WEIGHTON
CONTEMPORARY ART
curriculum vitae
MARK JONATHAN WEIGHTON BA(HONS); PGCE; dipAD
1 SOUTH HILL, GODALMING, SURREY, GU7 1JT UK
b. 05.06.65
education
1987-88 BRETTON HALL COLLEGE OF FURTHER EDUCATION (LEEDS UNIVERSITY) WEST YORKSHIRE - PGCE
1984-87 SHEFFIELD CITY POLYTECHNIC, SOUTH YORKSHIRE - BA Hons
1983-84 WEST SURREY COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN, FARNHAM, SURREY - Dip AD
teaching and work experience
2018 + HEAD OF OUTREACH, CRANLEIGH SCHOOL, SURREY
2015 + TEACHER OF ART (PART-TIME), CRANLEIGH SCHOOL, SURREY
2015-19 ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, ORION AND GOLDBEATERS PRIMARY SCHOOLS, LONDON
2015 ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, L'ELISE SAINT-MERRY, PARIS, FRANCE
2015 ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, LADYWELL CONVENT, GODALMING, SURREY
2015 VISITING ARTIST, ST THOMAS MORE PRIMARY SCHOOL, LONDON
2014-15 AMBASSADOR FOR THE VISUAL ARTS, ORION AND GOLDBEATERS PRIMARY SCHOOLS, LONDON
2014 VISITING ARTIST, FARLINGTON SCHOOL, WEST SUSSEX
2014 VISITING ARTIST, HAVERHILL LIBRARY, SUFFOLK LIBRARIES
2013 VISITING ARTIST, TORCHBROOK PROJECT, HAVERHILL SCHOOLS, HAVERHILL TOWN COUNCIL, SUFFOLK
2002-05 VISITING ARTIST, SLINFOLD SCHOOL, WEST SUSSEX
1998 ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, BROADWATER COUNTY SECONDARY SCHOOL, SURREY
1997 VISITING ARTIST, UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, HONOLULU
1993 RESIDENT ARTIST, THE GREEN, OLDHAM METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL
1991-96 ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, CHETHAM’S SCHOOL OF MUSIC, MANCHESTER
1988-91 HEAD OF ART, ANGLO-EUROPEAN SCHOOL, BISHOP'S STORTFORD, HERTS
solo exhibitions
2017 EMMS CENTRE GALLERY, CRANLEIGH SCHOOL, SURREY - "DODECAD"
2015 L'EGLISE SAINT-MERRY, PARIS, FRANCE - "DODECAD"
2015 LADYWELL CONVENT, RETREAT AND SPIRITUALITY CENTRE, SURREY - "DODECAD"
2013 ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS, TRAFALGAR SQUARE, LONDON - "THE ONE AND THE MANY"
2011 HARVEY GALLERY, SURREY - "INCONTROVERTIBLE EVIDENCE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD"
2009 THE ROOM BY THE RIVER, SOUTH BANK, LONDON - "PATHWAYS AND CONVERSATIONS"
2006 THE CAPITOL ARTS CENTRE, HORSHAM - “HIS DARK MATERIALISM”
2005 LOXWOOD HOUSE, WEST SUSSEX - “CONTOURS AND GRADIENTS”
2004 THE CAPITOL ARTS CENTRE, HORSHAM - “STICKS, STONES AND BONES”
2002 CASTLE PARK ARTS CENTRE, FRODSHAM, CHESHIRE - “ARCANA ARCANORUM”
2000 PORTSMOUTH ARTS CENTRE, HAMPSHIRE - “VIEWS FROM THE FOREST FLOOR”
2000 TEMPLAR DOWNIE, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON - “LUMINOUS NUMINOUS”
1996 MANCHESTER CITY ART GALLERY - “THE TWELVE SAINTS OF MANCHESTER”
1995 DUKE’S 92 GALLERY, MANCHESTER - “THE COMPLIANCE OF SCIENCE”
1994 CHETHAM’S SCHOOL OF MUSIC, MANCHESTER - “NEW PAINTINGS”
1993 OLDHAM HOUSING DEPARTMENT, CMC CENTRE - “THE GREEN PROJECT EXHIBITION”
1993 DUKE’S 92 GALLERY, MANCHESTER - “PREPARATIONS FOR THE SECOND COMING”
1991 CHETHAM’S SCHOOL OF MUSIC, MANCHESTER - “NEW WORK”
1990 HOCKERILL SCHOOL GALLERY, HERTFORDSHIRE - “DRAWINGS AND PAINTINGS”
1986 SHEFFIELD CITY POLYTECHNIC - “FLYING FISH”
sculpture installations
2021 UN COP26 CLIMATE CONFERENCE, GLASGOW SCIENCE CENTRE - “BURNT WOOD”
group exhibitions
