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Mark Coreth
Biography
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[site:http://www.markcoreth.com]
Mark Coreth was born in London in 1958 and was immediately dispatched to the family farm in the Kenyan highlands where the Equator ran through the house. Black and white Colobus monkeys leapt amongst the branches in the trees behind the house where leopard and cheetah also lived. This idyllic childhood fostered Mark's early and continuing passion for wildlife.
After prep school in Kenya, Mark attended Ampleforth and on leaving joined The Blues and Royals, serving with the Regiment as a regular officer. He has spent time in England, Cyprus, Germany, Ireland and the Falkland Islands during the 1982 hostilities. On his return to England he was commissioned to make a silver sculpture of his regiment's drum horse "Belisarius", for the Warrant Officer's Mess and later a second cast in bronze became the Household Cavalry's wedding present to The Duke and Duchess of York; his first commission, a taste of many more to come in the following years.
Whilst Mark has had no formal art training his ability is based quite simply on dedication and hard work coupled with an acute and perceptive eye, drawing heavily on experiences gained during his early years in Kenya. Mark's sculptures reflect his instinctive understanding of the moods of the animals he sculpts. He works with extraordinary speed, if the original plasticine or clay fails to speak to him within a couple of hours Mark destroys it and starts again. His trademark loose, impressionist surface and incredible knowledge of the beasts he sculpts helps him capture violence, speed, tranquility and pathos with deceptive ease and he is now internationally recognized as a master sculptor of the animal in motion.
As well as his regular one-man shows at Sladmore Contemporary, Mark shows regularly in Paris and New York. His many monumental commissions include a lifesize piece of two Cheetahs in a tree for the ruling family in Dubai, a lifesize figure for Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, Leaping Deer and Ram in the City of London and a massive 50 piece fountain at the Natural History Museum. His most spectacular commission to date has been an enormous 16 foot high life-size charging elephant, the subject of a half hour documentary on the Discovery Channel.
Following a visit to the Arctic in 2010 he determined to bring home the fragility of the eco-system through his sculpture. He made an enormous bronze Polar Bear skeleton and encased it in a giant block of ice which he then carved in front of the public. This large ice bear was then allowed to melt on site while people touched it, revealing the
haunting skeleton inside. This project has been created in London’s Trafalgar Square and at climate change conferences in Copenhagen and Ottawa and it is planned for other international locations.
His most recent exhibition at the Sladmore contained sculptures from the Arctic and Africa.
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Leopard Descending 1
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Polar bear and cubs
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Lion and Lioness
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Leopard Bust I
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Leopard Bust II
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leopard on a Branch
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Pair of Genet Cats
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Galloping Tommy
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Galloping Cheetah
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Cheetah chasing Tommy
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Study for Cheetah chasing Tommy
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Study for Galloping Cheetah
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Wildebeest and Giraffe migration
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Wildebeest Crossing
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Pair of leaping Gnu
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Young Running Gnu
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Grants Gazelle & New Born Calf
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Buffalo Pair
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Cheetah Lookout, Lifesize
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Study for Charging Elephant
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Elephant Matriarch and Calves
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Warthog Family
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Impala Spray
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Impala, Female Heard
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Scavengers: Vultures & Hyena
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Flamingos, Lake Magidi
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Flamingo pair
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Galloping Hippo
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Swimming Crocodile Pair
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Zebra Crossing the Mara River
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Gorilla
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Lifesize Leaping Lion
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Snow Leopard Landing
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Walking Snow Leopard
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Snow Leopard Grooming
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Snow Leopard, Field Study
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Snow Leopard on the Rocks
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Snow Leopard Bust
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Charging Bull Elephant, Lifesize
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Pair of Meerkats
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Eurasian Sparrowhawk in Flight
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Small Running Ostrich
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Charging Bull Elephant
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Elephants at the Waterhole
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Three Elephant field study
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Small Charging Elephant
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Grazing Elk
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Bear Cub, maquette
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Condor in Flight
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Running Bear Cub, lifesize
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Walking Bear Cub
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Large Galloping Cheetah
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Standing Donkey
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Leopard descending II
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Bear Bust
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Sleeping Bear
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Walking Bear
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Swimming Bear
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Caribou chased by wolves
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Pair of Arctic Terns
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Polar Bear Plaque
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Bunched up Running Bear
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Small Running Cheetah in Glass and Bronze
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Cheetah Bust
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Elephant Procession
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Charging Rhino
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Leopard on a Pillar I
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Leopard on a Pillar II
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Chasing Cheetah
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Tiger Busts
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Jaguar bust
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Snow Leopard on post
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Pheasant
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Cheetah on post
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Lioness drinking
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Ice Bear
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Arctic Fox
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Polar Bear, nose up
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Glass Walking Bear
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Sleeping Bear
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Warthog
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Lion Bust
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Leopard Bust
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Lioness Bust
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Caracal chasing Guinea Fowl
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Eagle in flight
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Set of 4 Antelope Busts (illustrated in clay)
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Bucking Wildebeest
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Running Bear
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Balancing Bear Cub
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Standing Bear Cub
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Scratching Bison
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Reclining Bison
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Three Gentoo Penguins
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Pair of Magellanic Penguins
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Pair of Elephant Seals
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Standing Sheep
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Flying Upland Geese
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Triumphant Soldier
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Scorpion Armoured Car
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Albatross in Flight, Lifesize
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King Penguins, Swimming
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Albatross in Flight, Maquette
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Small Running Boar
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Seated Tiger
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Stalking Tiger, Lifesize
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Stalking Tiger, Maquette
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Snarling Tiger Bust
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Walking Tiger
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Stalking Tiger Bust
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Snarling Tiger Bust, Maquette
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Tiger Descent, miniature
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Tiger Descent, Medium
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Tiger Descent
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Study for Galloping Cheetah
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Study for Cheetah and Tommy
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Cheetah Chasing Tommy
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Running Polar Bear
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Galloping Bear
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Swimming Bear Head
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Seal on Ice
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Rolling Bear Cub
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Seated Bear, nose up
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Gyr Falcon Swooping
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Snowy Owl in flight
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