A council estate kid from the north of England, Markus is an artist who knows how it is to be an outsider; education, academic research, the art world are all areas that prove difficult to access and engage in. Whilst maintaining a part-time working life Markus has developed an art and research practice gaining academic accreditation to master's degree level.

Becoming a person living with blood cancer in 2021 Markus has forged a fine art practice that explores experiences and challenges of the 'patient' and the liminal world of 'the sick'.

His research and practice focus upon the uses of multi material art and living experience to empower narrative ownership and creative processes. Works using a variety of media have been exhibited nationally and internationally.

As an Associate Member of the Centre for Arts and Wellbeing at University of Brighton, Markus has organised and contributed to symposia with focus upon health humanities and creative practices. With vital materialism and agential realism theories informing his work, Markus explores the complexities of the liminal experience as a person with cancer and it's potential as a positive vehicle for empowerment. Markus is a regular presenter at the Institute of Cancer Research London and as a speaker at a variety scientific and research symposia.

Markus's 'wounded storyteller' character creates 'intra-aktion pieces' along with materials and locations. These actions are creations and demonstrations of the embodiment of disease, memory and experience. Using theories of entanglement and intra-action, Markus's aktionen explore and action healing of the resonances of microscopic disharmony caused by disease.

As Lived Experience Lead from 2023 and Experts by Experience Lead from 2025 for the Sussex Cancer Research Centre, Markus works closely with cancer research labs at Brighton and Sussex Medical School. Collaboration with researchers form SCRC embeds scientific and medical insight from the artist's body into works created in his practice, including the use of his own cancer cells and blood.

In 2025 Markus initiated SCAR; Sussex Cancer Arts and Research, an open group for artists with lived experience to share narratives through discussion and practice.