Mark Adkins received his MFA in painting from the University of Texas at Austin and a BFA from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Chicago area exhibits include the Evanston Biennial, Rockford Museum of Art Biennial, Gescheidle Gallery and Contemporary Art Workshop. Adkins has been included in publications such as New American Painting, NY Arts, Chicago Reader, Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun Times. He is currently employed by the Art Institute of Chicago and lives and works in Oak Park, IL.