Exhibitions
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COLLECTION OF PAPER FEATHERS
BobCat Gallery, Putney Exchange SW15 1TW
Rambling Collections: Golden Feathers
Paper Feathers are curated by Catherine Sweet in her Gallery space upstairs in the Putney Exchange.
Paper Textile. Paper cut-outs, hand stitching, gilded with gold leaf.
February and March 2026
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COLLECTION OF PLEATED DRAWINGS
BobCat Gallery, Putney Exchange SW15 1TW
Glade
Curator Catherine Sweet is including pleated drawings in her innovative Gallery Space upstairs in the Putney Exchnage. Visit and view a wide variety of work, including several of the pleated landscape drawings.
Glade - Pleated Ink Drawing, sumi ink, mulberry tisssue paper, cotton thread.
February and March 2026
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100 x 100 BobCat Gallery
Virtual Exhibition
Threaded Landscape and Glacial Partilcles
100 pieces of original art work all for sale at £100 each (plus P&P)
Pleated Mulberry Tissue Paper, Sumi Ink, Silk Threads. Hand stitched to watercolour paper. Mounted onto thin MDF board.
Unframed. 20X20cm £100.00
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100 x 100 BobCat Gallery
Virtual Exhibition
Pleated Chinese Paper, Marker Pens, Cotton Threads. Hand stitched to watercolour paper.
Unframed. 24X24cm £100.00
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“IAPMA PAPER ART BIENNALE 2026”
Art Centre Silkeborg Bad. Silkeborg, Denmark
Glacial Particles
Theme: ‘Impressions of Nature: Paper as Memory’
Glaciers are nature's archives. Pleated paper constructions visually refer to air bubbles, debris, stones, dust, spores. A visual homage to incredible ancient, natural features sourced from glaciers.
7 February to 25 May 2026
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WORKS ON PAPER 2026
The Gallery, Green and Stone. London.
Walking Fields
The exhibition highlights the versatility of paper across drawing, printmaking, collage, and experimental practices, demonstrating its ongoing relevance in contemporary art.
19 January to 20 February 2026
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(IM)MATERIAL
BobCat Gallery. Putney Exchange, SW15 1TW
Tread Very Lightly and Field Folds
(IM)Material focuses on the materiality of work, and the fascinating ways that artists manipulate their materials, the show explores the ways that Textiles Artists push boundaries in pursuit of a unique vision. Curated by Catherine Sweet and Elly Platt
6 to 24 January 2026
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FRESH! 2025
Nature in Art. Gloucester
Glacial Particles - curated by Simon Trapnell
An Exhibition of contemporary crafts drawing inspiration from the urgent themes of the Unite Nations’ International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation. Works celerate the beauty of glaciers, polar regions, ice, snow, and water; life giving and fragile.
25 November to 21 December 2025.
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ING DISCERNING EYE 2025
Mall Galleries. London
Walk Gently - selected by Curtis Holder
14 to 23 November 2025
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FUSION AND FOCUS
The new ArtCan Virtual Space
Histories Trapped
Curated by Kate Enters. A celebration of connectivity and collaboration in the new ArtCan virtual space.
8 December 2025 to 1 February 2026
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CONNECTION RSA House
Threaded Carole Bury FRSA
The RSA is opening its historical Vaults space for a new group exhibition featuring six artists.
Building on the RSA’s 2025 theme of Connection, this show explores some of the key facets of connecting with one another, our history and our environment in the modern day.
25 June to 17 September 2025
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VIENNA CALLING IV / Pink Panther
Galerie Art Pool
Markgraf-Rüdiger-Straße 13. 1150 Vienna. AustriaTreaty of Trust Carole Bury
Drawn marks originate from rocks and pathways. Folding and manipulating them produces mystery and new textures, lending a further layer, and who knows what is concealed within the folds. Graphite, mulberry tissue paper, cotton threads.
