Mark Schembri was born on April 25th 1977. He attended a course in Graphic Design at the Salvatore Dimech School for Arts and Crafts, Mosta from 1993 to 1997, where he obtained a Distinction. Since then, Mark has participated in numerous exhibitions and has held more than fifteen solo exhibitions. He has also been commissioned to do many works, some of which are displayed in public places. Two of these commissioned works can be viewed at the Mosta Parish Church, the Mgarr Parish Church and a large mural at Senglea waterfront. Mark is also a well established caricature artist. In 2014, after a span of eighty years during which political satire was excluded from Carnival, the Council for Culture and the Arts commissioned Mark to design a set of Carnival floats depicting local politicians. Mark is also a renowned book illustrator. Together with Kite Group, Mark worked on a series of books containing humorous anecdotes.