He attended the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota, and served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps for four years. Mark is represented by Tory Folliard Gallery in Milwaukee. His work is in the collection of the Racine Art Museum. In 2009, he was a Mary L. Nohl Fellowship Emerging Artist Finalist and the recipient of the Arthur P. Haas Memorial Photography Award. He is currently photographing his home state for a project entitled On Wisconsin.