Mark Sladen is a British curator and art historian who was appointed Director for the Copenhagen art institution "Kunsthal Charlottenborg" on 1 June 2010. He was chosen unequivocally from a pool of more than 60 highly qualified applicants from Denmark and abroad because he has an international network and vision and is professionally very strong in his field.

Mark was born in 1966, has a BA in British literature from the University of Oxford and an MA in Art History from University College London. He came from a position as Director of Exhibitions at the prestigious Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, and before that he held a position as Senior Curator at the Barbican.