Born
1963, Kingston, Canada
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

Education
1985 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Canada
1984 The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Canada

Solo Exhibitions, Performances, Screenings & Actions
2009

• Outward Model, Eighth Veil, Los Angeles, CA, July 10
• Forum Lounge: Mark Verabioff, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA, April 2

2008

• overawe, Angstrom Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, January 26 – March 8

2007

• mark verabioff oinks faculty insurgent phyllis allen 570-6 for model pleasure III, Mandrake, Los Angeles, CA, September 15 – October 13

2002

• mark verabioff helen keller and another abled woman, Clifford-Smith Gallery, Boston, MA, March 1 – 26

2000

• DART ACTION, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, February 20

1999

• dartmissions, Sushi Performance and Visual Art, San Diego, CA; 18thStreet Arts Complex, Santa Monica, CA; The high voltage box next to Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA; Sunset Boulevard at La Brea Avenue, Los Angeles, CA; Times Square, New York, NY; West Chelsea Arts Building, New York, NY; A Different Light Bookstore, San Francisco, CA; Portland Bathhouse, Portland, OR

1998

• DART ACTION, Sunset Palms Motel, Los Angeles, CA, December 17

1997

• dartboards: noose, Khyber Centre for the Arts, Halifax, Canada,November 28 – December 20
• Mark Verabioff: Selected Works, Knitting Factory Video Lounge, New York, NY, March 28

1995

• porkvideostall, The Lure, New York, NY, November 1 – 22

1992

• Wantfull Judgment, Video In, Vancouver, Canada, June 27

1985

• de-constructing sexual spectacle quality control performance desire of SKIN Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, Canada, March 11 - 16

Selected Group Exhibitions
2009

• Potluck – curated by Christine Nichols, Country Club, Los Angeles, CA, July 11 – August 29

2008

• Fall Collection – hosted by Aram Moshayedi, Kreiling &, Los Angeles, CA, October 3 – December 22
• e-flux video rental, selected by Lauri Firstenberg, 41 Salón Nacional de Artistas, El Salón, Cali, Columbia, November 19 – January 30, 2009; Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal, May 22 – June 18
• Notes on Cultural Preservation – curated by Jeffrey Uslip, Nicholas Robinson Gallery, New York, NY, May 22 – August 4 (brochure)

2007

• Reopening, Angstrom Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, December 1 – January 12, 2008
• e-flux video rental – selected by Lauri Firstenberg, 9e Biennale de Lyon, Lyon, France, September 19 – January 6, 2008; Centre Cultural Suisse de Paris, Paris, France, April 15 – July 15; Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Cambridge, MA, February 8 – April 13; PiST, Istanbul, Turkey, November 11, 2006 – February 10; Arthouse, Austin, TX, November 16, 2006 – January 7; 1 Bienal de Canaries, Canary
  Islands, November 27, 2006 – February 10
• ARTSLUT, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA, February 15

2006

• 25 Bold Moves, House of Campari, Los Angeles, CA, July 14 – August 13 (catalogue)
• Brave New World, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, July 1 – August 12
• the backroom – curated by Magali Arriola, Kate Fowle and Renaud Proch, New Langton Arts and SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA, January 6 – February 6
• e-flux video rental – selected by Lauri Firstenberg, Mücsarnok/Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary, July 27 – October 1; Extra City, Antwerp, Belgium, April 20 – September 17

2005

• the backroom – curated by Magali Arriola, Kate Fowle and Renaud Proch, Los Angeles, CA, September 5 – December 5
• e-flux video rental – selected by Lauri Firstenberg, The Manifesta Foundation, Amsterdam, The Nederland, March 25 – September 23; KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany; The Moore Space, Miami, FL, April 14 – August 31; Insa Art Space, Seoul, South Korea, October 21 – February 21, 2006; Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, September 4 – September 30

2005

• Log Cabin – curated by Jeffrey Uslip, Artists Space, New York, NY, January 18 – February 26

2004

• e-flux video rental – selected by Lauri Firstenberg, electronic flux corporation, New York, NY, September 15 – February 10 (catalogue)
• Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA

1997

• Queer Looking Queer Acting: Lesbian and Gay Vernacular, Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax, Canada, October 11 – November 16 (catalogue)

1995

• Faggots: A Communiqué from North America – curated by Bill Arning, Centro Cultural Ricardo Rojas, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1993

• Performances, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY, January 19 – 23
• Tattoo Collection, Centre Regional d’Art Contemporian, Nantes, France, January 22 – March 5
• Fringe Video, Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland
• Impakt, Culturecentrumm EKKO, Utrecht, Nederlands

1992

• Tattoo Collection, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY, October 23 – November 28
• 42. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin, Germany, February 13 – 24 (catalogue)
• Performance (behind the curtain) – curated by Bill Arning, White Columns, New York, NY
• Queer Pavilion, Plug In Inc., Winnipeg, Canada, August 4
• East Village Video, Wonder Bar, New York, NY, April 10

1991

• Video Library, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY, January 11 – March 23

1989

• Aurora Borealis: Canadian Video Art, Center for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland; The Mücsarnok, Budapest, Hungary; The Old Student House, Helsinki, Finland; Canada House, London, UK; Cultural Centre Nova Huta, Krakow, Poland; Westwork e.V., Hamburg, West Germany (catalogue)
• How Do I Look? – curated by Bill Horrigan and Martha Gever, Collective for Living Cinema, New York, NY

1988

• Nitelife: Three Evenings of Experimental Performance – curated by William Olander and Russell Ferguson, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY, April 7 – 9 (pamphlet)
• Other Versions (Perversions) – curated by Dan Walworth, Artists Space, New York, NY, January 14 – February 13 (catalogue)
• New-Erotic Video, The Kitchen, New York, NY, March 1 – 31
• How Soon Is Now, YYZ Artists’ Outlet, Toronto, Canada
• Comment, Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA, November 19 – December 23 (catalogue)

