Mark Rumsey (BFA 1997) is a Grand Rapids based artist working in social situations and spatial manipulations. His work has been exhibited throughout the United States as well as internationally. This autumn Rumsey will open his solo show entitled "Memory Map: Roof Line - State Street" at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts in Grand Rapids. The exhibition runs from September 28, 2019 through January 26, 2020. Rumsey has also been accepted to the Buinho Creative Residency program in Messejana, Portugal during the month of October 2019. Rumsey attended Grand Valley State University earning a BFA in Ceramics and Philosophy. He pursued graduate work in Sculpture at Montana State University and in Landscape Architecture at The Ohio State University. He completed his graduate course at Kendall College of Art & Design of Ferris State University earning an MFA in Printmaking. Rumsey has traveled in the mode of cultural immersion, studying in China as an undergrad and in Egypt as a grad student. Between educational experiences he spent significant time traveling India and Nepal. Rumsey has continued to engage internationally in the role of Artist-in-residence including at The Swatch Art Peace Hotel (Shanghai, China), Rondo Atelier (Graz, Austria), The Studios of Key West (Florida, USA), Frans Masereel Centrum (Kasterlee, Belgium), Carvansarai (Istanbul, Turkey), and Global Arts Village (New Delhi, India). Rumsey spent fifteen years actively engaged with the nonprofit community and economic development sector working to develop collaborations such as the Free Radical Gallery, Art Downtown, East Hills Tree project, Uptown Collaboration, and the Wealthy Heights Initiative. He is currently the Operations Manager for DMC Design Custom Interior in Ada, MI.