My practice explores how the ritual of hand stitching can document emotional experiences. The intimacy of the medium itself, with the suggestion of repetitive touch, lends a poignancy to bodily associations, providing an intimate and ambiguous trace of the artist’s presence.
My practice explores how the ritual of hand stitching can document emotional experiences. The intimacy of the medium itself, with the suggestion of repetitive touch, lends a poignancy to bodily associations, providing an intimate and ambiguous trace of the artist’s presence.
Making hand stitched textiles can be therapeutic, a crucial tool for reflection and developing self-awareness. Working on slow, reflective projects has allowed a better understanding of the connection between the self and the desire to make art.
The work marks time, and chronicles emotional changes through the physical and reflective act of stitch. Subliminally, it conveys the concept of transformation in life, the importance of reflection, and the exploration of creativity as part of artistic identity.
Exhibitions (Selected)
2022 - Drawn In, The Turnpike Gallery, Lancashire, UK
2022 - 60 Drawings + 10, The Whitaker Museum & Art Gallery, Lancashire, UK
2022 - Bankley: 30 Years of Artist Led, Bankley Studios + Gallery, Manchester, UK
2022 - Bubble: 22nd International Mini Textile Exhibition, Umelka Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
2021 - Beyond Boundaries, High Five Art, Baarle-Nassau, The Netherlands
2020 - The Joy of Repetition, Unit Twelve Gallery, Staffordshire, UK
2020 - Talking Sense: The Changing Vocabulary of Mind and Brain, The Portico Library, Manchester, UK
2020 - Dream: 5th International Triennial of Textile Art, TexpoART, Victoria & Theodor Pallady Art Galleries, Iasi, Romania
2019 | 2021 | 2023 - International Biennial of Contemporary Mini Textile Art, Scythia, Ivano-Frankivs’k, Ukraine
2019 - Hang Out, Bankley Studios + Gallery, Manchester, UK
2019 - Small Works, Arcade Contemporary Art Projects, Webster University, St Louis, USA
2018 | 2022 | 2023 - Fate, Destiny & Self Determination: An International Tapestry Project, International Fibre Festival 2018, King House, Roscommon, Ireland | Tuchmacher Museum, Bramsche, Germany | Tuch + Technik Textilmuseum, Neumunster, Germany | Mississippi Valley, Textile Museum, Ontario, Canada | La Encartada Fabrika-Museoa, Bizkaia, Spain | Turkish Textile Festival, Izmir, Turkey
2018 | 2020 - From Lausanne to Beijing: International Fiber Art Biennale, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
2018 | 2019 - 5th Triennial Textile Art of Today, Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, Bratislava, Slovakia | Tatra Gallery, Poprad, Slovakia | The Morovian Museum, Uherske Hradiste, Czech Republic | Pesti Vigadó Gallery, Budapest, Hungary | Historical Museum, Bielsko-Biala, Poland
2018 - Face to Face, World of Threads Festival, Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural
Centre, Ontario, Canada (Solo)
2018 - Chaozhou International Embroidery Art Biennale, International Conference Center of Hanshan Normal University, Chaozhou, China
2017 - Fantastic Fibers, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, USA
2017 - Echo Chamber, Bankley Studios + Gallery, Manchester, UK
2016 | 2018 | 2020 | 2022 - International Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art, Scythia, Kherson & Ivano-Frankivs’k, Ukraine
2016 - Traces, Hand & Lock, London, UK (Solo)
2016 - Process, Bankley Studios + Gallery, Manchester, UK
2015 | 2017 | 2022 - Fibremen: International Exhibition of Contemporary Textile Art, Scythia, Kherson & Ivano-Frankivs’k, Ukraine
2015 - Bodyworks, Bankley Studios + Gallery, Manchester, UK (Solo)
2014 - Traces, Bowery Gallery, Leeds, UK (Solo)
2014 - The Studios #2: Drawing Possibilities, The Studios Gallery, Derbyshire, UK
2014 - Human Clay Revisited, Studio Eleven Gallery, Hull, UK | The Ropewalk, Lincolnshire, UK
2013 - Life Lines, The Turnpike Gallery, Lancashire, UK (Solo)
2012 - Go Figure, Studio Eleven Gallery, Hull, UK
2012 - Life Lines, The Beetroot Tree, Derbyshire, UK (Solo)
2012 - Hospitality Re-Viewed, Baltic Creative, Liverpool, UK
2012 - 60 Drawings, Bankley Studios + Gallery, Manchester, UK
2011 - Life Lines, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, UK (Solo)
2010 - Crafted, Kirkby Gallery, Liverpool, UK
Publications (Selected)
2023 - In Good Hands, Embroidery Magazine, Volume 74, March | April 2023, ISSN 1477-3724
2021 - Beyond Boundaries, TxP (Textiel Plus), Volume 65, Issue 256, ISSN 2589-0638
2021 - 20 Years of Review and Reflection: From Lausanne to Beijing International Fiber Art Biennale and Symposium, Zhuangshi, Issue 2021-2, Tsinghua University Publication, ISSN 0412-3662
2020 - Excellence in Fibers V, Fiber Art Now, Volume 9, Issue 2, ISSN 2163-5358
2020 - How Art Heals: Exploring Your Deep Feelings Using Collage, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 0764361465
2020 - State of Health: Illness, Recovery & Art, Fiber Art Now, Volume 9, Issue 4, ISSN 2163-5358
2020 - 20 Years of Thinking, Making & Communicating Ideas, Textile Fibre Forum, Artwear Publications, Issue 138, ISSN 0818-6308
2019 - The Exploration of New Era Fiber Art, Zhuangshi, Issue 2019-3, Tsinghua University Publication, ISSN 0412-3662
2018 - 5th Triennial Textile Art of Today, Textile Art of Today Publication, ISBN 978-80-973111-0-0
2018 - Beijing Fiber Art Biennale, Cover Magazine, Hali Productions Ltd, Issue 53, ISSN 2042-7069
2018 - Chaozhou International Embroidery Art Biennale, China Fiber Art Publication, ISBN 978-7-5180-5771-9
2018 - From Lausanne to Beijing: 10th International Fiber Art Biennale, China Fiber Art Publication, ISBN 978-7-122-22746-4
2017 - Paper, Ink & Stitch, Inspirations, Inspirations Publications, Issue 94, ISBN 1320-4610
2017 - Striche, Stiche und Papier, Patchwork Professional, Partner Medien Verlags, Issue 03-2017, ISSN 1434-5080
2016 - Forms, Figures and Fine Art, Be Creative with Workbox, River Media Devon Ltd, Issue 159, ISBN 977205678702001
Awards
2020 - Award for Excellence, From Lausanne to Beijing: 11th Fiber Art Biennale, China
2020 - Award for Excellence, State of Health: Illness, Recovery & Art, Fiber Art Now, USA
2020 - Silver Medal, 13th International Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art, Scythia, Ukraine
2001 - Postgraduate Study Award, Arts & Humanities Research Council, UK
Education
2021 to present - PhD (Research by Practice), Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
2006 - PGCE (Further, Higher & Adult Education), Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
2002 - MA Textiles, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
2000 - BA (Hons) Fashion & Textiles Design, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
