John Mark Sager

BORN
1954  Dubuque, Iowa
EDUCATION
1979 Texas Lutheran College, B.A.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 Foraging Grace, Nancy Wilson Scanlan Gallery, St. Stephen's Episcopal School, Austin, TX
2009 The Bookkeeper, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston
2007 Multiplicity, Central Texas College, Killeen
2006 Come Together, Seton Cove, Austin
2005 Lost/Found, Texas Lutheran University, Seguin
2004 The Square Halo, Dadian Gallery, Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, DC
2003 Prepared Atmospheres, O2, Austin
2001 Fossil Poetry, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston
2000 Four Corners, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston
John Sager, Art Center of Waco, Waco, TX
1997 Texas Best! Sculptors on their Sculpture, Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum, Austin
1996 The Eternal City, Concordia University at Austin, Austin
Vignette: John Sager, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston
1995 SAGER, Stephen F. Austin University, Nacogdoches, TX
Visions, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston
1994 Journeys and Destinations, Law Offices at 1210 Nueces, Austin
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 Shorelines 2011, Rockport Arts Center, Rockport, TX
Eastside, Studio2Gallery, Austin, TX
2011 Cultural Arts Program Exhibition, The People's Gallery, Austin City Hall
Umlauf Museum 20th Anniversary Show, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
The 13th International Collage Exhibition and Exchange, New Tart Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Red Hot Red Dot, Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin
2010 Library Foliage, Studio2Gallery, Austin, TX
rebound-recycled-repurposed-reused, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO
Closed Mondays, Gray Duck Gallery, Austin, TX
2010 Cultural Arts Program Exhibition, The People's Gallery, Austin City Hall
Green Art Series, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
The 12th International Collage Exhibition and Exchange, New Tart Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Red Hot Red Dot, Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin
2009 Masterworks, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston
Red Hot Red Dot, Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin
The Talkaboutable, Laity Lodge Retreat Center, H.E. Butt Foundation, Leakey, TX
The 11th International Collage Exhibition, New Tart Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
2008 Celebrate Texas Art, Assistance League of Houston, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston
Lost/Found, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, Austin
Your Documents Please, Organized by ibid in New York to tour the Museum of Arts & Crafts (Japan), 2B Gallery (Hungary) and Galeria Z (Slovakia)
The Chair Project, Austin Museum of Art (Organized by Damian Priour)
Episcopal Diocesan Council Annual Meeting, Moody Gardens, Galveston, TX
The 10th International Collage Exhibition and Exchange, New Tart Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
2007 31, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston
Global Artists for Peace, On the web in September at http://virtual.tart.co.nz
War: Artists Respond, Dougherty Arts Center, Austin
Bits and Pieces, Tiru Gallery, Austin
Red Hot Red Dot, Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin
Collage, Assemblage and Constructions, Kingfisher Art Gallery, Elgin
Arte Sagrado, Concordia University, Austin
The 9th International Collage Exhibition and Exchange, New Tart Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Book Works, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX
The Heart of the Matter, Kirchman Gallery, Johnson City
2007 Cultural Arts Program Exhibition, The People's Gallery, Austin City Hall
2006 Biennial Southwest '06, The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
Altered Books, Central Texas College, Killeen, TX
The 8th International Collage Exhibition and Exchange, Subtaranian Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Red Hot Red Dot, Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin
Arte Sagrado, Concordia University, Austin
2005 Unexpected Art, Austin Children's Museum, Austin
Baker's Dozen Collage Exchange, Subtaranean Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Arte Sagrado, Concordia University, Austin
Image Magazine Conference, Houston
Diptych, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston
Pathway, Laity Lodge Retreat center, H.E. Butt Foundation, Leakey, TX
Selections from the Permanent Collection, Concordia University, Austin
Play, Laity Lodge Retreat Center, H.E. Butt Foundation, Leakey, TX
Red Hot Red Hot, Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin
2004 Fabric of Life, Studio 2 Gallery, Austin
