Education/Qualifications/Awards:
1977 - 78
Loughborough College of Art. Foundation
1978 - 81
Brighton Polytechnic. BA Hons Visual Communication (1st Class)
1986
Photographers Gallery Bursary
1990
Arles Photography Exposition, France: 'Accueil Off' Portfolio Award
1995
Yann Geffroy International Documentary Prize (Italy)
1996
Mosaique European Photography Award (Luxembourg)
1997
Oskar Barnack Award - Special Jury Prize (Germany)
2001
Year of the Artist Award, Arts Council of Great Britain
Professional Practice:
2007
present Member of Magnum Photos
2004
present Professor of Photography, University of Brighton
2005 - 2007
Associate of Magnum Photos
2002 - 2005
Nominee of Magnum Photos
1992 - 2004
Senior Lecturer in Photography, University of Brighton
1988 - 2002
Member of Network Photographers
Memberships of National Committees:
1998 - 2005
Trustee of PhotoWorks
Projects:
2010 - 2011
KX
2008 - 2011
Saadiyat
2009 - 2010
Mass
2006 - 2010
Dtlftsote
2004 - 2010
Sounds of Two Songs
2009
Georgian Spring
2007
Camera Bluff
2002 - 2007
CaCO3
2006
Corporate Choices
2003 - 2006
26 Different Endings
2003 - 2006
A 380
2005
Bethlehem and the Wall
2004
Periplus
2002
Icebreaker
2000-2002
The Treasury Project
2000
Miyazaki
Trilogia
1999-2000
Buren
1997-2000
Dome
1998
Asylum
1993-1996
The Shipping Forecast
1992
Dignity of Labour
1991
Una Coche Cama
1989-1990
Beyond the Façade
1989 - 1990
Eastern Europe
1985-1986
The Children's Society Photographs
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2012
Mark Power's Black Country Stories
The New Art Gallery, Walsall, UK
2010-2012
The Sound of Two Songs
International Cultural Centre, Krakow, Poland
Impressions Gallery, Bradford, UK
Palazzo Martuzzi, Savignano, Italy
ArtScience Museum, Singapore
2010
Destroying the Laboratory For the Sake of the Experiment
Atlas Gallery, London (with Daniel Cockrill, poet)
2008
Signes
Gulbenkian Foundation, Paris, France (curated by Jorge Calado)
2005 - 2007
A System of Edges
Centre of Contemporary Art, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK
National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, Bradford, UK
2005
A380 (Part Three)
Les Abattoirs, Primtemps du Septembre, Toulouse, France
2004
A380 (Part Two)
Foundation Bemberg, Primtemps du Septembre, Toulouse, France
2003
A380
Musee des Augustins, Primtemps du Septembre, Toulouse, France
2002
The Treasury Project
Zelda Cheatle Gallery, London, UK
1998 - 2002
Dome
Zelda Cheatle Gallery, London, UK
Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, USA
Galleria Marangoni, Florence, Italy
University of Brighton Gallery, Brighton, UK
Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, UK
The Museum of London, London, UK
Aberystwyth Art Gallery, Aberystwyth, UK
Impressions Gallery, York, UK
Museo Municipal de Artes Visuales, Santa Fe, Argentina
Museo Emilio Caraffa, Cordoba, Argentina
Fotogaleria de Biblioteca, Bahia Blanca, Argentina
Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Centro Cultural Pasaje Dardo Rocha, La Plata, Argentina
Conjunto Cultural da Caixa, Brasilia, Brazil
Centro de Artes da Universidades de Pernambuco Recife, Brazil
CGD, Lisbon, Portugal
1997 - 1999
The Shipping Forecast
Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, UK
Zelda Cheatle Gallery, London, UK
Impressions Gallery, York, UK
East Lothian Art Gallery, North Berwick, UK
Manx Museum, Isle of Man, UK
Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich, UK
An Lunntair Gallery, Stornaway, Outer Hebrides, UK
Buckinghamshire Art Gallery, Aylesbury, UK
Oriel Gallery, Clywd, UK
Kirkaldy Museum and Art Gallery, Kirkaldy, UK
Scarborough Museum and Art Gallery, Scarborough, UK
Quay Arts Centre, Isle of Wight, UK
Maritime Museum, Aberdeen, UK
Centre Atlantique de la Photographie, Gallerie du Quartz, Brest, France
Centre Photographique de Normandie, Rouen, France
Foundation Gallery, London, UK
Plymouth Arts Centre, Plymouth, UK
1991
Hove and Portslade - A Second Look
Hove Museum of Art, Hove, UK (with Jim Cooke)
1990
Beyond the Façade
Brighton Polytechnic Gallery, Brighton, UK (with Jim Cooke)
