Mark Sheeky

Mark Sheeky is a multi-disciplinary artist from the North of England. His career began developing computer games for the Amiga computer, then PC, publishing over 50 titles by 2006. In 2008 he became a full time artist, an oil painter in the surrealist/fantastical genre. Sheeky has one painting in the U.K. National Art Collection. After early experiments in synthesizer music, his first music release was Arcangel in 2000. Second release Synaesthesia was released by REV Records in 2001. Since then, all of Sheeky's music remains self-published and, unusually, created using software tools of his own design, never using plugins or 3rd party tools. As of 2024, Sheeky has published 70 music releases, over 40 of which are original albums or EPs; 4 as part of contemporary lieder duo 'Fall in Green'. Early releases were electronic instrumental music influenced by computer games. In 2009 he collaborated with vocalist Tor James Faulkner to produce two albums of synth-pop songs. A self-taught pianist, Sheeky performed in art venues and events from 2015, and performing a few experimental piano sonatas locally. From 2015 to 2018 Sheeky was producer and host of weekly arts radio programme ArtsLab, for community station RedShift Radio. The format was translated to YouTube for two years as ArtSwarm. From c. 2018, Sheeky's music became increasingly vocal orientated in the art-rock/art-pop genre.