Mark Geddis is an Artist based in Comber, Northern Ireland. Born in Newtownards in 1986, he studied Fine & Applied Art at the University of Ulster, specialising in Lens-Based Art and graduating in 2009. Although not initially pursuing a career in the Arts he began to re-engage with his practise in 2017 due to the increasing restrictions of a long term chronic health condition.

He has had paintings selected for group exhibitions including The 2026 Football Art Prize and the 2025 ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, where he was awarded the Northen Ireland Regional Award. His paintings are available in Framewerk Gallery, Belfast and Yard Gallery, Holywood.

Exhibitions & Recognition

2026

  • The Football Art Prize - Sheffield Museum & The Football Museum, Manchester‍

  • Outside In National Exhibition - Christies, London. 12 - 22 Jan

  • Dunluce Art & Photography Exhibition, Bushmills

  • Jacksons Art Prize Longlisted

2025

  • Outside In National Exhibition - The New Art Gallery Walsall

  • Royal Arcade Academy Exhibition, Arcade Studios Belfast

  • ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, The Mall Galleries London

  • Northern Ireland Regional Award, ING Discerning Eye

  • Jackson's Art Prize Longlisted

  • Visual Art Open Longlisted

2024

  • Royal Arcade Academy Exhibition, Arcade Studios Belfast

2023

  • Art at the Loughan, Loughan Marina Coleraine

  • Dunluce Art & Photography Exhibition, Bushmills

Education

1998 - 2005 Cambridge House Grammar School

2005 -2006 NRC Ballymena, BTech Foundation Studies in Art & Design

2006 - 2009 University of Ulster, BA(hons) Fine & Applied Art