News : India Mark

India Mark is currently featured in ‘Light & Life’ at Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre. The exhibition brings together still life paintings by Margaret Olley from public and private collections alongside new work by three contemporary Australian painters – Laura Jones, India Mark and Mirra Whale. The three artists were invited to […]

Congratulations to India Mark winner of Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize 2023 as part of The Lester Prize 2023, Western Australia’s premier portrait prize. The judges Alan R. Dodge AM, Gina Fairley, and Emma Bitmead praised India’s portrait saying, “The intimate scale, delicate brushwork and direct gaze of the subject have all contributed to a portrait […]

Congratulations to India Mark, Monica Rohan, David Griggs and Claudia Greathead who have been announced as Finalists in the 2023 Mosman Art Prize. The Mosman Art Prize is the longest running and most prestigious municipal art prize in Australia. Winning entries form the basis of the Mosman Art Collection, a valuable and historic collection that […]

Congratulations to Monica Rohan and India Mark who are both finalists in The Lester Prize 2023. The 40 finalists in the renowned portrait prize were selected from a record-breaking 950 entries. We look forward to the winners announcement on 21 September 2023. The 40 portraits will be on display at The Art Gallery of Western […]

Congratulations to India Mark who is finalist in the 2022 Evelyn Chapman Art Award. Facilitated by S.H. Ervin Gallery, this biannual prize is awarded to an Australian painter aged under 45 and aims to bolster the education and career opportunities with their art practice in Australia or internationally. For more information about India Mark and […]

Protege artist, India Mark, is featured in Art Almanac’s June 2022 issue. In her conversation with Jaimi Wright, India discusses life in the studio ahead of her upcoming exhibition at Jan Murphy Gallery and touches on her approach to still life painting: “In choosing objects for my still life, I am definitely looking for a […]

Jan Murphy Gallery is pleased to announce India Mark as the newest addition to the protégé program. Working predominately in still life, India Mark’s paintings analyse composition, light and the textural qualities of ordinary objects. Working tonally and from life, Mark gently prods the tension points between visual depth and flatness, colour and shadow. “The […]