Education.
1968. B.Sc. honours in Pharmacy, Strathclyde University.
1986. City and Guilds Embroidery, Preston College.
2015. B.A. honours 1st class in Creative Practice. Manchester Metropolitan University.
Group Memberships.
Reveal:6
Selected Exhibitions.
2019: Craft Open Exhibition, Platform Gallery, Clitheroe, Lancs.
2018: Craft Open Exhibition, Platform Gallery, Clitheroe, Lancs
The Red Tape Project, The Haarlem Gallery, Wirksworth
2017: Craft Open Prizewinners Exhibition, Platform Gallery, Clitheroe, Lancs
Another View, Prism Textiles at the RBSA Gallery, Birmingham.
Another View, Prism Textiles, Hoxton Arches, London
2016: Craft Open Exhibition, Platform Gallery, Clitheroe, Lancs. Prize for Innovation.
Fracture, Prism Textiles, Hoxton Arches. London.
Traces at Fenton House, London.
Traces, Reveal:6 at Sunny Bank Mills, Farsley, Leeds.
2015: Degree Show, Manchester Metropolitan University.
Foyer Display, Platt Hall, Manchester.
2014: Scenes of Change, L'Aiguille en Fete, Paris.
Irregularities. Stockport Art Gallery.
Coded : Decoded, The Mall Galleries, London and The K & S Show, London, Dublin and Harrogate.
Calm During the Storm, Letchworth Arts Centre
2013: Liminal, Prism Textiles, The Mall Galleries, London.
12th Ramster Embroidery Exhibition. Surrey.
2012: The Climate is Changing, Farfield Mill, Sedbergh.
Hidden Places, Prism Textiles. The Mall Galleries, London.
Unfolding Stories, Reveal, The K & S Show, London, Dublin and Harrogate.
Prism @ Whitstable, Whitstable Museum and Gallery.
2011: The Climate is Changing, North Light Gallery, Huddersfield.
11th Ramster Embroidery Exhibition, Surrey.
Up Close : In Detail, Prism Textiles, The Mall Galleries London.
Reveal : Unfolding Stories, Farfield Mill, Sedbergh.
2010: The Climate is Changing, Museo del Tessuto, Prato, Italy. A travelling exhibition moving on to Wuppertal, Gottingen, Halle, Dresden, And Forchheim, Germany.
Evoke, Evolve, Expand, Prism Textiles, The Mall Galleries, London.
2009: 10th Ramster Embroidery Exhibition, Surrey.
Headline : Sense of the Moment, Prism Textiles, The Mall Galleries, London.
2008: Overlay, Prism Textiles, The Mall Galleries, London.
2007: Prism, The Mall Galleries,London.
9th Ramster Embroidery Exhibition.
Riches of Stitches, Bilston Craft Centre and Bankfield Museum.
Reveal, Bankfield Museum, Halifax.
2006: Prism, The Mall Galleries, London.
2005: Prism, The Mall Galleries, London.
8th Ramster Embroidery Exhibition, Surrey.
2004: Prism, The Mall Galleries, London.
Riches of Stitches, Collins Gallery, Glasgow.
2003: Prism, The Mall Galleries, London.
High Places, Stockport Art Gallery.
Reflex, Prism, Cajobah, Birkenhead.
7th Ramster Embroidery Exhibition.
2001: Prism, Congress House, London.
The Spirit of the Place- Interpretations of a National Trust Garden, Assembly Rooms, Bath and Ramster., Surrey.
2000: Prism, Congress House, London.
Feltworks with Yurt, Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
Riches of Stitches, Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry.
Pre 2000 highlights.
1999: Embroidery for Gardeners, Tokoyo, Curated by Thomasina Beck.
1996: Anchor Award Exhibition, Germany.
1995:The Art of the Stitch, Commonwealth Institute, London and Whitworth Gallery Manchester.
1994: Modernes Stickdesign, Amstricterhaus, Schwartzenbeck, Germany
1992: Anchor Award Exhibition, Germany.
1987: First prize in the Anchor/ Embroiderers Guild national competition on the theme "Underwater".