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FIBRE.ART.WALES - artists |
BETHAN ASH - CV 71-72 B.B.S.I. Fellowship (British Boot & Shoe Institution), Northampton Polytechnic (now University of Northampton) 68-71 Dip. AD Fashion, Cardiff College of Art (now University of Wales Institute, Cardiff - UWIC) 65-68 Foundation + C&G Dress Design, Swansea College of Art (now Swansea Metropolitan 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 - Design, Colour & 1st place in Advanced Group.
1997 Runner up South Bank Banner Design Competition, London
1994 Craft & Design award - Royal National Eisteddfod, Neath, S. Wales
Work in 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.
Work in Private Collections:
Japan, Australia, Korea, France, Belgium, USA and UK
Commissions:
2009 International juror for EXNA IV, Museum of Art and History of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
2006 Oriel Makers Gallery, Cardiff. website to commemorate the gallery's 15th anniversary
2005 Art In The Frame Community Quilt, Art In The Frame, Jersey, Channel Islands
2001 Hide and Seek quilt - for theatrical production at Chapter Arts Theatre, Cardiff
2000 Owain Glyn Dwr Centenary Quilt, Royal National Eisteddfod, Llanelli
2000 Six Banners for Riverside Community Banner 2000 Project, The Warehouse, Riverside, Cardiff
96-97 Butetown Community Quilt - Butetown History and Art Centre, Cardiff
1995 Patchwork figure no 9 for S.D.C. Catalogue, The Mall Gallery exhibition
84-86 Whitbread Brewery, collection of five quilts for Princess Diana Hotel, South Wales
Solo Exhibitions
2010 - 11 venues:
Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), Machynlleth, North Wales - September 2011
Guildhall Arts Centre, Gloucester, UK, June - July 2011
Y Capel, Castle Street, Llangollen, November 2010 - January 2011
Oriel Makers Gallery, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, September - October 2010
Canol Ucheldre Center, Holyhead, Anglesey, June - July 2010
City Art Gallery, Gloucester, March - April 2010
Oriel Mwldan, Cardigan, Ceredigion, December 2009 - January 2010
Exhibitions:
2011 -
Quilt Art at 25, The Quilt Museum, York, UK
Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery, Gloucester, U.K
Rhyl Library Arts Centre, Denbighshire, Wales, U.K.
Museum Rijswijk, Rijswijk, the Netherlands,
Textilsammlung Max Berk · Kurpfälzisches Museum, Heidelberg, Germany,
Quilt Art 20, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia, OR, USA
Oregon Historical Society, Portland, OR, USA
A Slice of Quilt Art, Festival Internacional de Patchwork Sitges, Sitges, Spain
The Courthouse Arts Centre, Tinahely, Ireland
2010 -
A Slice of Quilt Art, Quilt und Textilkunst, Munich, Germany
Quilt Art at 25, Bankfield Museum and Art Gallery, Halifax, UK
Michael West Gallery, Quay Arts, Isle of Wight, UK
Over 20 - contemporary art quilts', solo exhibition, Y Capel, Castle Street, Llangollen
Melin Medi, Fine and fibre art exhibition, New Mill, Drefelin, Carmarthenshire - curator
A Slice of Quilt Art, Festival of Quilts, NEC, Birmnigham, UK
European Patchwork Meeting, Alsace, France,
Over 20 - contemporary art quilts', solo exhibition, Oriel Makers Gallery, Cardiff
Exposed, Fibre Art Wales group show, The National Botanical Gardens, Carmarthenshire
A Slice of Quilt Art, NEC, Birmingham, UK.
Quilt Art 20, QA group exhibition, Minnetrista Cultural Center & Oakhurst Gardens, Indiana, USA
EXNA IV, Museum of Art and History of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Tros Gynnal Art Exhibition and Auction 2010, Swansea Museum July 28 – September 4, The Atrium, Cardiff through September
and at Llangollen International Pavilion October 1 - 30. The auction will be in Cardiff on November 4 at a venue to be confirmed.
Quilt Art at 25, Bankfield Museum and Art Gallery, Halifax, UK
Over 20 - contemporary art quilts', solo exhibition, Canol Ucheldre Center, Holyhead, Anglesey
OVER 20 - contemporary art quilts', City Museum and Art Gallery, Gloucester
Fibre Voices, Fibre Art Wales, Beverley Art Gallery, Beverley, Yorkshire
Journeys, Ruthin and Buckley Library Galleries, North Wales
Makers Guild in Wales 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Crafts in the Bay, The Flourish, Cardiff Bay
2009 -
Over 20 - contempoary art quilts, retrospect exhibition, Oriel Mwldan, Cardigan, Ceredigion
Fibre Voices, Fibre Art Wales 10th Birthday exhibition, Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth
Homelands, Green Mountain College, Vermont, USA.
