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Mark Demsteader was born in Manchester in 1963 where he still lives and
works. He studied at Rochdale College and Oldham College before
taking up a postgraduate position at the Slade School of Art in
London. In a long and varied career his drawings have won
several awards including The Lyceum Prize and The Sidney Andrews
Scholarship.
In recent years Mark’s reputation has flourished, such that he
has become one of the most popular figurative artists working in
Britain today. His powerful depictions of the female form in
clean assured lines of charcoal and gouache have sparked a
renaissance of interest in traditional life drawing amongst the
art collecting fraternity. In a contemporary art market
seemingly obsessed with conceptual art Mark’s work is a timely
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