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Education
2000 MA Fine Art, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds
1997 BA Art & Design (Painting & Illustration) Bradford College of Art, Design & Textiles, Bradford
Solo exhibitions
2017 Songs from the Wood and other stories, Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield (collaborating with Lucas Stephens)
2016 Sweethearts, Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford
2014 Charred Words for Old Birds, Epiphany Art Gallery, Wakefield
2013 Menagerie (a collaboration with Lucas Stephens) South Square Gallery, Thornton
2012 New Continental, "Up" exterior installation and accompanying exhibition, Preston
2012 "Secret Tea Party" installation, Woodend, Scarborough
2010 Frou Frou, Pop Up, Centenary Square, Bradford
2009 Minor Repairs, Brass Gallery, Leeds
2009 Poison, Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford
2008 Frou-Frou, Unit 9 Gallery, Bradford
2007 Poison, South Square Gallery, Bradford
2006 AtoB, Gallerija Celica, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Selected Group exhibitions
2018 Craft and Conflict, a Highlights Rural Crafts Touring exhibition, various venues, Cumbria and County Durham
2018 Suffrage, Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cymbran, South Wales
2017 International Textile Biennial, Haacht, Belgium
2017 Perception, Cupola Contemporary Art, Sheffield
2017 Human Kind, Stories from Wild Women, Aire Place Studios, Leeds,
2016 Decadent Drawing invoke Dark Arts, Whitby Paviilion, Whitby
2016 Threads, Salisbury Arts Centre, Salisbury, Wiltshire
2016 Convergence, Festival Hall, Grassington
2016 Migration, The Wishbone Gallery, Grassington
2016 Taught, Dyehouse Gallery, Bradford
2016 Still Still Life, Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford
2015 Touched, Ground floor Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
2015 Decadent Drawing invoke Dark Arts, Bram Stoker International Film Festival, Whitby
2015 The Guild Contemporary Textiles exhibition + Symposium, Temple Works, Leeds
2015 The Art of Remembering (touring) Beacon Museum, Whitehaven
2015 Chionodoxa (glory of the snow) Cupola Contemporary Art, Sheffield2015 In the Making, South Square Gallery, Thornton
2015 The Art of Remembering (touring) Dock Museum, Barrow-in-Furness
2014 The Art of Remembering, specially commissioned work for The Rheged, Cumbria
2014 Process, Cupola Contemporary Arts, Sheffield
2014 Wonder: An Exhibition for the Curious, The Wishbone Gallery, Grassington
2013 Curiosity Acquired, 20-21 Arts Centre, Scunthorpe
2012 2 Legs Good, 4 Legs Bad (6 ok) The Beetroot Tree Gallery, Draycott, Derbyshire
2011/12 Birds : Elementals, St Lawrence University Gallery, New York +
R Space Gallery, Lisburn, Northern Ireland
2011/12 Yorkshire Art Loop, Pop Up Art Space, Bradford +
West Yorkshire Print Workshop, Mirfield
2011 Drawing with Thread, The Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford
2010 Freaks, Shoreditch Town Hall Gallery, London
2010 Pornograph, Brass Gallery, Leeds
2009 Grassington Festival, Flights of Fancy, (fibreglass Curlew for charity auction)
2009 Colouring Outside the Lines, Gallery II, University of Bradford
2009 Project DoDai, Galerija Škuc, Ljubljana, Ljubljana
2008 Flesh, Bradford Gallery, Yorkshire Craft Centre, Bradford
2008 Ship of Fools, Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2008 SCOPE New York Art Fair, with Jack the Pelican Presents Gallery, New York
2007/8 Pricked: Extreme Embroidery, Museum of Arts & Design, New York
