Mark Johnston was born in the North East of England, and spent his childhood by the sea and in the countryside. Painting took him to the Lake District and then to Brighton University. After three years he graduated with a B.A. [HONS] degree in Painting and was awarded The Sussex Painting Prize. For the next two years he travelled, lived and painted in Greece, Barcelona and Andalucia, before returning to his present studio in Brighton.

Landscape offers me huge inspiration, with seasonal change as well as weather movement around me. The trick is to stay out as long as possible, walking, sketching and absorbing the colour, light, scale, space, and mood. When I'm painting I rediscover these senses.'

EDUCATION

1991	Sussex Art Travel Prize
1992	Brighton University BA ( Hons)
1993-1996	Cumbria College Art Foundation
1997-98	Newcastle College
1987 90	Durham school, Art scholar .

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2003	Solo Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath
	Art 2003 Business Design Centre, Islington

2002	Summer Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath
	Glynebourne Opera House
	Dubai Art Fair
	The Fairfax Gallery, Norfolk
	Solo Exhibition, The Fairfax Gallery, Royal Tunbridge Wells,

2001	Christmas Exhibition, Beaux Arts Bath
	Art 2001, Business Design Centre, Islington
	Glynebourne Opera House
	The White Gallery, Brighton
	Solo Exhibition,CCA Galleries, Farnham
	The Fairfax Gallery, Royal Tunbridge Wells
	Belgrave Gallery, St Ives

2000	The Hove Museum, Brighton and Hove
	The Belgrave Gallery, St Ives
	Expo New York Art Fair
	Solo Exhibition, The Maltby Gallery, Winchester
	CCA Galleries, Farnham

1999	The House of Commons, London
	The Maltby Gallery, Winchester
	The White Gallery, Brighton