Textiles form the core of Caroline Bartlett's practice, providing the means and materials to process and articulate ideas, but often the reference point in relation to content. The historical, social and cultural associations of textiles, their significance in relation to touch and the body, and their ability to trigger memory, become components of the work. Imprinting, stitching, erasing and reworking, folding and unfolding become defining characteristics, whilst explorations have also resulted in works which integrate textiles with other media such as porcelain.
Examples of work can be seen in various public, collections including those of the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Crafts Council. Caroline's work has included site specific commissions and responses to historic locations, museum collections, (such as the textile collection at the Whitworth Art Gallery), archives and encyclopaedias. Central to these responses is an interest in the role played by such sites of cultural production in shaping individual and collective identities, memories and value systems.
Based in the UK, she has exhibited widely in the UK and abroad. She had a a solo show at the Crafts Study Centre, Farnham in 2021. She was an invited artist at the VII World Textile Art Bienal held in Montevideo (2017) and the Rijswijk Biennial held in Rijswijk, the Hague in the Netherlands (2015). She received an award of Excellence at the 8th International Fiber Art Biennale held in Nantong, China (2014)
She is represented by Browngrotta arts in the USA
browngrotta.com/
Follow her on Instagram @carolinebartletttextiles
Examples of work can be seen in various public, collections including those of the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Crafts Council. Caroline's work has included site specific commissions and responses to historic locations, museum collections, (such as the textile collection at the Whitworth Art Gallery), archives and encyclopaedias. Central to these responses is an interest in the role played by such sites of cultural production in shaping individual and collective identities, memories and value systems.
Based in the UK, she has exhibited widely in the UK and abroad. She had a a solo show at the Crafts Study Centre, Farnham in 2021. She was an invited artist at the VII World Textile Art Bienal held in Montevideo (2017) and the Rijswijk Biennial held in Rijswijk, the Hague in the Netherlands (2015). She received an award of Excellence at the 8th International Fiber Art Biennale held in Nantong, China (2014)
She is represented by Browngrotta arts in the USA
browngrotta.com/
Follow her on Instagram @carolinebartletttextiles