Mark was born in 1953. He is from the Wai-wai-kum Band of the Kwa-guilth people at Campbell River, B.C. He is deeply involved in the art and culture of his people. In the summer Mark works as a commercial salmon fisherman and in the winter he paints.
Mark began painting at the age of eleven. He was taught by his father, Sam Henderson, who was originally from Blunden Harbor. Mark is related to the Hunt family through the marriage of Mary Henderson and George Hunt, Sr. He has a unique style related to the old art of the Kwa-guilth people, noticeably seen in the carvings of Mungo Martin, Henry speck and other pieces in and around Alert Bay.
Seattle Art Museum respectfully acknowledges that we are on Indigenous land, the traditional territories of the Coast Salish people. We honor our ongoing connection to these communities past, present, and future.
