Mark Zlotkowskiʼs work deals with symbols and allegories. His works are dualistic in nature- blending the world of representation with abstraction, taking the everyday and familiar and making them unique and at times unrecognizable. Zlotkowski teaches painting, drawing and printmaking at DePaul University in Chicago Illinois. He received his BFA in Painting and Printmaking from The University of Illinois (Champaign –Urbana) and his MFA from Northwestern University.