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CV

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Selected Exhibitions/Events

2019  BASKETRY FUNCTION and ORNAMENT, group exhibition, Ruthin Craft Centre, Denbighshire, Wales
2018 Hothouse Selected, group show, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey
2017 Sept-Dec MAKING SPACE: 10 years of excellence in craft, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
2017 Sept Catford Arts Trail Open House, Catford, London
2016 Oct SECOND NATURE, solo exhibition, Knitting and Stitching Shows, London, Dublin and Harrogate
2016 Catford Arts Trail Open House, Catford, London
2015 Oct-Nov Stella Harding SECOND NATURE: Gallery at the Knitting and Stitching shows - London, Dublin and Harrogate
2015 LEAVING HOME: a new setting for site-specific contemporary craft, Contemporary Applied Arts, London
  KNIT, group show, Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford
2014 'Making More' limited edition collection for Mottisfont National Trust, Romsey, Hampshire
  TRUE NATURE, solo exhibition, Wallner Gallery, Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham
  HOME FRONT, Morley College group exhibition, The Garden Museum, London
2014 May-Nov UNRAVELLING UPPARK, group exhibition, Uppark House and Garden, West Sussex
2013 SEX in the CITY: FOOD, FLOWERS AND FORNICATION, artist residency and site responsive installation, Guildhall Library, London
2013 Oct A MEASURE OF CHAOS, solo exhibition, Pound Arts, Corsham
2013 Sept THE LAST SCATTERING SURFACE, group exhibition, no format gallery, Woolwich, London
2013 Jul-Sept GROWING, group exhibition, National Centre for Craft and Design, Sleaford
2013 Jun FUSION: West Dean College, West Sussex
2013 Jun Crafting the Genome Lab: collaborative installation with Genome Damage and Stability Centre, Univ. of Sussex for centenary of the Medical Research Council
2013-2014 'BEAUTY IS THE FIRST TEST', group exhibition, National Centre for Craft and Design, Sleaford
2013 New Tutor's Exhibition, Foyer Gallery, West Dean College, West Sussex
2012 JuL-Aug ‘THERE WILL BE NO SLOW MOTION’, group show, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
2012 Apr-May 'IN MY ART OR CRAFT', group exhibition, The New Schoolhouse Gallery, York
2012 May 13 AMULETS, exhibition with Basketryplus, The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London
2012
July-Aug
'OH', group exhibition as part of Deptford X 2012, Art Hub Gallery, Deptford, London
2012
Sept-Dec
MAGGS BENEATH THE COVERS, group exhibition, Maggs Bros Antiquarian Booksellers, Mayfair, London
2011 Dec TREE, Art Hub Gallery Xmas Group Show, Art Hub Gallery, Deptford, London
2011 Nov - 2012 Jan BASKETRY FOCUS with Mary Crabb and Maggie Smith, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey
2011 Sep PORTRAITS IN THE MAKING, group exhibition, Pitzhanger Manor Gallery & House, Ealing
2011 Apr ON THE WALL with Basketry Plus, Lauderdale House, Highgate, London.
2011 Feb-Mar NANOWOMEN: showcasing technology, Fashion and Textile Museum, Bermondsey, London
2011 Jan Basketry Showcase, Greenwich Tourist Information Gallery, Greenwich, London
2010 Nov RELAY: group show, Core Gallery, Creekside, Deptford, London.
2010 Oct HOTHOUSE emerging makers exhibition, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey.
2010 Sept Deptford X, Art Hub Gallery, Framework Studios, Deptford, London.
2010 July The Hanging Garlands of Tibby Place – community arts project, specialist consultant to Shane Waltener.
2010 May Group show at the Claremont, Brighton Festival and Artist's Open Houses, Hove Arts Trail, Hove, West Sussex.
2010 Mar-Apr SHOW YOUR WORKING OUT – solo exhibition, Metre Square Gallery, Quay2c, Kingsgrove, Peckham, London.
2009 Hybrid Basketry - specialist consultant to Shane Waltener, Origin: the London Craft Fair, Somerset House, London.

THE UPSETT - A Group Exhibition of Contemporary Basketry by Basketry Plus, the Barbican Library Foyer, Barbican Centre, London, UK.

FULL CIRCLE - A Group Exhibition of Contemporary Basketry, The New Maynard Gallery, Campus West, Welwyn Garden City, UK.

South East Arts Open Studios - The Old Reed Bed, Lower Halstow, Kent, UK

2008 MATERIAL DIFFERENCE - An Exhibition of Contemporary Basketry and Ceramics (with Robert Cooper), Rochester Art Gallery and Craft Case, Rochester, Kent, UK.

Surrey Open Houses - Guest Artist (with Penny Green) Dorking, Surrey, UK

Brighton Festival and Artists' Open Houses Guest Artist (with Maggie Feeny) Fiveways, Brighton, East Sussex, UK.

2007 LE FLAC a 20 ANS (invited artist) - International Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Chateau de la Coste, Grezels, S.W. France.
2006 LES EPHEMERES - Site specific installation and exhibition with Carol Farrow and Martin Ward, Le Manoir de Rouergou, St Medard, S.W. France.
2004 PASSION - An Exhibition of Contemporary Basketry, with Suni Lopez, Lauderdale House, Highgate, London.
2003 The London Art and Design Show (with The Fibre Art Gallery) The Midland Grand Hotel, London.

Iliffe Yard Open Studios, London, Guest Artist

Vanguard Court Open Studios, London, Guest Artist

Contemporary British Basketry, recent student work selected by Mary Butcher for INTERNATIONAL BASKETRY, Lugo, Spain.

Final Group Show, City and Guilds Creative Basketry Part One, City Lit, London

Commissions

2019        'Sun Weave' (2m diam.) a commission piece for the drama, music and dance production 'Tree' by Idris Elba and Kwame Kwei-Armah
2014 ‘Lovingly Crafted’, woven pack for KETTLE chips print advertisement
2012 Olympic figures in willow (with Hertfordshire Basketry) for Luton Museums at Stockbridge Centre
2011 Large Wall-hanging: theatre set of Death and the Maiden, Harold Pinter Theatre, Panton Street, London
2007 Large Wall Piece: Philip King (Kinleigh, Folkard and Hayward Ltd)
2005 Clothing adornments in basketry for final year catwalk show: Harriet Miller, M.A.Womenswear Knitwear, School of Fashion and Textiles, Royal College of Art, London, UK.

Media/Publications

2014/15 ‘Lovingly Crafted’, print advertisement for KETTLE Chips, Observer, Guardian, Times, Independent, ES, Red, Sainsbury’s magazine, Waitrose magazine
2013 'Beauty is the First Test': 5 case studies, a film by Electric Egg commissioned by Liz Cooper
2013 In: Jane Bevan, ’Craft from Natural Materials’, Bloomsbury, 2013
2012 'Practical Basketry Techniques', Stella Harding and Shane Waltener, A&C Black
2005 Catalogue, M.A. Fashion, Royal College of Art 2005, London.

Awards

2011 Grants for the Arts, Arts Council England
2003 Student bursary from the Worshipful Company of Basketmakers.

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