Mark Emerson is a fine artist with a concentration in painting.  He received an Associate of Arts degree from Sacramento City College, California in 1974. He also at the California College of Arts & Crafts (now the California College of the Arts) in 1975 with a concentration in painting and film. Emerson received a BA from California State University, Sacramento in 1979, and an MFA from the University of California, Davis in 1984.

To date his work has been featured in 24 solo exhibitions and numerous group exhibitions.

Emerson has taught art since 1986.  He is currently a Lecturer Emeritus at California State University, Sacramento art department.

Emerson’s work is found in many private, corporate and public collections, including in California: the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento; the Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley; the University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento and Roseville; California State University Art Department, Sacramento; the University of California Art Department, Davis; Sacramento City College Art Department Permanent Collection, Sacramento; Kaiser Hospitals of California;

and in Ohio, the Progressive Insurance Art Collection, Cleveland. Emerson lives and works in Sacramento, California.