Lizzie Farey

Born ~ Singapore 1962

Education ~ Canterbury College of Art Foundation ~1979 Cardiff College of Art ~ 1980 Professional member of Visual Arts ~ 1999 Member of Contemporary Applied Arts. London ~ 2000 Lizzie's first trip to Japan, self- funded ~ April 2007

Awards ~ Appointed Specialist Advisor for Crafts Scottish Arts Council ~ 2009 Best Stand Award, (2008) Contemporary Craft Festival, Bovey Tracey Art & Craft Marketing Grant, & Galloway Council ~ 2007 Creative Development Award, Scottish Arts Council ~ 2007 Awarded 'Best in Show' by Grand Designs Magazine at Origin, London. ~ 2006 Outward Mission to New York, UK Trade and Investment ~ 2006 'Talent Around Britain' BBC Homes and Antiques ~ 2004 Professional Development Grant, Scottish Arts Council ~ 2004 Artist Residency, Cove Park, Argyll ~ 2004 Arts and Crafts Marketing Grant Dumfries and Galloway Council ~ 2003 The Scottish Gallery Award, ~ 1999. The Worshipful Company of Basketmakers ~ 1997 The Worshipful Company of Basketmakers ~ 1992

Public Collections ~ National Museums Scotland. (2008) Priors Court School, Reading. The City Arts Centre, . The Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead. The Royal Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.

Selected Past Exhibitions ~ 2014 .. 'COLLECT' The Saatchi Gallery, London. 'Spring Fling', Galloway Open Workshop Weekend. The Junction Gallery, Woodstock, Oxford. 'TASTE Contemporary Craft', Geneva, Switzerland. 2013 .. 'Make it Slow', Woodend, Scarborough, and touring. 'SOFA Chicago 2013', Chicago, U.S.A. 'Art in Action', Waterperry House, Oxfordshire 'From Bare Stems', High Cross House, Devon. 'Locating the Nest', Gracefield, Dumfries. 'Ten out of Ten', Devon Guild of Craftsmen. 2012 .. 'New Directions in Contemporary Crafts' The National Trust, Mottisfont Abbey, Romsey. 'Retro/Prospective, 25+ years of Art Textiles and Sculpture', Browngrotta Arts, Connecticut, U.S.A. 'SOFA Chicago', 2012. 'Revealed: A Familiar Landscape' Lizzie Farey and Angie Lewin The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh. 'Locating the Nest' Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh. 2011 .. 'Spirit of Air' (solo show, touring) Iona Gallery, Kingussie. St Fergus Gallery, Wick Inverness Museum & Art Gallery Swanson Gallery, Thurso 'Target the Heart' CAA and Electrum Gallery, London. 'Present Collectables' CAA, London 'Stimulus' Browngrotta Arts, U.S.A. 'Cheongju International Craft Biennale ' South Korea Contemporary Craft 'British Basketry' Ruthin Craft Centre 'The Swallow and the Hare' Designs Gallery, Castle Douglas 'Heart' New National Museum of Scotland 'International Textile Festival' Stroud 'SOFA New York' represented by Browngrotta Arts 'Recent Work' The Mill on the Fleet, Gatehouse of Fleet 2010 .. 'Spirit of Air' (solo show) The , Edinburgh. 'Contained Excitement' Cavin - Morris Gallery, New York 'Eco - Art' Materials Recycled, Repurposed, Re-envisioned Artifact Design Group. Connecticut. U.S.A 'Spirit Of Air' - Solo show on tour The Piece Hall, Halifax 'Treading Lightly' Yew Tree Gallery, Cornwall 'Spring Fling' Open Studio event in Dumfries & Galloway 'COLLECT' The Saatchi Gallery, London 'The 10th Wave III' Browngrotta Arts, Wilton Connecticut U.S.A. 'Solo Exhibition' Left Bank Gallery, Tarland, Aberdeenshire 2009 .. 'Wood, Willow and Paper' The Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh. 'Working the Willows' Musgrove Willows, Somerset. 'Subtlety and Beauty' Gallerytop, Derbyshire. 'Celtic Connections' The Harley Gallery Shop, Nottinghamshire. 'Spirit of Air' Solo and touring exhibition with publication. Funded by Dumfries and The City Art Centre, Edinburgh. 'Contemporary Craft Fair' Bovey Tracey. 'The 10th Wave III' Browngrotta Arts, Connecticut, U.S.A. 2008 .. European Baskets National Craft Museum, Kilkenny Ireland, and touring. Contemporary Craft Fair, Bovey Tracey. 'Spring into Action' Mathew Burt Showroom Hindon, Salisbury. The Gallery at Waterperry, Oxford. 2007 .. 'East Weaves West', Basketry form Japan and Britain, The Collins Gallery, Glasgow (and touring) 'Origin', Somerset House, London 'Rapture', The Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh 'Organic' ~Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Oxford 'Seeing Dragons in the Clouds' ~ The Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead. (touring) 'Urban Field' ~ Contemporary Applied Arts, Percy Street, London. 'The Cutting Edge' ~ Scotland's Contemporary Crafts, National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh. (then touring) Demonstration of work at Hawthornden Court, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh. 'Collect' at the V & A, London. (demonstrating in the Japan Gallery) 2006 .. 'Bonds', Designs Gallery, Castle Douglas. 'SOFA' Chicago, represented by Browngrotta Arts. 'Origin: The London Craft Fair 2006', Somerset House, London. 'Spring Fling', Galloway Open Workshop Weekend. 'Collect' at the V & A, London. (Flow Gallery) 2005 .. 'Spring Fling', Galloway Open Workshop Weekend. 'Christmas Present', Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead. 'Chelsea Crafts Fair', Old Town Hall, Chelsea. The Scottish Gallery at Greywalls, Gullane. 'Contemporary Crafts', The Medici Gallery, London. 'Chelsea Flower Show', Sculpture in The Boreal Garden. 'Spirit of Liberty', Libertys, London. 'Collect' at the V & A, London. (Flow Gallery) 2004 .. 'Focus', Contemporary Applied Arts, London. The Affordable Art Fair, London. 2003 .. The Hub, Sleaford, Lincolnshire. 2002 .. Weaving Stories, City Arts Centre, Edinburgh. Contemporary Decorative Arts, Sotheby's, London 2001 .. The Unexpected, Sotheby's, New York. The Basket Show, Furniture Co, New York. The Garden Show, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh.

