Mark Amura
Mark Amura
Mark Amura, Work?, 2025, photocopy paper, 178.2cm x 63cm. Photography by Tessa Hallmann.
This work is made up of 18 black and white images that reimagine my journey down the service stairs of a private building where I might have worked in some capacity. The piece consists of 3 rows of 6 landscape photocopies each copied 18 times and placed next to each other in a sequence from 18 down to 1. Inspired by John Nicolsons etching, making this work allowed me to explore my own relation to physical labour, the comfort of repetition and the body as an instrument or tool.
John Nicolson, Two Horses in a Field, etching on paper, 16.5 x 24.4 cm, Beecroft Art Collection. Photography by Tessa Hallmann.
This etching of two horses in a field appealed to me as a printmaker and allowed me to work through thoughts and feelings around physical labour and the body as a tool.
Biography
Mark works across multiple practices including printmaking, film and music, often in combination. His work explores class, sexuality and more recently disability. This happens through a diverse lens of interests ranging from science fiction and horror to romance and nature. Mark more often than not uses process as a way of exploring ideas. As well as maintaining his own practice Mark has also been teaching and facilitating workshops for over 16 years. He wrote and ran a textile foundation course and delivered creative wellbeing sessions for the charity Crisis. Mark has also curated exhibitions for Studio Voltaire and The Fashion and Textile Museum. Mark;s is currently exploring ideas around physical labour, repetition and production. Ultimately, Mark’s practice is a journey through the intricate relationships between space, identity, and the diverse experiences that shape our lives, fostering deeper understandings of the world we inhabit and the myriad stories contained within it.