Saturday 16th May & Sunday 17th May 10:00 – 17:00
2nd Floor 1912 Mill
Graduating textile artists from Bradford School of Art exhibit
the work leading to their final major project artwork.
This exhibition showcases work by the first cohort of students from this recently launched degree course. Providing a “behind the scenes” look at how Jo, Jenny, Mary and Sharon worked from their initial concepts, towards their final artworks. These fine art, contemporary works cover themes of self-awareness, self perception, displacement and the impact of the colonial past in modern day textiles. These themes have been explored through a diverse range of media and approaches including weaving, ceramics, repurposed materials , 3-D wire work and sculptural textiles. The final artworks will be exhibited at the Graduate Show, Bradford College in June.
PLEASE NOTE – Talks are also being held in the room, and the exhibition will not be accessible during these sessions.
Dislocation (2025) Mary Whitehouse
The first cohort of graduating students from the BA(Hons) Textiles Practice degree at Bradford College present their Major Projects at this exciting and dynamic year end show.
This exhibition showcases work by the four graduating students, incorporating themes of self-awareness, displacement from home, self-perception and the impact of the colonial past within textiles.
The work shows a diverse range of textile and mixed media approaches, including weaving, use of repurposed materials, surface design, ceramics, wire work, and 3-D constructed and sculptural textiles.
The exhibition will be held in :
The Producing Academy, David Hockney Building (2nd Floor), Bradford College, Great Horton Road, Bradford, BD7 1AY
14th February - 8th March 2026
27th November - 13th December 2025
I have three works from my Displacement series in this exhibition in the Norman Rea Gallery at the University of York.
Dislocation (2025)
Below the Line (2025)
Inside Pages (2025)
I have two quilts in the exhibition at Festival of Quilts.
Uprooted (2025) Mary Whitehouse
Uprooted (above) which will be on display on the outside of the Quilt Collection Gallery. There is more about that in this blog post.
But my scrap box is still full (right) Started in March 2020 when I couldn’t do anything more creative than stitch scraps together. These blocks languished in a box until I needed to practice using my Moxie Long Arm machine, then I managed to finish it.
But my Scrap Bin is Still Full (2024 Mary Whitehouse
I was shortlisted for the Quilters’ Guild Graduate Bursary and my work was on display in the Graduate Showcase in Hall 7 at the Festival of Quilts.
There is a Better Way, (at Bradford School of Art Summer Show)
My work will be in the the Summer Show, alongside the work of my fellow students graduating from the Foundation Degree in Textiles Practice. You can read more about my work in my blog.
The Dye House Gallery, Lister Building, Bradford College, Great Horton Road, Bradford BD7 1AY
https://www.bradfordcollege.ac.uk/events/bradford-school-of-art-end-of-year-show-2024/
My featured work, Lost at Sea, is part of There is a Better Way, my response to the government’s treatment of those seeking asylum in the UK.
Lost at Sea
Read the guide at a-n.co.uk/degree-shows and congratulate this year’s graduating artists @anartistsinfo on Instagram.
Awarded a commendation for this woven textile design in the W1N Category The Clothworkers’ Company Award for a woven fabric design for interior furnishings or products.
WasteAge Coat, created for Textile Project 1 FDA in Textiles Practice at Bradford College course, from waste materials provided by A W Hainsworth, Pudsey, Leeds.
The WasteAge Coat was exhibited in Open 24, Old Parcels Office artspace, Scarborough YO11 1TU from 10th February - 10th March 2024
No one should die, created for the Sustainability category at Festival of Quilts 2023. The quilt was a response to the tenth anniversary of the Rana Plaza Factory Collapse.
