bio
Education
1999-2000 Mdes : Masters of Design, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.
1991-1994 BA Hons : Combined Degree Fine Art Textiles & History. Chester College of Higher Education, Chester, UK
Exhibitions
2013
Craft Warriors: Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, USA.
Project Make : San Francisco, USA.
50/50 : Sanchez art centre, Pacifica, USA.
American Craft Council : Photo archive project, San Francisco, USA.
2012
TINY : STUDIO gallery, San Francisco, USA.
Tieton 12 x 12 : Mighty Tieton, Tieton, Washington, USA.
Small Bites : Nagoya University of the Arts and Science, Nagoya, Japan.
Small Bites : Gallery Gallery, Kyoto, Japan.
2011
Small Bites ( group show) : Daiwa Foundation, London,UK.
2009
Sculptural textiles : Gaga Gallery, Swampscott, Massachusetts, USA.
2008
Between(group show): Million Fishes Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA.
Digital Treasury (group show) :Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Germany.
2007
Textile Art: Axis Cafe, San Francisco, California, USA.
2006
St Micheals Alley, Palo Alto, California, USA.
Ealish Wilson and Gavin Carter : Courtyard Gallery, Isle of Man, British Isles.
Vino Locale, Kipling Street, Palo Alto, California, USA.
2005
Revealed (group show) : Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Nottingham, UK.
Through the Surface : National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto, Japan.
Postcard exhibition : The Lab, San Francisco, USA
2004
Through The Surface : Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Nottingham, UK.
Through The Surface : Bankfield Museum, Halifax,UK Through The Surface : Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts, UEA, Norwich,UK.
Through The Surface : Hove Museum and Art Gallery, Hove,UK.
Ealish Wilson and Gavin Carter : Courtyard Gallery, Isle of Man, British Isles.
2003
Through the Surface : 3 month residency for Surrey Institute, Kyoto,Japan.
2002
Creative Scotland : The Lighthouse, Glasgow,UK. 2001 Archive : Thirlestane and Blair Castles’, Scotland,UK.
2000
All Stitched Up : Courtyard Gallery, Isle of Man, British Isles.
Elevated Image : Elevator studios, Liverpool,UK Awards and
Commissions
2007
Private Client Tyvek and Textile Wedding Dress: Smallpoint, Maine, USA.
2006
Isle of Man Hospice Chapel Commission: Douglas, Isle of Man, British Isles.
Private Client Tyvek Wedding Dress: Burning Man, Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA.,
2004
Isle of Man Arts Council Commission : Nobles Hospital, Douglas, Isle of Man, British Isles.
2003
Travel Grant : Isle of Man Arts Council for Through The Surface, Kyoto, Japan.
J Co and J Capital ltd : 26m Textile Commission, St, Mary’s Court, Douglas, Isle of Man, British Isles.
2001
Conran and Partners : Textile Ceiling Commission, Food Hall, Ocean Terminal, Edinburgh, UK.
Collections
Castle Museum and Art Gallery : Contemporary Textile Collection, Nottingham,UK.
Manx Museum : Contempoary Art Collection, Douglas, Isle of Man, British Isles.