Caroline Bartlett
Education
MA in Public Art; Theory and Practice Chelsea School of Art
Postgraduate Diploma in Textile Art, Goldsmith College
Postgraduate Diploma in Printed Textiles, Leeds College of Art
BA (Hons) in Printed Textiles, Central School of Art and Design
Public Collections
Victoria and Albert Museum, Whitworth Art Gallery, Crafts Council, Bankfield Museum, Embroiderers Guild
Grants and Awards
2019
Vlieseline Fine Art Textiles, Festival of Quilts. Commendation
2016
Arts Council 'Behind the Wall', Mirador Arts
2014
8th International Fiber Art Biennale; From Lausanne to Beijing. Award of Excellence
Select Festival. Hartlebury Prize
2011
Black Swan Arts Award. First Prize
2003
Crafts Council 'British Crafts in Japan'. Research award
2002
Crafts Council 'British Crafts in Japan'. Research award
2000
London Arts Board Award to Individual Artists
1999
London Arts Board Award for 'The Artists Journey'
Public Commissions
2020
Spirit of Adventure cruise ship through SMC Consultancy
2014
Newark Park , Gloucestershire; Select Festival
2003
Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
2003
Argent PLC, for Brindley Place, Birmingham through CAA
2001
Weiner Library, London
'Textiles on Site' Abbey Gardens, Bury St Edmunds, commissioned by Parks and Leisure Services and Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery
Solo Exhibitions
2021
'A Restless Dynamic', Crafts Study Centre, Farnham Surrey, UK
2018
'Open Stal', Hawar Textile Institute, Oldeberkoop, Netherlands
2010
'Black and White'. Circus, London curated by Contemporary Applied Arts
Selected Exhibitions
2024
'Ways of Seeing- Impact, Women Artists to Collect'. Browngrotta Arts, Wilton, CT, USA
'RWA Open 171,' Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
'Making as Learning'. Salts Mill, Saltaire, Bradford
'Discourse; Art across Generations and Continents'. Browngrotta Arts, Wilton, CT, USA
'Tailored'. Sunny Bank Mill, West Yorkshire touring to The Hub, Sleaford, Lincolnshire
2023
'CAA75'. Contemporary Applied Arts, London
2022
'Warp, Weft, Stitch, Thread'. Gallery 57 Arundel, West Sussex
2020
'Volume 50: Chronicling Fiber Art for Three Decades', Browngrotta Arts, Wilton, CT, USA
'Unbound; Visionary Women Collecting Textiles'. 2 Temple Place, London
'Conversations'. St Barbes Museum and Art Gallery, Lymington, Hampshire
2019
'Control/Shift; New Directions in Textile Art', a 62 Group show touring to National Centre for Craft and Design, Sleaford, Lincolnshire. MAC, Birmingham
'Construct', Sunny Bank Mill, West Yorkshire
2018
'Blue/Green colour/code/context'. Browngrotta Arts, Wilton CT, USA
2017
'Behind the Wall'. Lancaster City Museum
'VII Biennale Internacional'. Invited artist. Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay
2016
'SOFA'. Chicago curated by Browngrotta Arts
'Making Space'. Macclesfield Silk Museum with 62 Group
'Ornament'. Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair, Manchester
'Artboom - Celebrating Artists Mid Century, Mid Career'. Browngrotta Arts, Wilton, CT, USA
2015
'Rijswijk Textile Biennial'. Rijswijk Museum,The Hague, Netherlands
'Meticulous Stitchers'. Unit 12 Gallery, Tixhall, Stafford
2014
'8th International Fiber Art Biennale; From Lausanne to Beijing'. Nantong, China
'Shadow and Line', Museum in the Park, Stroud, Gloucestershire
'Selected'. Newark Park National Trust property, Gloucestershire
2013
'Rendezvous Goldsmiths', Ruthin Craft Centre
'Cloth and Memory'. Salts Mill, Saltaire, West Yorkshire
'Open Stal', Hawar Textile Institute, Oldeberkoop, Netherlands
2010
'Black and White'. Circus, London curated by Contemporary Applied Arts
Selected Exhibitions
2024
'Ways of Seeing- Impact, Women Artists to Collect'. Browngrotta Arts, Wilton, CT, USA
'RWA Open 171,' Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
'Making as Learning'. Salts Mill, Saltaire, Bradford
'Discourse; Art across Generations and Continents'. Browngrotta Arts, Wilton, CT, USA
'Tailored'. Sunny Bank Mill, West Yorkshire touring to The Hub, Sleaford, Lincolnshire
2023
'CAA75'. Contemporary Applied Arts, London
