News and Exhibitions

Latest Exhibitions

 

  • Weaving New Worlds – William Morris Gallery – Lloyd Park – London – 16th June – 23 September 2018
  • ART Tapestry 5 – European Tapestry Forum – 2018 – Art Centre Silkeborg Bad DENMARK, Kulturcentrum Ronneby SWEDEN, Mark Rothko ART Centre Daugavpils LATVIA, Arad Museum of Art, ROMANIA
  • Four Voices – Hopetoun House South Queensferry Edinburgh – 24th June – 20th July 2018
  • Four Voices – Sam Scorer Gallery Lincoln England – 31st July – 11 August 2018
  • Four Voices – Rozelle House Ayrshire – 18th August – 21st October 2018
  • Threads – Espacio Gallery, Bethnal Green Road, London – March 2017
  • Visual Arts Scotland – Morton Frazer Award at the Royal Scottish Academy, December 2016

Education

  • Edinburgh College of Art, Heriot Watt University 1983-1984
    • Bachelor of Art, 1st Class
    • Postgraduate Certificate in Tapestry Design
  • Moray House School Of Education, The University of Edinburgh 1986
    • Post Graduate Diploma in Education, with Distinction

Selected Exhibitions

  • Threads – Espacio Gallery Bethnal Green London, 2017
  • Visual Arts Scotland – Royal Scottish Academy Edinburgh, Morton Fraser Award, 2016
  • Interconnections – Tapestry Connections Ireland, 2016
  • Inperspex, An Exhibition of Sculpture and Tapestry Artists – RSA Edinburgh, 2015
  • Collaborative Mixed Show – The Red Barn, Cumbria, 2006-2014
  • STAR, Tapestry Regrouped (includes In conversation with the artists) – The French Institute Edinburgh, 2012/13
  • Tapestry Retrospective – Scottish Tapestry Regrouped, City Art Centre, Edinburgh 2011
  • The Joy of Food – The Lund Gallery, Yorkshire 2011
  • This is NOW: from Drawing to Contexture (an ambitious and visually exciting exhibition supported by catalogue) – Patriot Hall, Edinburgh International Festival, 2010
  • Exhibition of Miniature Tapestries, The Galerie La Tour Montsales, Suas Leis an Oir-Ghreus, France, 2010

Memberships

  • Visual Arts Scotland
  • Scottish Tapestry Artists Regrouped – founding member

Selected Awards

  • 2016 Morton Frazer Award
  • 2007 Scottish Gallery Applied Art Award
  • 2005 The Lily McDougal Painting Award