A Potted History

I obtained a degree in illustration from Anglia Polytechnic University, Cambridge in 1994 and have since continued to live and work in Cambridge.

My work has been exhibited in galleries in Cambridge, Oxford, Norwich and the Garden Gallery in Southwold. I also work as a freelance illustrator and undertake private commissions, including, a commissions for schools in and around Cambridge and Suffolk.

My paintings, drawings and illustrations have largely draw their inspiration from books, short stories and poetry However more recently I have begun to explore more general themes.

I teach Art & Design, part time, at Cambridge Regional College, and am a visiting lecturer at Bedford College as well as teaching evening classes in Life drawing at Hills road 6th form college. More recently I have undertaken an MA at Anglia Polytechnic University in children's book illustration.

Certificate In Education (Post Compulsory Education. 2004)

I am married to Rachel a music teacher and we have two daughters, Jocelyn who is nine and Tess who is four.

Exhibitions:

Gallery 96, Cambridge. 2001
Wiseman Gallery, Oxford. 2002
Garden Gallery, Southwold, Suffolk. 2003
Grapevine Gallery, Norwich, 2003
Cambridge Open Studios 2001,02,03,04,05,06
Friends of Hills Road, Art exhibition, 02,03,04,05
Member of Cambridge Drawing Society

Contact: Mark Rigby, 11 St Bedes Crescent, Cambridge, CB1 3TZ