Karen Howse
Karen's pieces spring from a mood or
feeling for a journey or place, her surroundings of North Cornwall
provide much inspiration. Karen takes photographs and makes quick
sketches, all of these references and memories help shape her work.
Karen uses varied materials; twigs, metal, paper, seedpods, slate
and found objects form part of the piece, fine fabrics are bonded
and stitched over to create rich surfaces and free machine stitch
is used to draw with.
Hanging within their own painted box
frames, the work has the feel of an icon or shrine rich in colour
and meaning.
EDUCATION
1985 - 1986
1986 - 1989 |
Foundation Certificate in Art & Design,
Loughborough College of Art & Design
BA Hons degree in textile design, Winchester School of Art |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1990
1990 - 1991
1992
1994
1994 - 1995
1995
1997
1998
1999
2000
2002
2004 |
Liberty, London
The Designers Guild, London
'Fibre meets Fiber' New Fibre Arts and Californian Fibers
Tour
'62 in 92' 62 Group Anniversary Tour
'Transforming Natures Gifts' Rotunda Gallery, Hong Kong
'Wallpieces' Rufford Gallery, Notts
The Craft Movement, Contemporary Craft Fair, Richmond
South Hill Park Christmas Fair, Bracknell
'Wild Beasts!' 28 international artists at the Museum of Textile
History, Sweden
'Paper, Thread and Fibre Transformations' Ruskin Gallery,
Sheffield
'On and Off the Wall' 62 Group of Textile Artists, Maidstone
Museum and Art Gallery, Kent
'Maps for the Millennium' Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro
'Emerging from the Landscape' Brewery Arts Chichester
Coombe Farm Gallery, Dittisham
Vitreous Contemporary Art, Truro
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1990
1993
1995
1996
1997
1998
2000
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August Craft Showcase, South Hill Park Arts Centre,
Bracknell
Textile Showcase, The New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham
Mixed Spice, The Ice House Gallery, London
Blazing Stitches, The Ice House Gallery, London
From East to West and back again...
Joint Show at Windsor Arts Centre
The Seymour Gallery, Totnes (joint show)
Mixed Media Textiles, The Bank Gallery, Chobham
North Cornwall Museum and Gallery, Camelford
Positive Spaces, The Burton Museum and Art Gallery, Bideford
Fellow Beings, Southgate Arch Gallery, Launceston
North Cornwall Museum and Gallery, Camelford, joint show with
Mary Gillett |
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