Selected Exhibitions ~ continued 2001 .. The V & A Museum, London. The Glasgow Art Fair, Glasgow. From Across the Pond, Browngrotta Arts, USA. Out-Moded, Sotheby's, London. 2000 .. Contemporary British Baskets, Oxford Gallery. Scotland House, Brussels. Egg, London. In Focus, Sotheby's London.

Selected Exhibitions ~ continued 1999 .. 25 for the 25th, Browngrotta Arts, USA Contemporary International Basketmaking, The Crafts Council, London. Opening Exhibition, Flow, London 1998 .. Crafts Council Showcase, London Making Weaves, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh. The Medici Gallery, London.

Installations ~ 2002 .. Way Merks Project, Scottish Borders. Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital Commission. 2000 .. Coming to our Senses, Craftspace Touring. Living Willow House, private commission. 1999 .. Living Willow Installation, Hartlepool. Willow Seat, Dumfries and Galloway Council.

Archive Section ~ (articles reproduced in full) 'Lateral Thinking' House & Garden, May 2014 'Making In Good Time' Crafts, November 2013 FT 'How To Spend It' magazine 'Scotland On Sunday' Professor Simon Olding speaking at 'Spirit of Air' The Herald ~ July, 2010 Craft Arts International ~ 2008 Period Living ~ November, 2007 The Independent On Sunday ~ 21st May, 2006 The Times Magazine ~ Saturday, 23/07/2005 Inspirations Magazine ~ August 2005 Scotland on Sunday, At Home ~ June 2005 Scotsman Magazine ~ May2005 Scotland on Sunday, Spectrum ~ April 2005 The Press and Journal ~ April 2005 Homes and Interiors, Scotland ~ Jan/Feb 2005 BBC Homes and Antiques Magazine ~ November 2004 BBC Homes and Antiques Magazine ~ July 2004 Scotland on Sunday Magazine ~ At Home (27/7/2003) Crafts Magazine ~ Cover Article (November 1997) Reforesting Scotland ~ Artists in Wood (Summer 2000) Gardens Illustrated ~ Profile (July / August 2000) Resurgence ~ Containers of the Countryside (Nov 2001)

Publications ~ 2002 The Complete Craft Book, Murdoch Books 2000 Scotland's Crafts, NMS Publishing Ltd 1999 Contemporary International Basketmaking, Merrell Holberton 1999 Garden Crafts, Conran Octopus

Reviews and Press Coverage ~ 2003 Sunday Telegraph Magazine, March 30th 2002 Crafts, September 2001 Daily Telegraph, May 12th 2001 Vogue, February 2001 Country Life, February 15th 2001 World of Interiors, February 2000 Fibrearts, USA, January 1999 Glasgow Herald Magazine