Lucy May Schofield
Born 1979, UK

Education

2023 MI-LAB Upper Advanced Training Programme Part II, Mokuhanga Innovation Laboratory, Fujikawaguchiko, Japan, July
2019 MI-LAB Upper Advanced Training Programme, Mokuhanga Innovation Laboratory, Fujikawaguchiko, Japan, June - July
2018 MI-LAB Advanced Training Programme, Mokuhanga Innovation Laboratory, Fujikawaguchiko, Japan, October - November
2015    MI-LAB Basic Training Programme, Mokuhanga Innovation Laboratory, Fujikawaguchiko, Japan, April - May
1999-2002 BA (Hons) Print Media - 1st class hons, London College of Printing, The London Institute



Awards

2023 In Cahoots residency, Scholarship Award, Petaluma, California
2022 Elected as Associate member of the RE - Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers
2022 QEST & John Smedley Craft Prize Finalist
2021 QEST Scholar - Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust Award 2021-2022
2021 Mini-print bursary, Northern Print, 2021
2020 Winner of the Flourish Award for excellence in printmaking 2020
2020 Arts Council England Emergency response fund for independent artists
2020 A - N artists bursary award travel grant to attend and present work at IMPACT 11printmaking conference in Hong Kong
2017     Awagami Paper Prize, The Beauty of Mokuhanga: Discipline & Sensibility, International jury selected exhibition, University of Hawai'i for the IMC 2017
2015     British Council International Development Award for 'The Language of Gestures' a collaboration with Sarah Jane Lawton at IMPACT 9 Printmaking Conference, Hangzhou, China
2007    Craft Central Reflect Forward Award, residency at the V&A Museum of Childhood and solo exhibition
2006    DTI Grant (UK Department of Trade and Industry) Funded travel and exhibition to Seoul Book Fair, South Korea
2006    Arts Council England individual artists grant for showing at the Crafts Council's'Origin' and website launch
2005    Setting Up Scheme, ACE/Design Initiative funded for 2 year business incubation period, January 2005 – 2007


Residencies

2024 MI-LAB Mokuhanga Sisters Residency, Echizen, Japan, April
2022 IL Palmerino residency, Florence, Italy, November
2022 Mawddach residency, Snowdonia, Wales, April
2020 & 2022 TOP SHED residency in collaboration with Hilary Judd for [ Carriage return ], August 2020 & May 2022
2019 MI-LAB Upper Advanced Training, Fujikawaguchiko, Japan, June - July
2018 MI-LAB Mokuhanga Innovation Laboratory, Fujikawaguchiko, Japan, October - November
2016    VARC (Visual Arts in Rural Communities), Tarset, Northumberland, UK, 1 year fully funded programme, October 2016 - September 2017
2016    Kala Arts Institute, AIR, Berkley, California, USA, April - May
2015    NES Artist Residency, Skagastrond, Iceland, November-December
2015    Hospitalfield Arts, Multidisciplinary Artist's Residency, Arbroath, Scotland, August
2015    MI-LAB Mokuhanga Innovation Laboratory, Fujikawaguchiko, Japan, April - May
2013    Blackwell House, The Shop Floor Project, Lake District, February
2010    The Open Shop Project, The Blackburn Book Archive, Lancashire, July
2010   The Hebden Bridge Arts Festival, Yorkshire, June
2009   The Booth, Scalloway, Shetland, February
2006   Deuchar Mill, Yarrow, Scottish Borders, March - April
 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2023 When the earth holds you, Patriot Hall Gallery, WASPS, Edinburgh, August 25th - September 5th
2023 In Pursuit of Pleasure, Gallagher & Turner Gallery, Newcastle, January 26th - March 4th
2022 [ Carriage Return ], a collaboration with Hilary Judd, GK Gallery in association with Sounds from the other city, Salford, May 1st - July 22nd
2021 Same Sky, two person show with Sarah Duncan, Northern Print, Newcastle, October 23rd - December 18th
2019 [ Carriage Return ], a collaboration with Hilary Judd, The Dovecot, Highgreen, Tarset, June 1st - 2nd
2018 The Blue of Distance, R-Space, The Linen Rooms, Lisburn, Northern Ireland, January 13th - February 9th
2017    BLUE HOURS: An Exhibition in Four Parts, Highgreen, Northumberland, 16th - 21st September
2017    The Moon & The Sledgehammer, Northern Print, Newcastle, July - September
2017    Light Meditations, The Holy Biscuit, Newcastle, May - June
2017    The Last Light (Blue Hour), Toast, Bath, juried selection, February
2015    The Language of Gestures, IMPACT 9 Printmaking Conference, Hangzhou, China, September
2008   All I ever wanted, all I ever needed, for ‘Whitstable Biennale Local’, window installation at Frank, June
2008   Reflect Forward, inspired by V&A Museum of Childhood, solo show, Craft Central Gallery, London, February
2008   Ode to Ernest, commissioned window installation, Couverture, Notting Hill, London, September
2007   Nothing will be the Same again, Firstsite Gallery, Colchester, One person show, January


