EARLY CAREER
1971 Graduated with a BA. Hons. Fashion & Textiles (Embroidery) Birmingham Polytechnic
1971-3 Embroidery Designer: Bellville Sassoon, London
1973-4 Embroidery Designer: Marie-Paule, Montreal
1974-81 Set up business in Canada
1981 Returned to Britain

MAJOR EXHIBITIONS SINCE RETURNING TO BRITAIN IN 1981
2009
The English Walled Garden: Doddington Hall, Lincoln - featured artist
Bending the Line: 62 Group exhibition, The Hub, Sleaford
The Embroiderer's Eye - the Diana Springall Collection, Macclesfield Silk Museum

2008
Stuff: contemporary textiles by The 62 Group, Catmose Gallery
Leeds Art Fair: The Light, Leeds
Size Matters: contemporary textiles by The 62 Group, Rochester Art Gallery
Christmas Present: Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead

2007
Life in Detail: solo exhibition at the Upfront Gallery, Penrith
Leeds Art Fair & Leeds Art Fair Lite
In Praise of Sheds at The Garden Station
Widening Boundaries: 62 Group exhibition at the Knitting & Stitching Shows
Christmas Present - Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead

2006
Drawn Together - major solo retrospective in the Knitting & Stitching Show at the NEC, Alexandra Palace, RDS in Dublin, & International Halls, Harrogate
Tissus, Toiles & Tuiles: Lotherton Hall, Leeds - solo
Tracing Threads: Hove Art Gallery - 62 Group
Christmas Present - Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead
Christmas Exhibition - Henshelwood Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne

2005
Leeds Art Fair
Encounters: Cambridge Museum of Zoology, 62 Group
Knitting and Stitching Show: London, Dublin, Harrogate
Christmas Present: Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead
Henshelwood Gallery Christmas Exhibition

2004
Secrets of the Saucy Seaside Postcard: Huddersfield Art Gallery & touring
Illustrating the Past: solo show, Andover Museum, Hampshire
Of Material Concern: Millennium Galleries, Sheffield
The Fifa 100: Royal Academy, London
Christmas Exhibition, Henshelwood Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne

2003
Loose Threads: Rufford Crafts Centre
Sons & Mothers: Collins Gallery, Glasgow & touring
The Classical Present: Bury Art Gallery & Museum, Bury, Lancashire
In Place: Harley Gallery, Welbeck - 62 Group

2002
Red: Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery & touring - 62 group
Cat & Mouse: From Canada to Computers; Paddy Killer, a Retrospective, The Beacon Museum & Art Gallery, Whitehaven, Cumbria
In Context: V&A, London - 62 Group
In Retrospect: Alexandra Palace, London; RDS, Dublin; International Halls, Harrogate 62 Group
Christmas Present: Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead
International Textile Open: Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast

2001
Gallery Artists: Corrymella Scott Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
62 Group at Cajobah Gallery, Birkenhead
The Art of the Stitch: Mall Galleries, London, and Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead
A Collective Response: Bankfield Museum, Halifax - 62 Group
A Work of Art in Itself: Bury Art Gallery & Museum
The Point of the Needle: Dorset County Museum

2000
Corrymella Scott Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
Out of the Garden: Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead - 62 Group
arttextiles 2: Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery & touring
Corrymella Scott Gallery at Phillips, Newcastle upon Tyne

1999
On and off the Wall: Maidstone Art Gallery & City Arts Centre, Edinburgh- 62 Group
The Art of the Stitch: Barbican, London, & Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead
Gardens and Flowers in Embroidery: Tokyo, Japan
The Plate Show: Collins Gallery, Glasgow
Christmas Present: Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead

1998
In Arkadia: solo exhibition touring to Collins Gallery. Glasgow; Upfront Gallery, Penrith; Inverness Art Gallery & Museum; Belsay Hall, Northumberland; Ranger’s House, Greenwich;
Corrymella Scott Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
The Spirit of the Times: Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Co. Durham
50 x 50: Tel Aviv Opera House; The Knitting & Stitching Show in London, Dublin, Harrogate, & Tatton Park, Cheshire - 62 Group