1987

• Visual Evidence – curated by Sara Diamond and Karen Knights, Pitt International Gallery, Vancouver, Canada, April 25 – May 23 (pamphlet)
• Only Human: Sex, Gender and Other Misrepresentations – curated by Bill Horrigan and B. Ruby Rich, American Film Institute, Los Angeles, CA, October 22 – 25
• Underground Canada – curated by Richard Fung, The 10th Tyneside Festival, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK, October 12, 14; Canada House, London, UK, October 16, 23, 30; The National Film Theatre, London, UK, October 17; London Filmmakers Co-op, London, UK, November 6, 7, 13 (brochure)

1986

• Signaux Poetiques/Poetic Signals – curated by Daina Augaitis and Manon Blanchette, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Canada, July 21 – August 17 (brochure)
• Videonale.2, Bonn, West Germany (catalogue)
• Life Like It: Some Halifax Video – curated by Cathy Quinn, Centre for Art Tapes, Halifax, Canada; Plug-In, Winnipeg, Canada; EM Media, Calgary, Canada; Latitude 53, Edmonton, Canada; Video In, Vancouver, Canada; A Space, Toronto, Canada; SAW Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
• Audio By Artists – curated by Micah Lexier, Centre For Art Tapes, Halifax, Canada, March 2 – 29 (pamphlet)

1985

• Video Canada – curated by Jeanette Reinhardt, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, West Germany, November 12
• Exhibition of Canadian Video Art, SAW Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
• Images of Sexuality Gallery, 101, Ottawa, Canada

1984

• British/Canadian Video Exchange – curated by Jane Wright and Jeremy Walsh, AIR Gallery, London, UK, March 7 – 31 (catalogue)
• Screenings & Performances, Centre For Art Tapes, Halifax, Canada, September 14 – October 1
• Wendy Geller, Jan Peacock, Mark Verabioff, A Space, Toronto, Canada, April 24

Special Projects
2009

• Extra Extra – an installation by Jedediah Caesar, China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles, CA, May 7 – 23

Bibliography
2008

• Miller, Earl, Global Canadians; C Magazine (front cover) pp 12-20, fall Issue #99
• Uslip, Jeffrey, Notes on Cultural Preservation; brochure, Nicholas Robinson Gallery, New York, NY, May 22 – August 4
• The Flog, “Fall Collection at Kreiling &” October 4

2007

• Nys Dambrot, Shana, Mark Verabioff; Ten (by) Ten, Uber.com/art, March
• Artforum, Scene & Herd: “Rise and Sprawl, Los Angeles” September 20

2006

• Knight, Christopher, Witty,odd and hopeful; The Los Angeles Times, p.E27, July 21
• Firstenberg, Lauri, the backroom; Frieze, Issue #96, p.159, January – February
• Waugh, Thomas, The romance of transgression in Canada: queering sexualities, nations, cinemas, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

2005

• Cotter, Holland, Log Cabin; The New York Times, p.39, January 28
• Montreuil, Gregory, Cabin Fever; NY Gay City News; Vol.4; Issue 8; February 24
• Vidokle, Anton & Aranda, Julieta – editors, e-flux video rental catalogue; Vol.1; electronic flux corporation, New York, NY; Revolver Books, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
• The Flog, “The Backroom in Culver City” September 14

2002

• McQuaid, Cate, Mark Verabioff: Clifford-Smith Gallery; The Boston Globe, p. C18, April 12

1999

• Campbell, Clayton, LA: Mark Verabioff; Flash Art, p58; November – December

1993

• Cook, Kevin, Mark Verabioff; Parachute #69, pp 46-47, winter

1988

• Fox, Catherine, Nexus’s ‘Comment’: Political Art That Cuts Straight to the Heart; The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, pp. 1k-3k, December 4
• Schwendenwien, Jude, New-Erotic Video; High Performance, #43, p.81, fall
• Walworth, Dan, Other Versions (Perversions); catalogue essay, Artists Space, New York, NY

1986

• Augaitis, Daina, Poetic Signals; brochure essay, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Canada
• Greyson, John, Two Men Embracing: Gay Video Images; Video Guide, Vol 8, Number 4, December

1986

• Miller, Earl, Life Like It: Some Halifax Video; Canadian Art, p. 98, winter

1984

• Wright, Jane, British/Canadian Video Exchange; catalogue essay, AIR Gallery, London, UK

Collections

• Eileen Harris Norton, Santa Monica, CA

Public Videotape Collections/Archives

• electronic flux corporation, New York, NY
• LUX, London, UK
• Video Out, Vancouver, Canada
• V/tape, Toronto, Canada
• Centre For Art Tapes, Halifax, Canada

Single-Channel Videotapes, Sound Works and Actions

• Outward Model, 2009, DV/performance, 45 minutes
• Strawbitch, 2005, CD, 6 minutes
• helen, 2001, DV, 10 minutes, 2001
• LASHOUT, 1992, Videotape, 7 minutes
• Furburger, 1991, Videotape, 5 minutes
• Wantage, 1989, Videotape, :30 seconds
• Stickshaker, 1987, Videotape, 5 minutes
• Killing Time, 1985, Videotape, 5 minutes
• Crossing the 49th, 1985, Videotape, 10 minutes
• Simulated/Desire, 1984, Videotape, 5 minutes
• Suburban Stress, 1983, Videotape, 13 minutes
• Royal Fever, 1983, Videotape, 15 minutes

Grants
1999

• Canada Council for the Arts: Visual Arts Creation/Production Grant

1987

• Canada Council Project Grant