BIOGRAPHY
Exhibitions
2024
Stillness, Gallery 57
Discourse: art across generations and continents, Browngrotta Arts
Cloth and Clay, Gallery 57
2023
Unearthed, Gallery 57
Vignettes: an Abundance of Objects, Browngrotta Arts
Natural (Re)Sources, Ruthin Craft Centre
2022
Allies for Art, Browngrotta Arts
Surface, Edge, Shadow, Gallery 57
Crowdsourcing the Collective, Browngrotta Arts
London Art Fair, Contemporary Applied Arts
Fibre: Structure and Surface, Gallery 57
2021
Adaptation: Artists Respond to Change, Browngrotta Arts
2020
Volume 50: Chronicling Fiber Art for Three Decades, Browngrotta Arts
2019
Art + Identity: An International View, Browngrotta Arts
2018
China Craft Week
Contemporary Applied Arts – Colour Theory
Browngrotta Arts – Blue/Green: Colour/ Code/Context
London Craft Week – Design-Nation Showcase “Head, Hand and Heart'
2017
Contemporary Applied Arts – Present and Collect
Browngrotta – Still Crazy After All These Years… 30 Years In Art
Gallery57 – Interior Space
Arte&Arte – Miniartextil 'To Weave Dreams', Paris
2016
Craftforms, Philadelphia
Browngrotta Arts at Sofa, Chicago
Arte&Arte – Miniartextil 'To Weave Dreams', Como
'Threads', Salisbury Arts Centre
Summer Show 2016: 'Weave', Craft in the Bay
Tonal Edit, Gallerytop
Fibreart International, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
2015
The Select Showcase, SIT Select, Cheltenham
Influence and Evolution: 'Fiber Sculpture then and now', Browngrotta Arts, USA
New Chelsea Art Fair, London
Pinpoint II, One Church Street Gallery, Gt Missenden
2014
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Evolution
Contemporary Craft Festival, Bovey Tracey
Unfold – Exploring The Process of Collaboration, Walford Mill Crafts
Solo Showcase, Craft Central, London
Architextur’elles, Le Mans
Maison&Objet, Craft – Ateliers Des Arts, Paris
2013
Contemporary Craft, Textile Art Center, New York
Pinpoint, One Church Street Gallery, Gt Missenden
Makers Mark, Beetroot Tree Gallery
Worn Away, Unit Twelve gallery, Derbyshire
Makers, Cube Gallery, Manchester
Synchronisity, National Centre for Craft and Design
Maison&Objet, Craft – Ateliers Des Arts, Paris
2012
Solo Exhibition, awarded by Northamptonshire Open Studios
2011 – 2014
Making Moves II, Touring Exhibition, East Midlands
Residencies
2010 – 2011
Artist in Residence, Coventry War Memorial Park
Making Moves II, Craftspace
Projects and Experience
2015
Invited Artist,
Winter School, ‘Fibre Arts Australia’
2013
Selected Artist, Contemporary Craft Research Mission, New York
Creative Twinning / Design Factory
2011
Selected Artist,
CPD Bursary Award, Transform:Snibston Arts Programme, Arts Council England, Leicestershire County Council
2008 – CURRENT
Commissioned Artist Workshops:
Stroud International Textiles,
National Centre for Craft & Design,
Unit Twelve Gallery,
Embroiderers Guild groups,
Independent groups
2009 – 2011
Creative Agent, Creative Partnerships
2008 – 2011
Commissioned Artist in Schools Delivering long and short term Creative Learning projects
2009 – 2010
SENS Schools Workshops, Lincolnshire County Council
Inset Training for SENS Teachers
2009 – 2010
Explore, Multi-Sensory Learning Resource project,
Staffordshire Arts & Museums Service
2009
Inspiration Award for Best Special Project, Lincolnshire Renaissance Heritage Awards
2009
SENSed, Sensory Art Resources for Special Schools, Lincolnshire Arts & Museums Service
Education and Training
2011
Artists Professional Development Programme:
Arts in Health, Staffordshire University
High/Scope, Creative Learning Programme
2009
Cre8us, Creative Partners in Learning
2008
Connect, Postgraduate Certificate in Arts Practice, University of Derby
1989
BA Hons (First Class), Printed, Woven & Constructed Textiles,
Manchester School of Art
1985
Foundation Course in Art, Leicester Polytechnic
Memberships
2006 – CURRENT
Contemporary Applied Arts
Fellow – Design-Nation