education
1998 M.A. Photography, De Montfort University
1997 P.G. Dip. Photography, De Montfort University
solo exhibitions
2014
Places & Landscapes, The Waterfront Gallery, Ipswich
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
selected group exhibitions
2014
Monument, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Art, Norwich & le musée des beaux arts de Calais, France
2013
Revealed: The Government Art Collection, Ulster Museum, Belfast
The Ground on Which we Walk: Andrew Vass & Mark Edwards The Waterfront Gallery, Ipswich
2012-13
Island Stories; Fifty Years of Photography in Britain, V & A Museum, London
2012
Revealed: The Government Art Collection, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
2011-12
Travelling Light, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (Selected 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
awards/grants
2014
Shelter, Arts Council England
Awarded to fund a major new body of work and exhibition
2010
The View From Here, Arts Council England
Awarded to fund a major new body of work and exhibition.
2008
A Long Farewell, Arts Council England
Awarded to a major new body of work.
2005
The World At Our Feet, Arts Council England
Awarded to fund a major new body of work.
2003
Disturbances, Arts Council England
Awarded to fund a major new body of work.
2002
Recollections and Reality, Commissions East
Awarded to fund a new body of work based within the Eastern regions of the UK
commissions
2009
Identity, Photo-id
2007
The V&A 150th Anniversary Album, V&A Museum, London
2004
Tempered Ground, Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art, London
2002
All Our Yesterdays and Today's, (permanent public art installation) GO-East
work in public collections
The V & A Museum, London
The Government Art Collection (including 10 Downing Street)
Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery
East Contemporary Art