Kelly Mark: Everything & Nothing
October 4th – November 1st, 2025
opening reception on Saturday October 4th, from 2 – 5 pm
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Everything & Nothing is a multi-site survey exhibition highlighting the influential work of the late conceptual artist Kelly Mark. The project is anchored by a wide-spanning solo exhibition hosted by Olga Korper Gallery (Oct 4 – Nov 1, 2025) who continues to represent Mark’s estate. Everything & Nothing will also take place across a number of other venues around the city with a cascading sequence of events, screenings, and presentations that hone in on distinct qualities of Mark’s career and interests.
Mark was known for isolating moments of the everyday in ways that were unpretentious, unglamourous but full of warmth, ritual, and wit. Time, duration, measurement, and process are essential focal points in Mark’s multidisciplinary practice. Time’s governance of our reality, especially its undeniable grasp over working class experiences, is a central concern in her oeuvre. Each satellite project is fittingly named after a line from Mark’s recurring work, Everything & Nothing, which stages an existential dialogue made up of common expressions pertaining to “everything” and “nothing.” Hosted by nine venues of varying scales and audiences in the city, the exhibition marks a special occasion to celebrate Mark’s important legacy and her influence on many generations of artists.
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Program Locations: Olga Korper Gallery, the plumb, Joys, Pumice Raft, Vtape, The Goldfarb Gallery, MOCA, Art Metropole, and goodwater gallery.
Download the site-specific programming map: HERE
Opening Reception
October 4, 2025 2:00 pm – 5:00 pmArtist Links
Included Artworks
artwork detail
Day In & Day Out (diptych), 2018
Kelly Markarchival ink jet on Hahnemuhle photo rag, ed. of 3 64” x 37.5”
Memento Mori, 2017
Kelly Marklost cast bronze with liver of sulfur patina, ed. of 10 8” dia. x 1.75”
The Kiss, 2007
Kelly MarkTwo-channel video/sculpture, edition of 3 + 1AP, two 13" CRT Televisions, custom made plinth, 55" x 22" x 14"
artwork detail
GDS: Drawing of a Chess Set, 2002
Kelly Mark8B graphite pencils on wood, matte spray varnish, 17" x 17" x 5"
Chess Set, 1998
Kelly Marksalt & paper shakers, ceramic tiles, wood, ed. of 10 +2AP, 18" x 18" x 5"
GDS Vase Studies I, 2005
Kelly Mark8B graphite pencils on wood and matte spray varnish 12.5” x 7.5” x 7.5”
GDS Vase Studies II, 2005
Kelly Mark8B graphite pencils on wood and matte spray varnish 12” x 5.75” x 5.75”
GDS Vase Studies III, 2005
Kelly Mark8B graphite pencils on wood and matte spray varnish 12.5” x 5.5” x 5.5”
GDS Vase Studies IIII, 2005
Kelly Mark8B graphite pencils on wood and matte spray varnish 12.5” x 5” x 5”
GDS: Drawing of a Limited Edition Collector Plate Series, 2005
Kelly Mark8B graphite pencils on wood with matte spray varnish 13” diameter (each)
GDS: Still Life #9, 2013
Kelly Mark8B graphite pencil on wood with matte spray varnish 7.5" x 11.5" x 11.5"
It’s Just One God Damn Thing After Another, 2009
Kelly Markwater-jet cut powder-coated aluminum, ed. of 5 +2AP, 47" diameter x 0.25" depth
Knife Collection, 1995 - 2002
Kelly Markstainless steel knives, stainless steel magnetic knife strips, 55" x 113" x 0.5"
I don’t want to play this game anymore...2025
Kelly Markarchival pigment ink print, edition of 58 +2AP, 39” x 24” paper
Staff (Jacket), 2003
Kelly Markembroidered nylon jacket dimensions variable. Jackets were worn during Kelly Mark’s public performance/intervention: “Staff” (2003).
Security (Jacket), 2003
Kelly Markembroidered nylon jacket dimensions variable. Jackets were worn during Kelly Mark’s public performance/intervention: “Security” (2003).
Exist, 2009
Kelly Markaltered exit sign, water-jet cut powder coated aluminum, LED lights, ed. of 25 + 2AP 7.5" x 12" x 2"