Mark Beattie
Born:UK, 1987 Based in London
Global Odyssey, Aluminium and steel, 250 × 200 × 200 cm
Leeds University (BA Hons(international) Contemporary Art Practice)
Mark Beattie MRSS is a British award winning sculptor who lives and works in London.
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 and long-listed for The Secret Art Prize by Curious Duke Gallery and also for the international Rise Art Prize.
Working with various metals in all their contrasting properties of texture and finish, Mark can make industrial materials 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 3 years has been developing ways in which neon and LEDs can complement his sculptures, adding to the movement of 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 after an MA in European Arts Practice at Kingston University, Surrey. To date he has now exhibited in over 60 exhibitions, solo and group and has a strong following from collectors both in the UK and abroad.
EDUCATION
BA Hons (International), Contemporary Art Practice, Leeds University
MA, European Arts Practice, Kingston University, Surrey
RESIDENCIES / AWARDS
2017 The International Rise Art Prize
2017 Long-listed for The Secret Art Prize, Curious Duke GalleryMidlands Open
2017 Shortlisted for the Open Contemporary Young Artist Award,Biscuit Factory Gallery
2015 The Xerxes Sculpture Prize
2015 Member of The Royal Society of Sculptors (MRSS)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 Orbital, Cafe Royal Hotel, London
2012 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Lincolnshire
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
The Other Art Fair, London
After Nyne Gallery, London
"Eight from Nyne" at 45 Park Lane Hotel, London
Box Galleries, Chelsea, London
London Art Fair, London
2017
Young Emerging Contemporary Artist Award, Biscuit Factory, Newcastle
The Garden Gallery, Hampshire
Morphosis, Gallery Different, London
The Other Art Fair, London
2016
The Other Art Fair, London
Line & Surface, Sarah Wiseman Gallery
Hampstead AAF with Caiger Gallery
Artists of the Future at DegreeArt, London
The Garden Gallery, Stockbridge, Hampshire
The Other Art Fair at Victoria House
Battersea AAF with Caiger Gallery
2015
Group Exhibition with Caiger Gallery
SEEArt Fair with NOHO Artists
Group Exhibition, Lights of Soho, London
The Other Art Fair, Victoria House, London
Xerxes Sculpture Prize, Serpentine Gallery
The Garden Gallery, Stockbridge, Hampshire
The Midlands Open, Tarpey Gallery
2014
Affordable Art Fair Hampstead, London
Encounter Fine Art Launch Event, London
Elements, Burghley House, Lincolnshire
Garden Gallery, Stockbridge, Hampshire
2013
Midlands Open, Tarpey Gallery, Derbyshire
From Surface to Structure, JL Baroni Gallery
New British 2013, Lloyd’s Club, London
The Garden Gallery, Stockbridge, Hampshire
2012
Stand 21, The Other Art Fair, London
Sculpture al Fresco, Great Fosters Hotel
At Home Salon, Marcelle Joseph Projects
2011
Work in Progress, Core Gallery, Deptford
Decade of Sculpture in the Garden, Leicester
Art in Mind Exhibition, Brick Lane Gallery
The Sculpture Show, Kent
Midlands Open, Tarpey Gallery, Derbyshire
2010
Crocus Gallery Open, Nottingham
7th Annual Art in the Garden, Sheffield
Ludlow College, Shropshire
Degree Show, University of Leeds