Journeys, RHP, Rhondda Cynnon Taff, 25 September
Summer Show, Minerva Art Centre, Llanidloes, Powys
Fibre Voices, Fibre Art Wales 10th Birthday exhibition, Ucheldre Centre, Mill Bank, Holyhead, Angelsey North Wales
Summer Exhibition, Minerva Art Centre, Llanidloes, Powys
EAQV, Museum of American Quilters Society, Paducah, Kentucky, USA.
EAQV, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
QA22, Kecskemet, "Cifra Palota" Museum and Pinacotek, Kecskemet, Hungary
Ffibr: Form & Fusion - Contemporary Fibre Art from Wales, Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Torfaen
2008 -
Quilt Art 22, Museum Rijswijk, The Netherlands
Ornament, Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran, Gwent - invited
Winter Exhibition, Y Capel, Castle St., Llangollen, North Wales- invited
Tros Gynnal Charity Art Exhibition and Auction, Swansea Museum - invited
'120' - 120th Anniversary exhibition of The Society of Designer Craftsmen, London, UK - selected.
Quilt 2008, Festival of Quilts, NEC Birmingham plus UK - selected
Royal National Eisteddfod, Cardiff, South Wales, UK - selected
EAQ V, European Art Quilt touring exhibition, opens in NEC, Birmingham, UK - selected
Journey from Bed to Wall, Quilters' Guild inaugural exhibition, St Anthony's Hall Quilt Museum & Gallery, York - invited
Journeys - Fibre Art Wales group, Banbury Museum and Art Gallery, Banbury, Oxfordshire - group show
Quilt Art 22 -
Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery, Gloucester, U.K
MIAT Museum, Gent, Belgium.
QUILT ART 20 An exhibition to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the founding of Quilt Art
Textilsammlung Max Berk, Kurpfälzisches Museum Heidelberg, Germany,
Followed by a two year tour of American venues - click here for more information on Quilt Art
CRAFTBOSTON, Seaport World Trade Centre, Boston, USA by invitation of the Society of Arts and Crafts, - invited
Designer Crafts At The Mall 2008, SDC exhibition, The Mall Galleries, London,
2007 -
Quilt Art 22 -
The Art Center Sikeborg Bad, Denmark
Minerva Arts Centre, Llanidloes, Wales,
Designer Crafts @ Chelsea 2007, FAW exhibition with SDC, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London
Festival of Quilts, NEC Birmingham, UK
Quilt Art 20 - twentieth anniversary touring exhibition, 2007 venues -
Stedelijk Museum, Roermond, The Netherlands
Budapest, Hungary
Nordwestdeutsches Museum für IndustrieKultur, Delmenhorst, Germany
The National Crafts Centre, Kilkenny, Ireland
Musée Textile de Haute-Alsace, Wesserling, France
International Quilt Week 2007,Yokohama, Japan
Burlington Museum, Ontario, Canada,
2006 -
National Eisteddfod, Swansea, West Wales
QUILT ART 21 - Vertically Challenged, Durham Museum and Art Gallery, Durham, UK.
Oriel Makers Gallery - 15th Anniversary exhibition, Cardiff, Wales UK
Quilt '06, The Festival of Quilts, NEC, Birmingham, UK
2006 - 08 Touring exhibitions -
EAQ IV, European Art Quilt touring exhibition opens in "la Sucriere", Lyon, France
Musee de l'Impression sur Etoffes, Mulhouse, France.
Textile Museum Tilburg, The Netherlands
EAQ IV in Nebraska, The Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, USA
Textilforum, Herning, Denmark June - August 2007
Quilt Art 20 An exhibition to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the founding of Quilt Art. 2006 venues
Collins Gallery, Glasgow, U.K
Royal Cornwall Museum, U.K
Bankfield Museum, Halifax, U.K
Gloucester Museum, U.K
Harley Gallery, Nottinghamshire, U.K
Stedelijk Museum, Roermond, The Netherland
2005 -
Art In The Frame Exhibition and workshops, Art In The Frame Foundation, St Helier, Jersey
Origins, FAW exhibition, National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland
RE-INTERPRETATIONS, Quilt Art touring exhibition organised by Braintree Museum. Brewery Arts, Cirencester, Glos + Dorset County Museum, Dorchester
ENABLEDARTISTS, Diorama Arts Centre, 34 Osnaburgh Street, London
FIBREARTSISTS, TOKO, 74 Eastgate, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
H O M E L A N D S, Denbigh Library and Art Gallery, Denbigh, North Wales. + Braintree District Museum and Art Gallery, Essex.
