c.v. & exhibitions
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My work is designed to give a sense of place,time and mood, but with paring down to a simple design element - the relationship of form and colour.
I like to utilise to the full the medium in which I work - rough linen fabrics, raw & torn edges, visible stitches - and combine this with an overlay of dyes and paints, flashing, and paper.
By recycling antique linens, cottons, old lace and books, this gives a connection to the past and to my work.
Implications of the past are a recurring theme - the traces of people who went before us - their stories and 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 QuiltArt - the international exhibiting group since 2000.
| 2023 Material Evidence. The Hub. Sleaford. U.K. 2023. Following the Thread. - The Cloth Factory, Luxembourg. 2021 Surface Design Assoc. Beyond Boundaries, High Five Art Baarle. & Galerie Zone. The Netherlands. 2020 Fine Art Festival, Kranj. Slovenia. 2020 Material Evidence. Fuga Gallery, Hungary. 2019 11th International Textile Miniatures. Lithuania. 2019 QuiltArt Material Evidence & Traces - Touring UK & Europe 2018 European Quilt Triennial, Heidelberg, Germany. 2018 Wide Horizons VI, France, Italy & Germany, 2018 Made in Europe 11 Celle, Germany 2017 ETHNO Vilnius, Lithuania 2017 Fine Art Quilt Masters, F O Q Birmingham UK (highly commended) 2017 Atout Fil, Chatillon, Paris (invitational) 2016 Lasting Impressions. Whistler Art Gallery, Lowell, USA. 2016 Beaujolais & Vendee France 2015 QuiltArt 30 - Dialogues - Touring exhibition - Europe 2015 6th European Quilt Triennale 2014 European Art Quilts VIII 2013 Heidelberg, Germany, Quilt Triennale 2012 Art Quilt Elements 2012. Wayne. USA. 2012 AcCENTS. UK Art Quilts. Paducah. USA. 2011 7th Biennial - Vanish/Survive. Arka, Vilnius, Lithuania 2011-2 A Slice of Quilt Art - Hungary & the Netherlands 2010 Quilt Art 25. Touring Europe. 2010 Museum of Lodz. Poland. 2010 Stidoc. Textiel Festival. Netherlands. 2009 Hands All Around XXV. Travelling USA. 2005 - Quiltart QA20 2005 Solo exhibition, 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 2002 Quilt Expo VII. Barcelona. Spain. 2001 Hands All Around XVII. Houston. USA 2001 Young British Designers. World Quilt Show. USA. 2001 Contemporary Quilts. Devon Guild of Craftsmen. UK 2000 6th Carrefour Exhibition. France. 1999 Creations & Savoir Faire. Paris. France | 2018 Quilt Art Nebraska 2018 Layered Voices, Oklahoma, USA 2017 Surface Design Assoc. Fibre Art VIII 2017 European Art Quilts Finale, Nederlands 2017 Made in Europe, travelling USA 2016 Taiwan International Exhibition 2016 British Quilters Guild. Wales 2015 QuiltArt - Small Talk - Touring Exhibition - Europe 2014 TexpoArt - Romania 2014 Quilt Art Expressions - touring USA 2013 Quilt Art in Russia - Tsaritsyno, Moscow 2012 European Art Quilts VII 2012 Voices. Devon Guild of Craftsmen. UK. 2011-2 Quilt National 11 - USA 2011-12 SAQA. Creative Force - USA 2010 SAQA. Wide Horizons 11. France. 2010 Art Quilt Elements 2010. Philadelphia. USA 2009 Studio Art Quilt Association - Reflections 2008 Wide Horizons '08. Studio Art Quilt Europe. 2007- Quiltart 22 - Denmark, Europe, Korea. 2007 Solo exhibition, Lyon France. 2005 Textile 05 Kaunas Art Biennial, Lithuania 2004 2nd European Triennial - Riga, Latvia. 2001 art of the STITCH 2001. Pall Mall Galleries. London. UK 2001 European Quilt Art Quilt 2001. 2001 Quiltart Moving On 2000 Out of Africa. UK 1998 A Stitch in Time. Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead. UK.
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| 2000 2nd prize. Quilts UK 2000 & Special Award | 1998 2nd prize . National Championships. London |
| 1997 1st prize, Scottish Champsionships & Judges Award. Great British Festival | 1997 1st prize. Quilters Guild GB |
| 1995 Judges Award Quilts UK | |