Education:
1971-72 B.B.S.I. Fellowship, Northampton Polytechnic (now University of Northampton)
1968-71 Dip. AD Fashion, Cardiff College of Art (now University of Wales Institute, Cardiff)
1965-68 Foundation + C&G Dress Design, Swansea College of Art (now Swansea Metroplitan University)
Awards:
2009 Arts Council of Wales - craft development award
2008 Craft & Design award - Royal National Eisteddfod, Cardiff, South Wales
2008 The Polly Weiss award for most exciting use of colour, SDC, Mall Galleries, London
2001 Inscape Bank, UK - artist profile for promotion/ advertising
1997 1st European Quilt Championships, Veldhoven, NL - 3 trophies for Design, Colour and
1st place in Advanced Group
1997 Runner up South Bank Banner Design Competition, London
1994 Craft & Design award - Royal National Eisteddfod, Neath, S. Wales
Public Collections:
Braintree Museum and Art Gallery, Middlesex, UK
The Museum of Art and Design, New York, USA
Maidstone Museum and Art Gallery, Kent, UK
Private Collections:
Japan, Australia, France, Belgium, USA and the UK
Selector:
2009 International juror for EXNA IV exhibition, Museum of Art and History of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
2000 Judge for Welsh Artist of the year, Cardiff
2003 Craft judge for the Urdd Eisteddfod, Cardiff
1984/09 Selector for a number of groups including: The Makers Guild in Wales, Quilt Art,
The Contemporary Quilt Group, Fibre Art Wales, New Fibre Art and Oriel Makers Gallery
Community projects:
Art in the Frame' Community Art Quilt (auctioned for charity), Jersey, Channel Islands
Owain Glyn Dwr Centenary Quilt. Royal National Eisteddfod, Llanelli, Wales
Six Banners for Riverside Community Banner 2000 Project, The Warehouse, Riverside, Cardiff
Butetown Community Art Quilt - Butetown History and Art Centre, Cardiff
Whitbread Brewery, collection of five quilts for Princess Diana Hotel, South Wales
Groups:
Quilt Art - active member since 1993
SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Association) - professional artist member
Fibre Art Wales - principal founder, chairman and webmaster
The Society of Designer Craftsmen - member
National register of Makers - Arts Council of England.
Hidden Art - UK designer-member
Other Professional Activities:
2009 - Textile artist and freelance website designer - working on private commissions and artwork
2007 Quilt Art, exhibition coordinator, 'QA22 - Under Construction
2007 Quilt Art, exhibition coordinator, Vertically Challenged exhibition
01-06 Albany Gallery, Cardiff, gallery assistant and graphic designer
2006 Oriel Makers, designed and built website, current webmaster
2003 FAW Homelands publication - co-editor
2002 Soc. Designer Craftsmen, 'Yellow Peril' - quilt image used in new publicity leaflet
2001 Inscape Bank, UK - artist profile for promotion/ advertising
2001 Fibre Art Wales - exhibitions secretary
2000 Atmosphere, NFA and California Fibers exhibition, Newport Museum - co-curator
1999 Co-founded the group Fibre Art Wales, group chairman and webmaster
92-97 New Fibre Art, group Treasurer
1991 Wales in Europe Through its Crafts, MGW exhibition, Brussels - exhibition coordinator
91 - 03 Set up Oriel Makers Gallery, gallery manager for three years plus external exhibitions
curator for 10 years
1994 Quilt Art, curator for the European touring exhibition '24/60'
84 - 96 founder member of The Makers Guild in Wales, acting group treasurer for 3 years plus display
coordinator at the Old Library Craft Centre for 7 years
