It has taken me a long time but I am finally doing what I have always wanted: I am working as an artist and teacher. I love doing both and they feed into each other.
The last few years have been very successful for me personally having had work shown in an individual gallery space at Festival of Quilts in 2015, and along with other artists in the unFOLD galleries at Knitting & Stitching show in 2016, and Festival of Quilts in 2018.
I gained a Distinction for my Masters Degree in Art & Design at University of Brighton. It was a practice based degree over 2 years part time which has informed my own practice beyond the scope of the degree itself.
I am a founder member of unFOLD, the textile art group which is constantly pushing the boundaries of textile art.
Participation in Juried Exhibitions:
2021 Fine Art Textile Award shortlist for unFOLD work Far From Equal Shown at Festival of Quilts and Knitting & Stitching shows
2019 Fine Art Textile Award shortlist for Fading ii shown at Festival of Quilts and Knitting & Stitching shows
2018 7th European Quilt Triennial, Randomly Disappearing showing at various international venues 2018-19
2017 8th International Biennial Exhibition of Mini Art “Scythia”, Ukraine, Long Forgotten & Indian Dawn
2014 European Art Quilts VIII, Layers of Silence showing at various international venues 2014-2015
2013 Fine Art Quilt Masters, Portraits of a Memory showing in gallery at Festival of Quilts, NEC, Birmingham
2013 Quilt National 2013, an international exhibition of the ‘finest in contemporary quilts’ – Layers of Memory at venues in the USA 2013-15
2012 East Sussex Open, Fading… showing at the Towner Gallery, Eastbourne
2010 European Art Quilts VI, Fragmented Networks showing at various international venues 2010-2011
2010 East Sussex Open, Towner Gallery, Eastbourne
2007 Huston Quilt Festival, New Balls Please
1999 NEG Exhibition at Alexander Palace Knitting & Stitching show, Veiled Riches
1998 NEG Exhibition at a London Gallery,
1997 National Patchwork Championships, Ascot, The Old Sea Wall
Curated Exhibitions:
2017 Small Talk with Quilt Art at International Quilt Study Centre Nebraska USA, Slipping Between The Cracks
2017 EAQ Grand Finale exhibition, Netherlands, One Woman’s Journey & Landscape of Memory ii
2017 New Quilting, Rheged Centre, Cumbria, I Don’t Remember… & Layers of Silence
2016 Curious as an Object with unFOLD at Knitting & Stitching Shows at Alexandra Palace & Harrogate International Centre, Coastal Diary
2015 Fragility of Memory solo exhibition at Festival of Quilts, NEC, Birmingham
2014 ‘Things We Do In Bed’, curated exhibition, Faint Hope showing at Danson House, Bexleyheath – sharing exhibition space with, amongst others, Grayson Perry and Michele Walker
2012 acCent!, at National Quilt Museum, USA, War Torn showing for a season
Prizes
2008 Festival of Quilts, NEC, Birmingham, 2nd prize with group quilt, Sunburst Vases
2005 Festival of Quilts, NEC, Birmingham, 1st prize in Innovative Large category, Fragile Fragments
2003 Hever Castle Quilt Exhibition, 1st prize & Judges Choice, Age of Exploration
1999 Hever Castle Quilt Exhibition, Judges Choice, Still Standing