My recent work looks at the land its constant changes. The shadows of marks made by man in the earth and reflections in water and flooded fields. My training is in Fine Art and I work between two disciplines, painting and mixed media textiles, The stitched mark becomes a line ‘of drawing’, dye becomes my paint. The use of stitch is imperative to how the work holds together.
I work to commission as well as exhibit and have works placed in hospitals, libraries, museums and even Schroder’s Bank. I also have work in collections including the Arts Council England South East collection at Hove Museum and Art Gallery, Quilt und Art Gallery in Frankfurt and more recently a work purchased by the American Museum of Art and Design in New York.
I enjoy working in collaboration with others including work in schools, hospitals, museums and libraries.

Training:
2002 City and Guilds Part One Teaching Certificate
1992 Travel Bursary to British Council and South East Arts. Toronto and Vancouver, Canada.
1988 Japan Foundation Fellowship. Japanese paper and textiles. Japan.
1985 Winston Churchill Memorial Fellowship. Japanese art and paper. Japan.
1983 B.A. Honours Fine Art, Maidstone College of Art

Recent exhibitions:
Solo:
2006 Land, Herne Bay Museum and Art Gallery.
2005 Unearthed, Hall Place and Gardens, Bexley, Kent then touring to Norfolk and Norwich Hospital showcase exhibition, Norwich. Garden-Land, Quiltstar Gallery, Freiburg, Germany.
2004 Beyond the Surface Otter Gallery, University College, Chichester. Then touring to St. Mary’s Lighthouse, Whitley Bay Cowslip Gallery, Launceston, Cornwall.
2003 Beyond the Surface, Riverhouse Arts Centre, Walton on Thames. Breaking the Surface, Metropole Galleries, Folkestone (collaboration)
2002 Dark Woods, Dark Water, Weald Gallery, Cranbrook Library (touring) Guest exhibitor, Houston and San Antonio Fiber Arts Conference 2002.

Group:
2006 Beyond the Surface, Piece Hall Gallery. Halifax.
2005 21st Century Textiles, Shire Hall Gallery. Stafford Material Values, Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery
2004 Contemporary Connections, KCC County Gallery and Maidstone Museum. Vir-art 1’ Maidstone Library Gallery, Supported by an Awards for All Grant. Surfaces, European Arts Quilts, Irsee, Germany and touring Europe.
2003 Six Continents of Quilts. American Museum of Craft. New York. Quilt Und Art Gallery, Frankfurt (and 2001)
Awards:
2005 Kaleidoscope Commission, Sevenoaks Library and Museum
2002 Arts Council. Professional Development Award. Development of new work. Year of the Artist Award. South East Arts/Swale Borough Council.
2000 Year of the Artist Award. Residency and workshops at Mote House.
1999 Rochester Upon Medway Bursary site-specific works at Rochester Cathedral and Gallery.



Place in Time, commission Princess Royal Hospital


Cowslip 200 x 100cm

Cow Parsley and Rose 80 x 80cm


Blue folding book


Blue Haze


Corn Field


Garden

See my web sites for further information:


www.southeastart.co.uk
www.casholmes.textilearts.net
www.axisweb.org/artist/casholmes

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