Exhibitions
Mark Kerckhoff – Resume
"I have long admired Mark Kerckhoff for his excellent paintings.
They show his superb ability to draw, his solidity of form and perspective, and most of all his unfailing facility with color.
His paintings are always characterized by a unique and convincing sense of outdoor light, and like few other artists, he succeeds at producing the true effect of the fluidity of natural light."
Jean Stern, Director emeritus – Irvine Museum
Education
California State University Long Beach, School of Fine Arts
California State University Fullerton, School of Fine Arts
Saddleback Junior College A.A. Degree, 1980
Exhibitions and Award
2024 Group Show
First Place, Borrego Springs Plein Air Invitational
Borrego Art Institute, Borrego Springs, CA
2024 Group Show
“The Painted Desert” William N. Marks Center, College of the Desert, Palm Desert, CA
1985-2024 Group Show
Festival of Arts, Laguna Beach, California
2020 Group Show
“22 Miles: Ojai Valley Landscapes”, group show
Ojai Valley Museum, Ojai, California
2015 Group Show
“Sunshine and Shadow the Tradition of Plein Air Painting, The Irvine Museum
Irvine, California
2015 One Man Show
Marcia Burtt Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
2012 "State of the Art", group show
Marcia Burtt Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
2010 Group Show
Marcia Burtt Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
2010 Plein Air Landscape Competition, San Luis Obispo Art Museum
San Luis Obispo, CA. Best in Show Award
2010 Glenna Hartmann Invitational
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Santa Barbara, California- Artists Choice Award
2009 Abstract Realism , The Ray Graham Collection
The Dahl, Rapid City, South Dakota
2009 Borrego Desert Landscape Painters Invitional
Best of Show Award and Artist Choice Award
2008 Borrego Desert Landscape Painters Invitational
Artist Choice Award and Third Place
2006 Plein Air Invitational- Crystal Cove Alliance
Best of Show and Purchase Award
2006 Casa de Paz, Tree of life Nursery, San Juan Capistrano.
2003 Summer Show 2003- Whitney Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2003 Plein Air 2003- Arizona- Sonora Desert Museum
Tucson, Arizona. Honorable Mention
2002 Faculty Exhibition- Irvine Valley College
Irvine, California
2002 National Juried Signature Membership Exhibition
Esther Wells Collection, Laguna Beach, CA
2001 Plein Air Painting Competition- Laguna Art Museum-
Bronze and Redfern Gallery Quick Draw Award
2000 Collectors Choice- Art Institute of Southern California
Laguna Beach, CA
1999 Plein Air Painting Competition- Laguna Art Museum
Laguna Beach, CA- Silver Medal
1998 Focus VII Orange County Artists, John Wayne Airport
1984 Saddleback College Gallery, Mission Viejo, CA
1981 Saddleback College Gallery, Mission Viejo, CA
Best 2 Dimensional Award
1980 Saddleback College Student Scholarship
1980 Laguna Beach Festival of Arts Student Scholarship
Collections
Festival of Arts, Laguna Beach, CA
Thunderbird Country Club, Rancho Mirage, CA
Steve Chase Associates, Rancho Mirage, CA
City of La Quinta, La Quinta , CA
Sizzler Corporation
McDonalds Corporation
Sony Music
Gateway Corporation
Teaching
1997- 2024 - Landscape Painting Workshop Leader
2000- 2002 - Instructor in Landscape Painting, Irvine Valley College, Irvine, CA
2015- Tarbut V’Torah School