c.v. & exhibitions
My work is designed to give a sense of place, time & mood - paring down to a simple design element - the relationship of form & colour. I like to utilise to the full the medium in which I work - rough linen fabrics, raw torn edges, visible stitches - combined with an overlay of paints, flashing & paper. Recycling antique cloth gives a connection to the past & to my work. Implications of our past are a recurring theme - the traces of people who went before us - their stories & places. Our history - the marks we leave behind us, who we were and what we achieved - make us the people we are today.
Member of the European exhibiting group QuiltArt (founded 1985). Member of Surface Design Association and Juried Art Member of the Studio Art Quilt Association. City & Guilds Diplomas in Embroidery (distinction)
| 2025 Fox Yard Studio, Stowmarket. 'Contemporary Textiles" Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield. SAQA Abstractions, Palatinate Museum, Heidelberg. Germany. QuiltArt. Layers & Narratives. Museum de Kantfabriek. Horst,The Netherlands.
2024 Visions. Fox Yard, Stowmarket. UK Petersfield Art Gallery & Museum. South Downs Open. QuiltArt Following the Thread. Guildford Museum & Art Gallery. Timeless Textiles, Sydney, Australia. 21st International Fibre Art, Castle of Sala Baganza, Parma, Italy. SAQA Wide Horizons, Saint Marie-aux-Mines, France. Studio Art Quilts Abstractions, Heidelberg, Germany. 15th International Textile & Fibre Art Biennale Scythia, Ukraine Material Evidence, MAC Birmingham, UK MINItextile triennale, Sofia, Bulgaria 2023 Following the Thread. The Cloth Factory, Luxembourg 2021 Surface Design Association. Beyond Boundaries. High Five Art Baarle & Galerie Zone, The Netherlands. 2020 Fine Art Festival, Kranj. Slovenia. Material Evidence, Fuga Gallery, Hungary. 2019 11th International Textile Miniatures, Lithuania QuiltArt Material Evidence & Traces - touring UK & Europe. 2018 European Quilt Triennial, Heidelberg, Germany Wide Horizons V, France, Italy & Germany Made in Europe 11 Celle, Germany QuiltArt Nebraska. Layered Voices, Oklahoma, USA. 2017 ETHNO Vilnius, Lithuania Fine Art Quilt Masters, FoQ, Birmingham. UK. (highly commended) Invitational, Atout Fil, Chatillon, Paris, France Surface Design Assoc. Fibre Art VIII European Art Quilts Finale, Nederlands. Made in Europe, Touring, USA. 2016 Lasting Impressions, Whistler Art Gallery, Lowell, USA Beaujolais & Vendee France Taiwan International Exhibition. British Quilters Guild, Wales. 2015 QuiltArt 30 - Dialogues - touring exhibition, Europe Small Talk, Touring exhibition, Europe. 6th European Quilt Triennale 2014 European art Quilts VIII TexpoArt Romania. 2013 Heidelberg, Germany. Quilt Triennale 2012 Art Quilt Elements, 2012. Wayne, USA AcCENTS UK art Quilts, Paducah, USA. 2011 Quilt National 7th Biennial - Vanish/Survive, Arka, Vilnius, Lithuania A Slice of Quilt Art - Hungary & the Netherlands 2010 QuiltArt 25 - touring Europe. Museum Of Lodz, Poland. Stidoc Textiel Festival, Netherlands 2009 Hands All Around XXV. Touring USA 2005 QuiltArt QA 20. Solo Exhibition, The Guildhall, Bath. UK 2004 Off the Wall, Delta Studios, Scotland 2003 Contemporary Art Quilts, 2003. UK. 2002 Six Continents of Quilts, Museum of Arts & Design, New York, USA Quilt Expo VII. Barcelona, Spain. 2001 Hands All Around XVII. Houston, USA Young British Designers, World Quilt Show. USA Contemporary Quilts, Devon Guild of Craftsmen. UK 2000 6th Carrefour Exhibition, France. 1999 Creations & Savoir Faire, Paris, France. Awards (1st & 2nd) in national exhibitions.
|