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Photo: May Graham
About
I am a visual artist and designer based in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. I have exhibited and participated in residences both nationally and internationally.
My work is inspired by the environment both natural and built and its combination with its material culture contemporary and historical. In my processes, I experiment with a variety of media and techniques from drawing, painting and sculpture.
My practice primarily is concerned with constructed textiles and traditional textile techniques such as weaving, hand spinning and dyeing. I research traditional textiles techniques and their heritage and incorporate these within her contemporary artwork.
I have ten years' experinece as a lecturer on the BA (Hons) Contemporary Textiles course, and currently I teach on the BA (Hons) Fine Art course at Shetland UHI, and Programme Lead of the NC Portfolio Course.
I hold an MA in Textile Art and Design and in Teaching of Design and Visual Communication from the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022: • Casting on-Shetland Wool Week'22, Shetland Musem and Archive
2019: • Textile Stories, Icelandic Textile Center, Textilmidstod, Blönduós
2012: • 4th Triennial of Textile Art, Szombathely, Hungary
• Pattern-Féte, Aranytiz Culture Center, Budapest Hungary
2011:• Hiding Pattern, Foundation of Hungarian Culture, Budapest Hungary
• Pattern-Strips, Aranytiz Culture Center, Budapest Hungary
• „Händedruck (Handshake) - German-Hungarian Art and Design exhibition, Budapest Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2010: • „Überbrücken” ( Bridge Over) German-Hungarian Art and Design exhibition, Karlsruhe, Germany
• Pattern –Motivations, Dance Theater Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
• Pattern – Design, MKVM Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
• Miskolc 800, ArtFlag Exhibition, Miskolc, Hungary
2007: • FISE Gallery, Textile Designers’ Exhibition, Budapest, Hungary
2006: • Exhibition of State Scholarship Holders, Budapest, Hungary
• 2nd Triennal of Textile Art, Szombathely, Hungary
2005: • „Flags” , Miskolc, Hungary
2003: • 7th Flag Festival, Eppingen, Germany
• Pattern – Ramblings++, Goldberger Textile Collection, Budapest Hungary
2002:• Trend & Design, Textile Museum, Budapest, Hungary
2001: • Kozma Scholarship Holders Exhibition in the Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest, Hungary
2000: • FISE Gallery, Budapest
• Textile Exhibiton, Hungarian Festival, Chemnitz,Klaffenbach, Germany
1999: • Péter-Pál Gallery, Szentendre, Hungary
• Pattern Exhibition, Palace of Art, Budapest, Hungary
1993,1996: • Hungarian House, Paris