Exhibitions and Work Undertaken
Exhibitions
2026
Oct 2026- Nov 2026 Selected for the 'Tapestry of Voices', London
Sept 2026- Jan 2027 Selected for World of Threads, Toronto, Canada
Mar 2026-Oct 2026 'Flight' Group touring exhibition with Art Textiles Made in Britain
2025
Oct 2025-Nov 2026 'Flight' Group touring exhibition with Art Textiles Made in Britain
April 2025 Reflections from the Land- Selected for a collaborative exhibition at Spudworks, Sway, Hampshire
2024
Jan 2024 Selected for a solo exhibition at the World of Threads Festival Toronto, Canada
2023
Oct 2023-Jan 2024 Selected for a solo exhibition at the World of Threads Festival Toronto, Canada
Oct 2023-Mar 2024 'Illuminate' Group touring exhibition with Art Textiles Made in Britain London and Harrogate Knitting and Stitching Shows
Oct 2023 Feltwork included as a part of Decorex, Europe's largest design show, Olympia, London
2022
Sept - Oct 2022 selected for 12th Lausanne to Beijing International Fiber Art Biennale 2022, Yunnan Museum, China
Sept -Nov 2022 Above:Below Solo Exhibition, Farfield Mill, Cumbria
Sept-Oct 2022 'Found' Forge Needle Museum, Redditch
June 2022 'Transformation' group exhibition Society of Designer Craftsmen, Bankside Gallery, London
Mar 2022 - 'Found' Ilminster Art Gallery, Ilminster, Somerset
2021
Oct - Nov 2021 - 'Found' Queen Street Gallery, Neath
August 2021 - 'Found' Group exhibition with ArtTextilesMadeinBritain, Festival of Quilts, NEC, Birmingham
July 2021 - 'Excellence' Selected Society of Designer Craftsmen group exhibition, Oxmarket Gallery, Chichester. Joint curator.
April 2021 - selected for Flux Review online
April 2021 selected for Boomer Gallery, Whitechapel, London
Jan - Mar 2021 - Above:Below, Farfield Mill, Sedbergh, Cumbria (postponed until Sept 15, 2022)
2020
March 2020 - Flux Review VI online exhibition
Sept - Nov 2020 - A Walk in Autumn, Chalk's Gallery, Lymington
Sept- Nov 2020 The Big Pause Virtual Exhibition, Artful Collective
Sept 2020 ‘<<Strategy:Get Arts>> Virtual exhibition, Demarco Archives, Summerhall, Edingburgh
Aug - Oct 2020 - Wiltshire Creative Summer Open, Salisbury Arts Centre
Aug -Dec 2020 - 'Kaleidoscope' Virtual International Feltmakers Association exhibition
August 2020 - 'Found' guest artist with Art Textiles:Made in Britain,Festival Quilts, NEC Birmingham (postponed until 2021)
2019
May -July 2019 - Warp and Weft II, Solo Show, Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham
Mar -May 2019 - Warp and Weft I, Solo Show, New Milton Arts Centre
Feb -Mar 2019 - ‘Demarco in Dunoon: Homage to Joseph Beuys in the Celtic World of Dunoon.’ Joint exhibition, Dunoon Burgh Hall, Argyll & Bute, Scotland
Jan- 23 Feb 2019 - ‘Venus in the Landscape’ Salisbury Arts Centre
2018
Oct-Dec 2018 - Selected for solo gallery - World Festival Threads, Toronto, Canada
Sept 2018 - ‘Homage to Beuys’ Joint exhibition, Demarco Archives, Summerhall, Edingburgh
2017
Oct, Nov 2017 - ‘Stone’ -Twisted Thread’s Knitting & Stitching Solo Show (London, Dublin and Harrogate)
May 2017 - ‘Under the Microscope’-Joint exhibition with artist Helen Sill, Rum’s Eg Gallery, Romsey
2016
Jun 2016 - ‘From the Earth Textiles’ Exhibition, Hertfordshire
Jan 2016 - ‘Lithic’ alongside artist Peter Jackman, New Ashgate Gallery, Surrey
Nov 2016 - MADE Brighton, Brighton
Nov 2016 - Contemporary Textiles Exhibition, New Ashgate Gallery, Surrey
Oct 2016 - ‘Stitched’ – Romsey Abbey, Hants
2015
Jan 2015 25x25x25 Society of Designer Craftsmen, Mall Galleries, London
Summer 2015 Flitti ‘Black & White’ Finnish Felt Association, Jamsa, Finland
July 2014 10 out of 6, Degree Show, Desborough College, Eastleigh
2011-2014 Hampshire Schools Sustainability Project
April 2011 Lead artist -Woodgreen Community Felt Banner Project
2010-present Art tutor on international cruise ships
June 2009 Lead artist- Cranborne Community Hall Mural Project
2004-Present Hampshire Open Studios (10 days annually)
2002 Lead artist Hale primary school Felt Hat project
Education and Awards
2019 Member of the Society of Designer Craftsmen – Awarded full membership (juried)
2016 Salisbury Contemporary Craft and Heritage Festival ‘Best Local Maker’ Award
2011-2014 Foundation Degree in Arts (Stitched Textiles) Winchester University, with Distinction
2006-2007 City and Guilds Level 1 & 2 in Embroidery, City College, Southampton
1992 Runner Up – Daily Mail Young Countrywoman of the Year
1988 NatWest and NFU Venture Cash winner – £1000 research project into fine wool production
1988 Winner -Graduate Enterprise Program, Bristol
1985-1988 Seale-Hayne Agricultural College, Devon -HND in Agriculture, with Merit
Work Held in Collections
Robert McDowell, Summerhall Arts Centre, Edinburgh
Private collections including Canada and Scotland
Publications
2022 Grima- Danish International Felt Magazine
2022 International Feltmakers magazine FeltMatters Issue 146
2021 British Fibre Art magazine - 2 articles
2019 Embroiders’ Guild SEW magazine
2018 FiberArtsNow magazine-selected and featured felt artist
2018 Grima-Danish International Felt Magazine
2017 ‘Stone’ – International Feltmakers Magazine
2016 Worldwide Colours of Felt by Ellen Bakker – work included
2016 Felt Collars –Workshop on the Web
2015 Who and I? – Felt Matters, International Feltmakers Magazine
2014 Indigo Dyeing -Felt Matters, International Feltmakers Magazine
2012 Woodgreen Community Felt Project – Felt Matters, international Feltmakers magazine
Memberships
Full Member of the Society of Designer Craftsmen (MSDC)
Joint regional Co-ordinator and member of the IFA (International Feltmakers Association)
Member of ArtTextiles:MadeinBritain
Member of Heritage Crafts
Member of the Society of Scottish Artists
Member of Artful Collective
Supporter of the Campaign for Wool