Born in New Zealand, Mark was at his happiest running bare foot in the wild Eden like countryside.  Sleeping outside, drinking spring water and fishing for 'yabbies' to cook on the camp-fire,.  All these elements made for a magical time and made Mark conscious of what surrounded him and its its place in the grand design of things.

In the 60's his family moved to London, adapted to city life and found the urban jungle just as invigorating as the one they had left behind.  Mark hated school but he concentrated on art, which had always come naturally to him.  He qualified for art college where he furthered his knowledge of not only drawing but constructing three-dimensional sculptures.

It was now the late 70's and Mark's need to be creative was the driving force that led him forward to the more immediate, hands on world of set designing in the pioneering days of the music video industry.  For seven years he enjoyed working in the high pressure world of rock promo and TV shows, and found he could be expressive on a grand scale.

The 80's arrived, Mark was still pursuing his own experiments in art and it was at this time he first tried working with metal, immediately he know he had found his medium.  He loved the versatility and strength of metal, it could be heated to melting point, beaten into fluid scrolls, and he loved the natural patina of oxidized iron and the razor sharp polished surface of aluminum.  Mark bought himself a welder and taught himself how to use it.  Encouraged by the results, he rented his first studio, sharing the space with two likeminded artists who also discovered the delights of iron.

The next few months were spent exploring reclamation yards for metal, which was hauled back to the studio and reformed and re-invented into objects of use and beauty.  The art establishment embraced 'Creative Salvage', the movement that was being led by these new metal gurus'.

Inspired by the reception he received, Mark Brazier-Jones began developing his functional art.  He used his knowledge with clay to sculpt table legs and chairs.  These were then cast in bronze or aluminum.  He saw permanence in what he was creating and others saw that these pieces would be heirlooms of the future and started investing in his work.

Mark now lives and runs his studio in Hertfordshire from a splendid 16th Century barn.  He has become an influential and internationally respected name in design.

Examples of his work are held in the permanent collections of The Louvre, The Victoria & Albert Museum and the Boston Museum of Modern Art.  His patrons list film and rock royalty to star entrepreneurs and collectors from all over the world.

Today Mark is not that far removed from the bare footed boy who sat for hours by a stream carving sticks in New Zealand.  He still makes time to appreciate the world around home and finds it a constant source of inspiration.

"I am impressed by things that are built to last.  An engine that still does it work after 100 years, that excites me.  something that is so good you never want to replace it, that is something worthy of respect."

CLIENTS INCLUDE:

Karl Lagerfield. Brad Pitt. Sylvester Stallone. Ozwald Boateng. Matt Dillon. Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis. Madonna. Janet Jackson. Sir Elton John. Terrance Conran.  Mick Jagger.  Terence Trent D'Arby. Simon & Yasmin Le Bon.  Sally Buton.  Nigel Coates.  Sir Bob Geldof.  Hugh Padgham.  Viscount Linley.  Sir Peter Osbourne.  Sam Roddick.  Dr Jean Louis Sebagh.  Jospeh Etdedjui.  Lady Homer Alliance.  Sir Alistair McAlpine.  Fancesca von Harpsburg.   HRH Princess Sara A. Al-Failsal.  Lady Alia Forte.  Dinny Hall. Salonge Azagury-Partridge.

BOOKS/FILMS:

Furniture. Carol Soucek. PBC Publications.
Baroque Baroque.  Stephen Calloway. Phaidon Press.
Le Dictionnaire des Styles Decoratifs.  Editions du Chene.
1000 Chairs.  Benedict Taschen, Cologne.
Country Houses of Engalnd.  Barbara & Rene Stoeltie.
In Touch. Kelly Hoppen.
Contemporary Glamour.  Ali Hanan & Kate Dwyer Mitchell Beazley.
101 Dalmations.
The Glass Slipper.
Thunderbirds the Movie.

MUSEUMS:

Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
Musee de Louvre, Paris.
Museum of Modern Art.  Boston, USA.
American Craft Musem, New York City.
Brooklyn Museum, New York City.

AUCTION HOUSES:

Sotherbys
Bonhams of London
Christies
Phillips of London & New York.

EXHIBITIONS:

London, Los Angeles, Berlin, Paris, New York, Tokyo, Monaco, Stockholm, Hamburg, Miami, Hong Kong, Milan, Palm Springs, Barcelona, Nuremburg, Rome, Sidney, Auckland, Lisbon, Shanghai, Lugano, Manila.