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Bio

Posted by on Mar 19 1999 in Info

Mark Cassino is a fine art and natural history photographer based out of Kalamazoo, Michigan. His work runs the gamut from micro-photographs of individual snow crystals, to close ups of butterflies and birds, to landscapes depicting Michigan’s unique terrain.

Mark uses a variety of techniques to create his unique images. He works with the latest digital technology, but also utilizes medium format film cameras and toy, junk, and antique devices. His creative techniques include extreme close up photography, digital and film based infrared photography, alternative B&W processing techniques, and digital enhancement. 

Photo of Mark Cassino to accompany website bio

Working from both a scientific and artistic perspective, Mark’s works have been exhibited in a diverse variety of venues. 

His scientific photos have been displayed in the gallery of the National Botanical Gardens in Washington, D.C., on several covers of American Entomologist, in Science World, and in numerous textbooks, calendars, and trade publications. His work has appeared on many science oriented websites, including those of the US Department of Agriculture’s Systemic Entomology Laboratory, NASA, and the popular radio series Earth and Sky. 

His fine art work has appeared in national and regional juried art shows, including  the 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009 and 2011 West Michigan Area Show, sponsored by the Kalamazoo Institute of Art and the 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2014 American Landscapes national juried show sponsored by the Maryland Federation of Art. His work has also appeared in The “Rural Outdoors” and "Selected Works from the Rural Outdoors" exhibits in New York State, the 2005 All Michigan / All Media exhibit, sponsored by Ferris State University’s Rankin Art Gallery and the 2006 Krappy Kamera Contest, a national exhibit of photos taken with toy cameras, hosted by the Soho Photo Gallery in New York City. Two of his photos were accepted into the 2008 Macroworld competition, hosted by the Center for Fine Art Photography in Fort Collins, Colorado. One of his pieces was also accepted into the 2008 Street Photography competition, also hosted by the Center For Fine Art Photography. 

One of Mark’s specialties is close up photos of individual snow crystals. His technique utilizes ordinary photographic equipment to capture close up images of the tiny crystals. Mark teamed with physicist Jon Nelson to write The Story of Snow: The Science of Winter’s Wonder which was published in October, 2009, by Chronicle books. The book was named an Outstanding Science Trade Book by National Science Teachers Association, received a Blue Ribbon award from the Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, was a Junior Library Guild Selection and was included in the Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best” list for 2010.  The Story of Snow has been published in Japanese, Korean and Chinese editions. Six years after its original publication The Story of Snow continues to be a popular with kids, parents and educators.

Updated: 3/26/2015

 

 

Exhibits

Posted by on Mar 19 1999 in Announcements, Exhibits, Info

Updated 8/5/2023

2023

"Seeking Beauty" Group Exhibit, Three Rivers Carnegie Center For The Arts. The show is titled "Seeking Beauty" and runs from June 23 to September 13, 2023. 

2022

American Landscapes 2020,Maryland Federation of Art, 18 State Circle, Annapolis, Maryland, 21401.August 31 - September 24, 2022.

2022 West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 49007. June 4 - September 3, 2022.

Tell Me A Story: Narrative Expressions, Carnegie Center for the Arts, Three Rivers, Michigan, 49093.Signature Artists group exhibit. June 24 to September 22, 2022.

Glimpses of Nature: Landscape and Close Up Photography, Pierce Creek Institute, 701 W. Cloverdale Road, Hastings, Michigan 49058. Solo exhibit of 39 photographs.

2022 Regional Juried Arts Competition, Carnegie Center for the Arts, Three Rivers, Michigan, 49093. January 23 - February 23, 2022.

2021

COVID Reunion Show, Carnegie Center for the Arts, Three Rivers, Michigan, 49093. Group Invitational Exhibit.June 22 - September 10, 2021

2021 West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 49007. June 4 - September 5, 2021.

2021 Regional Juried Arts Competition, Carnegie Center for the Arts, Three Rivers, Michigan, 49093. January 21 - February 20, 2021.

2020

2020 West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007.

American Landscapes 2020, Maryland Federation of Art, 18 State Circle, Annapolis, Maryland, 21401. August, 2020.

Personal Landscapes, Carnegie Center for the Arts, Three Rivers, Michigan, 49093. Group Invitational Exhibit. July 21 – September 3, 2020.

