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Michelle  House

MICHELLE HOUSE CV
Education
• 2001/2002 Tower Hamlets College, Digital Fine Art Course
• 1989/1992 Goldsmiths College, University of London
• 1987/1989 Southampton Institute of Higher Education
Qualifications & Training
• LOCN Digital Fine Art (Illustrator, Photoshop, Infini-D stills & animation, Premier, Sound Edit 16)
• Essex Artists in Education Training Course
• Princes Trust Business Course
• BA Hons in Textiles
• BTEC National Diploma in General Art and Design
• Foundation in General Art and Design
Awards
• 1999 London Arts Board Grant
• 1996 Crafts Council Setting-Up Grant
Commissions
• December 2000 To design and print large textile work for the boardroom of design consultancy Kysen, London
• 1997/98 To design and print two large textile works for South Downs NHS Trust (Hove Polyclinic)
• October 1997 To design banners for Canary Wharf Ltd
• 1994 Brighton Arts Festival, To design and print 4 large banners
Collections
• Logica, Safeways, myhotel Bloomsbury
• Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein Bank
Selected Exhibitions
• November 2003
‘Urban Interiors’, Commonwealth Institute, Kensington, London
• September 2003
‘Decorex International 2003’, The Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London
• September 2003
‘Brixton Open 2003’, The Betty Morton Gallery, Brixton
• July 2003
‘Urban Art 2003’, Josephine Avenue, Brixton
• April – June 2003
‘Loose Threads’, Rufford Craft Centre, Nottinghamshire
• October – November 2002
‘Inretrospect’, 62 Group touring show
• July 2002
‘Byte’, group show of digital work, The Media Centre, London
• May – July 2002
Solo show, Bankfield Museum, Halifax
• January 2002 – January 2003
‘Red’ touring show to celebrate the 62 Group’s fortieth anniversary
• October 2001
SOFA, Navy Pier, Chicago USA
• June/July 2001
Textile show, Royal Exchange, Manchester
• May/July 2001
‘Making an Impression’ Bankfield Museum, Halifax
• January 2001
‘Le Salon’ group show, Belgravia, London
• October 2000
Crafts Council shop, Chelsea Craft Fair, London
• May/August 2000
62 group exhibition, ‘Out of the Garden’, Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead
• May 2000
Two-woman show, textiles and photography, Forum Fabricum, Lodz, Poland
• February/March 2000
Threads – Surface & Texture’, SE1 Gallery, London
• Summer 1999
’Living with Textiles’ C2+, London
• Spring/Summer 1999
62 group exhibition, ‘On and Off the Wall’ Maidstone, Kent (touring to Edinburgh)
• February/April 1999
Textile Focus, Contemporary Applied arts, London
• February 1999
’Commissioning Designers’ C2+, London
• September/October 1998
‘New Works’ Leeds City Art Gallery, Craft Centre and Design Gallery
• April 1998
Vital Art 1998, Atlantis Gallery, London
• March/August 1998
Makers Choice, touring group exhibition (Visual Arts Trust), The Gallery, Telford. Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Ludlow. The Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford. The Gateway and SADA Galleries, Shrewsbury
• January 1998
Decorative Arts Today, Bonhams, London
• December 1997/January 1998
Contemporary Textile Show, Bupa House, London (Contemporary Arts Society Projects)
• May 1997
Two woman show of large scale textiles at Walford Mill Craft Centre, Dorset
Publications
• January 2002 ‘Red’ Catalogue – 62 Group
• September/October 2002, Review of solo show (Bankfield Museum), Crafts Magazine
• January/February 1999, ‘Commissions’ – Crafts Magazine
• New British Design 1998’, Peta Levi (Mitchell Beazley)
• September/October 1997, ‘Lookout’ in Crafts magazine
Memberships
• Member of Contemporary Applied Arts
• Member of 62 Group
• Member of Design Nation
Residencies & Workshops
• September – November 2001, ‘Desirable Residencies’ (Essex County Council) John Bunyan Junior School Braintree, Essex
• June 2001, Art Week at Holland Harrow School, Four day residency, Holland-on-Sea, Essex
• November 2000, ‘There’s an artist in my school’. One day workshop with Herringham Junior School, County Hall, Chelmsford
• January/February 2000, ‘Essex Artists in Education’, Ten day residency at Herringham Junior School, Chadwell St Mary, Essex