Mark Sutton Vane

Who is Mark Sutton Vane?

Mark Sutton Vane is an English architectural lighting designer.

Vane was born in London, England, and studied architecture at the University of Westminster. He then started work at the Laserium in the London Planetarium. 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 and Jean Michel Jarre.

In 1989, Vane moved into architectural lighting design. He worked for two lighting design practices before starting Sutton Vane Associates in 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 Saudi Arabia; “The First Emperor - China’s terracotta army” at the British Museum; The Roundhouse and Sheffield’s Sheaf Square.