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 NE2 1AN (Sept 01 - Oct 11)
2019 The Fate of Threads, Staithes Studios Gallery, High Street, Staithes North Yorkshire, UK (04 - 28 Sept)
2018 A Tale of Thread & Colour, Water Street Gallery, 24 Water Street, Todmorden OL14 5AB UK (13 Sept - 28 Oct)
2016 Wisps & Whispers, The Gallery, Anthropologie, 131-141 King's Road, London SW3 4PW (08 Sept - 22 Oct)
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Luminous, The Sanctuary Studio & Gallery, Newnham-on-Severn (9 Nov-24 Dec)
Making Spaces, Decorex, Olympia (6-9 Oct)
Glimpses, Birch Tree Gallery, Edinburgh (29 June - 27 July)
Holmfirth Artweek, Civic Hall, Holmfirth (07 - 13 July)
Haddon Hall Summer Event (25 June - 15 Oct)
Future Icons Selects, the Bargehouse, OXO Tower, London Craft Week (15-19 May)
Earth Murmurs, The Lake Gallery, The Wirral (11 Apr - 11 May)
Saltaire Gallery Winter Show (19 Jan - 29 April)
2023 GNCCF, Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair, Victoria Baths, Manchester ME13 0FE (19-22 Oct)
2022 GNCCF, Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair, Victoria Baths, Manchester ME13 0FE (13-16 Oct)
Collect 2022, International Fair for Contemporary Craft and Design, QEST Gallery, London (Feb 25 - Mar 5)
2021 Knitting & Stitching Show, Harrogate (18 - 24 Nov)
2021 Multi-Talented, Design Nation digital showcase part of London Craft Week
2020 Winter Exhibition, The Biscuit Factory, Stoddart Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE2 1AN (15 Nov - 28 Feb)
Repeating Isn’t Repetition, New Weird Huddersfield, Dai Hall, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK (16 - 29 Mar)
2019 Winter Exhibition, The Biscuit Factory, Stoddart Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE2 1AN (15 Nov - 29 Feb)
Holmfirth Artweek, Civic Hall, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, UK (07 - 13 July)
Fibre, Heart Gallery, 4a Market Street, Hebden Bridge HX7 6AA West Yorkshire, UK (26 May - 18 Aug)
2018 Holmfirth Artweek, Civic Hall, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, UK (02 - 08 July)
2017 ‘Yorkshire Created…’ Silson Contemporary Art, Harrogate HG2 0DS (07 Oct - 19 Jan 2018)
Holmfirth Artweek, Civic Hall, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, UK (02 - 08 July
Branching Out, The Craft Centre and Design Gallery, City Art Gallery, Leeds, LS1 3AB (18 March - 24 June)
Textile Textures, Walford Mill Crafts, Wimborne, Dorset BD21 1NL (29 April - 4 June)
In With The New, Silson Contemporary Art, Harrogate HG2 0DS (21 Jan - 02 March)
Winter Exhibition, The Biscuit Factory, Stoddart Street NE2 1AN Newcastle Upon Tyne (11 Nov 2016 - 02 March)
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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 worldwide
TEACHING - TALKS
2021 Woven in Practice, University of Huddersfield
2015 - Current Workshops, teaching residencies and talks to Felting and Textile groups across UK