Group Exhibitions
 
2024 MASABAN, A Mokuhanga Sisters Exhibition, Udatsu Paper Museum, Echizen, Japan, April
2024 Inheritance & Innovation, International Juried Exhibition, Imadate Art Hall, Echizen, Japan, April
2024 London Original Print Fair, Somerset House, March
2023 Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London, June - August
2023 Artefact, QEST, Design Centre Chelsea Harbour, London, May
2023 RE Original Print Show, Bankside Gallery, London, May
2023 London Original Print Fair, Somerset House, March
2022 Wood, Paper, Ink, The Mokuhanga Sisters, Richard F Brush Gallery, St. Lawrence, Canton, NY, USA, September - October
2022 Between Worlds, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, New York City, June- July
2022 The World Between the Block and the Paper, Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, Vermont, USA, December 2021 - March 2022
2021 Mokuhanga Ehon, Kyoto Paradise Gallery, Kyoto, Japan, November 23rd - December 5th
2021 Sumi Fusion, International Mokuhanga Conference, Nara Prefectural Cultural Hall, Nara, Japan, November 30 to December 4
2021 ENTWINED, Highgreen Manor, Hexham, Northumberland, September 4th - 12th
2021 Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, The Royal Arsenal, London, 11th -14th November
2021 RE- INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL PRINT EXHIBITION Bankside gallery, London, 4th - 14th November
2020 Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, The Online Edition, 12th November - 13th December
2020 Warrington Contemporary Arts Festival Open Exhibition, Warrington Museum, 11th September - 10th December
2020 Flourish Award for excellence in Printmaking, WYPW Project space, Huddersfield, August - 12th September
2019 Natural Light, AIR Gallery, curated by LUMEN Studios, 30 Grosvenor Road, Altrincham, 8 - 28 November
2019    TIME after [ ( ) ] after TIME, The Briggait, Glasgow, November 1st - 28th 
2019    Ride Your Pony Club 03, Warrington Art Gallery & Museum, Warrington Contemporary Arts Festival, 17th October  - 1st December
2019    Light / Shade, CfSHE Gallery, 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, July 7th - 14th
2019 Royal Academy Summer Show, RA, London,
2019 Recent Prints - CfSHE Gallery, 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, January 26th - February 1st
2018 Ride Your Pony Club 02 - Liverpool Independents Biennial - George Henry Lees Building, Liverpool, 12th - 28th October
2017    In Nothing Flat - StudioBook 2017 artists presented by Mark Devereux Projects, Old Granada Studios, Manchester, 3rd - 15th November
2017    Society of the Spectacles - Strelnikov's Glasses & Other Stories, HOME, Manchester, 1st September - 29th October
2017    The Beauty of Mokuhanga: Discipline & Sensibility, The Art Gallery, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii, International juried selection, 21st August - 1st October
2017    Shaping the Void II, Tannery Projects, London, artists-run space, March
