Mark Halsey’s paintings range from vast works on canvas to small works on paper, in oils and mixed media. Always referring to the human form, the paintings reach beyond the boundaries of literal art.  "Spontaneous splashes of paint and earthy hues throw celestial light across a fusion of the figure and landscape".

A strong use of light and colour is used to enhance a powerful physical presence. It is the mood of the painting and the emotions aroused that are of paramount importance to him.

 SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1985    Posterngate Gallery, Hull
1999    Chandler Gallery, Hunton, North Yorkshire
2000    Awakenings, The Gallery Manchester's Art House, Manchester
2002    The Agony & Ecstasy, The Gallery Manchester's Art House, Manchester
2003    Love, The Gallery Manchester's Art House, The Lowry Hotel, Manchester
2005    Valentine Show, Pumphouse Gallery, Harrogate
2005    Retrospective, Bohemia Gallery, York

JOINT EXHIBITIONS
1998    Montage Gallery, North Yorkshire
1998    Raw Art, Beverley, East Yorkshire
1999    Quay Art 'Public Bodies', Hull, East Yorkshire
1999    Chaber Art Gallery, Moffat, Scotland
2000    Montage Gallery, North Yorkshire

 MIXED EXHIBITIONS
1981-99    Ferens Art Gallery Winter Exhibitions, Hull
1984    Regional Fine Art Exhibition (LHA)
- Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
- Usher Gallery, Lincoln
1996-7    Montage Gallery, North Yorkshire
1997    Manchester Academy of Fine Arts
1997    Chandler Gallery, Leyburn, North Yorkshire
1997-99    Sally Brown Gallery, Stockport, Manchester
1997    Art Supermarket, Jenners, Edinburgh
1998    Art Supermarket, London
1998    Hannover Fine Arts, Edinburgh
1998    Art Supermarket, Munich, Germany
1998,1999    Manchester Academy of Fine Arts, Bury Art Gallery
1998    Cleveland Gallery, Middlesborough Open
1998     Quay Art, The Independents, Hull, East Yorkshire
1998     Art.co, Mixed Bag, Leeds, Yorkshire
1999    Montage Gallery, Resurrection
1999,2000    Leeds Art Fair, Leeds Corn Exchange
1999    Montage Gallery, Images of the Human Form
1999    The Gallery Manchester's Art House
1999    Artists Show '99, Leeds City Art Gallery
1999    The Affordable Art Fair, The Gallery Manchester's Art House, Battersea Park, London
1999    Art.co, 20/20 Vision, Leeds, Yorkshire
2000    The Affordable Art Fair, The Gallery Manchester's Art House, Battersea Park, London
2001    The Affordable Art Fair, The Gallery Manchester's Art House, Battersea Park, London
2001    Battersea Art Fair, London
2002      People Who Need People, The Gascoigne Gallery, Ilkely
2002    The Affordable Art Fair, The Gallery Manchester's Art House, Battersea Park, London
002    The Art Ireland Fair, The Gallery Manchester's Art House, Dublin

2003    
The Affordable Art Fair, The Gallery Manchester's Art House, Battersea Park, London
2003    The Opening, The Gallery Anglesey’s Art House, Rhosneigr
2003    The Art Ireland Fair, The Gallery Manchester's Art House, Dublin
2004    Islington At Fair, London
2004    The Art Ireland Fair, Dublin
2005    Islington Art Fair, London
2005    Art on Paper, Royal College of Art, London

AWARDS
1995
    Laing Art Competition
  Mercer Gallery, Harrogate
  Mall Galleries, London