Mark Richards

SOLO EXHIBITION

Mark will have his first Major Solo Exhibition (with invited guest photographers Wayne Smith and Paul Johnson ) at the Murray Bridge Regional Gallery from *2:30pm Sunday December 9, 2012 to February 3, 2013. The exhibition is titled ‘South Australia – The Four Seasons’ *and has been made possible by Arts SA and the Richard Llewellyn Arts and Disability Trust .

ABOUT

Specialising in Fine Art and High Dynamic Range photography including Landscape Architecture, Automotive, Nature and Photographic Digital Art Compositions.

Mark was born in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia and has also spent 21 years living in Sydney, most of it working as an internet developer and designer and working for companies such as Optus, David Jones, Vogue Magazine, News Corporation, Fairfax, Reserve Bank and others. He has had a fairly colourful working life starting out at the Littlehampton Brick Company in the Adelaide Hills through to the Royal Australian Air Force and The City of Unley Corporation (Council) SA, the whole time maintaining his interest in photography.

Early Onset Parkinson’s, Photography & Travel

Mark was diagnosed with Early On-set Parkinson’s in 1994 and managed to carry out his working career until 2010. Now taking up his passion for photography and living in Murray Bridge, South Australia . He has traveled to the USA (California, Texas and Louisiana) also to and photographed parts of London and Oxford in the UK, parts of Southern Ireland and parts of Stockholm and Uppsala in Sweden.

COMPETITIONS & EXHIBITIONS

Mark was selected as a finalist in the 2007 Canon Photo 5 Competition and as a finalist in the 2008 United Kingdom Digital Photographer of the Year. He has previously exhibited artwork (pencil drawings) in San Francisco 1998 and has had a small photographic exhibition in Sydney and has had work selected by the ABC Gene Pool which was displayed in Federation Square, Melbourne in September 2008. Mark has been most noted for his photographs titled Old Bathtub on Rooftop taken in Sydney, New South Wales and Forgotten Revisited taken in Kanmantoo, South Australia both of which have been sold to private collectors.

(above image) Selected Canon Photo 5 Finalist

{above image) Selected by ABC Gene Pool

More recently Mark has exhibited photographic works as part of the South Australian Living Arts Festival at the Arts on Doyle Gallery, Murray Bridge, August 2011 and August 2012 and in the 2012 Murray Bridge Rotary Club Art Show.

REDBUBBLE PORTFOLIO STATISTICS (as at 2 October 2012)

319,718 Views,
Most Viewed with 7378 Views,
657 Photographs, and
600+ Items Sold

On RedBubble Mark has been Nominated for a Solo Exhibition by Juried Invitational 2012 and has also attained Honours in Collaboration by Juried Invitational Art Exhibition, August 2011.

MORE INFO

Information and other photos by Mark can be viewed on his BlogSpot ,YouTube ,Linkedin ,Fine Art America and SALA

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Nominated for SoJie 16 Juried Invitational Exhibition.

August 2011 Juried Invitational Exhibition