1988
Westminster Children's Hospital
The Photographers Gallery, London, UK
1987
But Come and Join the Dance
Photogallery, Hastings, UK
1986Year - ICI Thorton Cleveleys
Scott Gallery, University of Lancaster, Lancaster, UK (with Anna Fox)
The Children's Society Photographs
Brighton Polytechnic Gallery, Brighton, UK
Watermans Arts Centre, London, UK
Side Gallery, Newcastle, UK
Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2014
Open for Business- Bombadier and Nissan, National Railway Museum, York, UK
Postcards from America- Milwaukee, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, USA
14-18: World War One by Magnum (working title), Stadshallen, Brugge, Belgium
2013
Landmark: The Fields of Photography
Somerset House, London, UK
Northern Ireland: 30 Years of Photography
MAC, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2011 - 2012
L'Italia E Gli Italiani
Palazzo Reale, Torino, Italy
Gallerie d'Italia, Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano, Napoli, Italy
Casa Italia, The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London, UK
Gallerie d'Italia - Palazzo Leoni Montanari, Vicenza, Italy
2009 - 2010
Georgian Spring
Uferhallen, Berlin, Germany
El Circo, Madrid, Spain
Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
2007 - 2008
L'Image D'Apres (The Image to Come)
Cinematheque Francais, Paris, France
Centre de Cultura Contemporania, Barcelona, Spain
2007
Ingenuities
Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium
2005 - 2006
Euro Visions - Ten Magnum Photographers in the New Europe
Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Triennale, Milan, Italy
Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
Muses Royaux des Beaux-arts de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
2004
Periplus- Magnum Photographers in Contemporary Greece
New Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
Onassis Cultural Centre, New York
2003
St James Photography Prize
Flowers East Gallery, London, UK
2000
Buren/Neighbours (with Eva Leitolf and Stefan Vanfleteren)
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Holland
Trilogios
(with Paulo Catrica and Jose Rodrigues), Museu Municipal, Evora, Portugal
Arquivo Fotografico
Municipal de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
1998
Contemporary British Photography
Projection at Arles International Photography Festival, France
NHS at 50
Touring 15 hospitals throughout the UK
1997
Europa
Encontros de Fotografia, Coimbra, Portugal
1995
A Positive View
Saachi Gallery, London, UK
1993
Positive Lives - The Response to HIV
Photographers Gallery, London, UK (and touring)
1992
Image 90s
National Theatre, London, UK
Creating Reality
Brighton Polytechnic Gallery, Brighton, UK (and touring)
1990
The Year of Revolutions - Network in Eastern Europe
National Museum of Photography, Bradford, UK
1989
Sun-Life Photography Awards
National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, Bradford, UK
1987
Regarding Photography,
Ffotogallery, Cardiff, UK
From Billboards to Postcards
Oldham Art Gallery, UK
The State of the Nation
Coventry City Art Gallery, UK
1986
100 Years of Photography in Salford
Viewpoint Gallery, Salford, UK
1985
Human Interest - 50 years of British Art about the Figure
Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK
Christian Aid Photography Awards
Photographers Gallery, London, UK
Three Photographers
West Surrey College of Art, Farnham, UK
Image and Exploration
Photographers Gallery, London, UK
Selected Public Collections:
Arts Council of Great Britain, London
The British Council, London
Citibank Inc, New York, USA
Dow Jones, New York, USA
Encontros de Fotografia, Coimbra, Portugal
Freshfields Inc. New York, USA
Fundaciao Almeida, Evora, Portugal
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA
National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, Bradford
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Royal Photographic Society, London
Sun Life Collection, National Museum of Photography, Bradford
University of Brighton
Victoria and Albert Museum, London