5 September to 19 September 2025
2025
RWA 171st Annual Open Exhibition Bristol. September to January 2025
BobCat Gallery 100 × 100 March 2025
RHYTHMS Solo Collection of Pleated Drawings. Bannatyne Hotel and Spa, Hastings. November to March
RWA BIENNIAL OPEN 2025: PAPER WORKS Bristol. January to April 2025
CLOUD OF WITNESSES. Images of faith and divinity today. St John’s Church, Waterloo, London. March to April 2025
STILLNESS. ARTCAN EXHIBITION 1.Silence; quiet; hush. 2.The absence of motion. ArtCan Hub, London. Summer 2025
CHELTENHAM OPEN STUDIOS. Spring Gallery, Cheltenham. June 2025
2024
STRANDS ArtCan Organisation. The Department Store, Brixton. October 2024
BOBCAT GALLERY Putney Exchange Shopping Centre. August and September 2024
TARPEY GALLERY Tarpey Gallery. Castle Donington. July to September 2024
REBLOOM IAPMA PAPER ART BIENNALE 2024 Burg zu Hagen im Bremischen, Germany. April to August 2024.
SCYTHIA 15th International Textile and Fibre Art Biennial. Ivano-Frankivs’k, Ukraine. June 2024
WUNDERKAMMER BobCat Gallery, 54 The Gallery, Shepherd Market, Mayfair. May 2024
RWA FRIENDS Royal West of England Academy, March to April 2024
CLOTH AND CLAY Gallery 57. Arundel, West Sussex. February to April 2024
UNRAVELLED ArtCan Exhibition RuptureXHIBIT and Landmark Arts Centre, London. March 2024
THEN AND NOW ArtCan Exhibition Online Exhibition. December to February 2024
2023
December. Spring Gallery. Winter Small Works Show. Cheltenham
October. ArtCan HOME Department Store. Brixton
June to October. SOLO EXHIBITION Beauport Gallery. Bannatyne Hotel, Hastings
July. ARTIST IN RESIDENCE. Nature in Art, Gloucester
June. Cheltenham Open Studios Spring Gallery, Cheltenham
June. SCYTHIA Ivano-Frankivs’k, Ukraine. 11th International Mini Textile and Fibre Art Exhibition
June. SCYTHIA Ivano-Frankivs’k, Ukraine. 3rd International Micro Textile and Fibre Art Exhibition
March - April ArtCan ‘The Power of Pencil’ ArtCan Virtual Gallery. Curated by Cath Stoker.
February ‘23 to February ‘24. ArtCan ENSEMBLE 02 Kroll Offices in Paris
March. ARTIST IN RESIDENCE. SOLO EXHIBITION Bannatyne Hotel, Hastings
2022
169th Annual Open Exhibition. RWA Bristol
The Small Works. Spring Gallery. Cheltenham
Broadway Arts Festival. Broadway
The Journey. Bannatyne Hotel. Hastings
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE Nature in Art. Gloucester.
Cheltenham Group of Artists. Gardens Gallery, Cheltenham
Friends of the RWA Friends’ Exhibition. Create Centre, Bristol
SOLO EXHIBITION 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, Hastings
2021
PureArt360.2 Magazine and Live Interview
‘Brooching the Subject’ Timeless Textiles. 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
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
2020
ING Discerning Eye 2020. Mall Galleries.
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
Timeless Textiles Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
2019
ING Discerning Eye 2019. Mall Galleries. Feathered Haven
SOLO EXHIBITION 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
‘Seeking the God Beyond.’ Collaborative project with author JP Williams. Monochrome Drawings
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE Nature in Art, Gloucester
2017
165th Annual Open Exhibition. RWA
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE Nature in Art, Gloucester
50 years of Cotswolds AONB. Corinium Museum, Cirencester
Wings. Cheltenham Christian Arts Festival. Prizewinner. Exhibitor. Workshops
Cheltenham Open Studios
2016
164th Annual Open Exhibition. RWA
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
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
Art in Action. Oxford. Demonstrator for Nature in Art
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE Nature in Art, Gloucester
2013
161st Annual Open Exhibition. RWA
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE Nature in Art, Gloucester
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
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
2002-2026. 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