Mark Sutton Vane is an English architectural lighting designer.

Vane was born in London

London

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, England

England

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, and studied architecture

Architecture

Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...

 at the University of Westminster

University of Westminster

The University of Westminster is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom. Its origins go back to the foundation of the Royal Polytechnic Institution in 1838, and it was awarded university status in 1992.The university's headquarters and original campus are based on Regent...

. He then started work at the Laserium in the London Planetarium

London Planetarium

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. Here he used a visual synthesiser to perform laser light shows to music. He created new shows for the public and private shows for musicians such as Kate Bush

Kate Bush

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 and Jean Michel Jarre

Jean Michel Jarre

Jean Michel André Jarre is a French composer, performer and music producer. He is a pioneer in the electronic, ambient and New Age genres, and known as an organiser of outdoor spectacles of his music featuring lights, laser displays, and fireworks.Jarre was raised in Lyon by his mother and...

.

In 1989, Vane moved into architectural lighting design

Architectural lighting design

Architectural lighting design is a field within architecture and architectural engineering that concerns itself primarily with the illumination of buildings. The objective of architectural lighting design is to obtain sufficient light for the purposes of the building, balancing factors of initial...

. He worked for two lighting design practices before starting Sutton Vane Associatesin 1995. Sutton Vane Associates has grown to become a respected lighting design practice. It has lit churches, cathedrals, retail environments, commercial projects, leisure attractions, offices and hotels all over the world. Sutton Vane wrote the lighting master plans for the Park and Public Realm Aspects of the 2012 Olympics, and regeneration schemes in Portsmouth and Liverpool. The practice lit HMS Victory; National Museum of Ireland

National Museum of Ireland

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; National Museum of Saudi Arabia

National Museum of Saudi Arabia

The National Museum of Saudi Arabia is a major national museum in Saudi Arabia. Established in 1999, it is part of the King Abdul Aziz Historical Centre in Riyadh.- The building :...

; “The First Emperor - China’s terracotta army” at the British Museum

British Museum

The British Museum is a museum of human history and culture in London. Its collections, which number more than seven million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its...

; The Roundhouse and Sheffield

Sheffield

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’s Sheaf Square.

Examples of the practice's emphasis on sustainable lighting include its scheme for the Museum of Country Life

Museum of Country Life

The Museum of Country Life is located in Turlough Village, 8 km northeast of Castlebar, County Mayo in Ireland. Established in 2001, the museum is part of the National Museum of Ireland. The museum exhibits the way of life of rural Irish people between 1850 and 1950, and it is in the grounds...

 in Ireland

Ireland

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. Sutton Vane was the lighting consultant for the London Eye

London Eye

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 and in 2001 lit St Paul's Cathedral in red light for World Aids Day

World AIDS Day

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, featured on the front cover of The Lit Environment by Derek Philips.

Light magazine ranked Sutton Vane Associates as one of the top 10 UK architectural lighting consultancies and ranked both Portsmouth

Portsmouth

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 and Liverpool

Liverpool

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 in its top 10 best-lit cities. The practice has won many awards including:

• 2008 — Lighting Design Awards: Llandaff Cathedral
  Llandaff Cathedral
  Llandaff Cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of Llandaff, head of the Church in Wales Diocese of Llandaff. It is situated in the district of Llandaff in the city of Cardiff, the capital of Wales. The current building was constructed in the 12th century over the site of an earlier church...
  
  . Winner. Heritage.
• 2008 — Lighting Design Awards: The First Emperor, China’s Terracotta Warriors. Shortlisted.
• 2005 — The Lighting Design Awards: Athlone Civic Offices. Winner. Exterior Lighting.
• 2005 — Local Government News: Liverpool City Centre Lighting. Winner, Public Lighting Award.
• 2005 — Local Government News: Queens Gardens, Warrington. Runner Up, Public Lighting Award.
• 2002 — The Lighting Design Awards: Portsmouth Harbour Renaissance. Winner, Community Lighting.
• 2000 — Design Sense: The Tsola light. Shortlisted.
• 2000 — Millennium Product: The Tsola light.

Sutton Vane has lectured at ARC 07, Cityscape 2008 Conference, Euroluce, Milan 2007, he regularly writes articles and gives master classes on lighting design all over the world.

Mark Sutton Vane is a grandson of Sutton Vane

Sutton Vane

Sutton Vane was a British playwright best known work for Outward Bound , which was filmed twice and was still being performed eight decades after its premiere.- Career as actor :...

, the noted playwright.