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About Mark Hayward

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Mark has been causing a stir in the art world since leaving The Royal College of Art, where he was recognized by winning the Tim and Belinda Mara Award.

In 2009 his work was selected for the prestigious Jerwood Drawing Prize exhibition and since then his work has featured widely in shows across the UK.

Mark uses his faceless yet familiar characters to access and explore human situations. With an ever- present sense of humour and a personal tone his images have the feeling of illustrated moments, moments in which the characters react to their surroundings, tempering the strange and unusual with the ordinary and everyday and mediating violence and aggression with slapstick humour.

It is the comic familiarity of these endearing characters that gives Hayward’s work its inclusivity, allowing us access to his world. Whether interacting with fairground attractions or weapons of war they offer us a fresh perspective on familiar scenes.

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