Exhibitions
2024
CLOTH AND CLAY Gallery 57. 3 February to 27 April 2024
Gallery 57. 57 Tarrant Street. Arundel. West Sussex BN18 9DJ
RuptureXHIBIT and Landmark Arts Centre 11 to 17 March 2024
THEN AND NOW ArtCan Exhibition Embroidered paper feathers
1 December to 1 February 2024 Online Exhibition.
2023
Spring Gallery Winter Small Works Show. Cheltenham
Crumps Barn Studio Small paper textiles. Cirencester
Life October - 17 March 2024
Beauport House Gallery. Located within Bannatyne Spa Hotel, Hastings
Home ArtCan Exhibition October 2023
Home. Department Store. Brixton SW9 8RF
Creative Picture Framing Winter 2023
Celebrating 35 yrs in Business. Unit 9, College farm Buildings, Cirencester GL7 6PY
Solo Show June to October 2023
Beauport House Gallery. Located within Bannatyne Spa Hotel, Hastings
‘Journeys through Landscapes’
An Exhibition of a year's research of drawings and textiles concerned with Landscape and Journeys, Treaties and Pilgrimages.
July 2023 Artist in Residence. Nature in Art, Gloucester
June 2023 Cheltenham Open Studios
Spring Gallery- Venue 6 - in the Montpellier area of Cheltenham
June 2023 “Scythia”. Ivano-Frankivs’k, Ukraine
11th International Mini Textile and Fibre Art Exhibition “Scythia”
June 2023 “Scythia”. Ivano-Frankivs’k, Ukraine
3rd International Micro Textile and Fibre Art Exhibition “Scythia”
Summer 2023 Crumps Barn Studio, Cirencester
20 March - 22 April 2023 ‘The Power of Pencil’ ArtCan Virtual Gallery.
ArtCan Member exhibition, curated by Cath Stoker.
February 2023 to February 2024 Ensemble 02. ArtCan Member exhibition at Kroll in Paris
April 2023 ‘Scar’ The House of Smalls. Chipping Camden
March 2023 ‘Walk the Line’ The House of Smalls. Chipping Camden
March 2023 Artist in Residence. Bannatyne Spa Hotel, Hastings
October 2022 - March 2023 On the Horizon. Hastings
2022
169th Annual Open Exhibition. RWA Bristol
The Small Works. Spring Gallery. Cheltenham
Broadway Arts Festival. Broadway
The Journey. Bannatyne Hotel and Spa. Hastings
Nature in Art. Gloucester. Artist in Residence
Cheltenham Group of Artists. Gardens Gallery, Cheltenham
Friends of the RWA Friends’ Exhibition. Create Centre, Bristol
Solo Show Painswick Rococo Garden. Garden Drawings and Paper Textiles
Artist in Residence. Brisons Veor, Cape Cornwall. Artist in Residence
‘In the Making’ Beauport Gallery, Bannatyne Hotel & Spa, Hastings
2021
PureArt360.2 Magazine and Live Interview Art360 Spring 2021 p.22 CBury
Timeless Textiles ‘Brooching the Subject’ Newcastle East. Australia
The Old Lock Up Gallery, Cromford Derbyshire
Restrictions Clayhill Arts, Somerset.
‘Elemental’. Mixed Exhibition. Lingwood Samuel, Godalming
Material Nature. Mixed exhibition. PURE Arts Group
Artist in Residence Nature in Art, Gloucester
Broadway Arts Festival
PureArt360.3 Magazine and Live Interview Art360 Autumn 2021 CBury
Re-Imagined. Mixed exhibition. Bannatyne Spa Hotel, Hastings
Solo Exhibition. The Curlew, Bodiam. Curated by PURE Arts Group
Cheltenham Open Studios Artist in Residence. Painswick Rococo Gardens
RWA Bristol 168th Open Exhibition
The Small Works Show. Spring Gallery, Cheltenham
The Winter Show. The Old Lock Up Gallery, Cromford Derbyshire
Nature Inspired Contemporary Crafts. Nature in Art, Gloucester
2020
ING Discerning Eye 2020
South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts
‘Reflections’ drawings and paper textiles.
PureArt360Live interview with Lesley Samms. 25th September 2021
The Derwent Drawing Art Prize 2020
Eden. Cheltenham Christian Arts Festival. Gardens Gallery, Cheltenham
Timeless Textiles. Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
2019
ING Discerning Eye 2019. Mall Galleries. Feathered Haven
Solo Show. Prema Uley, Gloucestershire. Landscapes and related paper textiles
Encounters. Cheltenham Christian Arts Festival
Cheltenham Open Studios
Artist in Residence. Nature in Art, Gloucester
2018
ING Discerning Eye 2018. Mall Galleries
166th Annual Open Exhibition. RWA, Bristol
‘Seeking the God Beyond.’ Collaborative project with author JP Williams. Monochrome Drawings
Cuddesdon Arts Festival. Ripon College, Oxford
Artist in Residence. Nature in Art, Gloucester
2017
165th Annual Open Exhibition. RWA, Bristol
Artist in Residence. Nature in Art, Gloucester
50 years of Cotswolds AONB. Corinium Museum, Cirencester
Wings. Cheltenham Christian Arts Festival. Prizewinner. Exhibitions. Workshops
Cheltenham Open Studios
2016
164th Annual Open Exhibition. RWA, Bristol
Treasure. Cheltenham Christian Arts Festival. Prizewinner. Curator. Exhibitor
David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year. Mall Galleries
Artist in Residence. Nature in Art, Gloucester
2015
Cheltenham Open Studios
163th Annual Open Exhibition. RWA, Bristol
David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year. Mall Galleries
Artist in Residence. Nature in Art, Gloucester
Worcester Cathedral. Cheltenham Group of Artists
2014
162nd Annual Open Exhibition. RWA, Bristol
Art in Action. Oxford. Demonstrator for Nature in Art
Artist in Residence. Nature in Art, Gloucester
2013
161st Annual Open Exhibition. RWA, Bristol
Gloucester Cathedral
Artist in Residence. Nature in Art, Gloucester
Faith. Christchurch, Cheltenham
Cheltenham Open Studios
2012
Summer Exhibition. RHS, Harlow Carr, Harrogate
Artist in Residence. Nature in Art, Gloucester
Faith in Art. Christchurch, Cheltenham
2011
Cheltenham Open Studios
Artist in Residence. Nature in Art, Gloucester
Art in Action. Oxford. Demonstrator for Nature in Art
2009
Cheltenham Open Studios
Artist in Residence. Nature in Art, Gloucester
2007
Cheltenham Open Studios
155th Annual Open Exhibition. RWA, Bristol
Colour Full. Salisbury Arts Centre. Textile Forum South West
Historical
1981-1985. Member of Fibre Art. Group Exhibitions held in UK
1981-1993. Actively involved in the 62 Group of Textile Artists
Group Exhibitions in the UK and Japan
1982-1985. Stitch-Design. Isle of Dogs. Exhibitions Co-ordinator. Lecturer. Exhibitor
1983. Paper. British Crafts Centre, London
1985. Paper Standing Stones. One Woman Show. Anatol Orient. Covent Garden
1985-1988. Exhibitions in UK, Papua New Guinea and Australia
1985-1988. The National Arts School. Port Moresby. Papua New Guinea
1992-2002. Living and working in Tonbridge. Regular Exhibitions and Workshops in Kent
2002-2024. Currently living, and working from a studio in a very small Cotswold Village
Education
1981 BA (Hons) Fine Art Embroidery. Manchester Polytechnic
1978 Foundation in Art and Design. Cheltenham School of Art