ASSORTED ARTIFACTS – Bio, resume, assorted hype, text and photos.
MANDAD [ b. 1950 Birkenhead, Cheshire, England ] ___________________________________________________________________________________ Mandad’s work explores profundity, banality and humor, usually at the same time. Although primarily disseminating his work privately over the last 30 years, he has also exhibited in museums and galleries and is in private collections in New York, Vancouver, Miami, Tokyo, Hong Kong, London, Prague, etc.
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Recently, Mandad has been focusing on Photo Based Esoterica.
He has also been researching film and television in New York City. [ from the inside ] Some shows worked on: Art Department crew, rented art, or background actor, include:
- Barry
- Better Nate than Ever
- Billions
- BlacKkKlansman
- Blindspot
- Blue Bloods
- Caviar
- Central Park Five
- Crime
- Dangerous
- Dangerous Liaisons: with Katie Holmes
- Daredevil
- Deception
- Detective Chinatown 2
- Elementary
- Eye Candy
- Flesh and Bone
- GOTHAM
- High Maintenance
- Homeland
- Irreversible
- Irreversible
- Isn’t It Romantic
- Jessica Jones
- John Wick 3
- Kevin Can Wait
- Law and Order [Original]
- Law and Order SVU
- Limitless
- Louie
- Madam Secretary
- Made In Jersey
- Mr Robot
- New Amsterdam
- Next Caller
- Nurse Jackie
- Orange is the New Black
- Person of Interest
- POWER
- Pretty Little Liars
- Scandal
- Set It Up
- Shades Of Blue
- Sisters
- Smash
- Sneaky Pete
- Sweetbitter 2
- The Amazing Spiderman 2
- The Americans
- The Beachcombers
- The Comedian
- The Defenders
- The Deuce
- The Following
- The Get Down
- The Good Cop
- The Leftovers
- The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
- The Money
- The Post
- The Punisher
- Unforgettable
- Vinyl
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Commercial/PSA’s:
- Lukemia and Lymphoma Society
- Chobani Yogurt
- Beats Headphones
And for those that like such things:
A Selective Exhibition List:
2013 – Now – Mandad’s Pop Up Gallery, and performances: various places around New York.
2013 – Waves of Change, (benefit: Sea Shepherd Conservation Society ) Hasted Kraeutler Gallery, New York
2013 – The Palms, Wonder Valley, Ca. (permanent collection)
2009 – to the present: Melissa Morgan Fine Art, numerous exhibits and objects.
2011 – Loretta Howard Gallery, January White Sale, curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody, NY
2010 – Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Smash Fashion installation Palm Desert, Ca.
2009 – Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Selected Works, Palm Desert, Ca.
2008 – Black, White and Red All Over, A Roadside Attraction, 29 Palms, Ca.
2007 – High Desert Art Tour, Public Studio Exhibit
2007 – Palm Spings Art Museum, Artists Council National Juried Exhibition,
2007 – Warhology, Palm Springs, M Modern, July
2007 – Inaugural Show, M Modern, Las Vegas
2006 – Retinal Circus, M Modern, Palm Springs
2005 – Butler Fine Art, East Hampton, New York
2004 – Smash+Poly, (glass and rubber installation) Flik International, New York
2004 – L’Olivier Downtown, New York-The MANDAD Show
2003 – Sitting Stones (sculpture/functional) for Aqua Caliente Cahuilla Native Building, Palm Springs, CA
2002 – Shattered Glass Wall, The Reserve, Palm Desert, Ca.
2002 – DimsonHomma, New York – Selected Work and Prototypes
2001 – Pavel Zoubak Gallery, New York – All That Glitters
1999 – John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, Ca.
1998 – The Vancouver Museum, Vancouver, B. C .- “Hello Again”
1998 – Patrick Montgomery Fine Arts, Vancouver, B. C. – “Twisted”
1996 – Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
1995 – Erotic Art Show, Headbones Gallery, Vernon, B.C.
1995 – Library Square Artistamp Project, Vancouver,
1994 – Sunshine Coast Arts Centre, Visual Edge
1993 – Pitt International Galleries, Vancouver, B.C. – Annual Group Show
1993 – Galerie Myadych, Brno, Moravia – “Altered Mona”
1992 – Sunshine Coast Arts Center, Balma / Mandad
1992 – Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, B. C. – Pop Art Plus (group show featuring Warhol, Lichtenstein, Oldenberg, and Mandad )
1991 – Stedoceska Galerie, Prague, Czechoslovakia – Crusader School of Pure Humor Without a Joke
1991 – Vancouver Art Gallery – “Play Things”
1991 – Arts Umbrella Invitational – Vancouver, B.C.
1990 – Heritage Hall, Spirit In the Land
1990 – Arts Umbrella, Vancouver, B.C.
1990 – Art and Fashion Cares, Toronto, Canada – Smash Fashion
1990 – WCM of Art, Bellinghan, WA – 10th Annual Juried Show
1990 – Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, B. C. – Biennial Invitational
1989 – Wam Bam Gallery, Miami, FL – Family Fun
1989 – Good Works, Sante Fe, Installation, NM
1988 – Heffel Gallery, – Child Within, Vancouver, B.C.
1988 – Pitt International Galleries, Me 2, Self Portrait Show, Vancouver, B.C
1987 – Walker Arts Center, Sculpture As Toy, Minneapolis, MN.
1987 – Artropolis, Vancouver, B.C.
1987 – Hunter Gallery, Gibsons, B.C.
1987 – Pitt International Galleries, Vancouver, B.C. – The Madonna Show
1987 – NEWSOUNDS GALLERY, Phone Art, Vancouver, Jan
1986 – Pitt International Galleries, Vancouver, B.C.
1986 – 2nd annual Audio Art Show KRAK Studio, Vancouver, B.C.
1986 – Pitt International Galleries, Broken Moose, Vancouver, B.C.
1986 – Neoartism, SAVAGE, Vancouver, BC
1984 – Beyond The Malahat, Open Space Gallery, Victoria, BC
1985 – Grunt Gallery, Audio Art Exhibit, Nov., Vancouver B.C.
1985 – Arts Science and Technology Centre, Vancouver, Oct.
1985 – The Chair Show, Pitt International Galleries, Vancouver, B.C.
1984 – 14 Island Artists, Pitt International Galleries, VancouverB.C.
1984 – Central Island Arts Alliance, Self Portrait Show, Courtenay, B.C. May
1984 – Central Island Arts Alliance, Mandad’s Greatest Hits, A Major Retrospective, Courtenay, B.C.
Media:
New York Times
Vancouver Sun
Vancouver Province
Maclean’s Magazine
Prague Post
The Georgia Straight
Western Living Magazine
The SunRunner Magazine
Morningside with Peter Gzowski – CBC Radio
The Vicky Gabereau Show – CBC TV
Bozo the Clown – TV series 1956
Wilson Creek, B.C. studio, 1998
Palm Springs Studio 2004
Brooklyn Studio (move in day) 2003 
M Modern Gallery Palm Springs 2008