Mark Clarson is an artist living and working in Portland, Oregon.  He was born in Dallas, Texas in 1973.  Mark Clarson received his BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and his MFA at the University of Chicago. His work has been exhibited at the Body Builder and Sportsman Gallery in Chicago, Zeitgeist Gallery in Nashville, Brenda Taylor Gallery in New York as well as numerous group exhibitions in galleries and museums throughout the country.  Clarson is represented by Guardino Gallery in Portland, Oregon.