2016    The Cat Show, Paper Gallery, Manchester, Group show, November - December
2016    The Manchester Contemporary, Granada Studios, represented by PAPER Gallery, September
2016    The London Art Fair, Upper Street, Islington, London, PAPER Gallery, January
2015    Reader's Art: Concealed, Confined and Collected, Book Arts Biennial, Minnesota Center for Book Art, USA, April
2015    MI-LAB (Mokuhanga Innovation Laboratory), CfSHE Gallery, Arts Chiyoda 333, Tokyo, April - May
2014    Creative Community, Fukuoka Now Event, Kyushu Hall, Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan, November
2013    Flow Gallery, Notting Hill, London & The London Art Book Fair, Whitechapel Gallery, London, presented by Reed Contemporary, September
2013    Len-Vention, Centre for Fine Print Research, UWE, Bristol, Collaborative workshop letterpress convention with animation shown at ‘Print Produce Publish’ at CBAA, Salt Lake City, August
2013    Press & Release, Phoenix Gallery, Brighton, April - June
2013    PAPER #4 Lucy May Schofield & Leanne Richardson, ‘Souvenirs of Vulnerability’, Paper Gallery, Mirabel Studios, Two person show, Manchester, Jan – March
2012    Udkant, Doverodde Artist’s Book Festival, Doverodde, Denmark, May – August
2011    Centre for Book Arts, Manhattan, New York City, USA, December
2011    The Handmade Library, An Talla Solais, Ullapool, Scotland, May
2011    The Artist’s Book Cornucopia, Denver, Colorado, USA, April
2011    Southern Cross University Acquisitive Artist’s Book Exhibition, NSW, Australia, March
2011    Manly Library Artist’s Book Award, NSW, Australia, March
2010    The Art of the Book, The University of Missouri USA, UWE Bristol & Winchester School of Art, November
2010    Manchester Central Library Project, Central reading room, MMU Photograpahy Research Group March
2010    Fugue in the Key of Understanding, Para-Site Gallery, Hong Kong, March
2009    Coastal Currents, ‘Odd’, Hastings, BABL in residence for the arts festival, August
2009    Inkubator, National touring exhibition of Artist’s Book works in site-specific installation, dates in 2009–2010
2008    Beautifully Crafted, National Glass Centre Sunderland, nominated show of makers, November
2008    Wish you were here, Part of the Hastings ‘Costal Currents’ September
2008    Press and Release, Phoenix Gallery, Brighton, March
2008    Along these Lines, for Hay on Wye festival, Galanthus Gallery, Hereford, March
2008    Aspex Gallery, Paper works Exhibition, Portsmouth, February
2008    The Zetter Hotel Showcase, Clerkenwell Road, London, January
2007    V&A Craft Showcase, V&A Museum, London, July
2006    Sitting Room, Co-curated touring exhibition. Destinations : Manchester Craft and Design Centre, Alsager Arts Centre (Cheshire), The Permanent Gallery (Brighton), Winchester School of Art, Cambridge School of Art, K Gallery, Alameda, California, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana in Mexico City,  January 2006 - July 2008


