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Alice
Kettle
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| Born
1961 Winchester |
| Fellow
of the Royal Society of Designer Craftsmen |
| Honorary
Fellow of University of Winchester |
| Research
Associate Manchester Metropolitan University |
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| Education |
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| 1985-86
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Goldsmiths'
College Postgraduate Diploma in Textile Art |
| 1979-84
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University
of Reading BA Hons Fine Art |
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| Solo
Exhibitions |
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| 2006 |
Salisbury
Arts Centre |
| 2003-5 |
Solo
touring exhibition 'Mythscapes' :
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Bankfield
Museum, Halifax; (catalogue) mac, |
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Birmingham;
The Gallery, |
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Ruthin
Craft Centre; |
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Southampton
City Art Gallery; |
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Hove
Museum and Art Gallery; |
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Brewery
Arts, Kendal; |
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South
Hill Park, Bracknell; |
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Cheltenham
Art Gallery and Museum |
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Grace
Barrand Design Centre ,Surrey |
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Myles
Meehan Gallery, Darlington |
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Harley
Gallery, Worksop |
| 2003
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Featured
Artist, The Knitting and Stitching Show, London, Dublin
and Harrogate (catalogue) |
| 2002 |
Newbury
Spring Festival |
| 1992 |
Salisbury
Playhouse |
| 1991 |
Galerie
Filambule, Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 1990 |
My
Eyes, Your Hands, Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal |
| 1990
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Scottish
Gallery, Edinburgh |
| 1988 |
Alice
Kettle - Showcase, ICA, London |
| 1988 |
Oxford
Gallery |
| 1988 |
Quay
Art Centre, Newport, Isle of Wight |
| 1987 |
University
College Chichester |
| 1987
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Painting
and Textiles, Oxford Gallery |
| 1986 |
Oxford
Gallery |
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| Selected
Exhibitions |
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| 2007 |
'Fabric
of Myth' 21 June - 7 Sept 2008 Compton Verney |
| 2007
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Drumcroon
Gallery , Wigan |
| 2007
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'Mechanical
drawing, Schiffli project', Holden Gallery MMU and tour
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| 2007
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'Slavery'
Blue Coat Display Centre, Liverpool |
| 2007
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Applied
Art in Architecture, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool
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| 2007
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Inspired,
Grace Barrand Design Centre |
| 2007
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Collect,
Victoria and Albert Museum, with Grace Barrand Design
Centre |
| 2006 |
Artefact,
All Saints Building MMU |
| 2006
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MMU
showcase, Manchester |
| 2006
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Select,
Grace Barrand Design Centre International |
| 2006 |
Art
of the Stitch, RWA Gallery, Bristol, The Hub Sleaford,
Williamson Art Gallery and Museum Birkenhead, tour (catalogue) |
| 2005 |
Inspired
to Stitch: 21 Textile Artists, Knitting And Stitching
Show, London (book) |
| 2005 |
Art
Embroidery Challenge, Pfaff, 1st Prize winner, juried
exhibition, Knitting and Stitching Show, London, Châtelaudren,
France, Jönköpings Läns Museum, Sweden (catalogue) |
| 2005 |
Celebrating
30 Years, Crafts Council Show, V&A Museum, London (catalogue) |
| 2005
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Art
Loan Collection, Link Gallery Exhibition, University
of Winchester (catalogue) |
| 2005 |
Collect,
represented by Contemporary Applied Arts, V&A Museum
(catalogue) |
| 2004-5 |
Art
Embroidery, Alexandra Palace, London, Musee du Textile_Parc
de Wesserling France (catalogue) |
| 2004 |
Collect, represented by FibreArts Gallery, V&A Museum
(catalogue) |
| 2003 |
Prism,
Opus School of Textiles, Mall Galleries, London |
| 2003 |
Masterpieces,
International exhibition, Palazzo Bricherasio, Turin,
Italy (catalogue) |
| 2002-5 |
Hand
to Eye, consortium of Making it Work, The Winchester
Gallery and Southern Arts Visual Index Projects, touring
exhibition; (catalogue) |
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Bedales
Gallery, Petersfield |
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The
Winchester Gallery |
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South
Hill Park, Bracknell |
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Oxfordshire
Museum, Woodstock |
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Russell-Cotes
Museum, Bournemouth |
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Reading
Museum |
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Harley
Gallery, Welbeck |
| 2002 |
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Group Retrospective, The Knitting and Stitching Show,
London, Dublin, Harrogate |
| 2001 |
Goldsmiths'