1997
Paddy Killer - New Work: Bankfield Museum, Halifax
Traditions: touring exhibition of the Embroiderer’s Guild Collection
The Language of Touch: Collins Gallery, Glasgow & Shire Hall, Stafford
In Arkadia: solo exhibition, Myles Meehan Gallery, Darlington Arts Centre

1996
Quarry Bank Mill, Styal, Cheshire - 62 Group
Living at Belsay: Belsay Hall, Northumberland
Designing Time: Gateshead Central Library
Christmas Present: Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead

1995
Talking through your Hat: Churchill House Museum, Hereford
Saddleworth Festival: Uppermill, Lancashire
62 Group exhibitions at Bury City Art Gallery, Black Swan Guild, Frome; & Braintree Art Gallery
North by North-East: Durham City Art Gallery

1994
Riches of Stitches: Collins Gallery, Glasgow
Decorative Arts Today: Bonhams, Knightsbridge, London
62 Group goes West: Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro
Cats at the Laing: Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
Picking up Threads: Bankfield Museum, Halifax

1993
Decorative Arts Today: Bonhams, Knightsbridge, London
Material Wealth: Bankfield Museum, Halifax
North by Northeast: Design Works, Gateshead
Contemporary Figurative Embroidery: Leicester City Art Gallery
Corrymella Scott Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
Glorious Gifts: Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead

1992
62 Group exhibitions in Belfast, Glasgow, London & Japan
Take a Seat: Kings Lynn Guildhall
Thread of Inspiration: York
Out of the Frame: Crafts Council Touring Exhibition

1991
Fascinating Fibres: Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead - 62 Group
Head to Toe: Ruskin Gallery, Sheffield
The Krefelder Stitchers: One Mellon Bank Center, Pittsburgh

1990
Northern Arts Award Winners: Touring Exhibition
Leeds Polytechnic Gallery - 62 Group
The Embroiderer’s Feast: Doddington Hall, Lincolnshire
Hankyu Company, Japan - 62 Group
Crafts at Home Showhouse: N.G.F. Gateshead 1990

1989
Contemporary British Embroidery: Contemporary Textile Gallery, London
ZSK Project: Deutsches Textil Museum, Krefeld, Germany
Crossing the Border: Collins Gallery, Glasgow - 62 Group

1988
The Horticulture Show: Abbot Hall, Kendal
U.a. Englische Textilkunstler: Galerie fur Textile Kunst, Steinenbron, Germany
The Embroiderer’s Garden: Doddington Hall, Lincolnshire & Liberty
Hats by Paddy Killer: Cleveland Crafts Centre, Middlesbrough

1987
Contemporary Textile Gallery, London
Abbot Hall Gallery, Kendal
Leicester City Art Gallery - 62 Group
Woodlands Gallery, Greenwich - 62 Group
Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead

1986
No more than a Foot: Swansea University Gallery - 62 Group
Paddy Ramsay: Van Mildert Gallery: University of Durham (solo)
Stitches and Threads: Rufford Craft Centre
Godfrey & Twatt, Harrogate,
Stitched Textiles for Interiors: R.I.B.A., London
Darlington Arts Centre

1985
Woodhorn Church Museum, Ashington (solo)
April Showers: Mid-Pennine Arts, Burnley
Textile Works: Cleveland Crafts Centre Touring Exhibition
Newcastle Playhouse Gallery (solo)
South Manchester Gallery
Chelsea Craft Fair

1984
Calouste-Gulbenkian Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne (solo)
Material Things: Tullie House, Carlisle
Society of Arts, RSA, Edinburgh
Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal
Chelsea Craft Fair

1983
Rachel B Kay Shuttleworth Prize Winners: Gawthorpe Hall, Burnley
Chelsea Craft Fair

WORKS IN MAJOR PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Tyne & Wear Museums
Darlington Borough Council
Embroiderer’s Guild, Hampton Court Palace
Calderdale Borough Council, Bankfield Museum
Hereford City Museums, Churchill House Museum
Rachel B. Kay-Shuttleworth Collections, Gawthorpe Hall, Burnley
English Heritage, Belsay Hall, Northumberland
Hampshire County Council
Cleveland County Council
Leeds City Council at Lotherton Hall

