SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
SOLO
Compagnons du Tour de France, Fédération Compagnonique¸ Agen – Oct/Nov 2020, Agen, Lot-et-Garonne
Tactile Tectonics – April 2018, Foxlowe Arts Centre, Leek, UK
Growth Forms – MA show – 2014 University of Derby, UK
JOINT
Nature in the Making – Nov 2016 Galerie de Sleedoorn, Zetten, Holland
Nature in the Making – May 2015, Garnlager Lyssach, Near Bern, Switzerland
Nature in the Making – August 2014, Eugene Textile Centre, Oregon US
Nature in the Making – July 2014, B2 Gallery, Tacoma, Washington US
Nature in the Making – April 2014, Arts in Oxford, Christchurch, New Zealand
Nature in the Making – March 2014, Earth House, Peria, New Zealand
GROUP
Voyage au coeur de la matière – Juin -Sept 2024 Galerie Associative d’Art et Métiers d’Art, , Maison Aunac, Barbaste, Lot-et-Garonne, France
Tactile– Mai-Sept 2024 group exhibition, Fils et Métiers, Château de Varaignes, Dordogne, France
Bees – 2024 online exhibition, International Weaving Network.
Cross Border – 2021 online exhibition, International Weaving Network
GAAMA – 2020-2022 – Association Métiers d’Art et Créateurs, Barbaste, Lot-et-Garonne
Le fil ambulant – Mai-Sept 2018 group exhibition, Fils et Métiers, Château de Varaignes, Dordogne, France
Métiers d’Art en Gascogne – Sept & Dec 2017, group exhibition, Journée de Patrimoine, Xmas Fair
MIDLANDS TEXTILE FORUM Inspired by Flora – Sept – Nov 2011 group exhibition, Midlands Textile Forum, The Nicholson Gallery, Leek, UK
Exotica – Sept – Oct 2010 group exhibition, Midlands Textile Forum, Botanical Gardens, Birmingham, UK
Evesham – March 2010 group exhibition, Evesham Library, Midlands Textile Forum UK
Complex Weavers Exhibition – June 2008, Tampa Bay, Florida USA
Convergence Tutors’ Exhibition – June 2008, Handweavers Guild of America, Tampa Bay, Florida USA
How Art is Made – March 2006 – 2012 Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, UK
Male + Female = Art – Sept 2006, International Women In Textile Art, Bienniale, San Jose, COSTA RICA
Made in the Middle – Craftspace
CURRICULUM VITAE (except exhibitions)
FURTHER EDUCATION
MA Distinction (2014) University of Derby, England
Diploma in Jacquard Weaving (2005) Lisio Foundation, Florence, Italy
Diploma in Handloom Weaving (1995) Bradford & Ilkley Community College, England
BA (1983) Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama / Glasgow University, Scotland
STUDIO
Moved to France and set up The Loom Room France 2017
Studio and Workshop Teaching; Online courses; Presentations to Guilds (international); Art; Writing weaving books
Set up The Loom Room (UK) 1997
Bridal Fabric production and sales (1997 – 2000); Accessories production and sales (2000 – 2004); Studio and Workshop Teaching (2005 – ); Art (ongoing)
PUBLIC SPEAKER (Guilds, Conferences, Seminars) including:
Hand-weavers Guilds and Regional Conferences – North America, UK, Zoom Presentations 2020 – ongoing
Complex Weavers Seminars (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2022);
Keynote at Professional Weavers Network Conference, New Zealand (2014);
Braids International Conference, Manchester UK (2012);
Ann Sutton Foundation, Shetland UK (2012)
HGA’s Convergence Albequerque (2010);
Designer Maker West Midlands Forum, Arts Council England West Midlands, Birmingham, UK (2007);
North West Textile Forum conference – Textile Collections & Creativity (2006)
Important Commissions/Awards
Weave Editor for The Journal of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers (UK) 2018 – 2024
Chair for Midlands Textile Forum 2009 – 2011
Setting up a weaving workshop for the Omani Government (Public Authority for Crafts Industries) 2008
SmartArt award, West Midlands, UK 2006/07
Weaving Deep Sea series for exhibition in Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery 2006
Leonardo da Vinci award, contacting textiles artists and forging connections, Lyon, FRANCE 2005
Staffordshire Moorlands Arts Organiser of the Year award 2005
Alan Hurst Special Achievement Award of the Year, Staffordshire Moorlands 2005
Arts Council England award for jacquard weaving, Florence, ITALY 2004
Set up and was Chairman for Staffordshire Open Studios from 2001 -2007
BOOKS/MONOGRAPHS
3D Weaving: Surfaces and Sculpture (Crowood Press, upcoming in 2025)
Woven Optical Illusions with Katharina Kronig (Crowood Press, 2024)
Beneath the Surface (2010, revised 2020)
Texture for Textiles (2010, revised 2020)
Honeycomb Hybrids (2017)
Woven Shibori for Texture (2010)
Other Publications
Images in Weaving: Structure and Substance Ann Richards (2021)
Images in Weaving Textiles That Shape Themselves Ann Richards (2012)
Images in Textiles : The Art of Mankind Mary Schoeser (2012)
Articles in the following magazines:
The UK Journal of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers (numerous)
Complex Weavers Journal (several)
British Tapestry Group Journal March 2019
American Tapestry Alliance Journal Fall 2019
Staffordshire Life (several)
Art of England