{"id":78,"date":"2011-04-02T12:03:31","date_gmt":"2011-04-02T16:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/?p=78"},"modified":"2012-10-10T17:24:50","modified_gmt":"2012-10-10T21:24:50","slug":"faculty-spotlight-mark-kurdziel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/2011\/04\/02\/faculty-spotlight-mark-kurdziel\/","title":{"rendered":"Instructor Spotlight: Mark Kurdziel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/downloads\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2011\/03\/Mark_Kurdziel.jpg');\"  href=\"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2011\/03\/Mark_Kurdziel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-104 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2011\/03\/Mark_Kurdziel-208x300.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Kurdziel\" width=\"125\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2011\/03\/Mark_Kurdziel-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2011\/03\/Mark_Kurdziel.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><\/a>Mark Kurdziel has been an Adjunct Professor in the Fine Arts Department of the School of Art and Design at the Fashion Institute of Technology since 1992.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the courses he has taught through Precollege Programs include HFA 023 Basic Drawing, HFA 024 Life Drawing and HFA 148 Fine Arts Portfolio.<\/p>\n<p>A fine artist and a fine teacher!<\/p>\n<p>Oh yeah, and guess where he received his BFA? That&#8217;s right &#8211; FIT!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Professor Kurdziel&#8217;s Teaching Philosophy:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>I consider myself a math teacher. I try to teach the structure of pictorial design with the expressive, descriptive and poetic aspects of making art.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>On Precollege Programs:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>I enjoy showing students that there is more to making art then they could imagine. It is also very satisfying to improve a student&#8217;s drawing skills and to help them get into a college.\u00a0Precollege students at FIT are often smart, talented and motivated and a pleasure to teach. Teaching high school students can be a nice change from teaching college students. It has been a pleasure teaching Precollege .<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Most Recent Solo Exhibitions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2010 \u00a0Place and Pattern, Walter Wickiser Gallery Inc, New York, NY<\/li>\n<li>2010 \u00a0Mark Kurdziel, Puzz Gallery, Art Village, Seoul, South Korea<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Most Recent Group Exhibitions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2010 \u00a0Poetry and Motion, Able Fine Arts, New York, NY<\/li>\n<li>2010 \u00a0Seoul Open Art Fair, South Korea<\/li>\n<li>2010 \u00a0Bongsan Art Fair, South Korea<\/li>\n<li>2010 \u00a0Daegu Art Fair, South Korea<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Selected Publications:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2010 \u00a0Place and Pattern, Xu Xi<\/li>\n<li>2005 \u00a0ARTnews review, Romancing Nature, Arlene McKanic, March<\/li>\n<li>2004 \u00a0Catalog; Romancing Nature, essay written by Jonathan Goodman<\/li>\n<li>2004 \u00a0Spiritual Realms, Opilent Dreams: Fantasy and Vision in Contemporary Figuration, David Cleveland<\/li>\n<li>2001 \u00a0The Recent Paintings of Mark Kurdziel, Judd Tully<\/li>\n<li>1999 \u00a0The Korai of Mark Kurdziel, Desmond Barry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Below are some images of Professor Kurdziel&#8217;s work found on his website, <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.markkurdziel.com');\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.markkurdziel.com\">www.markkurdziel.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<hr size=\"2\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_90\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90\" style=\"width: 612px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/downloads\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2011\/03\/MK3.jpg');\"  href=\"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2011\/03\/MK3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-90\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2011\/03\/MK3.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Kurdziel\" width=\"612\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2011\/03\/MK3.jpg 612w, https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2011\/03\/MK3-300x245.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mark Kurdziel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\"><em> <\/em><\/div>\n<p><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_87\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87\" style=\"width: 506px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/downloads\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2011\/03\/mk4.jpg');\"  href=\"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2011\/03\/mk4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-87\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2011\/03\/mk4.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Kurdziel\" width=\"506\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2011\/03\/mk4.jpg 506w, https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2011\/03\/mk4-253x300.jpg 253w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-87\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mark Kurdziel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_88\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88\" style=\"width: 448px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/downloads\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2011\/03\/MK1.gif');\"  href=\"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2011\/03\/MK1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-88\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2011\/03\/MK1.gif\" alt=\"Mark Kurdziel\" width=\"448\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2011\/03\/MK1.gif 448w, https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2011\/03\/MK1-224x300.gif 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-88\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mark Kurdziel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_89\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89\" style=\"width: 521px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/downloads\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2011\/03\/mk2.gif');\"  href=\"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2011\/03\/mk2.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-89  \" src=\"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2011\/03\/mk2.gif\" alt=\"Mark Kurdziel\" width=\"521\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2011\/03\/mk2.gif 723w, https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/precollegeprograms\/files\/2011\/03\/mk2-300x248.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 521px) 100vw, 521px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-89\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mark Kurdziel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em> 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Some of the courses he has taught through Precollege Programs include HFA 023 Basic Drawing, HFA 024 Life Drawing and HFA 148 Fine Arts Portfolio. 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