Quilt Art, Festival of Quilts, NEC, Birmingham, UK
2004 -
Art Quilts from the Collection of the American Museum of Art & Design, American Textile History Museum, Lowell, Massachusetts. USA (invited)
ORIGINS, F.A.W UK touring exhibition, The Knitting & Stitching Show, London, Dublin and Harrogate
HOMELANDS Brewey Art Centre, Cirencester, Glos (group)
FIBRE.ART.WALES In IRELAND, Island Arts Centre, Lisburn, Northern Ireland (group)
Celebrating Ten - Dethlu Deg, Minerva Arts Centre, Llanidloes, Mid Wales (invited)
HOMELANDS, Theatr Mwldan, Ceredigion F.A.W UK touring exhibition
RE-Interpretations, Braintree Museum and Art Gallery - UK touring exhibition - Quilt Art group
ENABLEARTISTS, Royal Pump Room Museum and Art Gallery, Leamington Spa, UK. (group)
ENABLEARTISTS, Theatre Clwyd, Mold, Flintshire, North Wales. UK (with Catherine Taylor Parry)
2003 -
Quilts from Six Continents, American Museum of Art and Design, New York, USA, Australia and Japan. (selected)
European Art Quilt 2, The Textile Museum, Helmbrechts, Germany (selected)
FIBRE VISIONS, Gwynedd Musem and Art Gallery, Bangor, North Wales, UK. (group)
FIBRE VISIONS, City Museum and Art Gallery, Gloucester, UK. (group)
ENABLEARTISTS, Piece Hall Museum and Art Gallery, Halifax, UK. (group)
QUILT NATIONAL '03, The Dairy Barn, Ohio, USA. + Canada, Australia and Japan. (selected)
Re-Interpretations, Braintree Museum and Art Gallery, Essex, UK (group)
ENABLEARTISTS, Castle Park Arts Centre, Frodsham, Cheshire, UK. (group)
ENABLEARTISTS, Mansfield Museum, Nottingham, UK. (group)
2002 -
Quilt 2002. Alexander Palace. London. UK. (selected)
Quilts from Six Continents, American Museum of Art and Design, touring exhibition, USA, Japan and Australia. (selected)
Limited Edition, Alexandra Palace, London, UK. (group)
Welsh Artists, Beatrice Royal Art Gallery, Hampshire, UK. (selected)
One Of A Kind, Scaplans Court Museum, Western-Super-Mare, UK. (group)
Dwelling Places, Madeira Show, Harrowgate, UK. (group)
Fibre Art Wales At The Grand, The Grand Theatre, Swansea. UK (group)
Crossing Borders, St Donats Art Centre, Vale of Glam., UK. (group)
2001 -
Fibre Visions, The Contemporary Craftsman, Monmouth, UK. (group)
The Contemporary Quilt, Mineva Art Centre, Llanidloes, Powys. (invited)
European Art Quilt 2, Breda, The Netherlands and Textilforum Denmark. (selected)
Fibre Visions, Llantarnham Grange Arts Centre, Torfaen. (group).
'Rise and Shine', The Riverside Mill, Bovey Tracey, Devon.
Contemporary Art Quilts, Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear. (invited)
Atmosphere, Newport Museum and Art Gallery, Newport, South Wales, UK. (selected)
Moving On - Quilt Art, European Touring exhibition, UK, Germany, France + Denmark (group)
2000 -
Quilt 2000, Alexander Palace, London, Harrogate & Dublin/ Ireland.
Mettalic Elements, VIS-U-AL-ISE, Cardiff, South Wales.
Europe At The Millennium, Strasbourg, France.
Love In The 21st Century, Oriel Makers, Cardiff, South Wales.
Atmosphere, Oceanside Museum of Art, California, USA.
1999 -
Quilt 99, Alexander Palace, London, Harrogate & Dublin/ Ireland.
Rags To Riches, Oriel Pendeitsh Gallery, Caernarfon, North Wales - Solo exhibition.
Colour & Form, Llantarnam Grange Art Centre, South Wales - Solo exhibition.
European Art Quilt, The Riverside Gallery, Bovey Tracey, Devon.
The Commissioning Dialogoue, The Mall Galleries, London. SDC group show
1998-
Artful Boxes. NFA. UK Touring Exhibition.
Quilt Art 'Poetic Licence European Touring Exhibition
Mail Art, Barcelona, Spain & Lodtz, Poland.
1997 -
European Art Quilt, Tilsberg, Netherlands & Denmark.
European Patchwork Championships, Netherlands.
International Quilt Exhibition, Yokohama, Japan.
Colourworks, Makers Gallery, Cardiff.
Fibre on the Outside, Durham Museum.
South Bank Banner Design, South Bank London.
1996 -
A Vision in Action, Durham Museum & Holburne Craft Centre, Bath.
Fibre on the Outside, Norton Priory, Cheshire.
Quilt Art 10, Museum of Oxford.
Quilt Art New Work, touring Europe for 3 years.
1995 -
N.F.A. at the Storey Institute, Lancs.
Interiors, Devizes Art Gallery, Wiltshire.
The Furniture Group, Once a Tree Gallery, Bath.
2D or not 2D, Oriel Myrrdin, Carmarthen.
S.D.C. Mall Gallery, London.
24/60 All Square, Touring exhibition 12 venues over 2 years.
1994 -
N.F.A.Norton Priory, Cheshire.
S.D.C.Rufford Craft Centre, Notts.
N.F.A. The Gallery Downstairs, Burnley.
24/60 All Square, The Lindsey Gallery, Lincs.
Royal National Eisteddfod, Neath, West Glam. South Wales.
The Portrait,The Pearoom, Lincoln.
The Commissioning Dialogue, The Mall Gallery, London.
Women in Art, The Old Library, Cardiff.
1993 -
It's a Wrap,The Pearoom Contemporary Crafts Centre, Lincoln.
Quilts Europa, Leuven, Brussels.
N.F.A. Maidstone Museum, Kent.
1992 -
Fibre meets Fiber, Mansfield Museum, Notts.
Fibre meets Fiber, San Diego, U.S.A.
1991 -
Wales In Europe Through Its Crafts, Makers Guild in Wales exhibition, Brussels.
Publications:
Quilt Art at 25, designed and edited by Charlotte Yde, Quilt Art Publication, UK 2010
1000 Artisan Textiles, by Sandra Salamony & Gina M. Brown, Rockport Publications, USA 2010
Over 20 - contemporary art quilts, Bethan Ash publication, (ACW funded) 2009
Celebrating 10 - Dethlu Deg, designed by Kutchibok Limited, Fibre Art Wales publication, UK 2009
Connecting Art to Stitch, written by Sandra Meech, Batsford publications, UK 2009
Taliesin, Cylchgrawn, Llenyddolyr Academi Gymreig, Cyfrol 135: Gaeaf 2008
SAQA Journal (cover), Studio Art Quilts, Inc. publication, USA. 2008
Quilt 08 (cover), Twisted Thread publication, London. 2008
Portfolio 14 (cover), editor Cheryl Dineen Ferrin, Studio Art Quilts, Inc. publication, USA. 2007
Quilt Art 22 - Under Construction, editor Charlotte Yde, Quilt Art publication, UK. 2007
Portfolio 13, editor Cheryl Dineen Ferrin, Studio Art Quilts, Inc. publication, USA. 2006
Creative Quilts….Inspiration, Texture and Stitch, written by Sandra Meech, Batsford Publications, UK. 2006
European Art Quilts IV, written and published by Netherlands Centrum voor Handwerken, NL. 2006
Six Continents of Quilts: The Museum of Arts and Design Collection, written and published by Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan. 2005
QUILT ART 20, QUILT ART, written by Susan Denton and Charlotte Yde, Quilt Art publication UK. 2005
Homelands, joint editors Bethan Ash and Helen Foroughi, Fibre Art Wales Publication, Wales 2004
Floral Quilts, written by Marion Haslam, Chrysalis Publications. 2003
Quilt National '03, The Best of Contemporary Quilts, written and published by Lark Books, USA 2003
'Fibre Visions' written by Alastair Duncan, Fibre Art Wales Publication, Wales. 2001
European Art Quilts II, Netherlands Centrum voor Handwerken, NL. 2000
MOVING ON, QUILT ART, Susan Denton and Charlotte Yde, UK. 2000
THE ART QUILT, written by Robert Shaw, published by Hugh Lauter Levin Associates Inc., USA. 1997
European Art Quilts I, written and published by Nederlands Textielmuseum, Tilburg, NL. 1997
New Work, QUILT ART, written by Susan Denton and Rita Humphry, Quilt Art publication UK. 1996
The Encyclopaedia of Quilting Techniques, written by Kathryn Guerrier, published by Running Press, UK. 1995
Magazines include:
Irish Interiors magazine - feature article 2009
Mary Englebrite Home Companion magazine USA - Top Spot feature article June - July 2008
The Quilter, QA22, Under Construction, review by Anne Williams, Winter 2007
Selvedge Magazine, QA22 - Under Construction, review by Sue Marks, November 2007
Juxtaposition of idioms by Stephanie Brown, The Quilter, Winter 2005
Fibre Art feature article, Artist Newsletter 2004
Fibre Art feature article, by Jill Nicholls, The World of Embroidery, 2004
Quilt Art exhibition review, CRAFTS 2002
Raising the profile of a material form of art, Hannah Jones, Western Mail, June 2001
BBC on line - Cymru'r Byd, feature article in Welsh, 2000
Today's Collectables, feature article Country Homes and Interiors, December 1999
Artist Home feature article, Real Homes magazine, 1999
Rags To Riches feature article Western Mail 1998
Quilted images from a master of textile art article, by Penny Fray, Western Mail December 1998
Patchwork Quilt Tushin, Japan - feature article about Bethan Ash written by the editor Naomi Ichykoma 1998
New Fibre Art feature, by Helen Pincus, The World of Embroidery, Spring 1994
Reviews in Popular Patchwork 2000, 2003 and 2005
Selector:
2010 Melin Medi, Fine and fibre art exhibition, New Mill, Drefelin, Carmarthenshire - curator
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
84/10 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
Residencies:
2005 'ART IN THE FRAME' - Community Art Quilt (auctioned for charity), Jersey, Channel Islands.
2000 Owain Glyn Dwr Centenary Quilt. Royal National Eisteddfod, Llanelli,Wales.
2000 Six Banners for Riverside Community Banner 2000 Project, The Warehouse, Riverside, Cardiff.
96-97 Butetown Community Art Quilt - Butetown History and Art Centre, Cardiff.
Groups:
QUILT ART- active member since 1993
SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Association) - professional artist member
Fibre Art Wales - principal founder and chairman, currently webmaster
National register of Makers - Arts Council of England.
Hidden Art - UK designer-member
Websites:
Absolutearts - www.absolutearts.com
Arts Council of Wales - www.artswales.org
Fibre Art Wales -www.fibreartwales.org.uk
Hidden Art - www.hiddenart.com
Quilt Art- www.quiltart.org.uk
Studio Art Quilt Associates - www.saqa.com
Society of Designer Craftsmen - www.societyofdesignercraftsmen.org.uk
The Saatchi Gallery - http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist/details.php?id=89011
Other: 10- Curator Melin Medi, fine and fibre art exhibition, New Mill, Drefelin, Carmarthenshire 07- Freelance website designer. Working on private commissions and exhibition work 2007 Quilt Art 'QA22 - Under Construction' - exhibition coordinator 2006 Freelance website designer. Working on private commissions and exhibition art work 2006 Oriel Makers Gallery, Cardiff - designed and produced a website to commemorate the galleries 15th anniversary 2005 QA21 Vertically Challenged exhibition, Durham Museum - exhibition coordinator 01-06 Albany Gallery, Cardiff - graphic designer 2003 HOMELANDS publication - editor 03 - FIBRE.ART.WALES - webmaster 2002 Soc. Designer Craftsmen, 'Yellow Peril' - quilt image used in new publicity leaflet 2002 Urdd Eisteddfod, Cardiff - craft selector, textile art category 2002 Wales Fair, Hankyu Store, Osaka, Japan - craft workshops and exhibition 2002 Welsh Artist Of The Year, St David's Hall, Cardiff - judge, crafts section 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 Fibre Art Wales - principal founder and Chairman 97-04 Oriel Makers Gallery Ltd., Cardiff - Exhibitions secretary 95-96 Butetown History and Art Centre Community Quilt, Cardiff - artist in residence 94-97 24/60 All Square', Quilt Art European touring exhibition - curator 92-97 New Fibre Art - group Treasurer 1991 'Wales in Europe Through its Crafts', MGW exhibition, Brussels - exhibition coordinator/display 1991 Oriel Makers Gallery Ltd, Cardiff. Set up and opened gallery 86-91 Makers Guild in Wales, Old Library Craft Centre, Cardiff - display coordinator 85-88 Makers Guild in Wales - group Treasurer 1984 Makers Guild in Wales - founder member |
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