Mark Rode

Paintings

Bio/Contact

“Currently my art focuses on issues of personal displacement/intrusion, identity, media, nationhood and patriotism.  Recently my work shifted from being autobiographic and narrative to being more political in nature.  I am very interested in investigating and exposing the collective American subconscious, and how this affects our idea of nationhood.  I also want to show how influential the media is on the American psyche.  The views and opinions, be they political or not, of the majority of Americans, are determined to a large extent by how the media filters and presents events, ideas, information, and products to the masses.  Surveillance and government insecurity also have places in my work.  Mostly, I believe my paintings try to ask more questions than answer them.”

Contact Mark via email: rode0066@umn.edu

or by phone... 651-307-1340