Mark Stonestreet

 
Mark Stonestreet was born in Singapore in 1971. He studied Sculpture at Newcastle Polytechnic after which he travelled extensively in Europe, Asia and beyond, discovering mediums and methods that would become the foundation of his creative process.
In 2004 he discovered Mamallapuram in India, a village of over 200 stone carving workshops,  the next four years were spent working and living amongst the traditional Dravidian temple carvers of south India. Predominately working in granite, the artisans of Mamallapuram create carvings for Hindu temples all over the world.
“ It was a 6 month trip to investigate a global centre of stone carving, gain the knowledge to carve granite and to experience how another culture approaches this medium. It soon became something more, the advantages of life with out distractions immersed in a culture devoted to the art of stone carving was addictive, it set my working ethos for my practice, and its a place I return to as often as I can, the beautiful stone, a granite/ basalt has become a regular medium for my work”
Returning to Europe Mark found work on restoration projects on Gothic buildings in Switzerland, ran international exchanges and international sculpture symposiums, in partnership wi...

2017 Exhibitions:

Delamore Summer Sculpture Exhibition
Garden Gallery Summer Exhibition
St Marks Hall Summer Show
Out Of Nature Sculpture
Haywards Heath Arts trail
Hillier Gardens Summer Exhibition