Selected Exhibitions
2021
Waiting: Juror: Katherine Wilson: SAQA virtual exhibition
2020
On the Edge: Juror: Petra Fallaux: SAQA virtual exhibition
No Limits: SAQA virtual exhibition
2019
Opposites Attract: Juror: Gail M Brown: SAQA: Tour of Australia
Collective (in)Action: Juror: Randy Rosenberg: North Dakota State University, ND
Made in Europe 3: Jurors: Maryte Collard; Roberta Le Poidevin: SAQA Europe & ME
Forced to Flee: Juror: Dr Susan Beryl Marks: SAQA, Melbourne, FLA
International Quilt &Fibre Arts Festival, Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum, WA: Invitational
Quilt Festival in Korea: Invitational
2018
Wide Horizons VI: Jurors: Jette Clover; Olga Norris; Monica Danielsson Bichsel: SAQA, Europe, 23rd Carrefour Européen Patchwork Guns:Loaded Conversations: Juror: Vicky A Clarke: SAQA, San Jose, CA
OURstory: Curator: Susanne Miller Jones: Houston, TX
2017
HERstory: Jurors Lisa Ellis; Cyndi Souder: National Quilt Museum, Paducah, KY
Textile Posters: Juror: Joseph Lupo: SAQA, Houston, TX
Made in Europe: Jurors: Christine Chester; Geneviève Attinger: SAQA Europe & ME, Daytona Beach, FL
2016
Wide Horizons V: Jurors: Grietje VanderVeen, Karin Østergaard, Gillian Travis: SAQA Europe ME, 22nd Carrefour Européen Patchwork
Turmoil, Juror: Kate Lydon: SAQA, Houston TX
My Corner of the World: Juror: Micaela Fitzsimmons: SAQA, Stratford, Ontario,Canada
2015
Solo Exhibition: Here and Far: Midsomer Quilting, UK
AWARDS
First place: We Walk Together 6th Quilt Expo en Beaujolais, Villefranche-sur-Saône, France, 2016
PUBLICATIONS
Exploring Art Quilts with SAQA: New Directions, SAQA, 2020 ISBN: 978-0764359989
OUR Story: Human Rights stories in fabric, S.M Jones: Schiffer, 2019 ISBN: 9780764357978
HER Story: A celebration of Strong women: S.M Jones: Schiffer, 2018 ISBN: 9780764354601
Author: Quilting Originals: Designing your own quilts: Claire Passmore, 2015 ISBN 1505890608
PRESS
Art Quilting Studio Magazine, Spring 2021
Art Quilt Quarterly, Issues 9,10,11,14,16,21
Les Nouvelles No 14: l’Association France Patchwork, Mar 2020
Practique de Patchwork No 6, Oct 2019
British Patchwork and Quilting Magazine, Jan & Feb 2019
Quilting Arts Magazine, Issues 66, 69, 72 and 78
Contemporary Quilt Magazine Vol. 4 No.2 (Quilters Guild of the British Isles), May 2015
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Ralph James, Massachusetts, USA Eva Gretta Cooper, California, USA
Christine Nielsen, Canada Jane Howarth, California, USA
Professor Qiu Haisuo, Shaoxing, China Sherry Kleinman, California, USA
GALLERY RERESENTATION
Memorial Gallery, North Dakota State University, USA, 2019
Harbour House Centre for Arts, Kingsbridge, UK. 2018
Rook Lane Chapel Arts Centre, Frome, UK. 2016
OTHER
2020
Guest speaker on SAQA Textile Talk 'Conversations with the artists: Opposites attract' (Link to recording here)
Juror, SAQA Wide Horizons VII, SAQA Europe/Middle East
2019
Guest lecturer and tutor at the 5th China Creative Design Competition & International Seminar, Kequio, China
2014 to 2016
Assistant Curator for the Quilters Guild of the British Isles Contemporary Quilt exhibitions (international)
Ongoing
Teacher of contemporary quilt making and surface design
2015
Author of Quilting Originals: designing your own art quilts
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Studio Art Quilt Associates (Juried Artist)
Contemporary Quilters West
Quilters Guild of the British Isles
Invited member of ‘12 by the Dozen’
Contemporary Quilt (Guild)
Founder member of ‘Six Dames’
