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

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)
2016      The Common Thread, Calver Gallery, South Square, Thornton, Bradford BD13 3LD (4 - 27 March)
2014      Entangled, Queenies, Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire UK (10 March – 7 April)
 

RECENT SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

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 ExhibitionThe 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 OutThe 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 ExhibitionThe Biscuit Factory, Stoddart Street NE2 1AN Newcastle Upon Tyne (11 Nov 2016 - 02 March)

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

 

MEMBERSHIPS

QEST Directory
Craft Council