About Joanne.....
After gaining a first class honours degree in design in 2014, Joanne chose to specialize in textile art combining drawing and painting with hand and machine embroidery. She takes inspiration from the innate irregularity of patterns found in nature, capturing its unique beauty and unpredictability. Influenced by botanical illustrations united with an exploration of the imagination, Joanne creates distinctive and wonderful representations of art found in nature.
Education
- 2011 - 2014 Liverpool Hope University - Bachelor of Design, First Class Honours Degree,
- 2010 -2011 West Cheshire College - Level 3 Foundation Diploma - Art and Design, Distinction
Awards & Memberships
- 2011 Freeman and Guilds Award - Chester
- 2017 Licentiate Member of the Society of Designer Craftsmen.
- 2017 National Textile Open Exhibition -Third Place
- 2017 Gallery Choice Award, Cheshire Open Studio Exhibition, Castle Park Gallery, Frodsham
Exhibitions & Events
- 2019 Arley Hall, Arley, Northwich, 'Manor House' Exhibition with Cheshire Artists Network
- 2019 Castle Park Gallery, Frodsham, 'Towards Abstraction' Exhibition with Re-View Textiles
- 2019 Wirral Open Studios Tour
- 2019 Wirral Society of Arts, Open Exhibition, Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead
- 2019 Cas Art, Liverpool, Exhibition with Re-View Textiles
- 2019 Atkinson Gallery, Southport, 'Anniversaries' Exhibition with Cheshire Artist Network
- 2019 University of Chester, Cheshire, '1st Year MA Fine Art' Exhibition
- 2018 Wirral Open Studios Tour, Little Sutton, Cheshire
- 2018 Chelsea College of Arts, London, The Hand of the Maker with The Society of Designer Craftsmen
- 2018 Chester Cathedral, 'War & Peace' Exhibition with Cheshire Artist Network
- 2018 Willow Gallery, Oswestry, 'Carousel' Exhibition
- 2018 Quaker Café, Liverpool, 'Small World' Exhibition with ReView Textiles
- 2018 The Williamson, Birkenhead, 'War & Peace', Exhibition with Cheshire Artists Network
- 2018 Blue Moon Gallery, Heswall, 'H2O', Exhibition with Re-View Textiles
- 2018 Abbeywood Gardens, Delamere, Exhibtion and Art Fair with Cheshire Artists Network
- 2017 Castle Park Gallery, Frodsham, Cheshire,Cheshire Open Exhibition
- 2017 Farfield Mill, Sedbergh, Cumbria, ' A Small World', Exhibition with Re-View Textiles
- 2017 Seagrass Studios and Gallery, Open Exhibition
- 2017 Ness Gardens, Ness, Wirral 'Stitch-in-Bloom' Solo Exhibition
- 2017 Ness Gardens, Ness, Wirral, Exhibition, Sue Boardman & friends
- 2017 Wirral Open Studio's Tour
- 2017 Willow Gallery, Oswestry, 'A Collection of Rarities' Exhibition
- 2017 Williamson Gallery & Museum, Embroiderer's Guild 20th Year Branch Anniversary
- 2016 Chirk Castle, Oswestry, Embroiderers Guild -'Capability Brown' Exhibition
- 2016 Wirral Open Studios Tour
- 2016 Staacks Gallery, West Kirby, Exhibition
- 2016 Willow Gallery, Oswestry, 'All Squared' Exhibition
- 2016 Aintree University Hospital, 'Blooming' Exhibition
- 2015 Paperboat Gallery, Ellesmere Port, 'Out of the Box' Exhibition
- 2014 Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, Degree Show Exhibition
- 2013 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 'Memories' Exhibition
Fairs & Shows
- 2018 Craft for Crafters, Exeter - with 'Be Creative with Workbox' magazine
- 2016 Chester Racecourse, Chester, Chester Arts Fair