Caron Penney
Caron Penney (b. 1970, Southampton) is a British artist specialising in wall based handwoven tapestry. She received her BA in Constructed Textiles at Middlesex University in 1993. Her work has been nationally and internationally exhibited including shows at David Parr House (Cambridge), Petersfield Museum and Art Gallery (Petersfield), Somerset House (London), Royal Academy of Arts (London), Australian Tapestry Workshop (Melbourne), amongst others. She has been a selected artists for Collect Open an initiative of the Crafts Council, she has been awarded an Arts Council Grant for her project ‘The Red Line’ for the Collect Art Fair. Penney has work in private and public collections including the Rumi Foundation. Her work has been featured in House & Garden, Selvedge Magazine, Rosa Magazine, Embroidery Magazine.
Penney is a master weaver and works from the studio of Atelier Weftfaced, which she opened in 2013. She has worked with many artists over her 30 year career including Martin Creed, Tracey Emin, Gillian Ayres, Bill Jacklin and many others.
Caron Penney
(b. 1970, Southampton)
Education
1999 - 2001 Postgraduate Certificate in Education, Portsmouth University
1990 - 1993 BA (Hons) Constructed Textiles, Middlesex University, London
1988 - 1989 Foundation Studies, Portsmouth Art College
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
The Anonymous Line, London Art Fair with Cavaliero Finn Gallery
2024
House Guests, David Parr House, Cambridge
Language of Weaving, Petersfield Museum & Art Fair
2023
Collect Art Fair, London
British Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery, London
Elemental Lines, Ballroom Arts, Aldeburgh
2022
Collect Open Selected Maker, Crafts Council, Somerset House, London
Harmony & Dissonance, Kevis House Gallery, Petworth
Artefact, Chelsea Harbour, London
2021
Crafting a Difference, SoShiro, London
Monochrome, Ruthin Craft Centre
Warp, Weft, Stitch, Thread, Gallery 57, ArundeL
2020
Summer/Winter Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts
The Potential of Pattern, Sunny Bank Mills Gallery, Pudsey, Leeds
Platform: Threading Forms, London Art Fair
2019
Construct, Sunny Bank Mills Gallery, Pudsey, Leeds
Kate Derum Award (Selected Artist), Australian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne, Australia
Modern Masters, International Trade Fair, Munich, Germany - Represented by Galerie Handwerk
2018
Weaving New Worlds, William Morris Gallery, London
2017
Here and Now, Holburne Museum, Bath - MAC Arts Centre, Birmingham -
National Centre for Craft and Design (touring exhibition)
2014
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts
Collections
Rumi Foundation
Shipley Art Gallery
Awards
2022
Arts Council for England - Project Grant
2021
Commended, Kate Derum Award, Australian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne, Australia
2021
Time, Space, Money, a-n the artist information company & the Arts Council for England
Selected Press & Publications
2018
Caron Penney GRID LOCKED: Crafts Magazine: Isabella Smith
2017
Weftfaced: House & Garden Magazine: Emily Tobin
2017
Collecting Modern Tapestries: How to Spend it - FT: Jenny Dalton
2014
Authenticity and Replication: the ‘Real Thing’ in Art and Art Conservation.
London: Archetype Publications
2011
Tapestry - A Woven Narrative, Black Dog Publishing
Helping Artists Keep Going
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