TRAINING
1981-83 ST.HELENS COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN 2 year Art Foundation Course
1983-86 SOUTH GLAM INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION, Cardiff BA (Hons) Ceramics
1987-88 SOUTH GLAM INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION, Cardiff Postgraduate Art Teacher’s Certificate (University of Wales)
1990-91 BIRMINGHAM POLYTECHNIC MA Textiles & Fashion & Postgraduate Diploma in Textiles & Fashion
TEACHING
1988-90 ST.GREGORY’S RC HIGH SCHOOL, Warrington Teacher of Art & Design
1993-95 ST.LUKE’S RC PRIMARY SCHOOL, Lowton Artist-in-residence
1995-2002 WIGAN & LEIGH COLLEGE Part-time tutor in 3D and Visual Studies
1998-2000 DRUMCROON ART EDUCATION CENTRE, Wigan Artist-in-residence
2002-2015 LLANOVER HALL ARTS CENTRE, Cardiff Part-time tutor in Ceramics and Life Drawing.
EXHIBITIONS
1990 FASHION & EMBROIDERY 90 (Harrogate Royal Hall)
1991 CARMEL COLLEGE, ST.HELENS (Solo exhibition)
1990/1991/1992/ 1993/1994/1995/1996 NATIONAL QUILT COMPETITION (Hatfield/Ascot)
Madera Prize for Expressive Work 1990, 2nd Prize for Expressive Work 1994, Commended 1995
1992 Commission for All Saints RC Church, Golborne - Illustrations of new church building, and Lectern Cloth design
1993/1994/1995/1996/1997 GREAT BRITISH QUILT FESTIVAL (Harrogate) Award for Best Use of Colour 1995
1994/1995/1996 DRUMCROON SUMMER EXHIBITION, Wigan
1995 Work purchased for Wigan schools’ loan collection.
1995 ST.HELENS ART COMPETITION
1995 Commission: St.Gregory’s RC High School, Warrington - Ceramic sculpture of the resurrected Christ.
1995/1999/2001/2005/2009/2011/2013/2017/2021/2023 QUILT NATIONAL (USA) - Major biennial touring exhibition
Best of Show 2009, Best International Artist 2021, Jurors Award 2023
1995 North West Arts award for travel to New York
1996 FANTASTIC & STRANGE - CONTEMPORARY TEXTILE ARTISTS - Selected exhibition, Drumcroon Art Centre, Wigan
1999 ARC GALLERY, Chester (solo exhibition)
1999 A GRAND SLAM (Munchengladbach/touring exhibition)
1999 ART OF THE STITCH Barbican Centre London / Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead
1999 NORTH WEST ARTS, Manchester (small solo exhibition)
1999 NORTH WEST ARTS ARTISTS (Business Investment Centre, Wigan)
1999 NORTH WEST ARTS ARTISTS (Crewe & Alsager College)
2000 JOURNEYS & DIRECTIONS (Drumcroon Art Centre, Wigan)
2000 J.FUNC FINE ART INC, Maumee, Ohio (group show)
2000 GUESTHOUSE GALLERY (Abraham Guest High School, Wigan) Solo exhibition.
2001 CASTLE PARK ART CENTRE, Frodsham, Cheshire
2001 ART OF THE STITCH (Mall Galleries, London)
2001 THE ART OF QUILTS, Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead
2005 A RARE CHANCE TO SEE, Washington Gallery, Penarth (Group exhibition)
2008 MIXED MEDIA, Washingon Gallery, Penarth (Group exhibition)
2011 INTERCELTIQUE FESTIVAL, Lorient, Brittany (Solo exhibition, chosen to represent Wales)
2011 CYNON VALLEY MUSEUM & GALLERY, Aberdare (Solo exhibition)
2012 RHONDDA HERITAGE PARK, Pontypridd (Solo exhibition)
2013,2014,2015,2016 FINE ART QUILT MASTERS, Festival of Quilts, Brmingham NEC
2012 LE TEMPS DE SIRENES, Brittany (International Biennial Women's Art Exhibition)
2014 MUSIC MAKERS, Bluecoat Gallery Liverpool (Invited)
2016 ORIEL CANFAS, Cardiff, 2 person exhibition
2017 SHEEN CENTER, New York (Solo exhibition)
2018 ARCADECARDiFF, Cardiff (Solo exhibition)
2021 & 2023 CHAIYA ART AWARDS, Oxo Tower Gallery, London (Prizewinner 2023)
WORK IN COLLECTIONS
International Quilt Museum, University of Nebraska, Lincoln NE
PUBLICATIONS & FEATURES
'Art Quilts, A Celebration' by Robert Shaw (Lark Books, NY 2005
'Embroidery' magazine Sept/Oct 2009
'The Quilter' magazine (Quilters' Guild) Summer 2011
'Colour in Art Quilts' by Janet Twinn (Batsford 2011)
'Textile Collage' by Mandy Pattullo (Batsford 2016)
'Embroidery' magazine Sept/Oct 2020
LECTURES
2010 Guest speaker at the AGM of the British Quilter’s Guild, Bloomsbury, London.
MAJOR PROJECTS/RESIDENCIES
2003 EAZ (EDUCATION ACTION ZONE) CELEBRATION QUILT, LEIGH
Major project for Wigan Council - worked at 26 primary schools in Leigh to produce a large commemorative quilt for Leigh Library.
