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Artist Statement:
I use the quilt as a means of
self-expression and approach
the tactile and satisfying
process of sewing, layering
and joining fabric in my own
individual way. My artwork
evolves from observation and
inspiration and often
expresses personal or social
issues that explore a mix of
abstract and innovative ideas
with an ever-changing variety
of surface techniques,
combined with colour, texture
and stitch.
All of my quilts are unique,
‘one-off’’ individual pieces.
Colours range from pastel,
simple planes expressing pure,
clean hues to rich, vibrant,
primaries and combine surface
techniques that include an
expressive mix of Procion MX
and H dyes (layered using
direct application), acrylic
paint, mono-printing and other
various techniques which
include silkscreen and digital
print. Fabrics used are light
weight 100% plain cotton
canvas fused onto a medium
weight Vilene foundation
support finally machine
stitching with multi coloured
threads’. Smaller works are
finished by stretching on to
wooden frames or artists’
stretchers.
My current work divides into
three categories – ‘studio
quilts’ which are very special
individual studies, often
large scale in the region of
two metres square wall
hangings, ‘graffiti collage
hangings’ which are inspired
by personal and social issues
that incorporate text ...
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Collections:
2003 'Titch', Braintree Museum
and Art Gallery, Braintree
Museum & Art Gallery, Essex,
UK.
2002 'Chasing the Dragon', The
Museum of Art and Design,
Textile Collection, New York,
USA
1999 'Real Artists Don't Make
Textiles', Braintree Museum &
Art Gallery, Essex, UK.
1999 'Real Artists Do Make
Textiles', Braintree Museum &
Art ...
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Commissions:
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Exhibitions for Bethan Ash:
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Selected Exhibitions:
2010
QA22, Quilt Art exhibition, Sookmyung Women's University Museum & Chung Young Yang Embroidery Museum, Seoul, Korea – March – September 2010
EXNA IV, Museum of Art and History of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 19th June – 19th September 2010 - invited
QA25, Quilt Art 25th Anniversary exhibition, Bankfield Museum, Halifax, West Yorkshire, 17th July-25th August
Journeys, Ruthin and Buckley Library Galleries, North Wales, 13th February – 27th March
2009
Fibre Voices, Fibre Art Wales 10th Birthday exhibition, Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth, 27th November – 16th January 2010.
Homelands, Green Mountain College, Vermont, USA. 12th October – 3rd November
Journeys, RHP, Rhondda Cynnon Taff, 25 September - 8 November
20 years On, Minerva Art Centre, Llanidloes, Powys, July – September
EAQV, Museum of American Quilters Society, Paducah, Kentucky, USA. April - July
Fibre Voices, Fibre Art Wales 10th Birthday exhibition, Ucheldre Centre, Mill Bank, Holyhead, Angelsey North Wales. 20th June - 19th July.
EAQV, Fries Museum, Postbus 1239, 8900 CE Leeuwarden, Nederlands. 16 February - 29 March.
QA22, Kecskemet, "Cifra Palota" Museum and Pinacotek, Kecskemet, Hungary. 30th January - 1st March
Journeys, Ruthin and Buckley Library Galleries, North Wales. 13th February – 27th March - selected
Ffibr: Form & Fusion - Contemporary Fibre Art from Wales, Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran. 17th January – 16th March.
2008 –
QA22, Museum Rijswijk, Rijswijk, the Netherlands. 6th December 2008 – 11th January, 2009
Winter Exhibition, Y Capel, Castle St., Llangollen, North Wales. 8th November – March 09 – invited
Ornament, Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran, Gwent, 18th November – 20th January 09 – invited.
Tros Gynnal Charity Art Exhibition and Auction, Swansea Museum, 8th October – 17th November - invited
‘120’ - 120th Anniversary exhibition of The Society of Designer Craftsmen, London, UK, 4th September – 14th October - selected.
Quilt 2008, Festival of Quilts, NEC Birmingham plus UK tour.August – December - selected
Royal National Eisteddfod, Cardiff, South Wales, UK, August 2008 - selected
EAQ V, European Art Quilt touring exhibition, opens in NEC, Birmingham, UK. 14th - 17th August - selected
Journey from Bed to Wall, Quilters' Guild inaugural exhibition, St Anthony's Hall Quilt Museum & Gallery, York. 7th June to 28th October - invited
Journeys - Fibre Art Wales group, Banbury Museum, Banbury, Oxfordshire. – FAW group show
CRAFTBOSTON, Seaport World Trade Centre, Boston, USA by invitation of the Society of Arts and Crafts
Designer Crafts At The Mall 2008, SDC exhibition, The Mall Galleries, London, - selected
QUILT ART 20 - An exhibition to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the founding of Quilt Art. 2008 venues:
Textilsammlung Max Berk, Kurpfälzisches Museum Heidelberg, Germany
Followed by a two year tour of American venues
Quilt Art 22 MIAT Museum, Gent, Belgium. 21st June - 14th September, 2008
Quilt Art 22 Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery, Gloucester, U.K
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