Information provided by the Artist: Mr. Abildgaard received a BA in art from San Francisco State University in 1979 and an MFA in art from the University of Hawaii in 1984. After graduating, he worked as an artist-in-residence at the Tokyo Glass Art Institute in Japan and at Sculpture Space in Utica, NY. In 1985, he was awarded a five-month fellowship at the Creative Glass Center of America in Millville, New Jersey. In 2015, Mr. Abildgaard was awarded an individual artist grant from the Leff-Davis Fund for Visual Artists of the Sacramento Region Community Foundation. He was also the Susan Cooley-Gilliom Artist in Residence and Teaching Program recipient for 2022 at the Blue Line Arts Center in Roseville, California. His sculptures have been included in the collections of the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, New York; Oklahoma City Museum of Art in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and Oakland Museum of Art in Oakland, California, as well as in numerous private collections. Mark Abildgaard's work is represented in the Crocker's permanent collection.