AWARDS/ GRANTS/RESIDENCIES
2006 Arts Council Grant for her retrospective exhibition Drawn Together at the Knitting and Stitching Shows
2003 Arts Council North East Cultural Business Venture Grant for a new computer & this website

1999 Shortlisted for Artist of the Millennium by the BBC

1996 Shortlisted for Northern Electric Artists Award

1995 Northern Arts Major Award to develop new work to be shown as part of Living at Belsay, Belsay Hall, Northumberland, during the Year of the Visual Arts

1993 British Council Travel Award to Australia
Artist in Residence: Canberra School of Art

1990 Northern Electric Visual Arts Award

1989 Northern Arts Travel Award to Germany: one of 7 international textile artists invited to work with computerized multi-head embroidery machines in an art & industry project with Z.S.K. Stickmachin Gessellschaft mbH,
Krefeld, Germany

1988 Northern Arts Award to launch Dressed to Kill

1987 Artist in Residence - Billingham Folk Festival

1985 Craftsperson in Residence - Woodhorn Church Museum, Ashington

PUBLIC COMMISSIONS/ COMPETITIONS
2008 Drawings for the Northumberland Wildlife Trust

2005 Marye the Quene: commission for Hampshire County Council

2003 Shortlisted for the Textile Commission for the new Scottish Parliament building
Sex & the Seaside: commission for Kirklees MBC

2000 Site-specific commission for East Hartford Community Centre, Northumberland

1998 The Veiled Lady: a site-specific commission for Bankfield Museum, Halifax
Began working as invited artist on the Leeds Tapestry 2000 project

1997 National Lottery Commission to make the TaleCoat for storyteller Taffy Thomas

1996 Tunnel Vision: a Land-Art commission for Sustrans C2C cycle path
Air U.K. commission for their 1997 calendar
Participant & initiator of The Book of Hours Community Project with Gateshead Arts & Libraries

1995 A Head for Heights: Commissioned hat for Hereford City Museums

1994 The Pillars of Art: a site-specific commission for Bankfield Museum, Halifax

1990 Creation Counterpane: National Garden Festival 1990 commission for the Crafts at Home Showhouse
Work sold through Christies’ Silent Auction

1987 National Garden Festival 1990 commission for festival advertising

1985-6 Co-operative Bank PLC Commissions for advertising

1983 1st Prize - Rachel B. Kay-Shuttleworth Competition for Embroidery

1977 Fashion Competition winner, University of Alberta

1974 Commission for University Hospital, London, Ontario

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1982-88 Part-time lecturer, Sunderland Polytechnic - BA Artist/Designer/Craftsman

1984-90 Part-time lecturer, Cumbria College of Art & Design

1985 Part-time lecturer, Cleveland College of Art & Design

Part-time lecturer, Newcastle College

1985,6,9,90 Teaching courses for Tyne & Wear Museums

1988-90 Part-time lecturer, Monkwearmouth College

1990 Visiting lecturer, Glasgow School of Art
Courses at West Dean & Quarry Bank Mill

1991,3,4 Lecture & workshop tours of Ireland

1993 Lecture & workshop tour of Australia: Mittagong, Sydney, Canberra, Adelaide

1993,4 Visiting lecturer, Limerick School of Art

ARTISTS IN SCHOOLS PROJECTS
Wickham Comprehensive, Blaydon Comprehensive, & Thomas Hepburn School in Gateshead;
Sacred Heart School in Redcar

