curriculum vitae
Name: Helen MacRitchie
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i: @helenmacritchie
Qualifications:
2008 - 2016 City & Guilds 7922 Level 3 Diploma in Design and Craft- Stitched Textiles (Embroidery) from Urchfont College, UK
2003 – 2007 City & Guilds 7922 Level 3 Certificate Design and Craft- Stitched Textiles (Embroidery) from Urchfont College, UK
1993 - 1998 PhD in Pharmaceutics from King’s College, University of London, UK
1983 - 1987 BSc (Hons) in Pharmacy from Strathclyde University, Glasgow, UK
Exhibiting Associations, memberships and affiliations (year of first joining):
2018 - Prism Textiles
2018 - Oxfordshire Craft Guild
2015 - Untethered Fibre Artists Inc
2013 - Arts and Crafts Society of NSW (Craft NSW),12 Argyle Pl, Millers Point NSW 2000, Australia
Recent Exhibitions (selected):
2020: un:Seen, Untethered Fibre Artists, Manning Regional Art Gallery, Tarree, NSW
Emerging Artists 2020, Create Gallery, Monmouth, UK
2019: UnSeen, Untethered Fibre Artists,Gallery M, Adelaide SA and Goulburn Regional Gallery, NSW, Australia
Fragility, Prism Textiles, Hoxton Arches, London and in RBSA, Birmingham UK
Telling Tales,Stitch Textile Artists, Ilminster Arts Centre, Ilminster, UK
Found Narrative, Untethered Fibre Artists, Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre, Hornsby, NSW
2018: UnSeen, Untethered Fibre Artists, Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre, Hornsby, NSW,
InTransit, Untethered Fibre Artists, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Greenway ACT
Entwine, Northbridge School Visual Arts, Sydney
Synthesis, members of Untethered Fibre Artists, GalleryONE88, Katoomba, NSW
2017: InTransit, Untethered Fibre Artists, Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre, Hornsby, NSW,
Ebb and Flow, Untethered Fibre Artists, Belconnen Arts Centre, Belconnen ACT and at Muswellbrook Regional Gallery NSW
Stitched Up, Untethered Fibre Artists, The Lock-Up, Newcastle, NSW
2016: Facade, ATASDA group exhibition, Palm House Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
Ebb and Flow, Untethered Fibre Artists Inc, Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre, Hornsby
2015: Out of Hand, Untethered Fibre Artists Inc., Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre, Hornsby
2014: Craft NSW selected artists exhibition, Gallery 152, The Gap, Brisbane
2013: Exquisite Touch small group exhibition, Craft NSW, Rocks
2014, 12, 10: Future….Past, Fragment, and Voyages ATASDA exhibitions, Palm House Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney
Awards:
2020: Winner of 3D sculpture Emerging Artist award, Creates Gallery, Monmouth
2018: shortlisted for Zealous Co. EMERGE Craft Prize UK
shortlisted for Craft Biennale Scotland (exhibition postponed)
2015, 13, 12: Sydney Royal Arts and Crafts Show (SRAS) Standard of excellence awards
2015, 14 - 11: SRAS 1st prize awards
Commissions: Hangings, wearables and handbags commissioned in Australia, and London, UK
Publications:
2020 Creates Magazine, Spring issue, p7 and p12-13
2018 Textile, issue 131, p35-40
2017 Felt, issue 17 and Textile, issue 128, p17
2016 Be Creative with Workbox, issue 157, p38-45; Down under Textiles, issue 24, p18-21;
Worldwide Colours of Felt, Bakker E, www.textil-link.de
2014 Down under Textiles, issue 17, p76 and Stitch issue 87, p12-14
Workshops: given on behalf of ATASDA NSW, ATASDA QLD, Hand Weavers and Spinners NSW, Stitching and Beyond Inc, Tasmania
