About Mark Howard Jones
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Education
2022 - 2024
University of Portsmouth
1996 - 2000
Manchester Metropolitan University
1992 - 1994
Leeds Metropolitan University
1979 - 1982
Loughborough College of Art and Design
1978 - 1979
Chester School of Art
Awards
2023
Best Retro Bicycle
2018
Wimborne Vintage Cycle Ride
2018
Tweed Run London 2018 Coolest classic bicycle
2017
Tweed Run London
2016
City Gallery Southampton Open
1995
Bayer Earth Art Mall Galleries London.
1995
Manchester Academy of Fine Arts Open Exhibition
1995
Grosvenor Museum Open, Chester
1994
Drumcroon Open, Wigan,
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Event: Society of Graphic Fine Arts
Dates: 11 Mar 2024 - 16 Feb 2024
103rd Annual Open
Event: The Royal British Society of Artists
Dates: 29 Feb 2024 - 9 Mar 2024
Annual Exhibition
Event: Society of Wood Engravers 86th Open
Dates: 6 Feb 2024 - 24 Feb 2024
Wood engraving, linocut and woodcut annual UK travelling show - 5 venues.
Event: Small But Mighty
Dates: 9 Oct 2023 - 19 Oct 2023
Small But Mighty showcases all forms of printmaking and highlights the powerful, ambitious and impressive nature of works created on a small scale
Event: Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2023
Dates: 13 Jun 2023 - 20 Sep 2023
This year, renowned British painter David Remfry RA takes the reins as exhibition co-ordinator. Remfry’s Summer Exhibition explores the theme Only Connect, taken from the famous quote in Howards End by E.M. Forster
Event: St Barbes Open
Dates: 29 Apr 2023 - 10 Jun 2023
Group open exhibition
Event: Society of Wood Engravers 85th Open
Dates: 7 Feb 2023 - 28 Feb 2024
Championing the practice of wood engraving.
Event: Teesside Transitions 17 print prize '23
Dates: 7 Jan 2023 - 15 Apr 2023
Open group show.
Event: RBSA Art Prize
Dates: 15 Sep 2022 - 15 Oct 2022
RBSA annual Prize Exhibition - three artworks exhibited.
Event: Oxmarket Open
Dates: 2 Aug 2022 - 28 Aug 2022
Oxmarket Contemporary art open entry selected artworks.
Event: Atelier Open
Dates: 14 Jul 2022 - 3 Sep 2022
Artwork selected
Event: What does culture mean to you?
Dates: 2 Jul 2022 - 10 Sep 2022
Open Exhibition
Event: Transitions 17 Teeside Print Prize '20
Dates: 1 Jan 2021 - 28 Feb 2021
Open Print competition specialising in intaglio and relief printing.
Event: In Search of a New World
Dates: 18 Jul 2020 - 3 Oct 2020
Journey, Migration and the Sea open group exhibition
Event: The Four Seasons
Dates: 3 Feb 2018 - 23 Apr 2018
Open Exhibition.
Event: This Sporting Life
Dates: 25 Jun 2016 - 10 Sep 2016
An Open exhibition on the theme of sport. 3rd Prize.
Event: Bespoked
Dates: 15 Apr 2015 - 19 Apr 2015
Bespoked is Europe’s premier handmade bicycle show.
Biography
If you savour the simple things in life, like freewheeling down hill on a bicycle, chatting to people whilst walking your dog, shuffling through autumn leaves, watching squirrels chase along a telegraph wire. If you find humour and pathos in everyday occurrences, then you will appreciate the subject matter of my artwork.
I am an artist whose whimsical artworks celebrate experiencing the simple pleasures of life. My local Hampshire environment provides a rich source of inspiration and I delight in depicting incidents witnessed.
Working in a pottery, training as a sign writer, studying Fine Art to MA/MPhil Degree level and teaching Art and Design full time for 31 years including two Head of Art roles in sixth form colleges have all had an influence on my art making practice.
My drawing, printmaking and painting processes inform and complement one another and I maintain inspirational momentum by visiting art galleries and museums, reading art journals and literature, watching films and art documentaries and most importantly observing and experiencing life whilst walking the dog or riding my bicycle.
