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Mario Popham is a photographer of Japanese and English descent who is currently based in Manchester, UK. He received his B.A. honours in photography at Manchester School of Art in 2007 and has since continued to work on personal projects and commissions. His interests mainly lie in man’s paradoxical relationship to nature and how this finds expression within the post industrial British landscape.
His work has been exhibited in London, Wuhan and Rome among other places and his work, Enduring Growth was the subject of a solo exhibition at Manchester’s Cornerhouse in 2014.
His work has been exhibited in London, Wuhan and Rome among other places and his work, Enduring Growth was the subject of a solo exhibition at Manchester’s Cornerhouse in 2014.
He was a recipient of the Magenta Flash Forward Emerging Photographer Award 2013 and was nominated for the Tim Heatherington Trust 2014. He is currently working on a series of projects with artist Tom Baskeyfield collectively titled Shaped by Stone. The second instalment is currently under production with support from Arts Council England and will be exhibited at HOME, Manchester in 2018.
Email: mariopopham@gmail.com
Telephone: +44(0)7940 913666
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Email: mariopopham@gmail.com
Telephone: +44(0)7940 913666
Exhibitions
Shaped by Stone, ‘On the Stony Path’ Group Exhibition, GroundWork Gallery, Norfolk, 2017
Shaped by Stone, ’Northern Light’ group exhibition, SIA Gallery, Sheffield, 2016
Shaped by Stone, Jack Sevens Gallery & Teggs Nose Visitors Centre, Macclesfield 2016
Looking Glass, ’Transition’ group exhibition, PS Mirabel Gallery, Manchester, 2016
Enduring Growth, ‘Inside Out’ group exhibition, Wuhan Province, China, 2015
Enduring Growth, Cornerhouse, Manchester, 2014
Track Record, Islington Mill, Manchester, 2011
Suburban Gothic, The Art Corner, Manchester, 2010
In the Shadow of Progress, Tarshito Studios, Rome, 2007
Observer Hodge Award, Guardian Newsroom, 2006
Nikon Discovery Awards, Olympia Centre, London, 2007
In the Shadow of Progress, Tarshito Studio, Rome, 2007
Awards
ACE Grants For Arts – Awarded, 2017
Barnaby Arts Festival Commission – Winner , 2015
Tim Hetherington Trust Award – Nomination, 2014
Magenta Flash Forward Award – Winner, 2013
Nikon Discovery Awards – Shortlisted, 2007
Observer Hodge Award – Highly Commended, 2006
Clients
Nike
HOME, Manchester
The Independent
RNCM, Manchester
24/7 Theatre Festival
AG Photographic Journal
The British Council
Panos South Asia
Contact Theatre, Manchester
Random House Publications
Community Arts Northwest
Manifesto, Rome