1952 Born Londonderry
1970-1971 Drawing Resident at Glyptoteket Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark
1971-1972 Mechanical Engineering, University of Birmingham
1972-1976 Camberwell School of Art
1976-1978 Slade School of Art
1979 Travel Scholarship to Japan
1980 Research Grant: lasers/holograms as sculptural media
2006 Honorary Doctorate, University of Sheffield
Selected exhibitions
1979 24th International, Tokyo, Japan
1984 Summer Show, Outwood Gallery, Surrey
1985 'Three Artists', Polytechnic of Central London
1987 Art '87, Business Design Centre, London
1988 'Future Perfect', Exhibition Halls, Victoria, London
1989 Goldsmiths Gallery, London
Anna Bornholt Gallery, London
Artluminium Invitational, Montreal, Canada
1991 'Object and Artefact', Anna Bornholt Gallery, London
1992 Radford Gallery, London
1993 Atrium Gallery, Coopers and Lybrand, London
1994 'Collection de l'artiste', Galerie Pascal Gabert, Paris
1995 Mathematical Association, Leicester
1996 'Engineering Art', NorthTyneside 96
Galerie Pascal Gabert, Paris
Galerie Wam, Caen, France
'Computerworld', The Tannery, London
1997 Art '97, London (Jill George Gallery)
'High Precision/Low Maintenance', Hales Gallery, London
1998 Art '98, London (Jill George Gallery)
'Mass and Symphony', Jill George Gallery, London (solo)
1999 Art '99, Business Design Centre, London (Jill George Gallery)
Material Matters, Toronto, Canada
Goodwood Sculpture Park, Goodwood, Sussex (4 cubes, 1.5 m)
Santa Fe Art Fair, Santa Fe, USA (Jill George Gallery)
Beatrice Royal Art Gallery, Eastleigh, Hampshire
20th Century Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London (Jill George Gallery)
2000 Art 2000, Business Design Centre, London (Jill George Gallery)
'Defining the Times', Milton Keynes Art Gallery
'A Labour of Love', Derby Museum and Art Gallery (travelling)
San Francisco International Art Exposition, USA (Jill George Gallery)
20/21 British Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London (Jill George Gallery)
Toronto International Art Fair, Canada (Jill George Gallery)
2001 Art 2001, London (Jill George Gallery)
Palm Springs International Art Fair, USA (Jill George Gallery)
'Figure No 1', Galerie Pascal Gabert, Paris
'Elective Affinities', Jill George Gallery, London (Solo)
2 0/21 British Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London (Jill George Gallery)
2001 Toronto International Art Fair, Canada (Jill George Gallery)
Les Chemins du Partage, La Rochelle, France
‘Base Metal’, gf2 Gallery, London
‘A Work of Art in itself’, Bury Museum and Art Gallery, Bury
2001/02 ‘Thinking Big’, Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy
2002 Art Palm Beach, Florida, USA (Jill George Gallery)
Art 2002, London (Jill George Gallery)
San Francisco International Art Exposition, USA (Jill George Gallery)
Chicago International Art Fair, USA (Jill George Gallery)
Art London, Chelsea (Jill George Gallery)
20/21 British Art Fair, Commonwealth Institute, London (Jill George)
Toronto International Art Fair, Canada (Jill George Gallery)
2003 Art Palm Beach, Florida, USA (Jill George Gallery)
Art 2003, London (Jill George Gallery)
San Francisco International Art Exposition, USA (Jill George Gallery)
Art Chicago, Chicago, USA (Jill George Gallery)
Prudential Atrium, London (Solo)
Art London, Burton’s Court, Chelsea (Jill George Gallery)
20/21 British Art Fair, Commonwealth Institute, London (Jill George)
Toronto International Art Fair, Canada (Jill George Gallery)
2004 Palmbeachcontemporary Art Fair, Florida, USA (Jill George Gallery)
London Art Fair, Art 2004 (Jill George Gallery)
Galerie Pascal Gabert, Paris, France (2 person show)
Art Chicago, Chicago, USA (Jill George Gallery)
Art London, Burton’s Court, Chelsea (Jill George Gallery)
20/21 British Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London (Jill George Gallery)
2005 London Art Fair, Art 2005 (Jill George Gallery)
Art Chicago, Chicago, USA, (Jill George Gallery)