2017 SHEEN CENTER, Bleecker St, Manhattan, NYC
Artist in residence Sept-Dec (with the support of Wales Arts International)
2018 ARCADECARDIFF, Queens Arcade, Cardiff
Artist in residence March-September 2018
1981-83 ST.HELENS COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN 2 year Art Foundation Course
1983-86 SOUTH GLAM INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION, Cardiff BA (Hons) Ceramics
1987-88 SOUTH GLAM INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION, Cardiff Postgraduate Art Teacher’s Certificate (University of Wales)
1990-91 BIRMINGHAM POLYTECHNIC MA Textiles & Fashion & Postgraduate Diploma in Textiles & Fashion
TEACHING
1988-90 ST.GREGORY’S RC HIGH SCHOOL, Warrington Teacher of Art & Design
1993-95 ST.LUKE’S RC PRIMARY SCHOOL, Lowton Artist-in-residence
1995-2002 WIGAN & LEIGH COLLEGE Part-time tutor in 3D and Visual Studies
1998-2000 DRUMCROON ART EDUCATION CENTRE, Wigan Artist-in-residence
2002-2015 LLANOVER HALL ARTS CENTRE, Cardiff Part-time tutor in Ceramics and Life Drawing.
EXHIBITIONS
1990 FASHION & EMBROIDERY 90 (Harrogate Royal Hall)
1991 CARMEL COLLEGE, ST.HELENS (Solo exhibition)
1990/1991/1992/ 1993/1994/1995/1996 NATIONAL QUILT COMPETITION (Hatfield/Ascot)
Madera Prize for Expressive Work 1990, 2nd Prize for Expressive Work 1994, Commended 1995
1992 Commission for All Saints RC Church, Golborne - Illustrations of new church building, and Lectern Cloth design
1993/1994/1995/1996/1997 GREAT BRITISH QUILT FESTIVAL (Harrogate) Award for Best Use of Colour 1995
1994/1995/1996 DRUMCROON SUMMER EXHIBITION, Wigan
1995 Work purchased for Wigan schools’ loan collection.
1995 ST.HELENS ART COMPETITION
1995 Commission: St.Gregory’s RC High School, Warrington - Ceramic sculpture of the resurrected Christ.
1995/1999/2001/2005/2009/2011/2013/2017/2021/2023 QUILT NATIONAL (USA) - Major biennial touring exhibition
Best of Show 2009, Best International Artist 2021, Jurors Award 2023
1995 North West Arts award for travel to New York
1996 FANTASTIC & STRANGE - CONTEMPORARY TEXTILE ARTISTS - Selected exhibition, Drumcroon Art Centre, Wigan
1999 ARC GALLERY, Chester (solo exhibition)
1999 A GRAND SLAM (Munchengladbach/touring exhibition)
1999 ART OF THE STITCH Barbican Centre London / Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead
1999 NORTH WEST ARTS, Manchester (small solo exhibition)
1999 NORTH WEST ARTS ARTISTS (Business Investment Centre, Wigan)
1999 NORTH WEST ARTS ARTISTS (Crewe & Alsager College)
2000 JOURNEYS & DIRECTIONS (Drumcroon Art Centre, Wigan)
2000 J.FUNC FINE ART INC, Maumee, Ohio (group show)
2000 GUESTHOUSE GALLERY (Abraham Guest High School, Wigan) Solo exhibition.
2001 CASTLE PARK ART CENTRE, Frodsham, Cheshire
2001 ART OF THE STITCH (Mall Galleries, London)
2001 THE ART OF QUILTS, Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead
2005 A RARE CHANCE TO SEE, Washington Gallery, Penarth (Group exhibition)
2008 MIXED MEDIA, Washingon Gallery, Penarth (Group exhibition)
2011 INTERCELTIQUE FESTIVAL, Lorient, Brittany (Solo exhibition, chosen to represent Wales)
2011 CYNON VALLEY MUSEUM & GALLERY, Aberdare (Solo exhibition)
2012 RHONDDA HERITAGE PARK, Pontypridd (Solo exhibition)
2013,2014,2015,2016 FINE ART QUILT MASTERS, Festival of Quilts, Brmingham NEC
2012 LE TEMPS DE SIRENES, Brittany (International Biennial Women's Art Exhibition)
2014 MUSIC MAKERS, Bluecoat Gallery Liverpool (Invited)
2016 ORIEL CANFAS, Cardiff, 2 person exhibition
2017 SHEEN CENTER, New York (Solo exhibition)
2018 ARCADECARDiFF, Cardiff (Solo exhibition)
2021 & 2023 CHAIYA ART AWARDS, Oxo Tower Gallery, London (Prizewinner 2023)
WORK IN COLLECTIONS
International Quilt Museum, University of Nebraska, Lincoln NE
PUBLICATIONS & FEATURES
'Art Quilts, A Celebration' by Robert Shaw (Lark Books, NY 2005
'Embroidery' magazine Sept/Oct 2009
'The Quilter' magazine (Quilters' Guild) Summer 2011
'Colour in Art Quilts' by Janet Twinn (Batsford 2011)
'Textile Collage' by Mandy Pattullo (Batsford 2016)
'Embroidery' magazine Sept/Oct 2020
LECTURES
2010 Guest speaker at the AGM of the British Quilter’s Guild, Bloomsbury, London.
MAJOR PROJECTS/RESIDENCIES
2003 EAZ (EDUCATION ACTION ZONE) CELEBRATION QUILT, LEIGH
Major project for Wigan Council - worked at 26 primary schools in Leigh to produce a large commemorative quilt for Leigh Library.
2017 SHEEN CENTER, Bleecker St, Manhattan, NYC
Artist in residence Sept-Dec (with the support of Wales Arts International)
2018 ARCADECARDIFF, Queens Arcade, Cardiff
Artist in residence March-September 2018