2022 REPLACING KITTY, THE LIGHTBOX, WOKING
2021 VICTORIA PLACE ART PROJECT, THE LIGHTBOX, WOKING
2018 EMMS CENTRE GALLERY, CRANLEIGH SCHOOL GALLERY - "SIX"
2017 EMMS CENTRE GALLERY, CRANLEIGH SCHOOL GALLERY - "FIVE"
2015 VOUT-O-RENEES, LONDON
2012 THE ALLEN GALLERY, ALTON, HAMPSHIRE - 'FOUR GENERATIONS"
2011 CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL,“SCULPTURE IN PARADISE,” CHICHESTER
2007 CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL,“SCULPTURE IN PARADISE,” CHICHESTER
2005 CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL,“SCULPTURE IN PARADISE,” CHICHESTER
2005 MANCHESTER INTERNATIONAL ARTS, “GARDEN OF DELIGHTS," ARTS FESTIVAL, MANCHESTER
2004 THE MINERVA THEATRE, CHICHESTER
1996 LA CAVE POSIE,TOULOUSE, FRANCE
1988 MAPPIN ART GALLERY, SHEFFIELD "OPEN"
1988 SHEFFIELD CITY POLYTECHNIC
1987 MAPPIN ART GALLERY, SHEFFIELD "OPEN"
1987 UNTITLED GALLERY, SHEFFIELD
1984 WEST SURREY COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN
public collections:
CHETHAM’S SCHOOL OF MUSIC, MANCHESTER
THE DIOCESE OF SALISBURY CATHEDRAL,WILTSHIRE
ORION AND GOLDBEATERS PRIMARY SCHOOLS, LONDON
FARLINGTON SCHOOL, WEST SUSSEX
CRANLEIGH SCHOOL, SURREY
corporate collections:
WATES GROUP LTD; ERGO REAL ESTATE LLP; WICO LTD; DUKE’S 92, MANCHESTER; PURPLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LTD, LONDON; PURPLE INTERNTIONAL, IBIZA, SPAIN; REPROPOINT,WOKING, SURREY; THE BOOKPEOPLE, BANGOR, GWYNEDD; RED HOUSE, HAYDOCK,WIGAN; TEMPLAR PUBLISHING, DORKING, SURREY; DE VALLES, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL; FROES, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL; LLOYDS BANK, LONDON; MONTE DEI PASCHI DI SIENA, FLORENCE, ITALY; BORGONNACCIO, PANICALE, UMBRIA, ITALY; MONNIER, PARIS, FRANCE; TED SMART, NICE, FRANCE; DUNSFORD PUBLISHING,AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND; TAYLOR IMPORTS, ALICANTE, SPAIN; REPORO, CHICHESTER,WEST SUSSEX; AGRO PRODUCTIONS, MANCHESTER & PRAGUE; LONDON RIB VOYAGES; BUTLER MANAGEMENT, LONDON; DECIBELLE LTD, LONDON;
private collections
VARIOUS
publications:
AN MAGAZINE: front cover July 2000, articles and reviews: Sept ‘95, June ‘96, july ‘00, Feb ‘02, May’04;
THE FACE MAGAZINE: feature on ‘12 Saints’ July ‘96;
MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS: feature article July‘96;
CITY LIFE MAGAZINE, MANCHESTER: feature and review July ‘96;
GALLERIES MAGAZINE, July ‘00;
SUSSEX LIFE MAGAZINE: feature and review May ‘04;
COUNTY TIMES: feature June’04;
THE ARGUS: feature May ‘04;
CRAWLEY OBSERVER: feature June ‘06;
LONDON EVENING STANDARD: review Sept '09;
SURREY ADVERTISER: feature May ‘00; feature and review Feb 2011; 2013; 2015; front page feature 2021
WOKING NEWS AND MAIL: feature 2021
written work
MEER.COM ONLINE JOURNAL: from August 2022 onwards, publishes a monthly column and images by Mark Weighton
tv and radio
INCAPABLE STAIRCASE: 90 minute online radio interview/conversation with Mark Weighton 2022
GOOGLE ARTS AND CULTURE: feature piece on artworks at COP26;
SKY ARTS: feature piece on artworks at COP26;
BBC SOUTH TODAY: feature 2011
LOOK NORTH, GRANADA TV: feature March ‘95, July ‘96;
BBC SOUTH TODAY: feature June ‘06;
KISS FM , MANCHESTER: feature July ‘96;
lectures
PALLANT HOUSE, CHICHESTER - "The Trancendent Moment" Lecture - CH-Art, Sept 2013
