Mark Crofton Bell completed his undergraduate studies at OCAD University and received his Masters of Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art in London, UK. He has exhibited extensively across Canada and internationally in artist run centres and galleries including solo exhibitions at The Art Gallery of Ontario and Mercer Union. Bell has also exhibited at Paul Petro Gallery and Jessica Bradley Gallery. He is the recipient of grants and awards from the Toronto Friends of Visual Arts, Canada Council for the Visual Arts, Toronto Arts Council and Ontario Arts Council. His exhibitions have been reviewed in Canadian Art Magazine, The Globe and Mail, The National Post, Border Crossings Magazine and The Toronto Star. Bell is one of the founding members of the artist collective Painting Disorders.