Mario Moore
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Biography
Mario Moore’s beautifully rendered realist paintings focus on the personal, social and political implications of our segregated society. Presenting stories of his own life and those of friends and family, Moore weaves in multiple references to history, art, politics and literature to complete his narrative. Recently, he spent a year as the Hodder Fellowship artist in residence at Princeton University to produce The Work of Several Lifetimes, a series focused on the African American service workers employed on the campus of Princeton University.
Moore’s work has been exhibited widely including at the Charles H. Wright Museum, Detroit, MI; The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI; The Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University, NJ; the Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, IL, David Klein Gallery, Detroit, MI; The Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI and is currently in the Smithsonian Sites Exhibition (traveling), Men of Change. His solo exhibition, Enshrined: Presence & Preservation opened at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit in June 2021 and at the California African American Museum (CAAM) in March 2022.
Mario Moore, a Detroit native, received a BFA from the College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI and an MFA in Painting from the Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT. Moore lives and works in Detroit. He is represented by David Klein Gallery, Detroit.
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Rooted in History, Mario Moore’s Paintings Introduce Multidimensional Subjects to Recontextualize Black History
Charles Moore, Cultured Magazine, November 2, 2022 -
Mario Moore tells Detroit’s Underground Railroad history in new exhibit ‘Midnight and Canaan’
Randiah Camille Green , Detroit Metro Times, October 10, 2022 -
Artist Mario Moore Explores Detroit’s Black Abolitionist Movement in New Exhibit
Miss AJ Williams, Michigan Chronicle, September 25, 2022 -
Detroit Artist Mario Moore Talks Los Angeles Exhibit and Importance of Black Art
Iman Milner, Shondaland, June 30, 2022 -
When this artist honored Princeton’s blue-collar workers, the university took notice
Chris Lumsden, Good Morning America, February 24, 2020 -
Princeton artist-fellow Mario Moore celebrates African American workers
Jacoba Urist, The Art Newspaper, January 20, 2020 -
Princeton University is hanging a series of portraits that honor its blue-collar campus workers
Monica Haider, CNN, January 6, 2020 -
Princeton University portraits give campus workers the spotlight
Norah O'Donnell, CBS News, December 30, 2019 -
Artist Mario Moore’s work seeks to enshrine Black Americans’ presence
Jeffrey Brown, PBS News Hour, February 16, 2019 -
A Painter Reflects on When Black Men Get to Rest
Sarah Rose Sharp, Hyperallergic, July 25, 2018