Mark Mulholland Artist
About Mark
BIOGRAPHY
Mark is a professional portrait, figurative and landscape artist from Glasgow, who graduated from the Edinburgh College of Art in 1993.
Mark enjoys working across multiple artistic genres; as such his creative process and resultant final works retain a dynamism of composition and technique. The artistic style varies depending on the subject, and he likes mixing elements of realism and stylisation, often within the same work. These two features coupled with Mark’s love for the inclusion of vibrant colour have become somewhat of a signature of his working process.
Whether it be portraiture, figurative or landscape, Mark encourages his sitters/clients to reveal more about their persona and their likes, as this encourages an energetic creative identity to art that contains strong narrative features.
Mark exhibits his original artworks in exhibitions and galleries across the UK and regularly accepts portrait and landscape commissions from clients across the UK, Europe and North America.
As well as appearing on Portrait Artist of the Year 2020, Mark has been shortlisted to exhibit at the following prestigious awards: The BP Portrait Award 2014, The Royal Society of Portrait Painters 2017, The Scottish Portrait Awards 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023 (Second Prize), 2024 & The British Art Prize 2022.
Mark in Currently a member of Visual Arts Scotland and the Scottish Artists Union.
Personal Details:
Born in Glasgow 1971.
Education:
Edinburgh College of Art 1989 - 1993 - BA (hons).
University of Glasgow 1999 - 2000 - PGCE.
Awards:
Andrew Grant Bequest 1990
Helen A. Rose Bequest 1992
John Kinross Scholarship to Florence 1993
Scottish Portrait Awards Second Prize Winner 2023
Art Related Employment:
1993 - Part time tutor Edinburgh College of Art.
1994 - 1997 - Resident sculptor and caster at Il Cesello Artistic Foundry, Sesto Fiorentino.
2000 - 2018 - Secondary School Art Teacher, Edinburgh.
2018 - present - Self employed artist and educator at Mark Mulholland Artist.
2019 - present - Freelance art tutor with East Dunbartonshire Leisure & Culture Trust
Exhibitions:
2024 - Scottish Portrait Awards 2024 - Edinburgh, Banff, Glasgow.
2024 - FEATURED ARTIST at The Big Art Show, The Art Department, Paisley.
2024 - 'Then & Now' Visual Arts Scotland Exhibition, Dalkeith Palace, Midlothian.
2023 - SECOND PRIZE WINNER at the Scottish Portrait Awards 2023 - Edinburgh, Dumfries, Glasgow.
2023 - The Big Art Show, The Art Department, Paisley.
2023 - Big Summer Show, The Lemond Gallery, Bearsden.
2022 - Big Christmas Show, The Lemond Gallery, Bearsden.
2022 - The British Art Prize 2022 Exhibition, gallery@oxo, OXO Tower Wharf, London.
2022 - Lillie Art Gallery Christmas Exhibition, Milngavie.
2022 - Glasgow Art Club - Various Member Exhibitions.
2022 - Big Christmas Show, The Lemond Gallery, Bearsden.
2022 - The Big Art Show, The Art Department, Paisley.
2022 - Summer Show at The Lovely Gallery, Sydenham London.
2022 - Fifty Bees 5 Exhibition - Ace Arts, Somerton, Somerset.
2021 - Scottish Portrait Awards 2021 - Edinburgh, Dumfries, Glasgow.
2021 - Big Summer Show, The Lemond Gallery, Bearsden.
2021 - Big Christmas Show, The Lemond Gallery, Bearsden.
2021 - Glasgow Art Club - Various Member Exhibitions.
2021 - Macmillan Art Show 2021 online show.
2020 - Glasgow Art Club - Various Member Exhibitions (some online due to Coronavirus).
2020 - Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2020 - television show.
2019 - Lillie Art Gallery Christmas Exhibition Nov 2019 Milngavie.
2019 - MacMillan Art Show 2019, Apex Hotel, Nov 2019 Edinburgh.
2019 - Art Exhibition, The Auld Kirk, Kirkintilloch.
2019 - Glasgow Art Club Seasonal Shows 2019.
2018 - Scottish Portrait Awards - Scottish Arts Club, Edinburgh Nov 2018 & Glasgow Art Club Jan 2019.
2018 - RSA Open Exhibition 2018, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh.
2017 - RSA Open Exhibition 2017, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh.
2017 - Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London. May 2017.
2017 - Royal Glasgow Institute Annual Show 2017, Mitchell Library, Glasgow 2017.
2017 - Scottish Portrait Awards - Scottish Arts Club, Edinburgh.
2017 - Macmillan Art Show 2017 in Bonhams (Auctioneers) Edinburgh.
2016 - Macmillan Art Show 2016 (25th-28th August) in Bonhams (Auctioneers) Edinburgh.
2016 - 'The Art of Regeneration' Exhibition, Menier Gallery, Southwark London (26 - 30 April 2016).
2016 - Representation with The Contemporary Fin Art Gallery, Eton.
2016 - A selection of painting on show at The Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London (10 - 13 March 'Spring 2016') at Contemporary Fine Art Gallery Eton stand.
2016 - Parallax Art Fair, Chelsea Town Hall London.
2015 - Christmas Exhibition - Peter Potter Gallery, Haddington.
2015 - Alpha Art Gallery - artwork on show.
2015 - Summer Exhibition - Peter Potter Gallery, Haddington.
2015 - Macmillan Art Show 2015 (27th-30th August) in Bonhams (Auctioneers) Edinburgh.
2015 - BP Portrait Award 2014, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, (17th April - 31st May, 2015).
2014 - SSA Annual Exhibition 2014, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh.
2014 - BP Portrait Award 2014, The Scottish National Portrait Gallery (28 Nov – 12 April 2015).
2014 - BP Portrait Award 2014, Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens (4 Oct – 16 Nov 2014).
2014 - BP Portrait Award 2014, National Portrait Gallery, London (26 June-21 Sept 2014).
2012 – SSA Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh.
2012 – Form, Figures & Folds Exhibition, Art Upstairs, Morningside Library, Edinburgh – solo show.
2011 – VAS Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh.
1999 – VAS Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh.
1998 – SAAC Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh.
1997 – Drawings at Clayton Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne.
1997 – SAAC Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh.
1996 – SAAC Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh.
1993 – Surviving Forms, Stepping Stones Gallery, Edinburgh – 3 man show.
1993 – New Generations Exhibition, Compass Gallery, Glasgow.
1993 – RSA Annual Students Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh.
1992 – SAAC Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh.
1991 – Woodcarvings Exhibition, Woodland Centre, Ancrum, Jedburgh.
Public Art & Collections:
1993 - Selected works on paper from John Kinross Scholarship, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh.
1995 – Icarus, bronze sculpture, private collection, Italy.
1997 – Greek Gods Collection, 3 bronze sculptures, private collection, Germany.
2007 – Centenary Pieta, St Peters Church, Edinburgh.
2009 – Gary O’Donnell Memorial Sculpture, St Thomas of Aquins High, St Peters Primary, George Heriot’s School, Edinburgh.
2013 – Portrait of Venerable Margaret Sinclair, for Scotland’s Rio event at Stirling University (now housed at St Patricks Church, Edinburgh.
Artwork held in private collections:
UK, Ireland, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Spain, USA.