Art Fairs / Book Fairs / Print Fairs


2024 IMC International Mokuhanga Conference, Echizen, Japan, April 3rd - 8th
2022   BABE (Bristol Artist's Book Event), Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, Battenburg Press, April 2022/19/17/15/13/11/09/07  
2021 IMPACT 11 Printmaking conference, Hong Kong, Online presentation of [Carriage return] collaboration, April   
2016    Pages 2016, The Tetley, Leeds, PAPER Gallery stand, March
2015    Bergen Art Book Fair, Bergen Kunsthall & Landmark, Norway, Battenburg Press stand, November
2013    The Tokyo Art Book Fair, University of Kyoto, Tokyo, Japan, M-Collective stand, September
2012     Bookmarket, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, Battenburg Press stand, April 2011/2012
2010    The London Art Book Fair, Whitechapel Gallery, London, The Righton Press collective, September 2010/2009
2007    Origin, The London Craft Fair, Somerset House, The Strand, London, October 2006/2007
2006    Seoul Book Fair, Seoul, South Korea, 2006


Performance / Talks / Papers

2022 Artist’s Talk, Spike Island Print Studio, Bristol, UK, March 22nd.
2021 Printmaker’s Diary article written for ‘Printmaking Today’, Spring issue 2021.
2021 IMC International Mokuhanga Conference, Illustrated Talk on Mokuhanga Sisters Collcboration, Nara Prefectural Cultural Hall, Nara, Japan, December 3rd
2021 In the studio, online artist’s talk for Northern Print, March 9th.
2020 Flourish prize for excellence in Printmaking, shortlisted artist’s talks, online.
2020   Artist’s Talk, Spike Island Print Studio, Bristol, UK, February 4th.
2019 ‘Contemporary Arts in Rural Development: Lessons from Japan and the UK’, presentation of Rural Areas for Artists, University of Tokyo, May14th
2019 ‘Contemporary Arts in Rural Development: Lessons from Japan and the UK’, presentation of Rural Art in the Making,Newcastle University, February18th
2017    Artist’s Presentation, International Mokuhanga Conference (IMC), University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii, October
2016    Printmaking performance, Southern Graphics Conference International (SGCI), Portland, Oregon, USA, March
2015    TEDx FUKUOKA WOMEN talk on ‘Using Artist’s Books to Connect People’, Fukuoka, Japan, May
2013    Bibliotherapy Artist’s Book Library (BABL) at Off the Page-Press & Release, Phoenix Gallery, Brighton, May
2013    Show & Tell, Presentation on BABL at the Cornerhouse Gallery, Manchester, February
2012    'Surplus to Requirements' paper presentario for Udkandt, Doverodde Artist’s Book Festival, Denmark, May    
2011    ‘BABL at BABE’, Arnolfini, Quayside, Bristol, April
2010   ‘Place, BABL for ’Coastal Currents, St. Leonards & Hastings, Sussex, September
2010    ‘From A to B’, BABL in market square, Dover, Kent, September
2010    ‘The Wellcome Picnic’, The Wellcome Trust, BABL in West Euston, London, June
2010    ‘Reading for Reading’s Sake’, BABL at Islington Mill, Salford, April
2010    ‘Stacks’ for the public closing event of Manchester City Library, March
2010    ‘Belongings’ for ‘The Story of Things’, conference, collaborative performance, Manchester January
2009    Guest Speaker for The Arvon Foundation, Lumb Bank, Yorkshire, May  


Commissions
            
2023 Diageo, Port Ellen Distillery, Isle of Islay
2018-20 Cynthia & William Morrison-Bell
2011-16   Mishka Henner, Manchester
2010        Borbonessa Publishing collaboration, Brighton
2010        The Chancellor of Manchester Metropolitan University,
2010        Anatomy Projects, Manchester Metropolitan University    
2010        The Wellcome Picnic, The Wellcome Trust, London, June
2008       Couverture & The Garb Store, London
2007-09 Ultimate Holding Company (UHC), Manchester


Collections

Tate Britain
Ashmolean Museum
Chelsea College of Art
University of the Arts London
The Centre for Fine Print Research, UWE Bristol
Winchester School of Art Library
Manchester Metropolitan University Special Collections
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stanford University Special Collections Library
University of Alabama
Yale Centre for British Art

 
Press / Publications

2021 ENTWINED, publication, photo essay, Varc, Northumberland, UK
2021 Printmaking Today, article on Printmaker’s Diary, Spring Issue
2019 Rakes Progress Issue 9, magazine article featuring artist interview, February
2017     BLUE HOURS, exhibition catalogue, published by VARC, September
2017     Corridor8, review of Light meditations exhibition, June
2017     Printmaking Today, article on VARC residency, Spring Issue
2015     The Blue Notebook, IMPACT Press, UK, Article on MI-LAB residency, October
2014     Typewriter Art : A Modern Anthology, Barrie Tullet published by Lawrence King
2014     The Little Book of Bookmaking, Charlotte Rivers & Esther K.Smith published by Random House
2010     A-N Magazine, Giving and Receiving article The Bibliotherapy artist’s book library, by Emily Speed, May
2009    Stilled Lives collaborative book project, The Righton Press, July
2009    Crafts magazine, preview of Museum of Childhood exhibition, February
2006    The Sitting Room catalogue. Provided written Introduction, published by The Righton Press
2006    The Blue Notebook, contributor to Issue 1, artist’s page
2004    The Artist’s Book Yearbook, contributor, artist’s page, 2003/04
2005    Book Arts Newsletter, regular contributor to monthly publication since 2005
2003    The Helen Storey Foundation 'Mental' catalogue1997/2003.
2002    A N magazine / TATE Magazine / London Evening Standard / Elle / Elle Decoration / Marie Claire /  Blueprint / Culture 24 / Creative Tourist