Mark Schiff

Seltzer

Casa

Sweet Tooth #3

Born in New York in 1938, Mark Schiff was accepted into a program for gifted artists at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn NY. He attended Pratt from 1943-1950. Schiff graduated from Great Neck High School and received his undergraduate degree, a B.S. in Textile Chemistry at North Carolina State University. 

After graduating, he worked as a colorist for Sandox (a Swiss dyestuff and chemical company). Schiff then received his M.B.A. from Hofstra University. During his years in the textile business, he became involved in photography. In 1983, he combined his love for photography with painting and is now known as a photorealist artist.