Assemblage 100, Show in four New Zealand galleries to mark Joseph Cornell's 100th birthday
Art Ball Silent Auction, Austin Museum of Art, Austin
Baker's Dozen Collage Exchange, Subtaranian Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Arte Sagrado, Concordia University, Austin
5 x 7, Arthouse, Austin
Red Hot Red Hot, Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin
Books, Concordia University, Austin
Banend Book Exhibition, Online gallery organized in San Francisco
2003 Assemblage 100, Percy Thompson Gallery, Stratford, New Zealand
travelling to Lower Hutt, New Plymouth, and Auckland, New Zealand
Miniatures, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston
For the Birds, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX
The Spines That Bind: A Survey of Comtemporary Artist Made Books, Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, TX
Artes Sagrados, Concordia University at Austin
2002 Round I, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston
Baker's Dozen Collage Exchange, Subtaranian Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Artes Sagrado, Concordia University, Austin
ConTEXture, Artists' Coalition of Austin, Austin
Tolerance & Human Rights, Collins Gallery, Multnomah County Central Library, Portland, OR
2001 The Box, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston
2001 Bi-Annual Juried Exhibition, The MAC, Dallas
Artview 2001, The Art Center of Waco, Waco, TX
2000 Spatial Expressions, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston
Miniatures, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston
Millenium Abstractions, The Karen Mitchell Frank Gallery, Dallas
Artes Sagrados, Concordia University at Austin
Illuminati, Doughtery Arts Center, Austin
1999 Texas Connections in Contemporary Art, Stephen F. Austin State University, curators Dr. David A. Lewis and Michael T. Ricker, Nacogdoches, TX
1999 Central Texas Competition, The Art Center of Waco, juror Ben Woitena, Waco
Second Life: reincarnation of the ordinary, Gallery Lombardi, Austin
1998 The Artist Book II, Fine Arts Center en Taos (FACET), Taos, New Mexico
Sager & Irwin: Objects of Desire, Local Color Gallery, Arts Council of Brazos Valley, College Station,TX
Artes Sagrados (juror's award), Concordia University at Austin, Austin, TX
Transitions, Artists' Coalition of Austin, Austin
The Figure & the Chair, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston
Exhibit K, Austin Visual Artists Association, Austin
1997 Carpenter, McManaway, Ciszek & Sager, British Petroleum, Houston
Autumnal (juror's award), Austin Visual Artists Association, Austin
Sultry Post, Artists' Coalition of Austin, Austin
Artes Sagrados (juror's award), Concordia University, Austin
Aberrations, Artists' Cooperative of Austin, Austin
25th Anniversary Exhibition, Austin Visual Artists Association, Austin
1996 Sultry Post, Artists' Coalition of Austin, Austin
Rethinking Beauty, Coleman Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
New Beginnings, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston
Bucking the Texas Myth: Scouting the Third Frontier, Austin Museum of Art at Laguna Gloria, Austin
Expo '96, 500X Gallery, Dallas
Confluence 1996, Hill Country Arts Foundation, Ingram, TX
Artes Sagrados, Concordia University, Austin
Exhibit I, Austin Visual Artists Association, Austin
1995 Sultry Post, ArtSpace Gallery, Austin
Small Works Exhibition (second prize): Local Color Gallery, College Station, TX
Exhibit H Austin Visual Artists Association, Austin
1994 The Box, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston
Exhibit G, Austin Visual Artists Association, Austin
Ninth Annual December Competition, Fine Arts Center, Lubbock, TX
1993 Exhibit F, Austin Visual Artists Association, Austin
Human Rituals, Austin Visual Artists Association, Austin
Sources of Inspiration, Artists Cooperative of Austin, Austin
Confluence ( juror's award), Hill Country Arts Foundation, Ingram, TX
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Concordia University, Austin
Amble Sonaglia, Rome, Italy
Steve Wiman, Austin
Susan Sternberg and George Holmes, Austin
Denise and Doug Kirsop, Aurora, OH
Melanie Hickerson, Staten Island
Jadene Grotefend and Jeff Cockman, Zebulon, NC
Tesha Sager, Saginaw, TX
Eric Anderson and Becky Reese, El Paso, TX
Will Krieg, Thrall, TX
Dr. Carolyn and Ken Barth, Dallas
Joe Doherty, Austin
Ray and Sherry Speece, Houston
Ingrid and Tom Pearson, Oak Park, IL
Dr. Wilfred Sager, Minneapolis
Barbara and Dennis Falcone, Austin
Dr. Richard and Dawn Denne, Houston
Richard Shaffer and Camilla Mardon, Santa Cruz, CA
Herman Frietsch and Martha Vieau, Houston
Renee Wallace, Houston
Bill Womack and Carl Barnett, Dallas
Nancy and Tim Hanley, Houston
Rick Nielsen, Houston
Karen Mitchell Frank, Dallas
Ms. Kathy Wetmore, Houston
Steve Brudniak, Austin
Joan and Irwin Levy, Houston
Tim Lee, Houston