Mark Howell

After a career in advertising that spanned nearly two decades, I moved to Denver with my wife Kae and began making art full time.

Artist’s Statement

Questions of identity are at the heart of my practice. While cultural history and personal experience frame much of what we think of as identity, I am interested in exploring the more “fluid” or non-fixed aspects of being human. Moments of transition or passage, contradictory emotions, and states of duality are what I frequently explore in my work. I am also drawn to subjects that find humor in the absurdities of ordinary life. Depicting the human form in abstract or non-literal spaces frees me to explore its metaphorical and psychological potential, in order to make visible the complexities of the self.