Bio
Mario Popham (b. 1980, Kamakura, Japan) is a Japanese/British photographic artist, curator and educator based in Manchester, UK. Graduating from Manchester School of Art in 2007, he continues to develop his practice from his adopted home city while he currently undertakes an MA in Documentary Photography at the University of South Wales.
On a planet increasingly altered by human activity, our paradoxical relationship to our the natural environment has formed the basis of an enduring enquiry, expressed through long-term bodies of work. He is currently developing projects in the UK and Italy that explore place in the context of industrial legacy, nature and community and recently developed these ideas through an artist residency with Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool.
As a freelance curator, Mario has led and curated on a number of contemporary photography exhibitions in the north of England, working with organisations such as Open Eye Gallery, Impressions Gallery, HOME Manchester and Castlefield Gallery.