2022
'Warp, Weft, Stitch, Thread'. Gallery 57 Arundel, West Sussex
2020
'Volume 50: Chronicling Fiber Art for Three Decades', Browngrotta Arts, Wilton, CT, USA
'Unbound; Visionary Women Collecting Textiles'. 2 Temple Place, London
'Conversations'. St Barbes Museum and Art Gallery, Lymington, Hampshire
2019
'Control/Shift; New Directions in Textile Art', a 62 Group show touring to National Centre for Craft and Design, Sleaford, Lincolnshire. MAC, Birmingham
'Construct', Sunny Bank Mill, West Yorkshire
2018
'Blue/Green colour/code/context'. Browngrotta Arts, Wilton CT, USA
2017
'Behind the Wall'. Lancaster City Museum
'VII Biennale Internacional'. Invited artist. Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay
2016
'SOFA'. Chicago curated by Browngrotta Arts
'Making Space'. Macclesfield Silk Museum with 62 Group
'Ornament'. Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair, Manchester
'Artboom - Celebrating Artists Mid Century, Mid Career'. Browngrotta Arts, Wilton, CT, USA
2015
'Rijswijk Textile Biennial'. Rijswijk Museum,The Hague, Netherlands
'Meticulous Stitchers'. Unit 12 Gallery, Tixhall, Stafford
2014
'8th International Fiber Art Biennale; From Lausanne to Beijing'. Nantong, China
'Shadow and Line', Museum in the Park, Stroud, Gloucestershire
'Selected'. Newark Park National Trust property, Gloucestershire
2013
'Rendezvous Goldsmiths', Ruthin Craft Centre
'Cloth and Memory'. Salts Mill, Saltaire, West Yorkshire
2012
'62@50'. Holden Gallery, MMU, Manchester touring to Kyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 2013
2011
'Black Swan Contemporary Craft'. Frome, Somerset
'Stimulus'. Browngrotta Arts, Wilton, CT, USA
2010
'Focus'. Contemporary Applied Arts, London
'Bending the Line'. The Hub, Sleaford, Lincolnshire and touring to Rijswijk Museum, The Hague, Netherlands. Collins Gallery, Glasgow
2009
'The Third Wave'. Browngrotta Arts, Wilton, CT, USA
'Collect', Victoria and Albert Museum, London
2008
'Size Matters', Rochester Art Gallery, Kent
2007
'Collect', Victoria and Albert Museum, London
2006
'Beyond Weaving: International art Textiles' Flinn Gallery, USA
'Tracing Threads.' Hove Museum, Hove, West Sussex
Trace and Echoes'. Museum in the Park, Stroud, Gloucestershire
2005
'SOFA'. New York curated by Browngrotta Arts, USA
'Collect'. Victoria and Albert Museum, London
'Capturing the Essence - a sense of place', 2 person show. Stroud House Gallery, Stroud, Gloucestershire
2004
'Ragged Beauty; Repaired Textiles and other Objects'. MOCFA, San Francisco, USA
'Sculpted Surface'. Linden Arts Centre, Melbourne , Australia
'Palmbeach Contemporary'. Florida represented by Browngrotta Arts, USA
Orie Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
'Of Material Concern'. 62 Group. Milenium Galleries, Sheffield,
'Collect' Victoria and Albert Museum London represented by Contemporary Applied Arts, London
2003
Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
'SOFA'. Chicago and New York represented by Browngrotta Arts, USA
'The Common Thread; Finding Fiber in Contemporary Art'. Westport Arts Centre, CT, USA
'Material Space'. Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle
'In Context'. Victoria and Albert Museum, London
2002
HBO Corporate gallery, New York, curated by Browngrotta Arts, USA
'Survey Fiber 2002'. Snyderman Works Galleries, Philadelphia, USA
'SOFA' Chicago represented by Contemporary Applied Arts, London
'A Collective Response'. Bankfield Museum, Halifax, UK
2001
'SOFA' New York. Represented by Contemporary Applied Arts, London
'From Across the Pond'. Browngrotta Arts, Wilton, CT, USA
2000-2
'Art Textiles II'. Bury St Edmunds Gallery, Bury St Edmunds and touring
1999
'The Artist' Journey. ' Leighton House and Orleans House, London
1996-98
'Art Textiles I'. Bury St Edmunds Gallery, Bury St Edmunds
1999
'The Artist' Journey. ' Leighton House and Orleans House, London
1996-98
'Art Textiles I'. Bury St Edmunds Gallery, Bury St Edmunds
'The Artist' Journey. ' Leighton House and Orleans House, London
1996-98
'Art Textiles I'. Bury St Edmunds Gallery, Bury St Edmunds
