Bio

 

Selected Exhibitions from past 20 years

Sunny Bank Mills, Farsley : “Construct”

Burgh House Museum, London : “Fabric and Stone” with stone carver

Upfront Gallery, Penrith, Cumbria : The 62 Group of Textile Artists

Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool : “Music Makers”

Koyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan : British Textile Art

Ruthin Craft Centre : “Rendezvous Goldsmiths”

Constance Howard Gallery, Goldsmiths, London : “Small Talk”

Gallery of Costume, Manchester : “Interventions”

Knitting & Stitching Show, touring London, Harrogate, Dublin : “Package Tour”

Gallery Oldham : “At a Tangent”

Knitting & Stitching Show, touring London, Harrogate, Dublin : Artist’s Showcase Solo Exhibition

The Hub National Centre for Art & Design, Sleaford : “Bending The Line”

Rochester Art Gallery : “Size Matters”

Knitting & Stitching Show, London, Harrogate, Dublin : 62 Group Show

Changing Rooms Gallery, London : “In Conversation” joint residency with mask maker

Museum of Zoology, Cambridge : “Encounters”

Millennium Gallery, Sheffield : “Of Material Concern”

The Harley Gallery, Welbeck : “In Place”

Knitting & Stitching Show, London, Harrogate, Dublin : “In Retro”

The Victoria and Albert Museum, London : “The 62 Group In Context”

Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery, Beverly Art Gallery Hull, Irish Linen Centre Lisburn, Upfront Gallery Penrith, Midlands Art Centre Birmingham : “RED” touring exhibition

Bankfield Museum, Halifax : “A Collective Response” The 62 Group

Quails at Banbridge : Solo Exhibition and “The Angel Makers”

The Clotworthy Arts Centre, Antrim : Solo Exhibition

Cajobah Gallery, Birkenhead : Group Show

 

Education

2000:  M.A. Applied Art (Distinction), University of Ulster, Belfast

1986:  B.A. Hons (1st), Goldsmith’s College, London

1983:  Foundation Studies, Bristol Polytechnic

 

Travel Scholarships

2000:  Gujarat, India: to study indigo dyeing and quilting (funded by European Social Fund)

1987-1989:  Bulgaria, Romania: to study folklore and folk costume (funded by British Council)

 

Additional Information

  • Member of The 62 Group of Textile Artists from 1989 – 2021
  • Work in private collections throughout UK, Ireland, Germany and America
  • Work in University of Ulster permanent collection
  • Awarded Arts Society of Ulster Student Award
  • Featured in Embroidery Magazine, Crafts Magazine and Textiel
  • Featured in “Encyclopaedia of Papercraft and Origami Techniques” (Published by Quarto)