Retrospective: The Knitting and Stitching Show, London,
Dublin and Harrogate |
| 2000 |
5th
In Our Hands International competition, Kyoto, Japan
(catalogue) |
| 2000 |
The
Unexpected, Fairfield City Museum and Stein Gallery,
Sydney |
| 1997&99 |
Art of the Stitch, Barbican Centre, London (tour) (catalogue)
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| 1998 |
Knot
as They Seam, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, USA (catalogue) |
| 1998
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Cloths
of Gold, Contemporary Applied Arts 50th Anniversary
Exhibition |
| 1998 |
Stitch,
Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery |
| 1998 |
The
Otter Art Gallery, University College Chichester |
| 1997 |
UK
Now, Melbourne, Australia |
| 1996
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William
Morris Revisited, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester,
touring exhibition; (catalogue) |
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Crafts
Council, London |
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Birmingham
City Museum and Art Gallery |
| 1996 |
Hipòtesi
Gallery, Barcelona |
| 1996 |
Scottish
Gallery, Edinburgh |
| 1995 |
Art
in Action, Waterperry House, Oxford (catalogue) |
| 1995/93/92 |
Decorative
Arts Today, Bonhams, London |
| 1995 |
Quarry
Bank Mill, Styal |
| 1994
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Decorative
Arts Today, Bonhams, London (catalogue) |
| 1994 |
Northguild
Gallery Shop, Southampton Civic Centre |
| 1994 |
Oxford
Gallery, with Louise Baldwin |
| 1994 |
Summer
Show, Contemporary Applied Arts |
| 1994 |
Visions
of Craft, Highlights from the Crafts Council Collection |
| 1993/91/89/87 |
Chelsea Crafts Fair, London |
| 1993
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Figurative
Embroidered Textiles, City Gallery, Leicester |
| 1993 |
Summer
Show, Contemporary Applied Arts |
| 1993 |
Money
and Art, The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester |
| 1992 |
Out
of the Frame, Crafts Council, London, touring exhibition;
(catalogue) |
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Plymouth
City Museum |
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Aberystwyth
Arts Centre |
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Wakefield
Art Gallery |
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Peter
Scott Gallery, Lancaster |
| 1992 |
Contemporary
Textile Gallery |
| 1992 |
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Group Exhibition, Hankyu Dept Stores, Osaka, Japan |
| 1991 |
Can't
Stop Me Now! Crafts Council, London, (tour) |
| 1991
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Favourite
Things, Crafts Council Gallery, London |
| 1990
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Stitched
Textiles - a Celebration, Embroiderers' Guild Exhibition,
Commonwealth Institute, London |
| 1990
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Cross
Threads, Bradford Textiles Festival (tour) |
| 1988 |
Tex-styles,
Smiths Gallery, London |
| 1987 |
Stitchery
International, Pittsburgh, USA |
| 1986 |
Stitched
Textiles for Interiors, RIBA Gallery, London |
| 1986 |
Contemporary
Textile Gallery, London |
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| Awards |
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| 2006 |
'Textile Artist of the Year' Award, Twisted Thread |
| 2006 |
Arts
Council Craft Development Award |
| 2005 |
International
Art Embroidery Challenge, Pfaff, 1st Prize winner |
| 2002 |
Arts
Council National Touring Programme award for solo touring
exhibition (co-ordinated by Calderdale MBC: Museums
and Arts) |
| 2002 |
Arts
Council of England South East, Major Development Award |
| 1999 |
Kreinik
Award |
| 1999 |
Bernina
Award |
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1997/92/91/88/87
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Southern
Arts Awards |
| 1993 |
Cosmopolitan
Achievement Awards (special commendation in Creative
Arts) |
| 1991 |
British
Council Award |
| 1988 |
Taittinger
Prize |
| 1988 |
Crafts
Council Training Scheme, Professional artist training
Linda Miller |
| 1987 |
Crafts
Council Setting Up Scheme |
| 1985 |
Clothworkers'
Foundation grant |
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| Public
Collections |
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| Hove
Museum and Art Gallery |
| Portsmouth
City Art Gallery |
| The
Otter Art Gallery, University College Chichester |
| The
Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester |
| Crafts
Council of Great Britain |
| The
Embroiderers' Guild |
| St
Mary's College, Baltimore, USA |
| The
Prudential Collection |
| The
Broadgate Club, London |
| Hampshire
Museums Service |
| Calderdale
MBC: Museums and Arts |
| The
Embroiderers' Guild, NSW, Australia |
| Museo
Internationale delle Arti Applicate Oggi, Turin, Italy |
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| Publications
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| Inspired
to Stitch: 21 Textile Artists, pub. Blacks, Sept 2005 |
| A
Different View, The National Library of Australia
and Its Building 2004 |
| Mythscapes,
The Bankfield Museum & The Gallery Ruthin Craft
Centre 2003 |
| Eye
of the Needle, the Textile Art of Alice Kettle,
by Alice Kettle and Jennifer Harris ed. Matthew Koumis,
Telos, 1995 |
| Art
Textiles of the World GB II, ed Jennifer Harris,
telos Art Publishing 1999 |
| 5000
Years of Embroidery, ed. Jennifer Harris, British
Museum Publications 1993 |
| Contemporary
Embroidery, Anne Morrell, Cassell 1993 |
| The
Oriana Collection, P&O 1994 |
| The
New Textiles, Chloe Colchester, Thames & Hudson
1992 |
| Drawing,
Seeing and Observation, Ian Simpson, Redwood Press
3rd edition 1992 |
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