Mark Sutton Vane

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Mark Sutton Vane is an English architectural lighting designer.

Sutton 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.{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.rmg.co.uk/see-do/planetarium-shows?gclid=CIfLsf2o-ssCFQccGwodHnELAg |title=What's on at the Peter Harrison Planetarium | Royal Museums Greenwich | UNESCO World Heritage Site In London |website=Rmg.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2016-12-19}} Here he used a visual synthesiser to perform laser light shows to music.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}} He created new shows for musicians such as Kate Bush and Jean Michel Jarre.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}

In 1989, Sutton Vane moved into architectural lighting design. He worked for two lighting design practices before starting Sutton Vane Associates{{cite web|url=http://www.sva.co.uk/ |title=Sutton Vane Associates |website=Sva.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2016-12-19}} in 1995, working on churches, cathedrals, retail environments, commercial projects, leisure attractions, events, offices and hotels around the world.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}} Sutton Vane wrote the lighting strategy for the Park and Public Realm Aspects of the 2012 Olympics,[http://www.london2012.com/press/media-releases/2009/02/london-2012-parklands-get-planning-green-light.php London 2012 parklands get planning green light], London 2012 Olympics, 25 February 2009. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607214118/http://www.london2012.com/press/media-releases/2009/02/london-2012-parklands-get-planning-green-light.php |date=June 7, 2011 }} and regeneration schemes in Portsmouth and Liverpool.Light, March 2005, 28, "Mersey Mission" {{dead link|date=August 2013}} The practice lit HMS Victory,Phillips, D (2002) "The Lit Environment", 162, Architectural Press National Museum of Ireland,Museum Practice, Issue 6, Vol 2, Number 6: "Lighting", 68, Museums Association National Museum of Saudi Arabia,{{citation needed|date=July 2019}} “The First Emperor - China’s Terracotta Army” at the British Museum,{{citation needed|date=July 2019}} The Roundhouse{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}, The National Museum of Oman, The Painted Hall in Greenwich and Sheffield’s Sheaf Square.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}} In 2021, Sutton Vane re-wrote the Society of Light and Lighting (SLL) Lighting Guide 8: Lighting for Museums and Galleries.

Examples of the practice's emphasis on sustainable lighting include its scheme for the Museum of Country Life in Ireland.Phillips, D (2004) "Daylighting: Natural Light in Architecture", 168, Architectural Press Sutton Vane was the lighting consultant for the London Eye and in 2001 lit St Paul's Cathedral in red lightGardiner, C. and Maloney R. (2001), "Transformations; Light Re-interpreting Architecture," 144, Rotovision. for World Aids Day, 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 consultanciesLight, September 2005, 17. and ranked both Portsmouth and Liverpool in its top 10 best-lit cities.Light, September 2005, 40.

Mark Sutton Vane is a grandson of Sutton Vane, the noted playwright.{{citation needed|date=September 2011}}