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)
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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 Exhibition, The 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 Out, The 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 Exhibition, The Biscuit Factory, Stoddart Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne
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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 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