We Are the Earth/ We Are the Problem/ We Are the Solution, Kalamazoo College UpJohn Library, 150 Thompson St, Kalamazoo, MI 49006. March, 2020.

Abstracts Matter, 311 Gallery, 311 West Martin Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27601 March 5 - March 28, 2020.

2020 Regional Juried Arts Competition, Carnegie Center for the Arts, Three Rivers, Michigan, 49093. January 19 - February 10, 2020.

2019

American Landscapes, 2019, Maryland Federation of Art, 18 State Circle, Annapolis, Maryland, 21401. August 22 to September 21, 2019 at the Circle Gallery, 18 State Circle, Annapolis, Maryland, 21401.

Inspired By Birds, Carnegie Center for the Arts in Three Rivers, Michigan. June 21 - September 7, 2019.

2019 West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007.  May 17 - August 26, 2019.

2019 Regional Juried Arts Competition, Carnegie Center for the Arts, Three Rivers, Michigan, 49093. January 20 - February 20, 2019.

2018

American Landscapes, 2018. Maryland Federation of Art, 18 State Circle, Annapolis, Maryland, 21401. August 23 - September 22, 2018.

2018 Regional Juried Arts Competition, Carnegie Center for the Arts, Three Rivers, Michigan, 49093. January 21-February 17, 2018.

2017

Botanical Studies, Carnegie Center for the Arts, 107 North Main Street, Three Rivers, Michigan, 49093. June 18 - August 4, 2017. Solo exhibit of 18 botanical photographs. 

Signature Artists: Beyond Boundaries,  Art Center of Battle Creek, 265 E Emmett St, Battle Creek, MI 49017. June 4-24, 2017. 

2017 West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007.  March 4 - May 28, 2017.

2017 Regional Juried Arts Competition, Carnegie Center for the Arts, Three Rivers, Michigan, 49093. January 22-February 18, 2017.

2016

American Landscapes, 2016. Maryland Federation of Art, 18 State Circle, Annapolis, Maryland, 21401. August 12 - September 10, 2016. 

2016 West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007.  April 8 - July 10, 2016.

2016 Regional Juried Arts Competition, Carnegie Center for the Arts, Three Rivers, Michigan, 49093. January 24-February 20, 2016.

2015

Signature Artist Cooperative: New Work 2015, Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo, 359 S. Kalamazoo Mall, Suite 203 , Kalamazoo, MI 49007.  August 28 - September 25, 2015.

American Landscapes, 2015. Maryland Federation of Art, 18 State Circle, Annapolis, Maryland, 21401.  August 14-September 13, 2015.

2015 Regional Juried Arts Competition, Carnegie Center for the Arts, Three Rivers, Michigan, 49093. January 25-February 25, 2015.

2014

American Landscapes, 2014. Maryland Federation of Art, 18 State Circle, Annapolis, Maryland, 21401. August 15-September 15, 2014.

Selected Photographs, Transformations Spirituality Center, 3427 Gull Road, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 49048. February-March 2014.

2013

Signature Artists Cooperative: Signature in Summertime, Holland Area Arts Council, 150 East 8th Street, Holland, Michigan, 49423. June 11-August 31, 2013.

2012

Selected Photographs, Rivers Edge Conference Center, 3030 Rocky River Road, Cleveland, Ohio. August-September 2012.

2011

2011 West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI. May 7 - Junel 26, 2011.

2010

Signature Artists Cooperative: Renewal, Portage Public Library, Portage, MI.

2009

Signature Artist Cooperative: 30 years of Michigan Artisans, Downriver Council for the Arts, 20904 Northline, Taylor, MI 48180.

Midwestern Photography 2009, University of Indianapolis, Christel DeHaan Fine Art Center, Indianapolis, IN. February 23, 2009 - March 27, 2009.

2009 West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI. February 28 - April 26, 2009.

2008

American Landscapes, 2008. Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, Maryland. 

Your Best Shot. foto-foto gallery, Huntinton, NY. Jurored by Constance Schwartz.

The Elements: Signature Artist Cooperative Group Exhibit. Art Center of Battle Creek, Battle Creek, MI 49017.

Macro World. Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado. 

Street Photography. Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado. 

Regional Juried Arts Competition, Carnegie Center for the Arts, Three Rivers, MI.

