Mark Soltero is an artist living and working in Ōtautahi, Christchurch. Mark holds an MFA – Dunedin School of Art, a B.Design – Ara Institute of Canterbury and a PGDipTchg, Art & Art History – NZGSE. Mark is a member of Art Associates Aotearoa collective. He was awarded the inaugural Head of School Award for Excellence in Post-Graduate Drawing from the Dunedin School of Art in 2014. He has been a finalist in the National Contemporary Art Awards three times, twice a finalist in the Adam Portraiture Award. Mark has exhibited at the Centre of Contemporary Art (2009, 2018-2019), ArtsPost Waikato Museum (2011), Chambers Art Gallery (2019, 2021, 2023) and Ashburton Art Gallery (2021).
