Mark Bradley-Shoup earned a B.F.A from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in Painting and Drawing and received an M.F.A from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Studio Art. Mark has worked with various non-profit agencies and educational institutions over the past 15 years including the Association for Visual Arts, the Hunter Museum of American Art, the Creative Discovery Museum, Chattanooga Parks, Recreation, Arts and Culture and the Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences. In addition to his various arts administrative roles, Mark teaches foundation courses at UTC and Chattanooga State Technical Community College.