Mark di Suvero was born to Dutch speaking parents in Shanghai. In 1944 the family emigrated to live in the United States of America.
Since his first exhibition in 1960, in New York, di Suvero has had a number of successful exhibitions in Europe and the United States. The work "Ik ook" was included in a significant retrospective exhibition of his work, held by the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York in 1975.
Di Suvero currently lives and works in New York.