2007 Art for Nothing, Mestna Galerija, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
2007 Art for Nothing, Hoxton Square Gallery, London
2006 The French Re-Evolution, Bethnal Green Working Mens Club, London
2006 In Two Minds, Dean Clough Galleries, Halifax
2006 Au creux du Desir, Hackney Empire Theatre, London
2005 Illuminate Launch Event, Illuminate Festival, Centenary Square, Bradford City Centre
2005 In Two Minds, Yorkshire Craft Centre, Bradford
2004 Tongue in Cheek, Northern Quarter Gallery, Manchester
2003 Arena Open (Prize winner), Arena Gallery, Liverpool
2003 The Tenderness of Pain, Tower Contemporary Arts Centre, York
2002 Liverpool Biennial, The Independent (Afoundation), Liverpool
2001 Idea, Mongrel Monitor Project, Showrooms, Sheffield
2001 Yorkshire Open, Wakefield Arts Mill, Wakefield
2000 Lost & Found, Leeds Metropolitan Uni Gallery, Leeds
Residencies
2012 New Continental, They Eat Culture, Preston, residency linked to "Up" commission
2010 Meanwhile...A Cabinet of Curiosities, Stockton Museum Service, Stockton-on-Tees
2006 Moving Stories, Radical Brontes/Illuminate - Bronte Parsonage Museum / South Square Gallery, Haworth / Thornton
2005 Something of The Night - Education Residency, Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds
2004 Wakefield Travellers Site
2004 Tong High School, Bradford
2004 Bramley Primary School, Leeds
2003 Stockton on the Forest School, York
Selected Projects + Public Art + Commissions
2017 Lancashire Not Forgotten, Blackburn with Darwen Council, commissioned new artwork for a Heritage and Arts project
2017 Preston Brief Encounters, Handmade Parade / Preston Council - parade lanterns / costumes, workshop leader Preston / Blackpool
2017 Happy Birthday Hockney, Handmade Parade / Brick Box - Parade structures and costumes, workshop leader
2009 - 2018 Stockton International Riverside Festival, creation of parade structures & costumes , workshop leader
2017 Saltaire Inspired, devise + manage a series of arts activities and an interactive installation over the course of the festival
2017 Touch and Flow workshops based on Gawthorpe Textile Collection, Gawthorpe Hall
2016 /17 / 18 Bradford Council: Bradford Festival workshops, themed workshops
2016/ 17 /18 Stockton Reindeer Parade costumes and workshops with schools / community groups
2015 - 17 Stockton-on-Tees Council: Choir Tree, bespoke event decorations and structure dressing
2016/17 Shipley Street Arts Festival: Illustration commission
2015 - 2018 Bradford Literature Festival: workshops, devised and project managed a series of themed arts workshops linked to literary themes
2016 Moveable Feast, commissioned by Saltaire Inspired, devised interactive workshops and mini, impromptu parades for festival programme
2016 The Snow Queen, Illustration commission, Q20 Theatre
2016 Tour de Yorkshire, Middlesburgh Council / Stellar Projects: Parade / big build costume commissions
2016 Stellar Projects, Stockton-on-Tees: Illustration commission
2015 Q20 Theatre: Costume Masterclass workshop
2015 Artworks, Bradford: Theatre + storytelling project with community performance
2015 INTU Lakeside Shopping Centre, Essex: Bespoke celebratory structure and workshops
2015 Holmewood Library: Alice in Wonderland themed project
2015 Shipley Street Arts Festival: Large structure build and workshop programme
2015 South Square Centre: In the Making - Exhibition + mentoring scheme / workshop
2014 Reflections, Community event, structures and workshops
2014 - 2015 Skyride, York: Event Workshops
2005 - 2014 Q20 Theatre / Bradford Council, co-creative director, Bradford Lord Mayors Parade, floats & big
