Education and Professional Development
September 2010 – 2015, Bath Spa University, Ba Creative Arts, 1st Class Honours
Sept 2008 – July 2010, Filton College, ABC level 3 Diploma in Foundation Studies in Art, Design and Media – Merit
Sept 2006 – May 2008, Gloucester and Cheltenham College, City and Guilds, Level 3 in Design and Constructed Textiles
Exhibitions and Shows
October 4th to 13th Nov 2017 – ‘Shiftworks’ Columbia College, Chicago.
November Nov 12th, 2016 to Jan 8th, 2017 – ‘Shiftworks’ National Centre for Craft and Design, Sleaford.
June 8th to July 11th, 2016 – ‘Newarke’, Newark Park, National Trust, Gloucestershire.
November 24th to 27th 2015 – Graduate Showcase, Knit and Stitch, Harrogate.
September 2015 – Portal, Llantarnam Grange Art Centre, Cwmbran, Wales.
July 2015 – Best of the Best, Art in Action, Oxford.
June 2015 – New Designers, Business design Centre, London.
March – June 2015 – Drawn, The Royal West of England Academy, Bristol.
July 2014 – Best of the Best, Art in Action, Oxford.
July 2013 – Best of the Best, Art in Action, Oxford.
March 23rd to June 2nd, 2013 – Drawn, The Royal West of England Academy, Bristol.
Competitions and Awards
2018 – Shortlisted for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.
2015 – Selected for Graduate Showcase, by the Embroiderers Guild.
2014 – Outstanding Student Award for Degree Show, Bath Spa University, Bath
2013 – The Bristol Scholarship Award for Students, Drawn, RWA, Bristol
Collections
August 2016 – ‘A Bar of Drinking Chocolate’ purchased for the ‘Diana Springall Embroidery Collection’.
Publications
Embroidery, The Textile Art Magazine (September / October issue, 2014) Machine Art.
Art-related Employment
July 2016 – National Centre for Craft and Design, Sleaford. Workshop ‘Make a Shift Dress in a Day’.
2009 to 2016 – Art in Action, Waterperry Gardens, Oxford. During this annual celebration, artists and craftsmen practice openly demonstrating their skills and discussing their work. Since 2009, I have participated in this event by teaching Silk Painting and Marbling in the Practical Classes.
