LAURENCE NORTH

LAURENCE NORTH,  SENIOR LECTURER

E: laurence@falmouth.ac.uk
T: +44 (0) 1326 211 077
W: laurencenorth.com/gallery

Originally educated as a Fine Artist I began teaching MA printmaking at the Slade School, I then moved on to teaching MA & BA Fine Art courses at Manchester, Staffordshire and Portsmouth. I began working at Falmouth University in 1991 and during my time at Falmouth have taught on a number of courses; Illustration BA (Hons), Architecture BA (Hons), Drawing BA (Hons), Fine Art BA (Hons) and Broadcasting BA (Hons). 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Research interests and expertise:
Research interests include the relationship between Architecture and Illustration, I would also consider personal key themes to be the interconnected nature of the arts and the importance of Histories and Theories as a presence in studio practice.

Research topics:

• Giotto’s Medieval Fresco paintings
• Art on the London Underground
• Representations of space and time in the arts

Research related websites:

• repository.falmouth.ac.uk

Article:

• North, Laurence  (2019) Architecture and the Graphic Novel. Journal of Illustration, 6 (2). pp. 341-364. ISSN 2052-0204

Book Selection:

• North, Laurence  (2019) Learning from the Past, from Giotto to Transport For London: Travels in Space and Time. In: A Companion to Illustration: Art and theory. Wiley and Blackwell, USA, pp. 59-84. ISBN 978-1-1191-8553-6

Conference or Workshop Item:

• North, Laurence  (2018) Narrative form and the creation and subversion of architectural ornament. In: Decriminalising Ornament: The Pleasures of Pattern, 9th International Research Symposium, Nov 17-19, 2018, Anglia Ruskin, Cambridge.
• North, Laurence  (2017) Art and the Alternative Space/Time of the London Underground. In: Association of Art Historians 2017 Annual Conference, The Object of Urban Visual Culture, 6th-8th April 2017, Loughborough University, UK.
• North, Laurence  (2016) Forms of the Gift in the Scrovegni Chapel, Padua, Italy; The Art of Salvation and Socio-political persuasion. In: Othello’s Island, 17 – 20 March 2016, CVAR Nicosia Cyprus.
• Heholt, Ruth , Lockley, Elfrea, Douglas, Mark, Downing, Niamh and North, Laurence  (2014) Haunted Landscapes: Nature, Supernature and the Environment. [Conference]
• North, Laurence, (2013) Giotto’s use of Pictorial Space in The Expulsion from the TempleIn: Association of Art Historians 2013 Annual Conference, Fictive Architecture in Painting, 6th-8th April 2017, Reading University, UK.

Artwork:

• Image number 123, Material Building
• Imagenumber82, A Random General Principle
• Image number 91, Relax
• Image number 96, Drawing Memory

Exhibition:

• 1986, Saga gallery, Chelsea, London.
• 1986, Bradford International Print Show, Cartwright Hall, Bradford.
• 1986, Rank Xerox, Tradition and Innovation in Printmaking, Highly commended, purchase prize.
• 1987, Food For Thought, Cartwright Hall Bradford.
• 1988, Humberside Print Competition, Hull.
• 1989, Mappin gallery, Print Open, Sheffield.
• 1989, Flowers East, Christmas Show, London.
• 1990, Oxford, Glasgow Print Show. Oxford and Glasgow.
• 1990, Crewe and Alsager College of H.E Gallery, Borderline printmakers, group exhibition.
• 1990, Agora Contemporary Arts, Chester.
• 1990, Bradford Biennial, International Print Show, Bradford.
• 1990, Bradford Biennial, International Print Show, Royal College of Art, London.
• 1991,Travelling exhibition, Humberside Schools, Humberside.
• 1991, Hill Head Library, Group Exhibition, Glasgow.
• 1991, Cleveland College of Art and Design Gallery, Cleveland.
• 1991, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham Miraldi Honeymoon project.
• 1991, Solo show, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull.
• 1992, Solo show, Oxford printmakers workshops.
• 1995, Screening of video, Tate Gallery St Ives Cornwall.
• 1995, National touring show, Computers in Art and Design. Brighton University,
• 1995, Group exhibition, Staffordshire University.
• 1998, Screening of video, Portobello independent film festival
• 1999, Group show, Hell or High Water, Penzance, Cornwall.
• 1999, ADOGI Mini print internacional. International touring group exhibition.
• 1999, Printmakers Council Open Biennial, London. 
• 1999, Fine art practitioners exhibition, Falmouth College of Arts
• 2007. Group show, University College Falmouth staff group exhibition
• 2007, Solo exhibition 5 years gallery, London 
• 2007, Group exhibition 5 years gallery, London 

Other:

• Henry Moore Scholar1990-1991

TEACHING

Courses taught at Falmouth University:

• Illustration BA(Hons)
• Architecture BA(Hons)
• Art History Survey Course as a resource available to all students

Engagement with professional associations and societies:

• Association of Art Historians
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