Art London, Burton’s Court, Chelsea (Jill George Gallery)
Sculpture in the Close’, Jesus College, Cambridge
2005/11 20/21 British Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London (Jill George Gallery)
2006/09 London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, (Jill George Gallery)
2006 Glasgow Art Fair, George Square, Glasgow, (Jill George Gallery)
Art Chicago, Butler Field, Chicago, (Jill George Gallery)
2007 ‘Instrumental’, Jill George Gallery, London (Solo)
Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, USA (Jill George Gallery)
Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Canada (Jill George Gallery)
2008 Galerie Pascal Gabert, Paris, France
Red Dot Art Fair, New York and Miami, USA, (Jill George Gallery)
2010/11 Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, USA (Jill George Gallery)
2010 Royal British Society of Sculptors, London
Galerie Pascal Gabert, Paris, France
2010/15 20/21 British Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London (Jill George Gallery)
2010/17 Art Toronto, Toronto, Canada (Jill George Gallery)
2010/20 London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, London (Jill George Gallery)
2018 Herrick Gallery, curated by Crimson Earth, London. (Solo)
British Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery, London. Two person show. (Jill George
Gallery)
2019 Art Seattle, Seattle, USA (Jill George Gallery)
British Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery, London, (Jill George Gallery)
2021 London Art Fair, ART2021, Jill George Gallery, (On line)
2021 ‘Invention’, Kelham Island Museum, Sheffield
‘Precision as a State of Mind’, 10 Cubes for Sheffield and Related Works
from 2000-2020’, Graves Gallery, Sheffield Museums. (Solo)
2022 London Art Fair, ART2022, London (JIll George Gallery)
British Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery, London (Jill George Gallery)
2023 London Art Fair, ART2023, London (JIll George Gallery)
British Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery, London (Jill George Gallery)
Selected Commissions
1983 ‘White Noise’, Greater London Council, London SE 1
1985 ‘British Airports Authority (collaboration)
1987 ‘Triptych’, Chicago Research and Trading
1988 Two sculptures, New Zealand Industries (UK) Limited
1989 ‘Relic’, Eagle Star PLC
Sandoz Pharmaceuticals (UK) Limited (collaboration)
1990 Aldwych House Re-developmen, Freshfields Solicitors, London
1991 IBM Sudbury (collaboration)
British Rail Freight, London (collaboration)
National Power, Swindon (collaboration)
1992-1993 Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Company, USA
1993-1994 Prestwick International Airport (proposal for two sculptures with British
Aerospace involvement)
1994 British Rail and Stanhope Kajima (public sculpture collaboration)
1994-1995 Marconi Radar Systems
1996 Centennial Sculpture, Glasgow Underground System
1997 Halliburton/Brown and Root Atrium (collaboration)
1998 150th Anniversary Sculpture, Institute of Actuaries
Centre Commun de Recherche, Ispra, Italy (commission proposed)
1999 Goodwood Sculpture Park, Goodwood, Sussex
Worcester Park Library, Surrey
2000 Festival Walk, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
2001 Freshfields Solicitors, Hong Kong
2002 Ipsen, Slough, (collaboration)
2002/03 Proposal for Soho Green, London
2004/05 University of Sheffield (Centenary commission)
2009 University of Sheffield. New student hall of residence
COLLECTIONS
Sheffield Museums, British Airports Authority; Worcester Park Library; Aldwych House; Beechcroft Stanley; CRT UK Limited; Benchmark plc; Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Company, USA; Freshfields; Sony UK; Festival Walk, Hong Kong; Scottish Equitable; AIG Group; Derek Stow and Partners; Prudential plc; Goodwood Sculpture Park, Chichester
Mark Firth’s work is in numerous private collections in the USA, Australia, Europe,
Middle East, Hong Kong and UK.