馬克•蒂奇納爾1973年生於盧頓，先後在赫特福德郡藝術及設計學院(1991-2)及中央聖馬田藝術與設計學院(1992-5)就讀，現於倫敦生活和工作。
蒂奇納爾的作品探討信念與信仰的規律，所使用的媒介多樣，包括雕塑、裝置、數碼印刷，以至錄像。其主要特色是使用現成文本，這些文本來源甚廣，包括企業宣言、廣告、歌詞、哲言等。每一個選用的口號也要得觀眾注意，號召他們採取行動或作出反省，比如作品《未來需要你的參與》(2006)，縱使文本脫離了原來的語境，失去了原意，但卻敦促觀者積極參與，使他們在不知原因或目的之情況下達致超然的境界。蒂奇納爾作品探討大眾接受思想意念的不同途徑，其作品中獨特的字體風格帶有虛幻氣質，而燈箱的使用更加強了這種催眠效果，就像人們在巴士站看燈箱廣告一樣。
蒂奇納爾2006年在布里斯托的阿爾諾菲尼藝術中心舉行了個展，同時獲「特納獎」提名。其他個展有：「奔跑吧，黑河，奔跑吧」(波羅的當代藝術中心，蓋茨赫德，2008)；「生氣但不要沒了呼吸」 (「現在藝術」計劃，泰特英國美術館，倫敦，2003)。聯展包括：英國藝術展VI巡迴展(2005)；「露面」(當代藝術中心，倫敦，1998)；「生命/生活」(ARC，現代藝術博物館，巴黎，1996)。
Mark Titchner was born in Luton in 1973. He attended Hertfordshire College of Art and Design from 1991-2 before going on to study at Central St Martins College of Art and Design from 1992-5. He lives and works in London.
Titchner’s work explores faith and belief systems. He works in a range of media from sculptures to installations, digital print to video. A central feature of his work is the use of found text, which Titchner lifts from a wide range of material such as corporate manifestos, adverts, song lyrics and philosophy. Each chosen slogan demands the viewer’s attention, often calling for action or reflection as in The Future Demands Your Participation (2006). The text, now out of context from its original source, lacks its original meaning yet urges the viewer to engage and have some sort of transcendence without really knowing why or what for. Titchner’s distinctive graphic style also has a hallucinatory quality and is made all the more hypnotic by being illuminated in a light box, just as you might find an advertisement at a bus stop, exploring the different ways in which people receive thoughts and ideas.
Titchner was a Turner Prize nominee in 2006 for his solo exhibition at Arnolfini, Bristol in the same year. Other solo exhibitions include Run, Black River, Run, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, 2008 and Be Angry But Don’t Stop Breathing, Art Now, Tate Britain, London, 2003. Group shows include the British Art Show 6, which toured in 2005; Surfacing, Institute of Contemporary Art, London, 1998 and LIFE/LIVE, ARC, Museum of Modern Art, Paris, 1996.