S Mark Gubb works across a range of media incorporating sculpture, video, sound, installation and performance. The subjects for his work are drawn from the social and political culture he grew up in; an equal fascination with things he finds so great and so terrible about the world we live in. This often takes the form of a re-evaluation and re-interpretation of contemporary culture and history, placing the seemingly familiar in relation with the incompatible, to provoke us to consider our contribution to the world we live in. Often working with the triptych and drawing on music and religious forms of communication Gubb suggests a wider discourse around history, culture and belief systems, inviting us to reflect on our moral codes and desire and ability to impact upon and change the world we inhabit. S Mark Gubb was born in Romsey, 1974. He lives and works in Cardiff, Wales. Solo exhibitions include 'How Should I Live? (Maybe That's Not The Question)' Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, 2010 and Aspex, Portsmouth, 2011; 'The Bewildered Herd: Text works and other things 2004-2010', Concrete Hermit Gallery, London, 2010 and 'My Empire of Dirt', Ceri Hand Gallery, Liverpool, 2009. Group exhibitions include 'The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp', G39, Cardiff, 2012; 'I could be so good for you' Transition Gallery, London, 2011; 'Terrible Beauty: Art, Crisis, Change & The Office of Non-Compliance', Dublin Contemporary, Dublin, Ireland, 2011; 'Nothing in the World But Youth', Turner Contemporary, Margate, 2011; 'Pile' Chapter Art Centre, Cardiff, 2011; 'Dirty Kunst', SEVENTEEN, London, 2010 and 'S Mark Gubb, Damien Roach and Helen Marten', Matthew Bown Gallery, Berlin, 2010. His recent public art works include 'Free For All Forever', commissioned by Bristol City Council, 2012; 'Good Sailing', commissioned by Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, 2011; 'Trav'ller in the Dark', commissioned by Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth, 2011; 'Free For All Forever', commissioned by Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, 2010; 'Nottingham Contemporary Sign', commissioned by Nottingham Contemporary and Caruso St John, 2009.