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Art Education:
Ipswich School of Art (Portrait Sculpture)
Norwich School of Art (Life drawing)
University of East Anglia, B.Ed. (Art & Design)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 ..... 'The Eastern Open' Kings Lynn
.................Aldeburgh Contemporary Arts
2009 .......'Stone Eye, Orford Ness 2009' Peter Pears Gallery, Aldeburgh, Suffolk
........ 'The Pastons Country' Grapevine,
.........Norwich
2008 ‘Print Fair, Elements II’, The Forum, .................Norwich
........ ........Castle Museum, Norwich
.................Folkes Miller Fine Art, Long Melford, .................Suffolk
2002 - 10 LAST, Zurich, Switzerland. Bircham ..................Contemporary Art, Holt
2004-09 Grapevine Gallery, Norwich.
................ COSA, Notting Hill, London
2007 Outer Temple Chambers, (two person .................show), The Strand, London
2006 Chocolate Factory Gallery, Southwark. .................Three person show, David Curzon .Gallery, Wimbledon. John Allen Fine Arts, Core One, .Chelsea.
‘Forty by Four’, Atticus Arts, Bath
Walker Galleries, Harrogate
2000-05 John Russell Gallery, Ipswich
2000 -02 NNAC Millenium Exhibition, Norwich ...................Cathedral
‘British Contemporary Art‘, Deloitte & ..................Touche, Zurich, Switzerland
Woodbine Contemporary Arts, ..................Lincolnshire. Field Dalling Gallery, ..................Norfolk. Red Gallery, Marlow
..................Taylor Contemporary Art, Twickenham.
1992 -99 Royal Institute of Painters in ..................Watercolour, Mall Galleries, London
Castle Museum, Norwich. Contact Gallery, Norwich. The Laing Open, Raveningham. Heffer Gallery Cambridge. The Riverside Gallery, Snape Maltings. Barn Galleries, Aston, Henley-on-Thames
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2005/07/10 LAST, Zurich, Switzerland
2005/07/09 Grapevine Gallery, Norwich
2002/04 John Russell Gallery, Ipswich
2003 Bircham Contemporary Art, Holt
1998/99/00/01/02 Frames Gallery, Norwich
1998 The Music House Gallery, Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh
1996 The Lantern Gallery, Walberswick
1995 The Frederick Gallery, Raveningham
1994 St. Gregory’s Art Centre, Norwich
ART FAIRS & FESTIVALS
Art London 2005, Chelsea.
London Art 2006, Islington.
London Art 2006, Islington.
The Reepham Festival 2008
'Art on Paper’ Royal College of Art, London.
The Norwich Print Fair (various dates)
Norfolk Visual Arts Festival Open Studio Scheme, 1997/98/99/2000/08/09/10
‘The Eastern Open‘, 1998/99/01/03/09/10, Fermoy Gallery, Kings Lynn
RESIDENCIES & COLLABORATIONS
2008: Over twenty artists and poets collaborated to produce a hand-made book and touring exhibition based upon the 'Paston Letters'
2008-09: Six artists work with the National Trust, responding to the former military site at Orford Ness, Suffolk
COLLECTIONS;
The National Trust
Deloitte & Touche, Zurich
Targetfollow PLC
The Sainsbury Centre Loan Collection, University of East Anglia
MEDIA
‘The Dictionary of Artists in Britain since 1945’, Ed. David Buckman
‘Wide Skies, a Century of Painting and Painters in Norfolk’ by A. May & B. Watts
Feature articles in the ‘Artist’ magazine, various dates
‘Arty-Facts’ (Featured artist), Imago productions for Anglia TV, July 2004
‘Paston Country ’ DVD documenting the creation of a unique hand made book by artists and writers. Argus Productions 2008
Jacket cover illustration for 'Four Funerals and a Wedding', by Ben Moss, Janus Publishing 2009
BIOGRAPHY
Martin Laurance began his career as an engraver and graphic designer, attending art school classes in portrait sculpture and life drawing before taking a B.Ed. in art and design. He has taught in high schools and adult education centres and now paints full time. After an early exhibiting career during which he held one-man shows in the UK. the Middle East and the USA, his interest in painting and printmaking began to be replaced by drawing and for a number of years he devoted his time solely to life drawing, rarely exhibiting these works.
By the mid 1990's his attention turned once again to landscape and he resumed solo exhibitions and participation in many group shows. After the discipline of the figure and the austerity of pencil and charcoal the scale of his work became large, with monochrome being replaced with vibrant colour.
Martin's work is in public, private and corporate collections in this country and abroad, including the National Trust, Deloitte and Touche (Zurich) and the Sainsbury Centre Loan Collection, University of East Anglia.
ARTISTS STATEMENT
My work is about landscape. In my paintings I try to convey the spirit and reality of a place. Going beyond the immediate sensation to something felt and experienced.
Many of my locations are very well known to me and have been walked over and drawn many times. In the studio I use this raw material to create a work that is true to my experience. By allowing other elements such as memory to enter the picture-making process the work becomes richer, and to me, more meaningful.
I work in a variety of mixed media; oil, acrylic, collage, ink, charcoal, watercolur and gouache, singly or in combinations on paper or canvas.
