BURRELL, Mark

1957 - ?

Mark Burrell was born at Lowestoft, Suffolk in 1957, son of Norman J. Burrell (1930-) and his wife Mary E. née Hilton, who married at Lowestoft in 1954. Mark studied at Lowestoft College of Art 1975-1976 where he was artist in residence 1991-1994 engaged in adult education. Mark then worked at Oriel High School, Gorleston, Norfolk and, together with the children, worked on a mural at the Seagull Theatre, Lowestoft. A painter in oil of allegories, fables and fiction fantasies and exhibited at the Royal Academy also at Chappel Galleries, Essex; Regent Road Art Centre, Lowestoft; Ferini Art Gallery, Pakefield; Norwich Castle Museums and Art Galleries; Eastern Open Art Exhibition Kings Lynn; The Cut Halesworth; The Grit, Lowestoft; Suffolk Open Studios; The Forum Norwich; Blackthorpe Barn, Rougham; John Russell Gallery, Ipswich; Red Dot Gallery Ipswich, Cork Street Galleries, London; Mall Galleries, London; Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, New York and Galerie De Vis, Noorderhaven Harlingen, Holland. Burrell was awarded Anglia Television's 'Moving Art Prize' and the 'Lucy Morison Memorial Prize' in 'A View of the New' at the Royal Over-Seas League and was short-listed for the Sir John Hurt Art Prize in 2021. Mark is a member of Easterly Artists and one of the leading members of the North Sea Magical Realists and donated a work to the 'Westhall Secret Postcard Auction' in 2013, a watercolour & pen 'The Swan Boat' and in 2014 'Feeding the Birds'. He is also the author and illustrator of several books including 'Bertie by the Beach' (2023).
Website: https://markburrellart.com

Royal Academy Exhibits
from 5 Sands Lane, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, Suffolk
1987 303 Portrait of a Woman

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Works by This Artist