Mark Essen
Brooklyn, NY
2008 BA Bard College

SHOWS/ALL THAT
The Creators Project, London, 2010
Babycastles, Brooklyn, 2010
The Creators Project Launch Event, New York, 2010
Gridspace, Brooklyn, 2010
Hand Eye Society – Toronto, 2010
NYU Game Center “No Quarter” – New York, 2010
“objects that love you back” – New York, 2010
[DAM]Berlin “GaMe!” – Berlin, 2010
FACT “Space Invaders” – Liverpool, 2009
Eyebeam Drop In Youth Program: Game Design – New York, 2009
NYU “Indie Game Panel” panel discussion, 2009
GRIDSPACE group show – Brooklyn, 2009
Lines and Gold “Two Player” – New York, 2009
University at Albany Art Museum “Uncharted” – Albany, NY,  2009
Lasercave “In the Light Cone” – Anacortes, 2009
Light Industry “The Speculative Frontier” – New York, 2009
X Initiative, No Soul For Sale “Instant Gratification” – New York, 2009
IndieCade, E3 – Los Angeles, 2009
New Museum “Younger than Jesus” – New York, 2009
Triple Canopy Anniversary Party – New York, 2009
MOCCA “Welcome to the Terrordome” – Toronto, 2009
Tokyo Game Show “Sense of Wonder” – Tokyo, 2008
New Museum “Next Level” panel discussion, New York, 2008
Avecom “It’s all in the game…” – The Netherlands, 2008
A MAZE. “Jump N Run 01” – Berlin, 2008
The Silent Barn, New York, 2008
IndieCade, “Open Satellite Gallery” – Bellevue, Washington, 2008
IndieCade, “E for All” – Los Angeles, 2008
East Village Radio Festival – New York, 2008
Death by Audio, New York
F.I.L.E. – São Paulo, Brazil, 2008
Light Industry “Games by Mark Essen” – New York, 2008

PRINT
ArtReview
Younger Than Jesus: The Reader
The Younger Than Jesus Artist Directory
La TEMPESTAD
CHIEF Magazine
L Magazine, Video Games at the Art Gallery
New York Magazine, Graphic Violence
The New York Times
Amusement
BOMB Magazine
Wired Italy, 8-bit in acido mondo di Messhof
MikroBitti
Future France (various)
Domashny PK
Gameplay
PC Gamer UK
Super Play
PC Zone
Screenfun
GameStar

WEB
L Magazine, Listicles, “6 Indie Video Game Designers”
The Onion AV Club, Randy Balma: Municipal Abortionist
The Escapist, Messen With You Head
Jonathan Blow, Nicewrench
Offworld, 4 Bit Terror
Edge, Playing to the Gallery
Artnet, Jesus Complex
ArtCat Zine, Talking with Mark Essen
ArtForum, Oh Jesus
New York Press, What Would Jesus Show
Mediabistro, Mark Essen and the Future of Videogames as Art
FLYP
A MAZE, Interview with Mark Essen aka messhof
Save the Robot, Randy Balma: Municipal Abortionist – Provocative Games Are Good… Why Exactly?
Rhizome, Another Fine Mess
Game Design Advance, 300 Word Review – Flywrench
PopMatters, Randy Balma: Municipal Abortionist
JayIsGames, Flywrench
mike222, Once we got controllers, Cowboyana was sweet!
auntiepixelante, hard to kill your buddy
Businessweek, Subversion Alert
psychoPEDIA, Graphically Speaking: Video-Game Artist Mark Essen’s Top-10 playlist
1up, 101 Free Games 2008

AWARDS
2008 Sidney Peterson Award for Experimental Cinema, Bard College