Yorkshire based artist and printmaker Brian Hindmarch is known for his depictions of Yorkshire and Scotland’s
outstanding landscapes. Having initially trained as a ‘Graphic Designer’ with a printing company in Northamptonshire,
Brian also studied part-time at Northampton School of Art and Leicester Polytechnic. After his apprenticeship, he
returned to full-time education at North East London Polytechnic studying print, typography, film and photography and
then progressed to a Post Graduate course in ‘Advanced Printmaking’ at Saint Martin’s School of Art.
On completion of his masters course Brian worked as a Graphic Designer with ‘Time-Out’ magazine and as a Print
Technician at North East London Polytechnic, University of Wales, Aberystwyth and Senior Technician at Nottingham
Trent Polytechnic. Brian’s teaching career began at Bournville College of Art and then later at Limerick College of Art as
a Graphic Design tutor. In the 1990’s Brian started working at Bradford School of Art teaching Graphic Design and
Printmaking.
Brian is very busy with ‘free-lance’ activities, group and solo exhibitions, for example the Royal Academy Summer
Show, National Original Print exhibition and extensive involvement with photographic projects and printmaking in
Scotland . His book ‘Colonsay-Elements of an Island’ was published in 2003 to much critical acclaim. Exhibiting prints
of Lower Wharfedale; teaching at Bradford School of Art and delivering a range of courses to creatives employed by
international greeting card company Hallmark Cards.
He then lectured part-time in Bradford School of Art and Leeds University of the Arts, eventually focussing on his own
development as a professional artist.
Now working in the Dales, currently living in Ingleton. He has a studio and also he teaches print workshops,
occasional lectures and presentations.
He works primarily from the landscape, in Scotland, Ireland, the Hebrides, the south of France (exhibiting in
Beaulieu-sur-Mer, near Nice – 2017) and locally in Yorkshire, exhibiting and taking commissions for landscape prints.
In 2021 he was selected for the heats of Sky Arts ‘Landscape Artist of the Year’.
A new exhibition of artworks with the theme of ‘Winter’ to be shown in the Reginald Farrer Room, Old Sawmill Café,
Clapham, North Yorkshire in November 2024 and ‘Landscapes’ in September 2025. He works with many print
techniques and processes such as: etching, drypoint, screenprint, relief and monoprint. In addition there are paintings
and drawings in Watercolour and Oil Pastel. In 2025 he will be included in the ‘North Yorkshire Open Studios’, and an
exhibition at Biggar Museum in October 2025 with the theme of ‘Waysides along the River Tweed and other places’.
outstanding landscapes. Having initially trained as a ‘Graphic Designer’ with a printing company in Northamptonshire,
Brian also studied part-time at Northampton School of Art and Leicester Polytechnic. After his apprenticeship, he
returned to full-time education at North East London Polytechnic studying print, typography, film and photography and
then progressed to a Post Graduate course in ‘Advanced Printmaking’ at Saint Martin’s School of Art.
On completion of his masters course Brian worked as a Graphic Designer with ‘Time-Out’ magazine and as a Print
Technician at North East London Polytechnic, University of Wales, Aberystwyth and Senior Technician at Nottingham
Trent Polytechnic. Brian’s teaching career began at Bournville College of Art and then later at Limerick College of Art as
a Graphic Design tutor. In the 1990’s Brian started working at Bradford School of Art teaching Graphic Design and
Printmaking.
Brian is very busy with ‘free-lance’ activities, group and solo exhibitions, for example the Royal Academy Summer
Show, National Original Print exhibition and extensive involvement with photographic projects and printmaking in
Scotland . His book ‘Colonsay-Elements of an Island’ was published in 2003 to much critical acclaim. Exhibiting prints
of Lower Wharfedale; teaching at Bradford School of Art and delivering a range of courses to creatives employed by
international greeting card company Hallmark Cards.
He then lectured part-time in Bradford School of Art and Leeds University of the Arts, eventually focussing on his own
development as a professional artist.
Now working in the Dales, currently living in Ingleton. He has a studio and also he teaches print workshops,
occasional lectures and presentations.
He works primarily from the landscape, in Scotland, Ireland, the Hebrides, the south of France (exhibiting in
Beaulieu-sur-Mer, near Nice – 2017) and locally in Yorkshire, exhibiting and taking commissions for landscape prints.
In 2021 he was selected for the heats of Sky Arts ‘Landscape Artist of the Year’.
A new exhibition of artworks with the theme of ‘Winter’ to be shown in the Reginald Farrer Room, Old Sawmill Café,
Clapham, North Yorkshire in November 2024 and ‘Landscapes’ in September 2025. He works with many print
techniques and processes such as: etching, drypoint, screenprint, relief and monoprint. In addition there are paintings
and drawings in Watercolour and Oil Pastel. In 2025 he will be included in the ‘North Yorkshire Open Studios’, and an
exhibition at Biggar Museum in October 2025 with the theme of ‘Waysides along the River Tweed and other places’.
Autumn 2025.
