CV
Honorary Fellow, Royal College of Art
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Member of The 62 Group of Textile Artists’ Collective
Initiated ‘Studio without walls’ artist network, supported by ‘a space’
Education
2011 Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching, University of the Arts London
2004 MA Mixed Media Textiles Royal College of Art
1999 1st Class BA (Hons) Fashion and Textiles Birmingham City University
1996 Foundation in Art and Design Winchester School of Art
Exhibitions
2023/2024
Keepers, Solo show, The Arc, Winchester, Hampshire
Tailored, Sunny Bank Mills, West Yorkshire and The Hub, Sleaford
2022
Conversations - people, place, object, St Babes Museum and Art Gallery, Hampshire
Essence, Alexandra Palace and Harrogate, Knitting and Stitching Show
Undisclosed, The Hostry, Norwich
2021
Connected Cloth, British Textile Biennial, The Whitaker Museum and Art Gallery
2020
Sleep Diaries 2, TOAST Marylebone, London
Healing, Knowing, Seeing the Body - Collaborative stitch drawings with Andrew Carnie, The Spencer Museum, Kansas. U.S.A.
I didn’t lick it, Bruton Correspondence School, Somerset
2019
CTRL/Shift, National Centre for Craft and Design, Sleaford
2018
CTRL/Shift, MAC, Birmingham
2017
Transcriptors: Illustration, Documentary and the Material, James Hockney Gallery, University of the Creative Arts, Farnham.
Stitching stories: Making Common Ground, City Space, Winchester
Open 2017, Quay Arts, Newport, Isle of Wight
Making Space, 62 Group, Knitting and Stitching Show, Olympia and Edinburgh
2014
Unlocking the diary, The Burlington Hotel, Folkestone Fringe
2013
Open Studios, Chocolate Factory, London
2012
Poems to the sea, Prick your finger, London
Get Carta, Karin Jansenn Project Space, London
The museum for objects of virtu, Abbey Arts Centre, London
2011
Open Studios, Chocolate Factory, London
2009
Postcards from Canvey Island, Cornelius Vermuyden, Essex
2008
After Linnaeus Art in the Garden, Hillier Gardens, Hampshire
2007
Siberian Landscapes, firstsite gallery, Colchester
Maps & Legends, Makers' Showcase, firstsite gallery, Colchester
Hidden, Royal College of Art, London
2004
Paradise Lost, Forge Mill Needle Museum, Redditch
The Bank Of America, Canary Wharf, London
The Show: II Royal College of Art, London
Commissions and Collections
2014
WW1 Commemoration, Chatham Historic Dockyard, Kent
2013
Fitzroy Square, Johnson Naylor Architects
2010
To Skovorodino, Johnson Naylor Architects. Tapestry 1771, London.
2009
GPS and Soundtracks, Crafts Council Handling Collection.
2008
Siberia Series, Johnson Naylor Architects. Ontario Tower & Tudorvale Developments, London
Residencies
2024
Hill Fort, Basingstoke, Supported by Arts Society Basingstoke
2023
Studio Without Walls, Hampshire, Supported by A Space
2010
Jaywick Martello Tower, Jaywick, nr. Clacton On Sea, Essex
2009
Postcards from Canvey Island, Cornelius Vermuyden School, Essex
2008
Art in the Garden, Hiller Gardens, Hampshire
2007
The In Between Time, firstsite gallery, Colchester
Employment
2022
Engagement Project Manager, Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton
2018/21
Engagement Curator, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton
2017/2024
Lecturer, MA Textiles, Winchester School of Art
2017/19
National Saturday Club Co-ordinator, Winchester School of Art
2013/15
Lecturer, BA Textile Design, Chelsea College of Art and Design
2005/15
ReachOutRCA Director, Royal College of Art
2006/7
Stitch Technician, Mixed Media Textiles Dept. Royal College of Art
Selected Teaching and Workshops
2024
Making Pedagogies, Guest lecturer, Royal College of Art
Community Takeover, workshops with Sholing Infants and Upper Shirey High School, John Hansard Gallery
Block Print workshops, St Bede Primary School and Arts Society Basingstoke
Celebrate Gosport, St Vincent 6th Form Collage and Hampshire Cultural Education Partnership
2023
Gosport: Past | Present | Future, St Vincent 6th Form Collage and Hampshire Cultural Education Partnership
Climate Unity Quilt, St Bede Primary School and Arts Society Basingstoke
Keep moving, Winklebury Primary School, Milestones Museum and Arts Society Basingstoke
Liza Sylvestre: Asweetsea Gallery Resource and workshops, John Hansard Gallery and Collective Edinburgh, with deaf and hearing impaired pupils and staff from Newlands Primary School
2022
Lecturer, BA Fine Art, University of Chichester
Lead artist, workshops with Portsmouth City of Sanctuary and Aspex Gallery
Lead artist, workshops with Primary Schools and Arts Society, Basingstoke
2021/22
Lecturer, BA Textiles, Winchester School of Art
2020
Lecturer, BA Fine Art, Solent University, Southampton
2019/20
Lecturer, MA Illustration, University of the Creative Arts
2018
Lead artist, Master Class co-led with Richard McVetis for Craft Associates, MAC, Birmingham
Lead artist, Family workshops, Watts Gallery
Lead artist, Syrian refugee group, Rural Refugee Council
Lead artist, The Bridge Education Centre, Hampshire Cultural Trust
2017
Leader, Continued Professional Development for teachers and makers, Learning through craft, Making Space, Hampshire
Lead artist, Making Common Ground, City Space, Winchester
Lead artist, Map making, City Space, Winchester
2016
Lead artist, Making Space, Hampshire
2015/22
Lecturer, BA Illustration, University of the Creative Arts
2012
Lecturer, Preparing to teach, Royal College of Art
2011
Speaker, Firing Up Seminar, Crafts Council
Project Tutor, Handling Collection, Crafts Council
Project Leader, Ignite! Research RCA, Royal College of Art
2010
Lead artist, University of Nottingham Museum
Lead artist, ReachOutRCA, Royal College of Art
Lead artist, Jaywick Martello Tower, Jaywick, Essex
2009
Lead artist, Fairhaven Hospice, Essex
2007
Lead artist, firstsite gallery, Colchester
2006
Lead artist, Charles Edward Brooke School, London
2005
Curator, En Route lectures and walks, Royal College of Art