Art expositions:
I have displayed my artwork in Chicago, Illinois; Missoula, Helena, Hamilton and Polson Montana; Galveston, Texas USA; Alamos, Sonora Mexico, in Dazhou, Sichuan P. R. of China; Vidiciattigo, Italy and online, “markgutow.com"
1972 Second Place, Grant Park Art Show, Chicago, Illinois
1989-1991 First Place, Juried Student Art Exhibit, Truman College, Chicago, Illinois
1992 Sold two photographs to the Franklin Hotel, Deadwood, South Dakota
1996 Commissioned to create and render the Downtown Business Association Logo
2000 Landscapes by artist Gutow at Second Thought, Missoula, Montana.
2001 Art displayed at the Sandpiper Gallery. Polson, Montana.
2001-2010 Artwork displayed in Gaia’s Galleria, Helena, Montana.
2003 Art exhibit, Western landscapes. Sandpiper Gallery. Polson, Montana.
2006 Artwork displayed in Alara Galleria. Missoula Montana.
2006-2007 Artwork displayed in Fung shui center. Missoula, Montana.
2015 Two-man art exhibition, Dazhou Sichuan, P.R. of China
2017 Sichuan University of Arts and Science: Museum of Art; Dazhou, Sichuan P. R. of China One-man art exposition.
2019 Academy Space Gallery: Missoula, Montana. One-man exposition.
2023 Engineered Concepts, juried show, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, Illinois.
2024 MOD Gallery. Galveston, Texas.
2025 Open air painting and showing art at Hackneys on Harms, Glenview.
2025-26 Artsy Heart! Glenview, IL.
I am a free citizen of planet Earth.
Painting is the life!
Life is art!
Art is the soul!
Horse bone Gutow
INTERESTS, AWARDS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Tai Ji Chuan / Tai chi chuan: I studied in Chicago, IL; Missoula, Montana; Bogota, Colombia; Chongqing / Dazhou, China
1997 Solo summit: Pico de Orizaba, Stratovolcano! Highest peak in Mexico18000 feet
1992 First Place, Daigaku Judo Dojo, Columbia Falls, Montana
1977 First Jump Certificate of ground, areal sport static parachute jump. Bristol, Wisconsin.
Drummer: 1979-1984 Drummer with the Late Ikey Robinson Jazz Band, played with the Delta Dixie Cats, various other musicians in the form of jazz, blues, country, and rock n roll.
Languages:
Formal training in Spanish
Self-taught in Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, German, Arabic, and now Chinese at the basic level.
SOME WORK
2013-2017 Sichuan University of Science and Arts, Dazhou, P.R. of China English teacher.
1009-2010 Chongqing Posts and Telecommunications University, Chongqing, P.R. of China English teacher of Communications, English Pronunciation, Critical Thinking, and Listening and Speaking.
2008-2009 Teacher of oral English, Chongqing Normal University
2003-2007 Wild Land Fire fighter and forest regeneration with Private and USA Federal Government
1993-2001 Forest Technician, Nez Perce National Forest, Fremont National Forest, Bitterroot National Forest
1972-1991 Bartender, Assistant Kitchen Manager
1982 Deckhand, aboard the “Bussard” (Danish cargo ship) Copenhagen, Denmark