LAINE TOMKINSON

Laine Tomkinson is a Nottingham based artist who uses intaglio printmaking as her primary art form.
After studying Fine Art and Printmaking at the University of Central Lancaster she has developed her practice in Manchester, Barcelona, and the East Midlands.
In mid 2011 she became a member of the Printmaking Council and until recently was the artist in residence at Leicester Print workshop.

"My work is dedicated to joyous expression.
I use printmaking to evoke observations of literary, religious and personal themes

Laine's practice deserves wider acclaim.
Her painterly approach, unerring sense of colour, coupled
with a lack of fear of expanding print techniques.
All these elements produce prints that are both challenging and beautiful"

Lucy Philips Director, Leicester Print Workshop

Born
Vancouver British Columbia, Canada 1958

Qualifications
1979 Honours Degree Fine Art, University of Central Lancashire
2001 Post Graduate Further Education Certificate (Post 16 learning) Nottingham Trent University
2011 Diploma in Education, Stoke University – 2ND year of Masters Qualification

Residences
Artist/Printmaker in residence at Leicester Print Workshop – September 2011-present

Membership of Print associations
2008 Member; Leicester Print Workshop
2011 Member; The Printmakers Council

About
Laine was raised in England in the West Midlands. She employs a wide range of intaglio and relief printmaking techniques to chart her life, landscapes and travels. After graduating she began using print as her primary medium, Printmaking appealed because of the richness and expressive power of the process. Over time her work has moved away from a figurative expressionistic base, latterly the texture and colour of the images are as significant as the subject matter.

In 1998 Laine moved to Barcelona, Spain, where she continued to work on paper, incorporating elements of the mythic imagery found in the interiors of Romanic Churches with her own personal metaphors. After four years living in Spain she moved to Nottingham where she spent time bringing up her son.

In 2009 she became a member of Leicester Print Workshop, developing her skills in mono-printing, collagraph and carborumdum printing techniques.
From September 2011 to February 2012 Laine is the Artist in Residence at Leicester Print Workshop. She will use the experience to extend her technical knowledge, push boundaries and to produce a substantial body of work.

Exhibitions
2012 8TH Annual Mini prints Exhibition- Printmakers Council curated Exhibition, touring England and Wales until 2014
2011 Leicester 23, open submission Leicester Newark art Gallery, Leicester
2011 Nottingham Open Nottingham Museum and art Gallery, Nottingham
2009 Passion 2 Print Group exhibition Leicester Print Workshop touring exhibition- The Gallery Rufford, Leicester Art Gallery, Rugby Art Gallery
2008  Printed Matter Solo Exhibition The Hub Gallery space Nottingham
2006 Annual Open Exhibition open submission City Gallery Leicester
2000 Internacional Print exhibición open submission Caduques Costa Brava Cataluña
2000 Solo Exhibición Gallería de Pinto El Raval, Barcelona
1998 Expressive Figuration Solo Show the Pankhurst Centre's Gallery, Manchester
1997 Three Female Artists Group Show The Portico Gallery Manchester City Centre
1986 City Life- Public Life invited submission The Corner house Art Gallery, Manchester
1985 New Art from Manchester; 5 upcoming artists Salford Art Gallery, Salford

Public Collections
1997 Print collection acquired by The Royal Bank of Scotland- Manchester
1985 Series of Monoprints acquired by Salford Art Gallery