SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023 Hollybush Group Art Shows, March, July and December,
Hollybush estate, Cardiff
2022 Save the Northern Meadows, Worker’s Gallery, Porth
2021 Cardiff Peoples’ Paper, with Alex Bird, Made in Roath, Cardiff
2019 Wellbeing: Nature, Spaces and the Feminine, Hearth Gallery,
University Hospital, Llandough,
Ink Tests, Oriel Myrddin Gallery, Carmarthen
Botanical Colours, Waterloo Tea Gardens, Cardiff
2018 Well-Space, 1A Inverness Place, Cardiff
Sensations, Boundary Arts, Cardiff Bay
2017 Our Orchard/Ein Berllan; University Hospital Llandough, Cardiff
2015 Nature Print Shop, Oriel Canfas, Cardiff
Linen Futures, R-Space Gallery, Lisburn, Northern Ireland
2014/15 Pinnies from Heaven, Craft in the Bay. Llantarnam Grange Art Centre, Cwmbran
2013 Arcade Almanac, Queen’s Arcade, Cardiff
Material Connections, Craft in the Bay, Cardiff
2012 MaP Group, The Globe, Hay-on-Wye
Three-in-One, Butetown History and Arts Centre, Cardiff
Material Maps, The Wall gallery, Newport
2011 Enchanted Heritage; FAB – Bath Festival, Bath
Wunderland; Tactile Bosch, Cardiff
2010 Melin Medi; New Mill, Drefelin, Llandysil
13 Con-Temporary Dialogues; SMU, Dynevor Centre for Art and
Design, Swansea
Enchanted Heritage; Llantarnam Grange Art Centre, Cwmbran
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2022-4 Global Gardens Making n Mending Club
2021 Peoples’ Paper at Made in Roath, with Alex Bird and Save The
Northern Meadows campaign
Land as Other retreat, Stiwdio Maelor, Corris, Powys
2020-4 Sewing Seeds, Hollybush estate, Cardiff
2018 +WellSpace+ 1a Inverness Place, Made in Roath, Cardiff
2017 Our Orchard/Ein Berllan; Residency at University Hospital
Llandough, Cardiff
2016 Bute Park, Criw Celf, Cardiff Council/Arts Active
2015 Healing Words, The Sanctuary refugee project, Newport
1013 Arcade Almanac, 3 week residency, Queen’s Arcade, Cardiff
2011/12 START, Makers Guild in Wales; Kitchener Road
primary School
2010/11 Washington Gallery: Tros Gynnal, DPYIA, Vale Young Carers
2010/11 START, Makers Guild in Wales, Baden Powell Junior School
2008 Print/collage, Bishop of Llandaff C/W High School, Cardiff
2005 Textile banners, Afan Valley Forest Park, Port Talbot
2005 Print/dye banner, Shire Newton Primary School, Mons
2004 Print residency, Engramme, Méduse Arts Centre, Québec City
2002 Art with children and carers, Surestart, Butetown, Cardiff
2001 Land art and papermaking, Groundwork Caerphilly, Penallta Park
1998 Collage mural and art workshops, Herbert Thomson Infant School, Cardiff
PUBLICATIONS
The Slate BBC Digital, Artist feature, 2019
Slow Writing – paper, presented at conference and published by University of Plymouth, Creative Futures, 2016
BBC Countryfile, Feature on Walnut Ink, October 2016
Natural Processes in Textile Art; Fox, A. Battisford, UK, 2015
Post War to Post Modern : A Dictionary of Artists in Wales; Jones, P. Hitchman, I. Gomer, 2015
LA RENCONTRE-Y CYFARFOD-THE MEETING-NITU NATSHISKUATA; Diagonale, Montréal, QC, 2011
Quebec Cymru ; Wales Arts International, Cardiff, 2004
Made – A collection of Applied Arts from Wales; Wales Arts International, Cardiff, 2003
PROJECTS
2022-4 Making and Mending, Global Gardens, Cardiff
Wild Things Kew gardens funded young people growing and making
2021 Criw Celf: Arts development with various schools since 2016
Sewing Seeds Hollybush Estate community garden project
2020 Graft: Swansea Maritime Museum, Natural dye garden and workshops
The Girl who Wouldn’t Give Up, Backdrop and workshop artist, Green Squirrel, Cardiff
2019 His Dark Materials, Screen-print consultant, Wolf studios, Cardiff
2017 Tidy, Cardiff City Council environmental schools project
2017/6 Momentos of Leaving – Artist and production assistant collab with Elaine Paton and Julia Thomas
2012/13 Material Connections: Collaboration with artist/scientist, Julia Thomas.
Combined investigation into memories with digital code, video, sound, photo and sculpture.
2010/11 Collab.docs/ Are You Happy project; research and production assistant http://theareyouhappyproject.org/
2010 13 Con-Temporary Dialogues, Swansea; project management, web site and Facebook
2006 La Rencontre, Craft in the Bay and Washington Gallery; project management, curator, designer
WORK HISTORY
To date Owner of ColourField – Visual artist/designer/educator/facilitator specialising in sustainable and natural practice
2023 Visiting tutor, Sustainable Fashion, Afan College, NPTC Group of Colleges
2013/14 Lecturer, Print and Dye Textiles, BA Textiles, Coleg Sir gar, Carmarthen (temporary cover)
2012/13 Volunteer curator/exhibitions assistant at Craft in the bay, Cardiff
2003-7 Owner, Context Designs Ltd. Art, design and applied arts agency, workshop and gallery
1999-2008 Lecturer; GNVQ/AVCE/Foundation courses, UWIC, Cardiff
2005 Lecturer; Swansea Institute of Higher Education – Surface Pattern BA(Hons)
2003-4 Creative Futures; Regional officer for development of a vocational qualification in applied arts and crafts
1997–2004 Senior Associate Lecturer (temporary cover); Contemporary Textile Practice BA (Hons), UWIC, Cardiff
1998 Art & craft projects manager; Ecocentrig environment cyber café, Cardiff City Council
1994–7 Design, production & sales; Charles & Patricia Lester Ltd., Abergavenny
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2023 Soul Medicine – herbal medicine, meditation, pranyama and yoga. Helen Barnett
2021 Safeguarding young people – Level 2, Youth wales, Agored Cymru
2019 Travel to Laos and Vietnam to study indigo dye and hemp fibre growing and production amongst hill tribes
2011-13 Performance Art; Davida Hewlett, Chapter Arts Centre
2010 Working with young people in galleries; Catrin Webster, Aberystwyth Art Centre
Historic photographic techniques, SMU
2009 Final Cut, video editing SMU
2007 Digital storytelling, Adobe Premier, Women’s Arts Assoc.
2002 Adobe Dreamweaver and Illustrator
2000 Quark Express and Adobe Photoshop
QUALIFICATIONS
2010 MA distinction – Fine Art: Contemporary Dialogues, Swansea Metropolitan University
2001 NVQ3 Delivering Art form Development Sessions, Model House, Llantrisant (Nick Clements)
1993-4 BA (Hons) 2.1 Printed Textile Design, Chelsea College of Art & Design
1991-3 HND Design, Cardiff Institute of Higher Education
1986-7 Foundation Art and Design – Gwent College of FE
Completed PGCE, Cardiff and Vale College, 2013/4 with good results and completed teaching practice but uncertified due to housing and finance difficulties.
OTHER INFORMATION
Full clean driving licence; public liability insurance; moderate French; basic Welsh – want to learn; enhanced DBS
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