Mark Sharma

Mark Sharma was born in Invercargill in 1973 of Fijian Indian, Southern Maori, Polish and Irish descent.

Sharma has exhibited his works over the past 12 years with successful shows throughout the South Island, including at the Southland Public Museum and Art Gallery.  In 2000, he staged a works on paper exhibition at New Zealand House, in London.

My work concerns ideas developing from my cultural heritage and interest in communication, translation, balance, identity and the creative imagination.

Sharma’s work is not representational of a specific place, although he is influenced by his home environment of the Otago Peninsula, often with landscape forms coming through in his work.