Mark Ryan Chariker

1969 Gallery is excited to present an exhibition of works on paper by Mark Ryan Chariker. This collection of 25 works displays Chariker’s laborious practice, with pieces executed in oil, ink, charcoal, and etching, made between 2016 and 2020. Chariker’s art historical references are celebrated through reproductions of some of his favorite works by Watteau, Goya, Tiepolo and Bruegel the Elder, alongside his own meticulously conceived compositions.

1969 Gallery has produced a catalog of Mark Ryan Chariker’s works on paper in 2024.

Mark Ryan Chariker (b. 1984, Spartanburg, SC) currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He received a BFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University in Boston, MA. He is represented by 1969 Gallery in New York, NY, where his second presentation All the Time in the World took place in January 2022. Chariker’s work has been included in numerous exhibitions, including Ojos de perro azul, Marinaro, New York; Lost Hours, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, UK; I have an idea!, 1969 Gallery, New York, NY; Platform, presented by David Zwirner Gallery, New York, NY; Red Root, Green Root, The Valley, Taos, NM. Chariker has completed residencies at PM/AM Gallery in London, RAiR Foundation in Roswell, New Mexico, SÍM in Reykjavik, Iceland, and NES in Skagaströnd, Iceland. Chariker’s works are in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, Institute of Contemporary Art Miami, Miami, FL Center of International Contemporary Art, Vancouver, Canada, and Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, New York, NY; Paris, France. His paintings have been featured in Artforum International, Artnet News, and Art of Choice.