Bio
Poetic:
But Bryan Markovitz will say he is dissolving situations into matter and matter into situations. This is feeling. Thus he is fragmenting and assembling. Not fixed to a time but all time will do. Not fixed to a perspective but all perspectives are possible. So call it art. Or say design. Communication. Breathing always. And so he operates in a hermetic fashion. And yet he operates in an open fashion. And there is history. Ohio. Texas. Oregon. Illinois. New York. And he founded a group. It is Liminal. Something like theater. So he won awards from theater critics. And there is desuetude. And there is reviving. Back and forth. And there is the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. And there is Trinity University. This is MFA and BA. Credentials. There is support for his projects. Institutions and people and objects. And he is thankful.
Prosaic:
Bryan Markovitz makes art from the associations of people, objects and their many concerns. His work is like a chest of mirrored drawers that reflects the vast connections of its contents to other times and places. He uses a variety of media and collaborative approaches to engage audiences in the creation of new kinds of shared experiences.
In 1997, Markovitz co-founded Liminal Performance Group in Portland, Oregon. He has directed more than a dozen Liminal productions and received three Portland Drama Critics Awards for his directing and design.
Markovitz holds a masters degree in fine arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a bachelors degree in theatre from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. Through Liminal and individually, he has received support for his projects from several foundations and public sources including the Flintridge Foundation, Meyer Memorial Trust, the City of Chicago, the Watermill Center, the Regional Arts and Culture Council of Multnomah County.
