticut - December '04
				Woodturning Magazine - December 2000
				"500 Wood Bowls", Lark Books, 2004, pgs.82, 360 & 395
	Other Interests -
	Drawing, Metalworking, Photography, Fishing & Kayaking