Mark Hanham was born in 1978 in Sydney, Australia. He holds MFA from UNSW Art & Design, Sydney. Mark is known for his large scale, brash works and takes the viewer on a journey of discovery into his own world. He often visually narrates daily life allowing the collector to be immediately transported to those international grand cities when connecting with his work. Mark Hanham's celebrity collectors include Russell Crowe, Lionel Richie, Mark Taylor CEO TAYLOR, Atlassian Corp PLC's Sydney Scott Farquhar & Kim Jackson, Chief Winemaker Lisa McGuigan, Lisa McGuigan Wines, Australian cricket player & former captain Shane Watson & his wife, TV celebrity Lee Watson & many corporate and large private collections Australia and worldwide. His bold expressive landscapes of iconic urban centres – Sydney, London, Paris, NYC, Venice, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Melbourne - are unique. They earned him many prizes, such as: Paddington Art Prize, Sulman Art Prize, or Bondi Art Prize.