Education
2000 – 2001
Diploma Art Foundation Studies, Wimbledon School of Art
2001 – 2004
BA Textile Design, Bristol School of Art, UWE
2005 – 2006
MA Visual Language & Performance, Wimbledon School of Art
Key Exhibitions
2008
Perpetua. Commissioned by The Barbican for The House of Viktor & Rolf, London
2008
Emelan. Commissioned by Quintessentially, Philips de Pury, London
2009
Chatelaine. Commissioned by The Certoza Arts Festival, Capri, Italy
2009
Red Dress & Emelan staged at Art Dubai, Dubai, UAE
2009
Lacrimosa (solo show), The Greenhouse Gallery, Guernsey
2010
Red Dress, Royal Academy of Arts event, London
2011
Illumination, Coldharbour Gallery, London
2013
Shyamala (solo show) Galerie Maeght, Paris
2014
Art in Motion, Jules Maeght Gallery, San Francisco
2015
Punctured Perspectives (solo show) Rook & Raven Gallery, London
2016
Phaedra. Commissioned by director Sophie Hunter for Operatic performance, Ireland
2020
Red Dress, Museo Des Arte Popular, Mexico City, Mexico
2020
Red Dress, Zig Zag Building, Glastonbury, Somerset
2020
Red Dress, Stories in Yarn, with RD artisan Amanda Wright, Bleddfa, Wales
2021
Red Dress, with RD artisans Sister Stitch, National Library, Pristina, Kosovo
2021
Red Dress, Goddess House, Glastonbury, Somerset, UK
2022
Red Dress, ACE ARTS, Somerton, Somerset, UK
2022
Red Dress, National Waterfront Museum, Wales
2022
Red Dress, in ‘150 Years of Embroidery: Crown to Catwalk’ Fashion and Textile Museum, London, UK
2022
Red Dress, Traces of Sisterhood, Galeria Salon Akademii, Warsaw, Poland
2022
Red Dress to visit RD artisans FanSina, Sinai & exhibition at CILAS and British Embassy Cairo, Egypt
2022
Red Dress at Speaking Out, with WARCHILD, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Supported by the British Council, Sarajevo
2023
Red Dress, with White Ribbon Alliance, Bristol, Egypt
2023
Red Dress, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France
2023
Red Dress, Preston Park Museum, Stockton-on-Tees, UK
2023
Red Dress, Michael Horbach Foundation, Cologne, Germany
Produced by Contemporary Milddle East and funded by The Ministry of Culture and Science NRW, Germany
2023
Red Dress, Tyntesfield National Trust House, Bristol, UK
2023
Red Dress, Vermont Arts Centre, Vermont, USA
2023
Red Dress, Frick Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. USA
2024
Red Dress, Fuller Craft Museum, Boston Massachusetts, USA
Upcoming
2024
Red Dress, ACE ARTS, Somerton, Somerset UK
2024
Red Dress, South African Quilt Festival, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
2024
Red Dress, Ithemba Art & Craft, Stellenbosch, South Africa
2024
Red Dress at Sustainable Fashion Week, Bath, UK
2024
Red Dress, Hampi Art Labs, India
2025
Red Dress, Quilt & Fibre Arts Museum, Pacific Northwest, USA
2025
Red Dress, Fashion & Embroidery show, Birmingham, UK
2025
Red Dress, South African Quilt Festival, South Africa
2025
Red Dress, Stitching 4 All, UK
2025
Red Dress, Central Museum of Textiles Łódź, Poland
2026
Red Dress, COPACC, Australia
Awards, Residencies & Funding
2004
The Crest Nicholson Award for Excellence: Degree final show
2006
MA Drawing Prize: Wimbledon School of Art
2009
British Council, funding for the Red Dress, Art Dubai
2009
Guernsey Arts Commission, funding for Lacrimosa
2010
Residency at Mas de Gravers, Hans Olaf Foundation, Aix on Provence, France
2011
Finalist, Aesthetica Creative Works competition
2012
First Prize (Red Dress) Premio Valcellina Award for Textiles, Italy
2013
Funding from DMC Editeur for exhibition Shyamala, Paris
2015
Material sponsorship by Madeira threads for Punctured Perspectives exhibition, London
2015
Residency at 42 Acres, Somerset, UK
2020
Successful Crowdfunder to support Red Dress trip to Mexico with Black Bark Films
2021
Arts Council UK funding for Red Dress 21-22, UK
2021
British Embassy Pristina Funding for Red Dress in Kosovo
2020
Successful Crowdfunder Campaign to support completion of Red Dress 21-22, UK.
2023
Funding from Southern Vermont Arts Centre, Frick & Fuller Craft Museum’s in the US to create Red Dress narrated audio story ‘Changing Threads’
Upcoming Residencies
2024
Art residency at Hampi Art Labs, India