Artist: Mark Kovacs | Location: Columbia, SC
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Artist: Mark Kovacs | Location: Columbia, SC
Columbia, SC
I was born in Buffalo, NY, moved to Columbia, SC in 1973, and graduated from the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor of Science degree in entrepreneurial management in 1986. I became truly interested in art when I was in college because I had friends that majored in art and I thought that I could follow their lead. When I moved out of my parent’s house, I started painting to decorate my apartment. I entered the SC State Fair in 1994 in mixed media and won third place in the amateur competition. I sold a lot of art in the Piedmont Park Arts Festival in Atlanta, GA in 1994. I was selected as one of the artists to paint a Palmetto Tree in Columbia, SC in 2000. I was so happy to be selected to participate as a competition artist in the ArtFields® 2013, ArtFields® 2014, ArtFields® 2015 and ArtFields® 2016 competitions.