CV


 

b. 1964 Paris, France
Lives and works in West Yorkshire, UK
Full-time practice established Sept 2014
 

EDUCATION

2000     MSc Interactive Multimedia Product Development, Huddersfield University
1989     BSc(Hons) Textile Design Huddersfield Polytechnic (1st Class)
 

AWARDS

2021 Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST) Award
2015     Best Picture in Show, Great North Art Show 2015
2015      Best Emerging Textile Artist, Embroidery Magazine, SIT Select Showcase 2015

RESIDENCY

2022     Claudy Jonstra Studio, the Netherlands - Jan-Mar
 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024 Meanderings, Saddleworth Museum & Gallery (10 Aug - 08 sept)
2023      Closer Still, The Biscuit Factory, Stoddart Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne (Sept 01 - Oct 11)
2019      The Fate of Threads, Staithes Studios Gallery, High Street, Staithes, North Yorkshire (04 - 28 Sept)
2018      A Tale of Thread & Colour, Water Street Gallery, 24 Water Street, Todmorden (13 Sept -  28 Oct)
2016      Wisps & Whispers, The Gallery, Anthropologie, 131-141 King's Road, London SW3 4PW (08 Sept - 22 Oct)


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025    Leeds Summer Group Show, Leeds Playhouse
Holmfirth Artweek, Civic Hall, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire
Future Icons Selects, London Craft Week, 83 Rivington Street, London
2024 Luminous, The Sanctuary Studio & Gallery, Newnham-on-Severn
Making Spaces, Decorex, Olympia
Glimpses, Birch Tree Gallery, Edinburgh
Holmfirth Artweek, Civic Hall, Holmfirth
Haddon Hall Showcase #1
Future Icons Selects, the Bargehouse, OXO Tower, London Craft Week
Earth Murmurs, The Lake Gallery, The Wirral
Saltaire Gallery Winter Show, Saltaire
2023 GNCCF, Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair, Victoria Baths, Manchester
2022 GNCCF, Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair, Victoria Baths, Manchester
Collect 2022, International Fair for Contemporary Craft and Design, QEST Gallery
2021 Knitting & Stitching Show, Harrogate
2021 Multi-Talented, Design Nation digital showcase, London Craft Week
2020 Winter Exhibition, The Biscuit Factory, Stoddart Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne
     Repeating Isn’t Repetition, New Weird Huddersfield, Dai Hall, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
2019     Winter ExhibitionThe Biscuit Factory, Stoddart Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne
      Holmfirth Artweek, Civic Hall, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire
      Fibre, Heart Gallery, 4a Market Street, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire
2018     Holmfirth Artweek, Civic Hall, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire
2017    ‘Yorkshire Created…’ Silson Contemporary Art, Harrogate
     Holmfirth Artweek, Civic Hall, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire
     Branching OutThe Craft Centre and Design Gallery, City Art Gallery, Leeds
      Textile Textures, Walford Mill Crafts, Wimborne, Dorset
     In With The New, Silson Contemporary Art, Harrogate
    Winter ExhibitionThe Biscuit Factory, Stoddart Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne

PRESS

2022     Embroidery Magazine, Industrial Action, The Sewing Room p10-11, March/April (colour reproduction)
2020   Felt Matters, The Felt Landscape – An Invitation to Amble, p23-25, June (colour reproduction)
2017     Country Living Magazine, Emporium, p12, February (colour reproduction)
2016     Embroidery Magazine, The Way of Felt, p38-41, May/June (colour reproduction)

COLLECTIONS

Works held in private collections in Europe, North America, and the UK

TEACHING - TALKS - OUTREACH

2025     Teaching residency Lainamac, Felletin, France 28/04_01/05
2024     QEST Education Programme, Crafty Fair Sheffield 07/11
2023     QEST Education Programme, Rotherham High School 22/11
2021     Woven in Practice, University of Huddersfield
2015 - Current    Workshops, teaching residencies and talks to Felting and Textile groups across UK

 

MEMBERSHIPS

Society of Designer Craftmen
QEST Alumni
Craft Council Directory