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He studied Fine Arts at Reading University, Berkshire (Bachelor), Goldsmiths" College in London (Master of Arts) and the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Mark Neville
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Mark Neville lives and works in London. As an artist he is known for working at the interface of art and documentary utilizing photography and films to capture the unique face of working communities. He has worked on commissioned projects by the Andy Warhol Museum Pittsburgh (Braddock/Sewickley, 2012) and Mount Stuart on the Isle of Bute (Fancy Pictures, 2008).
His work Deeds Not Words, which addresses the Corby community involved in the toxic waste disposal court case, exhibited in 2013 at The Photographers" Gallery in London.
Neville made his most recent body of work based on a three-month residency with the British Army in the Afghan province of Helmand as the United Kingdom"s official war artist in 2011. Participant of The Helmand Work showed at London"s Imperial War Museum"s Contemporary Art Gallery during its relaunch in Summer 2014.
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Neville is best known for his Portuguese Glasgow Book Project, after he spent a year as artist in residence in Portuguese Glasgow in 2004 portraying the town"s hardship of Scotland’s post-industrial decline in a photographic book which was distributed as a free gift to all members of the community.
