Mark Handforth is known for his large-scale installations and his work is strongly inspired by his environment. Borrowing from ready-mades, pop art and minimalism, he uses elements of the urban landscape to create structural masterpieces. Lampposts, street signs and neons are distorted, bent, twisted and full of symbolism, confounding our vision of urban infrastructures. Often exhibited in the public space, Mark Handforth creates bridges between the man-made and the man himself. As he says, “Public art is a kind of release from the boring artist/viewer paradigm”. The artist melds a surprising combination of shapes and symbols with everyday objects, exploring the possibilities of art in public spaces like few others. There is a thread running through Mark Handforth's practice. His work is charged with a strong sense of duality. Hidden or obvious, we can always find clashing elements in his compositions. While he unfailingly brings upon the viewer the unexpected, the surrealist with a touch of humour, he also deals with familiarity.

Mark Handforth is known for his large-scale installations and his work is strongly inspired by his environment. Borrowing from ready-mades, pop art and minimalism, he uses elements of the urban landscape to create structural masterpieces. Lampposts, street signs and neons are distorted, bent, twisted and full of symbolism, confounding our vision of urban infrastructures. Often exhibited in the public space, Mark Handforth creates bridges between the man-made and the man himself. As he says, “Public art is a kind of release from the boring artist/viewer paradigm”. The artist melds a surprising combination of shapes and symbols with everyday objects, exploring the possibilities of art in public spaces like few others. There is a thread running through Mark Handforth's practice. His work is charged with a strong sense of duality. Hidden or obvious, we can always find clashing elements in his compositions. While he unfailingly brings upon the viewer the unexpected, the surrealist with a touch of humour, he also deals with familiarity.