Mark Elliot Skolsky

M. Fine Art Portraiture

SELECTED PORTRAIT COMMISSIONS

The New York Philharmonic Symphony
The New York Mercantile Exchange
The Wharton School
Thomas Jefferson University Medical College, Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Fortune Magazine
Time, Inc.
The New York Times
Warner Brothers
Columbia Pictures
MacNeil / Lehrer Productions
Women’s Vietnam Memorial Project
Institutional Investor
NBC - TV
New Line Cinema
Stuart Pharmaceuticals
Whitehall Laboratories
N.W. Ayer
Simon and Schuster
Harrah’s Casinos, Atlantic City
Lincoln Savings Bank FSB, NY
Columbia Savings Bank, NJ
Duane Reade Corporation
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Auchincloss II
George S. Mann, Toronto
Mortimer H. April
Jewell L. Osterholm, M.D..
Alice Simsar, Fine Art
The Atran Foundation
Joseph A. Sirola
Richard R. Schmidt, Ph.D.
Dr. and Mrs. Vincent Ansanelli

BIOGRAPHY:

Born: Long Island, NY 1957

Mark Elliot Skolsky’s portraits have been commissioned by public, corporate and private collectors throughout the United States, including: The Wharton School; the New York Mercantile Exchange; Time, Inc.; MacNeil/Lehrer Productions; the New York Philharmonic; Cleveland Museum of Natural History; Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Medical College in Philadelphia; Universal Studios; NBC Television; Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Auchincloss II; University of Michigan in Ann Arbor; and the Women’s Vietnam Memorial Project, Washington D.C.

Skolsky’s paintings have been featured in numerous gallery exhibitions including the Philadelphia Museum of Art. In addition to his portrait work, Mark has done extensive work in illustration and movie posters. He has twice garnered citations for his portraits from New York’s prestigious Society of Illustrators, as well as distinctive merit awards for his design work.

M.E.S. was born on Long Island in 1957. Initially engaged in architectural studies, his attention later turned to fine art, anatomy, and design. While attending the Rhode Island School of Design, his academic training was enhanced by the influence of painting with Gordon F. Peers. An early interest in the human figure has given Mr. Skolsky a keen eye for gesture, and led to kinesiological studies at the Erick Hawkins Foundation in New York for nearly two decades.

Currently, he is engaged in a three-year project for the N.Y. Mercantile Exchange creating a portrait collection of former chairmen, spanning a 128 year history.