Snow Crystals! Solo exhibit of 50 snow flake images. Glenn Vista Gallery, Kalamazoo Nature Center, Kalamazoo, MI.

The Planets: Invitational Collaborative Group Exhibit. Carnegie Center for the Arts, Three Rivers, MI.

Spring Into the Arts! Battle Creek Arts and Industry Council, Battle Creek, MI. A large selection of my print were exhibited at Barrista Blue's Restaurant and the HAPPI Store.

2007

Krappy Kamera Contest IX: Soho Photo, New York, NY. 

Pinhole Camera Exhibit. Montclair Public Library, Montclair, New Jersey.

ASC Gallery: Solo exhibit of 39 prints. Ambulatory Surgery Center offices of HealthCare Midwest,Kalamazoo, MI.

DUO:Group exhibit by the Signature Artist's Cooperative. Epic Center, Kalamazoo, MI.

Snow Crystals! Solo exhibit of over 40 snow crystal prints. Piece Cedar Creek Institute, Hastings, MI.

2006

American Landscapes, 2006. Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, Maryland. Jurored by Edwin Ahlstrom. (Honorable Mention).

Fifth Annual Art Source Gallery Juried Art Exhibit, Art Source Gallery, , Boise, ID 83702.

2006 West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Kilverts Hills: Twenty Two photos accompanied Lin Foulk in her premier performance of Hillary Tan's Kilvert's Hills, a composition for the French Horn. Michgan State University Hart Recital Hall, East Lansing, MI, and Western Michigan University's Dalton Recital Hall, Kalamazoo, MI.

Signature Artist Cooperative Group Exhibit, Saniwax Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI.

Kalamazoo Arts Council Art Hop, October 5, 2006: Hospice Care of Southwest Michigan, Kalamazoo, MI.

Inspired By flowers: Invitational Mixed Media Exhibition, Carnegie Center for the Arts, Three Rivers, Michigan.

Kalamazoo Arts Council Art Hop, June 2, 2006: Burnham & Flower Insurance Group, Kalamazoo, MI.

Kalamazoo Arts Council Art Hop, March 3 , 2006,Kalamazoo River Watershed Council, Arcus Depot, Kalamazoo, MI.

The Bloom and the Crystal: Selected Floral and Snow Crystal Images, Transformations Spirituality Center,3427 Gull Road, Nazareth, MI.

2005

All-Michigan All-Media Exhibit. Rankin Art Gallery , Ferris State University, Big Rapids, Mi, 49307. Jurored by Boyd Quinn.

Man And Nature Photography Exhibit. Northwest Cultural Council,Kimball Hill Galleries, Rolling Meadow, Illinois, 60008. Jurored by Jeff Dionesotes.

2005 West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

The Rural Outdoors, Sullivan County Museum, Hurleyville, New York, 12747. Jurored by Joseph Coscia, Associate Chief Photographer, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.

The Rural Outdoors: Selected Works, Mountaindale Art center Gallery, Mountaindale, NY.

New Works: Interpretive Landscapes and Nature Photography, Little Yellow Frame Shop & Gallery, Richland, MI.

Snow Crystals! Glenn Vista Gallery, Kalamazoo Nature Center, 7000 N. Westnedge Ave, Kalamazoo, MI.

Selected Nature Photographs, Pierce Cedar Creek Institute, Hastings, MI.

2004

American Landscapes, 2004. Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, Maryland. Jurored by Ross Merrill.

The Great Pollinator Partnership: Garden and Photographic Exhibits. United States Botanic Garden Conservatory,100 Maryland Ave. SW, Washington D.C..

Annual Fine Art Exhibit. Indiana Wildlife Artists, Muncie, Indiana. (Best Photograph Award.)

2004 West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Photo Club Netanya, Natanya, Israel, April 10 - 30 2004: 49 image, one person show.

Signature Artist Cooperative Group Exhibit, Carnegie Center for the Arts, Three Rivers, MI. September, 2004

2003

Riverfest Photo Contest, Kalamazoo River Watershed Council, Kalamazoo, MI. (First Place).

Selected Nature Images, Transformations Spirituality Center,3427 Gull Road, Nazareth, MI.

The Cycle of the Seasons, 48 pieces solo exhibit. Glenn Vista Gallery, Kalamazoo Nature Center, Kalamazoo, MI.

2002

Inner Images Art Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI.