FIBRE.ART.WALES - artists
RUTH HARRIES - CV 1979-80 Foundation Course, Dyfed College of Art 1980-81 Woven Textiles, Dyfed College of Art 1981-84 Textile Printing, Faculty of Art and Design, Cardiff 1983 Work experience with Kaffe Fassett
Awards:
2002 Craft award: National Eisteddfod of Wales, St. Davids, South Wales UK
2006 Welsh Artist of the Year Award, St Davids Hall, Cardiff - overall winner
of fine and applied art
2005 Craft & Design award - Royal National Eisteddfod
Commissions:
2004 British Council
2003-04 Co-editor HOMELANDS publication.
1990 National Trust, Tudor Merchants House, Tenby
Collections: Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre
Exhibitions: 2010 Texteil Festival Holland - ( shortlisted prize winner) 2010 'The Big Fuss', Millenium Centre, Cardiff 2010 'Reap and Sew', Oriel Myrddin, Carmarthen 2010 Y Capel, Llangollen, North Wales 2010 Journeys, Ruthin and Buckley Library Galleries, North Wales, February - March 2009 Fibre Voices, Fibre Art Wales 10th Birthday exhibition, Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth, 27th November - 16th January 2010. 2009 Homelands, Green Mountain College, Vermont, USA. 12th October - 3rd November 2009 Journeys, RHP, Rhondda Cynnon Taff, 25 September - 8 November 2009 Fibre Voices, Fibre Art Wales 10th Birthday exhibition, Ucheldre Centre, Mill Bank, Holyhead, Angelsey North Wales. 20th June- 19th July. 2009 Ffibr: Form & Fusion - Contemporary Fibre Art from Wales, Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran. January - March. 2008 'Ornament' group exhibition at Llantanam Grange Arts Centre 2008 Showcase- Oriel y Parc, St. Davids, Pembrokeshire 2008 Craft in the Bay Christmas group exhibition, Cardiff 2008 St Davids Hall Christmas Exhibition 2008 Coast 2 Coast 2, Jersey, Makers Guild Wales Exh. 2008 Oriel Makers at the Eisteddfod Exhibition Hall, Cardiff 2008 Oriel Q, Narberth 2008 Spring Exhibition, Society of Designer Craftsmen Gallery, Rivington Street, London 2007 10 x10 Fine Artists, Cole & Co., Cardiff 2007 FAW group show - Designer Crafts@ Chelsea, Chelsea Town Hall, London 2007 Profile Maker, Crafts in the Bay, Cardiff 2007 Pfaff Art Embroidery, Alexandra Palace, London 2007 Welsh Contemporaries in London 2006 Welsh Artist of the Year Award, St Davids Hall, Cardiff 2006 Undercover, Oriel Davies Gallery, Wales 2006 St.Fagans National History Museum 2005 Museum of Modern Art, Wales 2005 Pfaff Art Embroidery Exhibition, Alexandra Palace,France, Sweden, 2005 Festival Interceltique de L'Orient, France(representing Wales) 2005 'Birthright', Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre 2005 Welsh Artist of the Year - Highly Commended 2004-06 ORIGINS, F.A.W UK touring exhibition, The Knitting & Stitching Show, London, Dublin & Harrogate 2004 'Identity' Oriel Davies Gallery 2004 'FIBRE.ART.WALES In IRELAND', Island Arts Centre, Lisburn, Northern Ireland 2004 Celebrating Ten - Dethlu Deg', Minerva Arts Centre, Llanidloes, Mid Wales 2004-06 HOMELANDS, F.A.W UK touring exhibition 2003 Art in the Bay - Cardiff 2003 Welsh Artist of the Year Exhibition, St.Davids Hall, Cardiff 2003 West Wales Arts Centre, Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Wales 2002 'Christmas - Presents', Llantamam Grange Arts Centre, East Wales 2002 Dwelling Places, Madeira Show, Harrowgate, UK. 2002 'Fibre Art Wales At The Grand', The Grand Theatre, Swansea. 2002 'Crossing Borders' - St Donats Art Centre, Atlantic College, Wales 2002 National Eisteddfod of Wales, St. Davids, Pembrokeshire 2002 Art West Carmarthen 2002 'A Play on Light' Oriel Makers, Cardiff 2001-03 Fibre Visions', F.A.W UK touring exhibition 1998 Chatton Gallery, Northumberland 1995 Wales Open, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, West Wales 1994 National Eisteddfod of Wales, Neath, South Wales 1996 National Eisteddfod of Wales, Llandeilo, Wales 1994 Room full of Flowers' UK touring exhibition - Haverfordwest, Oriel Mon Llangefni, Durham 1993 Wales Open, Aberystwyth Arts Centre 1991 'Five Women Artists'- Coach House Gallery, Caerphilly 1990 Exteriors for Interiors' - Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre 1990 National Eisteddfod of Wales , Rhymney Valley 1990 Ceri Richards Gallery, Swansea 1989 Second Prize,Knitting Competition,'Woman and Home Magazine 1989 National Eisteddfod of Wales, Llanrwst 1989 Mid Wales Open, Aberystwyth Arts Centre 1989 Textiles, Taflen, Cardiff 1988 Albany Gallery, Cardiff 1988 Oriel, Cardiff 1988 Albany Gallery, Cardiff 1988 First Prize knitting, National Eisteddfod, Newport 1987 Mid Wales Open, Aberyswyth Arts Centre Publications: 2009 '10 - Dethlu Deg', Fibre Art Wales publication 2007 Embroidery Magazine 2007 Art Embroidery-Still Life, Pfaff 2006 World of Embroidery Magazine (feature article) 2006 Undercover, Oriel Davies 2005 Art Embroidery - Portrait Gallery, Pfaff 2004 HOMELANDS, Fibre.Art.Wales, Publication 2001 Fibre Visions, FIBRE ART WALES Publication magazines: CRAFTS; The World Of Embroidery magazine; Crefft Lectures: Creative Stitch and Knitting Teaching - Gwent Tertiary College Other Professional Activities Exhibition Co ordinator - Fibre Art Wales Exhibition Co ordinator - Oriel Makers Gallery Societies: FIBRE.ART.WALES | Makers Guild in Wales