DAVID MAYERNIK
LTD.
Exhibitions, Commissions, Publications
EXHIBITIONS
Two Roman landscapes in the Art Innsbruck Fair, January 2018
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Three works, X Mostra Nazionale Di Pittura E Disegno Botanico, coordinated with the Antiche Camelie della Lucchesia events, Lucca, Italy, January–March 2016
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Single entry, Portraits, group show, Palette and Chisel Academy, Chicago, December 2015
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Single entry, Arte Padova, represented by Queen Art Studio, Padova, November 2015
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Through Foreign Eyes, group exhibit of plein air paintings by foreign artists, Civita Castellana, Lazio, Italy, October–November 2012
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Third Biennale of Architecture, “Historicism Tendency” group exhibit, Moscow, Russia, May-June 2012; one of only two American architects in this group
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Work in Fresco, Bond Hall Gallery, Univ. of Notre Dame, August-September 2010
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Imitate, Emulate, Invent; one-person exhibit at Norfolk Academy, Virginia, Oct.–Dec. 2009
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Palladio & American Classicism, traveling exhibit organized by the ICA&CA, Fall 2008
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New Palladians, London, Fall 2008
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Plein air paintings from Rome, summer 2006 and spring 2005, at the following venues:
East Side Antiques and Fine Art fair, New York, October 2006
Chaiwalla Tea Room, Salisbury, CT, December 2006
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Three Generations of Classical Architects, Snite Museum of Art, Univ. of Notre Dame, Oct. 2005
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Epiphanies of Beauty, Center for Ethics and Culture, University of Notre Dame, Nov. 2004
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Civic Art, National Civic Art Society, Washington, D.C., April 2004
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Timeless Cities, TASIS The American School in England, Dec. 2003
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Timeless Cities, School of Architecture, University of Notre Dame, Nov. 2003
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Ten Years of Classicism: The Institute for Classical Architecture, New York, Oct. 2002
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The Church in the City of the IIIrd Millennium, Rome, December 2000
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The Other Modern, Bologna, March 2000
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Derriere Guard, San Francisco, November 1999
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Reconquering Sacred Space, Rome, October 1999
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A New Renaissance, Lugano, Switzerland, June 1999 [Organizer]
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Derriere Guard, The Kitchen, SoHo, New York, March 1997
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A Vision of Europe, Bologna, Italy, Spring 1996
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New York Academy of Art Faculty Show, Fordham Univ. Gallery, Dec. 1995–Feb. ‘96
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The Art of Building Cities, Chicago Cultural Center, June 1995
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New York School of Interior Design, April 1995
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Angels, Cristinerose Gallery, New York, December 1994–January 1995
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Lucy B. Campbell Gallery, London 1992-3
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The Artist as Decorator, New York School of Interior Design, April-May 1992
(Exhibitor and Co-Curator)
Villa Don Giovanni, Stubbs Books & Prints, New York, November 1991
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Harmony & Invention, Stubbs Books & Prints, New York, October 1990
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COMMISSIONS
Altar painting, S. Cresci in Valcava, Tuscany, installed October 2015
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Fresco, façade of S. Cresci in Valcava, Tuscany, July 2014
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Won the open competition to paint the Palio for the city of Lucca, Italy, for the feast of S. Paolino, event July 2013
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Designed and executed sets for the Haymarket Opera company of Chicago’s performances of :
Charpentier’s Actéon, March 2014; reviews in the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times, Chicago Classical Review
Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas, February 2013; reviews with mentions in the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Telemann’s Pimpinone, October 2013; feature article in San Francisco Classical Voice
Charpentier’s La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers, February 2012; reviews with mentions in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Classical Review
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Frescoes, façade of the Palmer Performing Arts Center, TASIS campus, Switzerland
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Fresco, façade of the Library, TASIS campus, Switzerland
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Frescoes, Crucifixion and Life of San Cresci cycle, church of San Cresci, Mugello, Tuscany
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Fresco series on the façades of the new Gymnasium, TASIS campus, Switzerland
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Fresco for the church of San Tommaso, Agra, Switzerland
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Fresco in the Library of the American Academy in Rome
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Fresco, townhouse garden, East 74thStreet, New York
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PUBLICATIONS
“Language or Tradition? Continuity and Innovation in the Landscape of Ticino,” Putting Tradition into Practice: Heritage, Place and Design, Springer Publ., 2017, proceedings of the INTBAU Italy conference, Milan, July 2017
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“The Technique of Fresco Painting: Ever Ancient, Ever New,” Traditional Buildingmagazine, Dec.-Jan. 2017
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two entries inCity Secrets: Paris, The Little Bookroom, Sept. 2014
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The Challenge of Emulation in Art and Architecture: Between Imitation and Invention, Ashgate UK, Nov. 2013; paperback 2017
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“Meaning and Purpose of the Capriccio” and “The Capricci of Giovanni Paolo Panini,” in The Architectural Capriccio, ed L. Steil, Ashgate, UK; Dec. 2013
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“The Shape of Public Space: Space, Place and Junkspace,” chapter in Perspectives on Public Space in Rome, from Antiquity to the Present Day, eds. Smith and Gadeyne, Ashgate, UK; May 2013
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“The Relevance of Renaissance Rome,” Introduction to revised edition of Letarouilly on Renaissance Rome, Dover Publ., with two illustrations by David Mayernik; new edition with 50 additional plates chosen by David Mayernik, Oct. 2012
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“The Inevitable Project: Avoiding the Formally Arbitrary Through Analysis and Poetics” paper delivered at the First International Congress of ReteVitruvio: Architectural Design Between Teaching And Research, Bari, Italy, May 2011
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“Bodies&Buildings: Microcosm and Macrocosm in Traditional Architecture and Urbanism,” Green Living, Rizzoli (US) and Tradition & Sustainability, Compendium (UK), 2010
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Recent Work, New Palladians, London, Artmedia, 2010
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Roundtable panel participant, Traditional Buildingmagazine, February 2010
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“From Painting En Plein Air to Inventing the Capriccio,” American Artist, January 2009
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“Urban Echoes: Listening to the Lessons of Rome,” The Classicist VII, 2008
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“Stewardship and the School of Architecture,” Acroterion 2006–2007, Univ. of Notre Dame
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“Buon Fresco,” Traditional Building magazine, December 2006
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“The Winds in the Corners: Giulio Romano, the Elements &the Palazzo Te’s Fall of the Giants,” in Aeolian Wind and the Spirit in Renaissance Architecture, ed. Barbara Kenda, Routledge Press, 2006
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book reviews: “Michael Graves: Images from a Grand Tour,” and “A History of Western Architecture (David Watkin),” for Traditional Buildingmagazine, February and April, 2006
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“Matching Beauty to Civility,” Traditional Building magazine Forum, October 2005
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‘Roundtable,” Traditional Building magazine, January 2004
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Timeless Cities: An Architect’s Reflections on Renaissance Italy, Westview Press
(Icon Editions), 2003 (paperback June 2005)
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“The City as Memory Theater &Architecture as Allegory,” The City and the Church in the IIIrd
Millennium:, Rome, December 2000
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City Secrets: Rome, The Little Bookroom, 2000
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The Other Modern, Bologna, March 2000
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Reconquering Sacred Space, Rome, 1999
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Composite Drawing, McGraw Hill, 1995
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“The Gabriel Prize”, The Classicist, 1994
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“Inter Silvas Academi”, Building Classical, Academy Editions, London 1993