His work has received recognition in numerous competitions and exhibits throughout the United States. Recent shows include A Sense of Place at the Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, Minnesota and Art on the Plains at the Plains Art Museum, Fargo, North Dakota. Mark has been a frequent participant and prize winning artist at the Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, earning first place honors in 1999 and 2002. In 2005, Mark was a recipient of the Central Minnesota Arts Board McKnight Individual Artist Award