Barbara Fidoe
Stratford-on-Avon
Much of the work I create is a response to the impact of surrounding environments at home and abroad, where everyday situations and visual memories are gathered and expressed in the designs and colour. The worked pieces are often intuitive and controlled compositions, discovered through the process of balancing colour, shape and texture, allowing the work to evolve through invention and the process of the making. With a fascination of the way time is expressed by the process of old worn, aged and weathered objects and places, I developed a way to translate this to the cloth. A sequence of layering techniques are applied to the cloth, using a combination of painting and silk screen-printing by hand, to build up and take away layers of colour and texture. The choice of fabric, using mainly velvet and silk/mix devore' cloth was dictated by the ability they have to carry the richness of the dyes, giving the impression of depth and structure to the cloth. a quality necessary to the finished work.
Qualifications and training
2000 - MA Printed Textiles, University of Central England, Birmingham
1998 - City & Guilds Teaching Certificate, South Warwickshire College of further Education, Stratford upon Avon
1997 - BA Hons Art and Craft Studies (specialised textiles), Coventry University, Coventry
Group exhibitions
2011 - Hidcote Sclupture Trail, Hidcote Manor Gardens, National Trust, Hidcote Bartrim, Chipping Camden
2011 - opening exhibition, Arter Gallery, Stratford Upon Avon
2011 - Precious Things, New Brewery Arts, Cirencester
2010 - Made to Measure, New Brewery Arts, Cirencester
2009 - Leamington Spa Art Gallery selected open, Art Gallery, Leamington Spa
2008 - 6 of the Best, Warwickshire Museum, Warwick
2007 - Fresh Air, Pool House Gallery, Brewery Arts, Quenington, Cirencester
2007 - Home II Made In Middle Middle, Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, Rugby
2007 - Landscape and Wildlife, Clay Barn Studio, Nr Stratford Upon Avon
2007 - Off The Wall, St Martins Arts , Birmingham
2006 - Off The Wall, Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry
2006 - ORIGIN Crafts Council, Summerset House, London
2006 - Re design, Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford
2006 - Virtual Exhibition, City inn, Birmingham
2005 - Deconstruct:Reconstruct, Bilston Craft gallery, Wolverhamton
2004 - Elemental Arts Project, Artfirst Contemporary Art Gallery, London
2004 - Fired Earth Touring Exhibition, Fired Earth , UK
2004 - Re:Design, St John's House Museum, Warwick
2003 - Art Squared, The Hayloft Studio, Near Moreton-in-Marsh
2003 - Designer Crafts, Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham
2003 - Natural Fibres, Romney Marsh Craft Gallery, Kent
2003 - Word of Mouth, The Gallery, Stratford-upon-Avon
2002 - Access All Areas, Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry
2002 - Made in the Middle, Craftspace Touring Exhibition, Midlands
2002 - Now, Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry
2001 - Top Drawer, Earls Court, London
1998 - Rising Stars, Combe Farm Gallery, Devon
1997 - New Designers, Business Design Centre, Islington, London
Workshops
2011 - Kudo 3D textile characters, Tuned In, Stratford upon Avon
2011 - Shakespeare celebrations, costumes, Escape, Startford Upon Avon
2011 - Still Life silk screen printing, Escape, Nuneaton
2010 - Kudo 3D textile characters, Tuned In, Thomas Jolyfee primary School, Stratford & Bidford primary School
2009 - printmaking workshops, Adult & children, Rugby Art Gallery , Rugby
2008 - Textile screen printing, St john Fisher school, New castle under Lyme
2006 - At Home II Project, Rugby Art Gallery, Rugby
Residencies
2011 - Arts and Health Research project, Nottingham Trent university & North Warwickshire Mental Health, Nuneaton
2010 - Artwork for reception of new school, Courthouse Green School, Coventry
2004 - Lead artist, textile project, Arts & Business, craftsspace Touring and Fired Earth Interiors , Christopher Rawlins Primary School, Adderbury, Oxfordshire
2003 - Lead artist, textile project with young people, Joint project between PRU/YOT and Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, Rugby Art Gallery and Museum
2003 - textile designs, Fired earth Interiors, Banbury, Milton keynes
Private commissions
2008 - various wall hangings/panels, Private residence, London/Oxford areas
2007 - textile hangings, private residence, Cotswold, Cirencester
2005 - textile wall hanging, Private residence, Oxfordshire
2004 - textile wall hanging and panels, Night Club, Bristol
Public commissions
2006 - Home II , Craftspace, Rugby Art Gallery and Museum
2004 - Designed collection wall hangings /Christmas cards, Fired Earth , UK Retail Stores
2003 - Window Panels , MIND day centre, Coventry
Corporate commissions
2004 - Textile wall hangings, designs for christmas card, Fired Earth Interiors, Banbury
Projects
2011 - Allotment community arts project, Escape, Studley
2011 - River Festival, Owl & The pussy cat, Banner, Paper moon, Stratford upon Avon
2011 - Talking Portraits print project, Rugby Art Gallery & Museum, Rugby
2009 - textile project-exhibition, Rugby Art Gallery & Museum & Pupil reintegration unit, Rugby
2009 - textiles , Stratford Upon Avon high School, Stratford Upon avon
2009 - Transformation, recycling textiles, Escape , Stratford Upon avon
2008 - Re-Create, Rugby Art Gallery & Museum & Pupil reintegration unit, Rugby
2007 - Growth , Escape , Stratford Upon avon
2007 - textile project, PCT asian women's group, Coventry
Publications
2010 - Warwickshire life magazine
2008 - Textiles Now, book
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