build costume construction
2013 The Threads That Bind Us, Heritage Textile Commission, on permanent display, Bradford City Hall
2013 Emporium of Dreams, Bradford, 'Ole Luk Oie' Commissioned Textile Sculpture & mural
2013 Make Do and Mend, intergenerational Project, Yorks, Notts and Leic. A Griffin Theatre Project.
2012 They Eat Culture, 'Up' commissioned new, large scale, temporary, outdoor works for Preston
Guild Vintage event curated by Wayne + Gerardine Hemingway
2012 Crysalis Arts, 'Secret Tea Party' commission to create new work at Woodend, Scarborough
2012 Lincolnshire Council, Coastal Public Art - Bird Viewing area (with Lucas Stephens)
2011 Bradford Industrial Museum, large scale Interactive artwork / sculptural furniture
2011 Emergency Exit Arts / Middlesbrough Council Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge Centenary
celebration, carnival artist
2011 Artworks, Carers Resource, Arts and Health project
2011 Batley, Central Estate, mural
2011 DIVA, Wakefield - East Moor Community Garden, Mosaic paving
2011 Carlisle Business Centre, Signage, commissioned artwork, Interior Design scheme
2011 Pupil Referral Unit, Idle, outdoor sculptural seating
2010 Stockton Council, Illustrations for Stockton Sparkles Xmas event
2010 Pupil referral Unit, Painting project, working with 6 classes
2009 Middlesborough Reindeer Parade, structures + costumes
2009 Stockton Xmas Carnival Parade, Structures + costumes
2009 Public Commission, Holmfirth Library, Huddersfield Arts & Libraries
2009 Manningham Revive housing project, Green Cities Architects, Artworks, Bradford Council
2008 Table commission, Cartwright Hall Museum, Bradford
2008 Shipley Town Centre Stone & Ironwork Sculpture, Shipley Council
2007 Linfield Mount Hospital, Permanant Exterior Garden Artwork
2006 Textile commission, Chichele College, Oxford & Bolsover Castle, English Heritage
2006 Textile commission and participatory workshops, Haworth Festival
2006 exterior pavement designs, Council for Mosques
2005 "Home Is ...." Textile Project - Cabinet of Curiosities, English Heritage, Lincoln
2005 With This Pencil I Can . . Outdoor Table Commission, Bradford Museums & Galleries
2005 Exterior artwork, Manningham Community Garden
2005 City Centre Mural, Bradford City Council
2005 Interactive Creative Garden Installation, Yorkshire Craft Centre
2005 Light Theatres, Dr Barnardo's Young Carers
2004 Viewpoint Fenlands, Art linked to poetry, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
2003 City Centre Banners, Lincoln City Council, Lincoln
2003 Exterior Artwork, Hoyle Court School, Baildon
2003 Community Cohesion mural, Bradford Youth Parliament
2003 Speakout Homeless Project, Bradford
2003 Experimental mapping residency, Scarborough - Eventus, Sheffield
Private commissions
2016 Interior Mural, Jevnaker, Norway (with Lucas Stephens)
2011 Carlisle Business Centre, Signage, commissioned artworks + Interior Design scheme
2007 Interior & Exterior Artwork Scheme, Hansas Restaurant, Leeds
2004 Large Scale Interior Scheme Commission, Puccinos Restaurant & Cafe, Morley, Leeds
2003 The Matrix, Interior Artwork wall friezes, Skipton
2002 Victoria Hotel, Interior Artwork, wall friezes, Halifax
2000/2001 Gaudis Bar / The White Room, Interior & Exterior Artwork Scheme, Bradford
Awards / Prizes
2011 Oppenheim John Downs Memorial Trust Award
2008 Flesh, Bradford Gallery, Yorkshire Craft Centre (prize winner)
2007 Individual Artist Award, Arts Council England (poison)
2006 Individual Artist Award, Arts Council England (a-b Slovenia)
2003 Arena Open, Arena gallery, Liverpool (prize winner)
2001 Yorkshire Open (Public vote - Prize winner)
Teaching
1999 to 2010 - Bradford College - Art & Design subjects
Visiting Lecturer to BA courses at: Lincoln University
Dewsbury College of Art
Todmorden College
Reviews / Articles / Interviews
2014 Through Our Hands (textile magazine 3 Nov issue)
http://www.throughourhands.co.uk/2014/11/05/through-our-hands-issue-3-november-2014/
2014 Textile Art Around the World, Ellen Bakker, ISBN 9789081847674
2013 Yew Magazine, Literary & Arts Journal, April 2013 Edition, Featured Artist
2011 Spittoon, a Literary Journal of Contemporary Forms, edited by Kristin Abraham cover art and
featured art inside
2009 Colouring Outside the Lines, issue 5, interview by Melanie Maddison
2008 December Art Press. Issue 352 Broderie et art contemporain. Frédérique Joseph-Lowery
2008 December, Saatchi online critics choice, review by Ana Finel Honigman
2008 April/May FiberArts Pricked: Extreme Embroidery article
2007 October Pricked: Extreme Embroidery – David Revere McFadden (Museum of Arts &
Design Publication)
2007 November myartspace - interview by Brian Sherwin
http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2007/11/art-space-talk-morwenna-catt.html
2007 November New York Times - Pricked: Extreme Embroidery- review
2007 April Glas Javnosti,Belgrade newspaper - interview /article by Srdjan Djile Marcovic - English
translation on my website
2007 March Flying Dunces Italian online art magazine – interview
http://www.koshka.it/pdf/FDM2-07.pdf
2002 The Tatler – featured in Liverpool Biennial article
1999 Flux Magazine - centre pages, featured artwork