Mark Havery Flores

My practice has always had an underpinning of the migratory state of humans- being an immigrant all my life. I was born in Saudi Arabia to Filipino parents and raised in the suburban life of Pontefract, West Yorkshire. I moved to Newcastle for my Fine Art Degree, then Portugal to explore a different career path and now Plymouth. With migration in mind, my work has always been focused on identity, more specifically my own identity; trying to know who I am and where I belong racially, culturally and socially. It has always been difficult to define who I am, “You were born in Saudi, you must be an Arabian”, “You’re Asian, so you must be good at maths”. My physical appearance has a lot to do with people’s definition and stereotype of me. I do not fit into the typical stereotype of a Filipino/Asian man, which is to be 5’8, round face, non-heroic, fragile, a Lawyer or a Doctor.

The reason I listed the stereotype of an ‘Asian’ man is because I do not fit in any of those. What I want to show through my work, is the experience of being a true Filipino/Asian man in the current Western society; to show the kind of cultural exposure I have had from an Eastern and Western point of view. My work is the physical accumulation of space, time an...

MA in Contemporary Art Practice - Plymouth University. 2019 -

PGCE in Life long learning - Huddersfield University. 2017 - 2018

BA in Fine Art - Northumbria University. 2013 - 2016

Art and Design Foundation Diploma - Wakefield College. 2012 - 2013

2019 - Solo Exhibition, Devonport Guildhall, Plymouth
2016 - Final Year Degree Show Exhibition, Northumbria Campus, Newcastle
2015 - White Bread (Group exhibition), Northumbria Campus, Newcastle
2013 - Final Major Exhibition (Foundation exhibition), Wakefield College, Wakefield
2013 - Paris In the Park (Foundation exhibition), Wakefield College, Wakefield
2012 - Word, Image, Sequence (Foundation exhibition), Wakefield College, Wakefield
2012 - Photography Exhibition (A-level exhibition), New College, Pontefract