MIKE NORTH, Multimedia Artist

Please click on the images to view them in bigger size. Copyright art and photos © 1997 Mike North

BIOGRAPHY

 
Born: Bradford, Yorkshire, 3rd January, 1939.

Senior Lecturer in Fine Art Printmaking, Loughborough College of Art and Design.


One Man Exhibitions

Lane Gallery, Bradford, 1965.
Lane Gallery, Bradford, 1968.
Serpentine Gallery, London, 1971
Oxford Gallery, 1972.
Anthony Parton Gallery, Bradford, 1972.
The Garden, Community Relations Centre, Loughborough, 1972.
Loughborough College of Art, 1973.
The Garden, Community Relations Centre, Loughborough, 1974.
Oxford Gallery, 1978.
Loughborough College of Art and Design, 1980.
Derby Hall's Art Centre, Bury, 1981.
Down to Earth, Loughborough, 1985, 1986.
Pieter Brattinga Print Gallery, Amsterdam, May/June 1990.
Lanchester Gallery Coventry Polytechnic, October/November 1991.
Loughborough College of Art and Design, June/July 1992.


National group exhibitions since 1990

From Woodcut to Computer, Royal Festival Hall, London, December - January 1989/90.
Royal Society of Painter, Etchers and Engravers Open Print Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London, March-April 1990.
'AD 90' Concourse Gallery, Barbican Centre, London, July/August 1990.
Christmas Exhibition City Gallery, Leicester, December 1990.
'AD 91' Concourse Gallery, Barbican Centre, London, July/August 1991.
The Art of Science, City of Plymouth Museums and Art Gallery, August/October 1991.
Making A Print. PMC Exhibition Touring Hampshire, starting December 1992
Oxford Gallery, Group Exhibition, May - June 1993.
PMC at the Barbican, July 1993
Paintings and Prints at the Barbican, Barbican Centre, London, July 1993
Derby Open, November 1993 - January 1994, Derby Art Gallery and Museum.
"The Electric Art Show", Drumcroon, Wigan Education Art Centre, 25thJanuary -25th March 1994. London Print Worhshop
Gallery, June/July 1994.
Open Print Exhibition, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham, December-January 1994/5.
"The Work Box", Hardware Gallery, London, June 1995.
Graffik 95' North Lincolnshire Printmaking Open Exhibition Scunthorpe Museum & Art Gallery, 12 September-2 November
1995 (Commendation).
'The Making of Prints', Elizabethan Gallery, Wakefield, October 26-December 15, 1996.
Graffik 97, North Lincolnshire Printmaking Open Exhibition Scunthorpe Museum & Art Gallery, 1 July-31 August, 1997.
'Innovations and Transformations', Printmakers Council Exhibition, City Museum and Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield, 2
August-12 October. 1997.
National Open Print Exhibition, Atrium Gallery, Whiteleys, London, 13-30 November 1997.


International group exhibitions since 1990

PMC Exhibition National Museum of Fine Art, Valetta, Malta, April-May 1990.
"Another View" Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, New York, September
1990.
Print Europe, Concourse Gallery, Barbican Centre, London, October-November, 1991.
Fifth Humberside Printmaking Competition, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, October-December 1991.
PRIX ARS Electronica, Computer Graphics Section 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994. Linz, Austria.
Print Europe at Artmart 92, Business Design Centre, London, November 1992.
Creativity and Cognition I, International Exhibition and Symposium, Loughborough University of Technology, April 1993.
1994 British International Miniature Print Exhibition. Touring exhibition commenced City Gallery, Leicester June/July 1994.
ArCade I International Exhibition of Electronic Prints, University of Brighton, 4-22 April 1995.
Creativity and Cognition 2, International Exhibition and Symposium, Loughborough University of Technology, April-May 1996.
Selector and exhibitor ArCade II International Exhibition of Electronic Prints. Touring exhibition commenced University of
Brighton, January 1997.
The Third British International Miniature Print Exhibition. Touring exhibition commenced City Gallery, Leicester, 27 Feb-12
April 1997.
Represented Great Britain in the 14th International Triennale for Original Graphic Prints, Grenchen, Switzerland, September
13-28th, 1997.


Work in Public Collections

City Art Galleries of Sunderland, Norwich, Glasgow, Blackburn, Shrewsbury, Doncaster, Bradford, Oldham, Leicester.
Abbot Hall, Kendal.
Cliffe Castle Museum, Keighley.
Greenwich Library.
Bradford College of Art.
Edinburgh Corporation.
Bowes Museum, Durham.
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle.
Clwyd Museum, Mold.
British Council.
Arts Council of Great Britain.
Yorkshire Arts Association.
Wessex Regional Hospital Authority.
Cleveland County Council.
Lancashire County Council.
Crewe and Alsager College of Education.
Thompson Collection.
Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool.
World Print Council, San Francisco, USA.
Metropolitan District of Kirklees, Schools Collection.
Central Independent Television, Nottingham.
Durham County Council,
University of Nottingham Hospital, Queens Medical Centre.
University of York.
Saudi Arabian International Bank.
Clark Consultancy, London.
"Mediathek" Ars Electronica Centre, Linz, Austria.