Exhibitions / Projects
Selected Exhibitions
Residencies & Awards.
2012///The Terrestrial Sea. Bio Acoustic Artist Residency. Cromarty, Scotland. A Partnership between IOTA and the University of Aberdeen’s School of Biological Sciences. Supported by Creative Scotland. Lyken worked with the Lighthouse Field Station’s Marine Biology Team for 3 months resulting in two site specific installations within the Cromarty Lighthouse, a soundtrack EP, a collaborative projection on the lighthouse exterior with fellow resident artist Stephen Hurrel, and a live performance of the final work at Inverness Cathedral.
2012///The Loneliness Machines. Artist Residency. Recoat Gallery. Glasgow. Culminating in an exhibition incorporating paintings, sculpture, audio, film and mural work undertaken during residency.
Collaborations
2013 The Canal Project. Mark Lyken and Teo Moneyless. Mural commission for East London’s canal system. Commissioned by The Legacy List and supported by The Canal & River Trust and Bloomberg LLP. London.
2012///Forms and Spaces. Mark Lyken and Teo Moneyless. A collaborative project, creating paintings, sculptures and interventions in and around Glasgow.
2012///The Fine Art of Tailoring. Fashion/Art Clothing Collaboration with Che Camille’s, Camille Lorigo & Jennie Dear.
Solo Shows
2012///Pattern Interrupt. Art-El Gallery. Bristol. (May)
2012///The Loneliness Machines. Recoat Gallery. Glasgow.
2011///Polychrome Smoke. Curated by Moniker Projects. Wagamama. Glasgow.
2011///Bit Rot. Print Show & Album Release. XOYO. London.
Curatorial
2011///Rudimentary Perfection. UK’s first Graffuturism Group Show. Recoat Gallery. Glasgow.
2012///Last Days of Analogue. with Stephen Hurrel. Ongoing Project gathering artists, musicans & writers responding to the last analogue television transmitter shutdown in the UK in 2012.
Two Person Shows
2011/ /Alphanauts. Lyken & Rekor. LA Academy. Glasgow.
2010///Advanced Mechanics. Lyken & Elph. Pageant. Edinburgh.
2009// Haunted Graffiti. Lyken & Elph. Recoat Gallery. Glasgow.
Group Shows
2013/ //Soundscaping Festival. “Frequency Shift” original sound composition for 8 moveable sound units. SWG3 Studios. Glasgow
2012///Futurism 2.0. Augustine Kofie, Phil Ashcroft, Boris Tellegen (Delta), James Choules (sheOne), Matt W. Moore, Mark Lyken, Sat One, Christopher Derek Bruno, Moneyless, Mr Jago, Nawer, O. Two, Morten Andersen, Keith Hopewell(Part2ism), Jaybo Monk, Poesia, Derm, Jerry Inscoe (Joker), Remi/Rough, Divine Styler, Clemens Behr & Carlos Mare.
2012///Break State. Studio 41. Glasgow.
2011///Team Recoat. Lace Gallery. Nottingham.
2011///30 Years of British Art. Royal Festival Hall, London.
2011///442. 4th Birthday Show. Recoat Gallery. Glasgow
2011///Rudimentary Perfection. She One, Duncan Jago, Jaybo Monk, Matt W. Moore, Augustine Kofie, Nawer, Morten Andersen, Poesia, Derm, Mark Lyken. Recoat Gallery. Glasgow.
2010///Amnesty Urban Art Exhibition. C Venues SoCo Urban Garden. Edinburgh.
2009///Fusion. Studio Warehouse. Glasgow.
2006///Rouge. Flesh Gallery. Edinburgh.
1997///Soloists. Outsider Art. Art.tm. Inverness.
1996///Untitled. 369 Gallery. Edinburgh.
1996///Working Under Pressure. Blueprint. Glasgow.
