About

Mark Cowden Artist 

It turns out there are several people called Mark Cowden involved in the creative fields, this one is an artist & photographer, who lives in the very scenic South Island of New Zealand.
Mark enjoys travelling to new places, whether they be just down the road, or half way across the world. One of the advantages of living in New Zealand is because everywhere it is so far away it means long distance travel is just normal for us so we - just do it. 
Mark works across a range of artistic media from kinetic and optical art through to photography. He likes to explore the increasingly blurred boundaries between design, traditional art, photography, and technology. He is constantly experimenting and often mixes materials & techniques from the various disciplines to create his work. 
Mark is particularly fascinated by the relationship between: the artist, the artwork, and the viewer. What the artist sees and what the viewer sees are separated by time, geography, culture, personal perspective, and in the case of Mark’s Multiplanes even the angle the artwork is viewed effects this relationship.
While Mark has not formally been trained in art and photography, he has worked for many years in marketing and advertising, and his work has been featured and published throughout the world on behalf of his various clients.
As we have said he has lived in the South Island of New Zealand all of his life. The world renowned qualities of the landscape and light have been huge visual influences for him. Mark loves to travel with his camera, seeking inspiration in new lands, and he is lucky to have visited many places from Alaska to Antarctica, and a lot in between. However returning home he is always reminded of the purity of light and the power of the NZ landscape that so many of us take for granted.



Selected Exhibitions: 
2023 Otago Arts Soc Cleveland National Art Awards - People’s Choice Runner up
2023 Solo exhibition "Conversations with Mark Cowden" Flagstaff Gallery Devonport Auckland
2023 Auction Artist Craigs Aspiring Art Awards Wanaka
2022 Auckland Grammar School "Art House Tour" 
2022 Kings College Art Exhibition
2022 Baradene College Art Exhibition
2022 "Art in the Park"Fair Eden Park Auckland
2022 Otago Arts Soc 146th Annual Exhibition - Awarded: Rona Dyer Cup 
2022  Guest Artist Craigs Aspiring Art Awards Wanaka
2021 "Art in the Park"Fair Eden Park Auckland 
2021 Solo Exhibition "Alternative Angles" Gallery De Novo Dunedin  
2021 Cleveland Art Awards 
2021 Hope & Sons Art Awards
2021 Craigs Aspiring Art Awards Wanaka Awarded: People’s Choice Award
2020 Ponsonby Pop up Gallery Auckland  
2020 West Otago Taste of Art Special Mention 
2020 Kings College Art Exhibition
2020 Group Show "Socially Distances yet Creatively Connected" Auckland 
2020 Group Exhibition Gallery De Novo Dunedin 
2020 St Margaret Art Awards 
2019 Southland ILT Awards 
2019 Taranaki National Awards
2019 June   Otago Art Society 143rd Annual Exhibition  Awarded: Third Place 
2019 Riversdale Arts Invited Artist 
2019 West Otago Taste of Art  Guest Artist and Judge 
2016 Dunedin Photographic Society  Awarded: Como Marine Award  
2015 Dunedin festival of Photography Awarded: Honours 
2015 Dunedin festival of Photography Awarded: Honours 

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