Mark Mann

Mark Mann draws on classical iconography and queer histories. Norfolk based artist, Mark Mann works with ceramics, textiles and bronze. His work is highly inspired with his fascination to nature.

Through his artistic practice he reveals histories that have long been overlooked and addresses concealed and ugly realities to translate them into beautifully crafted artworks. Mark’s works subtly show the discomfort of queer pasts by juxtaposing it with stunning, luxurious artworks; this allows each piece to become a monument in its own right. Much of Mark’s work explores themes that emerge from domestic interiors created by homosexual men in a time before the legalisation of homosexuality in England. Mark is continuously influenced by the atrocities that are held in queer history, but also by the strength of the queer interior. Mark’s artworks confront the viewer, challenging pre-conceived notions surrounding homosexuality, whilst allowing a joy to be found in their beautiful and captivating nature.

Mark completed his MA in textile design, for which he received the Vice Chancellors post graduate prize, following this, he was then selected as emerging artist at the East Anglia Art Fund’s Heritage exhibition in 2018. In 2025 he had a solo exhibition in the Museum of Classical Archaeology in Cambridge and this year, in 2026, he is currently undertaking an artist residency at the distinguished Vista Alegre in Portugal.

From private homes, to Cambridge's museum to Oxford's boutique hotel, Mann's work has been shown and collected all over England, Europe, North America & Australia.

ongoing series : BEAUTIFUL FAILURES, QUEER FRAGMENTS - Cast & hand carved ceramics

HYACINTHUS STAND - VERDURE

Cast and hand carved earthenware

31 x 27 x27 cm

2025

£450

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Beware the sods Triptych

2025

Cast and hand-carved tiles

40 x 30.5 cm (framed)

£895

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Hyacinthus Stand Limited Edition

Terracotta cast head with sculpted headpiece

24 x 18 x 17.5cm approx

Limited edition of 3

2 out of 3 available

£350

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desire's reflection bud vases

Ceramic Bud Vase Thrown and hand glazed

£220 each

2 available

Narcissus, the myth of self-love, became a symbol for forbidden love between men—where longing is mirrored but never fulfilled. In the cut-out of these bud vases the viewer can see the silhouette of two faces looking towards each other.

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Hyacinthus Stand

Sculpted and wheel thrown terracotta with oil cloth glaze

26 x 18 x 18 cm approx

£310

Hyacinthus was the lover of the God Apollo in Greek Mythology. After Hyacinthus chose Apollo over the God of the Western winds, Zephyrus, in a fit of jealousy he killed Hyacinthus by blowing a discus into his head; the hyacinth flower was said to have risen, or been created by Apollo from his blood upon his death.

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