INCLUDED IN THE FOLLOWING BOOKS
Twentieth Century Embroidery in Great Britain from 1978: Constance Howard Batsford, ISBN 0713446587
Designer Textiles: Fiona Adamczewski, 1986, David & Charles ISBN 0 7153 9040 6, pp 90, 9
The Embroiderer’s Garden: Thomasina Beck, 1988, David & Charles
ISBN 0 7153 9117 8, pp 2, 63, 123, 155
Quilting: Dorothy Osler, 1991, Merehurst, ISBN 1 85391 157 7, p.p. 30, 31
Fairytale Quilts and Embroidery: Gail Harker, 1992, Merehurst,
ISBN 1 85391 145 3, pp 86-89, 139
The Embroiderer’s Flowers: Thomasina Beck, 1992, David & Charles
ISBN 0 7153 9901 2, pp 10, 31, 32, 60, 89, 90, 108, 126 & jacket
The Merehurst Book of Needlework: 1993, Merehurst,
ISBN 1 85391 109 7, p 127
Woolcraft: Liz Bloor, 1993, BBC Publications, ISBN 0 563 36794 6, pp 120-1
The Embroiderer’s Story; Thomasaina Beck, 1995, David & Charles ISBN 0 7135 0238 8, pp 11,24, 39, 60, 88, 94, 98, 114, 128, 154, 155
Gardening with Silk and Gold: Thomasina Beck, 1997, David & Charles, ISBN 0 7153 0487 9, pp 12, 40, 64, 67, 80, 100, 120, 137, 140-1, 142-3, 153, 154
Embroidery through English History: Tomoko Nishimori, 1999, p 35, ISBN 4 579 10786
Colour and Design for Embroidery: Richard Box, 2000, Batsford, pp 54, 58-9 ISBN 0 7134 8486 1
The Point of the Needle: Dorothy Bromiley Phelan, 2001, p 90, (UK), The Dovecote Press, ISBN 1 874336 97 0; ( US & Canada) Curious Works Press,
ISBN 9728584 04 7
Inspired to Stitch - 21 Textile Artists: Diana Springall, pp124-133, A&C Black, ISBN 10: 07136 6986 1, ISBN 13: 978 0 7136 6986 2
Textiles Now: Drusilla Cole, Laurence King Publishing, 2008, ISBN-10: 1856695727

IINCLUDED IN THE FOLLOWING PUBLICATIONS
Textilforum: 1/87, p38; 4/89, p.p.29-34
Embroidery/ World of Embroidery: Spring 1984 p.21; Autumn 1988 pp 124-5; Spring 1990 p 16-7; Winter 1992 pp 206, 204; Autumn 1992 p 166; Spring 1996; Spring 1997 p 29-31, Autumn 2006
Madeira News: 4/1988, 89, 90, 92
Crafts: May/June 1988 pp 26-7; July/Aug 1990 pp 38-9; Sept/Oct 1996 p34-9; Oct/Nov 1997 p15; Jan/Feb 2002 pp17-19
Homes & Gardens: Sept 1988 p25
The Embroiderer’s Garden: Doddington Hall, Lincoln 1988
Arts Review: 1990
Ornamente/ Handwerken Zonders Grenzen: Feb 1990
Festival Landmarks: National Garden Festival 1990
Textile Fibreforum: no. 37/ 1993 p10
Out of the Frame: Crafts Council 1992 ISBN 1 870 14508 9 p28
Decorative Arts Today: Bonhams 1993
Decorative Arts Today: Bonhams 1994
House & Garden: Oct, 1994 p16
Observer Magazine: 03.03.96
Living at Belsay: Phillips Auctioneers 1996 ISBN 1 874020 15 9
The Lady: 28.03.96
In Arkadia: Darlington Arts Centre 1997
The Language of Touch: 62 Group 1997
Northern Review: Nov 1997, June 1998
a-n: June 1998
Home: Sept 1998
50x50: 62 Group 1998
The Spirit of the Times: Bowes Museum 1998
The Art of the Stitch: Embroiderer’s Guild 1999 ISBN 0 903562 30 8
The Plate Show: Collins Gallery, Glasgow 1999
Art Textiles 2 : Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery 2000 & touring
The Point of the Needle: Dorset County Museum
Red: 62 Group catalogue 2002 p38
In Context/ In Retrospect: 2002 62 Group catalogue p14
The Gaps Between - International Textile Biannual 2002: Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast publication
Sons & Mothers: 2003: Collins Gallery, Glasgow publication
Of Material Concern: 62 Group 2004
Newcastle Journal: January 2006
Bending the Line: 2009 ISBN 978-0-9548015-4-0, p.23

SLIDE LIBRARIES,CDS AND DVDS
Arts Council of England NE slide library
411 Arts CD
Tracing Threads - 62 Group CD
Widening Boundaries - 62 Group DVD

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