Biography
In 1994 Mark Lombardi made the first of his large diagrammatic drawings that chart underhand connections between numerous figures involved in political and financial scandals. These scandals were researched by Lombardi in an exhaustive manner and stored in an extensive filing card system. Lombardi described his charts as ‘narrative structures’, ordering the complex facts of a scandal into a coherent whole and given logic by visual presentation in a manner reminiscent of corporate flow charts and systems diagrams.
Lombardi came to public attention by his inclusion in a group show at the Drawing Center, New York (1997), and had his first solo exhibition, Silent Partners at the Pierogi 2000 gallery in Williamsburg (1998). A posthumous travelling exhibition and catalogue entitled Mark Lombardi: Global Networks (2003–2005) was organized by Independent Curators Inc.
This person was part of Sharjah Biennial 10
