Mark Barnette

I photograph natural and human-made landscapes, and define landscape in the broadest possible terms.

Mostly, I photograph for the satisfaction making a good picture affords me. Beauty without sentimentality is always what I’m after.

B. 1956, raised Portsmouth, NH. I live in Portland, ME.

Self-directed arts education. Photographing since childhood, in earnest since 2009.

Solo exhibitions

”Wrong about everything: Images of Portsmouth’s North End on the brink of destruction,” Portsmouth (NH) Public Library (2023)
“Grain Elevators, B&W,” Red Barn Studio Museum, Lindsborg, KS (2022)
"our fabulous barren land,” UMVA Gallery, Portland, ME (2018)
"12 New England Photographs,” Bonobo, Portland, ME (2016)
"The Smile of God" and "& Elsewhere", CBD, Portland, ME (2015)

Awards & Residencies

Red Barn Studio Museum, Lindsborg, KS, 2022
Red Barn Studio Museum, Lindsborg, KS, 2021
Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts, Saratoga, WY, 2020
Paul Artspace, St Louis, MO, 2017

Selected group shows

2024
"Abandoned Industry," UMF Art Gallery, University of Maine, Farmington
2023
Photo-A-Go-Go, Maine Studio Works, Portland, ME
2022
Photo-A-Go-Go, Maine Studio Works, Portland, ME
ArtPM, Buoy, Kittery, ME
2021
“Winter Solstice,” Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
“Abstract Photography,” UMVA Gallery, Portland, ME
2020
“Missing Maine Landscapes,” UMVA Gallery, Portland, ME
“Portland 2020,” Cove Street Arts, Portland, ME
2019
Regional Artists Show, Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, ME
“The Way Life Is: Maine Working Families and Communities,” UMVA Gallery, Portland, ME
2018
Photo-A-Go-Go, Speedwell Gallery, Portl...