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Mark Beattie MRSS

Mark Beattie MRSS

Kingston University (MA in European Arts Practice , 2012)

Mark Beattie MRSS is an award winning British sculptor who lives and works in London. Mark has had a remarkable career as a sculptor so far, having exhibited his work nationally, alongside highly reputable artists such as Tracey Emin, the late Lynn Chadwick, Helaine Blumenfeld and Jonathan Yeo.

In 2015, Mark won the Midlands Open, the Xerxes Sculpture Prize and was elected a member of The Royal Society of Sculptors (MRSS). In 2017 Mark was shortlisted for the Open Contemporary Young Artist Award run by the Biscuit Factory gallery in Newcastle, shortlisted for the international Rise Art Prize and long-listed for The Secret Art Prize by Curious Duke Gallery in London.

Working with various metals in all their contrasting properties of texture and finish, Mark can make industrial metal appear fluid, malleable and delicate. He continues to study different metals, looking at ways to manipulate and add movement to the material, and over the past 2 years has been developing ways in which neon or LEDs can complement his sculptures, adding movement to a piece and catching the viewer’s eye.

Mark has a strong academic background in art, having studied a BA Hons (International) in Contemporary Art Practice at Leeds University and more recently an MA in European Arts Practice at Kingston University, Surrey. To date he has now exhibited in over 50 exhibitions, solo and group, and has a strong following from collectors both in the UK and abroad.

Mark’s work is privately collected in the UK, Europe, Hong Kong and the USA.

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions 2012: Global Odyssey Installation, 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Lincolnshire Selected Group Exhibitions 2015: “Signs that Say What You Want Them to Say…”, Lights of Soho, London 2015: Midlands Open, Tarpey Gallery, Derbyshire, UK 2015: 10 Gresham Street, London 2015: The Garden Gallery, Stockbridge, Hampshire, UK 2015: The Other Art Fair, Victoria House, London 2014: Affordable Art Fair Hampstead, London 2014: Encounter Fine Art Launch Event, Broadway House, London 2014: Elements, Burghley House, Lincolnshire, UK 2014: The Garden Gallery, Stockbridge, Hampshire, UK 2013: Midlands Open, Tarpey Gallery, Derbyshire, UK 2013: From Surface to Structure, JL Baroni Gallery, London 2013: New British 2013, Lloyd’s Club, London 2013: The Garden Gallery, Stockbridge, Hampshire, UK 2012: Stand 21, The Other Art Fair, London 2012: Sculpture al Fresco, Great Fosters Hotel, Egham, Surrey 2012: At Home Salon, Marcelle Joseph Projects, Ascot, Surrey 2011: A Decade of Sculpture in the Garden, University of Leicester 2011: The Sculpture Show, Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture Event, Kent 2011: Midlands Open, Tarpey Gallery, Derbyshire, UK

Awards

Rise Art Prize Rise Art Nominated For 2017
Secret Art Prize Curious Duke Gallery Nominated For 2017
Midlands Open Tarpey Gallery Winner 2015
Xerxes Sculpture Prize Omnis Construction Winner 2015

Press

Publication Title Job Title Date
Leicester Mercury Sculpture show is packed with amazing art Tue, 07/07/2015
Huffington Post From Surface To Structure: A New Show at St James's Tue, 08/06/2013
Metro Sculptures that will turn your garden into a work of art Wed, 07/31/2013
The Other Art Fair Curator's Choice Mon, 07/01/2013

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