Mark Bletcher (b.1995, Derby)

Education

2016-2019 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Newcastle University  

Awards

2023

Recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Award (2023-24)

2022

Awarded Catherine Cookson Foundation ‘Connecting Print Studios’ print bursary with
Northern Print with Newcastle University’s Institute of Creative Arts Practice

2020

The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers Gwen May Recent Graduate Award
Shortlisted for the Young Contemporary Artist Award
Shortlisted for The Woon Art and Sculpture Prize

2019

Newcastle University Final Year Achievement Prize for Outstanding Academic Achievement 

Selected Exhibitions

2024

North East Open Call, MAW, Middlesbrough UK
Open Open, The  Newbridge Project, Newcastle UK

2023

Checkmate, Ohsh Projects, London, UK
One & Another, Northen Print, Newcastle, UK
Home, Newbridge Studios, Newcastle UK

2022

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, Newcastle Contemporary Art, Newcastle, UK
Overlay, Owlstore, Harrogate, UK
Three֗ s A Crowd, Gallager and Turner, Newcastle, UK
Open Exhibition, Gallager and Turner, Newcastle UK

2021

Friends with Beneᾖts, Safe House 1, London, UK  

2020

This Feels Like an Omen, System Gallery, Newcastle, UK
Biscuit Factory Summer Open, The Biscuit Factory Gallery, Newcastle, UK
The London Print Fair (Online), The Royal Academy, London, UK
Bankside Gallery Summer Show, Bankside Gallery, London, UK
Futures 2020, Mall Galleries, London, UK

2019

The Woon Foundation Prize, The Woon Gallery, Newcastle, UK
Show, The Story Institute, Lancaster, UK
Open Exhibition, Gallager and Turner, Newcastle UK
Breeze Creative Group Show, Breeze, Newcastle, UK
NCL London Show, Copeland Park, London, UK
Derby Print Open, Banks Mill Studios, Derby, UK
Newcastle Degree Show, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle, UK

Last updated December 2024