Mark Manders

Mark Manders (born 1968 in Volkel) is a Dutch artist, currently living and working in Ronse, Belgium.

Typical of his work is also the arrangement of random objects, such as tables, chairs, light bulbs, blankets and dead animals.

[1] His work soon gained widespread interest and in 1992, upon graduating from the academy, the artist was awarded the second prize at the Dutch Prix de Rome in the category Art & Public Space.

[5] Looking for an affordable larger studio, Manders emigrated to Belgium in 2007, where he found an abandoned small station building in Ronse.

[2] Manders uses this architecture to drive his work and allow it to make the decisions, calling it a "machine", but at the same time bringing objects to a standstill as he develops these memory spaces.

[1] Other major solo exhibitions by the artist include:[1] The artist represented the Netherlands at the 55th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia in 2013, where he showcased ‘Room with Broken Sentence’, curated by Lorenzo Benedetti (1972).