Edwards' work is included in major photographic collections such as the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), Government Art Collection (including British Embassy, Berlin, The British High Commission, Islamabad & The HM Treasury andThe Hyman Collection of British photography, and The Norwich Museum and Art Gallery.
CURRENT POSITION
University of Suffolk. Associate Professor Photography UEA, Norwich. Visiting Research Fellow
CURRENT RESEARCH
My current academic and visual research. ‘Lament’, examines the impact of the Anthropogenic era, illuminating its profound impact through symbols of loss and decay. This discourse and extended
visual narrative, contemplates the fragility of nature in addition to national and personal identities.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
- The V & A Museum, London
- The Government Art Collection (including The British Embassy, Berlin: HM Treasury, London: The British High Commission, Islamabad, Pakistan)
- The Centre for British Photography, London
- Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery
- East Contemporary
QUALIFICATIONS
2018-2023
- PhD, UEA, Norwich
An inquiry into 17th-18th century scientific, philosophical and cultural discourses and their impact on the English landscape painting tradition and its trajectory into new landscape writing and contemporary photographic practice.
1996-1997
- MA Photography De Montfort University, Leicester
1995-1996
- PG Dip Photography De Montfort University, Leicester
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
- ‘Countless Edens’, Original Project
2017
- ‘Art School’, Original Project
2012
- ‘The View from Here; new landscape photographs by Mark Edwards’, Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery
2011-12
- ‘The View from Here; new landscape photographs by Mark Edwards’, The Holburne Museum, Bath (held in conjunction with the museums exhibition ‘Gainsborough’s Landscapes: Themes and Variations’)
2008
- ‘Mark Edwards: Landscapes’, Fourth Lianzhou International Photo Festival, Lianzhou, China
2005
- ‘Disturbances’, BCA Gallery, Bedford
2004
- ‘Disturbances’, Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea
1996
- ‘Traces and Elements’, The Bend in the River Gallery, Gainsborough
1995
- ‘Light Rhythms’, The Ferry Centre, Oxford
UPCOMING GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
- ‘Rituals’, Gallery 881, Vancouver, Canada (December 2023)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
-‘Somewhere Unexpected’, Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Norwich
2019-20
- ‘Spotlight’, Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Norwich
2018
- ‘PLACE’, Fermoy Gallery, Kings Lynn
- ‘Inheritance’, Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Norwich
2017-18
- ‘Into the Woods: Photography & Trees’, V&A Museum, London
- ‘A Green and Pleasant Land’, Towner Gallery, Eastbourne
2016-17
- ‘60 Years On’, Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Norwich
2016
- ‘Photo Speaks 2016’, Art Space Gallery, SangMyung University, Seoul, Korea
- ‘John Constable: Observing the Weather’, Lightbox Gallery, Woking
- ‘Collecting in East Anglia’, Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Norwich
2015 ‘
- Double Take: Photography & the Garden’, Hestercombe Gallery, Taunton
2014
- ‘Monument’, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Art, Norwich & le musée des beaux arts de Calais, France
- ‘Places & Landscapes’, The Waterfront Gallery, Ipswich
2012-2013
- ‘Revealed: The Government Art Collection’, Ulster Museum, Belfast
- ‘The Ground on Which We Walk: Andrew Vass & Mark Edwards’, The Waterfront Gallery, Ipswich
- ‘Island Stories; Fifty Years of Photography in Britain’, V & A Museum, London
- ‘Revealed: The Government Art Collection’, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
2011-12
- ‘Travelling Light’, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (Curated by Simon Schama)
2010
- ‘Identity’, The Hereford Photography Festival
2009
-‘Identity’, The Forum, Norwich
‘These Valued Landscapes’ (with Emily Cole, Fraser Harrison, James Ireland, Idris Khan, Paul Scott, Katy Woods), Oriel Davies Gallery, Powys
2008
- ‘These Valued Landscapes’, Bury St. Edmunds Gallery, Bury St. Edmunds
- ‘Voewood Projects’, Voewood House, Holt
2007
- ‘150th Anniversary’, The V & A Museum, London
- ‘Forest Dreaming’, Centre For Contemporary Art and The Natural World, Exeter
2006-7
‘Photographs from The Collection’, The V & A Museum, London
2005
‘The World, Abridged’, (with Oliver Bancroft, Ryan Gander, Sally Osborn, Lucy Skaer) Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge
2004
- ‘Commonground’, Artsway, Sway
- ‘Sanctuary’, Fermynwoods Contemporary Art, Kettering
- ‘Tempered Ground’, (in association with Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art) Museum of Garden History, London
- ‘Crossing the Line’, Salthouse Gallery, Salthouse
2003
- ‘The Simple Truth’, The Norwich Gallery, Norwich
2002
- ‘Kettle’s Yard Open’, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge
- ‘Mostyn Open’, Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno
2001
- ‘The Sleep of Reason’, (with Bernd & Hilla Becher, Richard Billingham, Thomas Struth, Petra Wunderlich) Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea
2000
- ‘The Sleep of Reason’, The Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa and The Norwich Gallery, Norwich
1999
- ‘12 Again’, De Montfort University, Lincoln
1998
- ‘12’, The Riverside Studios, London
- ‘Identities’, De Montfort University, Lincoln
1997
- ‘Four Photographers’, The Bend in the River Gallery, Gainsborough
1993
- ‘Eastern Open’, Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich
- ‘Landscape in Photography’, Lincolnshire College of Art, Lincoln
1992
‘Contemporary Photography’, Lincolnshire College of Art, Lincoln
1991
‘Contemporary Photography’, Ruskin School of Fine Art, Oxford