Mark Bletcher (b.1995, Derby)
Education
2016-2019 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Newcastle University
Selected Group Exhibitions
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
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