Glasgow-based artist Mark Neville makes lens-based works which have been realised and disseminated in a large array of contexts, as both still and moving image pieces. His film and photography-based work has consistently looked to subvert the traditional role of social documentary practice, seeking to find new ways to empower the position of its subject over that of the author. 

Often working with closely knit working communities, in a collaborative process intended to be of direct, practical benefit to the subject, Mark Neville’s film and photographic projects to date have frequently made the towns he portrays the primary audience for the work. Points of reference for his work might include the ideas of Henri Lefebvre, or the art works of Martha Rosler, John Berger, or Hans Haacke.