Mark Cazalet

Mark Cazalet (b. 1964) is a British artist who was trained at Chelsea and then Falmouth College of Art before being awarded two post graduate scholarships at L’Ecole des-beaux-Arts in Paris and MS University Baroda in India. The experience of working abroad expanded his references, materials and working processes, providing a richly diverse cultural context for his practice. On returning to the UK Cazalet began a pattern of alternating commissioned projects with his own themes. He has completed large-scale glass and painted works for many ecclesiastical settings including Worcester, Manchester and Chelmsford Cathedrals. He works with fabricators in materials as varied as mosaic, mural, stained glass, etched/engraved glass and textiles. Cazalet’s parallel studio practice is based around drawing, painting and printmaking. His studio-based work is usually concerned with landscape themes, particularly informed by particular qualities of light, colour and presence. In 2012 and 2013 he spent several months as an artist in residence at The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation in Connecticut,USA. Some of his recent works are an engraved glass design of St Cedd for Chelmsford Cathedral and an abstract reredos screen for the Church of the Epiphany Doha, Qatar. Mark Cazalet was born and continues to live and work in London. See www.markcazalet.co.uk.