Mandy Munroe

Textile Artist - UK              

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Exhibitions

Carrousel du Louvre, Paris 2009
Camden Art Gallery, London 2009
Agora Gallery, New York 2008
Castle Arts, Canterbury 2005, 2007
"Not the Summer", The Courtyard Gallery, Mersham, Kent 2007
"Tour", AVA Ashford Library, co-curator and exhibitor 2007
Mall Galleries London, SDC, selected 2005, 2006, 2007
International House, Ashford, curator and exhibitor 2007
"Journey" AVA Horsebridge, Whitstable and Ashford Library 2006
Grace Barrand Design Centre, Surrey 1998, 2005
OXO Tower, SDC, London 2004
Challenge the Nail, Salon Des Arts, selected, London 2004
"Alice", AVA, Ashford, Ramsgate, Belgium 2004
West End House Gallery, Smarden, Kent 2003- 2007
Ashford International Station, solo exhibition 2003, 2005
C2+ Gallery, Clerkenwell, London, solo exhibition 2002
"Feel Free", Gillingham Library Gallery, solo exhibition 2002
South East Open Studios 2002 - 2007
"Breaking the rules" Ashford Library Gallery, solo exhibition 2001
AVA Millennium Exhibition, selected 2000
World Quilt and Textile, Tour USA, selected 2000
"Onward and Upward" 4th place, Santa Fe USA 2000
University of Kent, Canterbury joint co-ordinator and exhibitor 1999
"Move into the Light" 1st place Oast Quilters, Canterbury 1997

Major Commissions

Singleton Environment Centre, "Home" Ashford Borough Council 2007
Lamberhurst St. Marys primary school, Kent County Council, "Learning for Life" entrance piece 3m x 1m, nominated for Rouse Kent Public Art Award 2007
"Crazed Red" wall piece, Starbucks 2006
Three wall pieces, private commission dental surgery, Sandgate, Kent 2004
"Journey" major wall piece, private commission, Vienna 2002

Banner Commissions

Flag and banner installation, Tour du Mini Monde Canterbury, Animate 2007
19 Banner installation, Canterbury City Council, Capital of Culture Bid 2006
Make it Real Banner 3m x 1m Capital of Culture Bid 2005
Tiptofte re-enactment flag, linen 2006

Membership

Axis
Animate Arts Company, since 2004, Director 2007 - 2010
Society of Designer Craftsmen, elected 2003
South East Open Studios, Chairman 2004, Area Co-ordinator 2003 - 2006
Ashford Visual Artists, Secretary 1999 - 2003, Chairman 2010

Project Management

Lost O, Ashford, Assistant Project Co-ordinator, KCC 2007
Living Space, Project Manager and artist, South East Arts 2001

Teaching and Community Workshops

Textile Masterclass, Chatham Dockyard, 2010
Bug Hotels, Ashford Art and Architecture Week, ABC 2007
Fabric Dyeing and Textile workshop, NAGC Tunbridge Wells 2007, 2009
Elmer, patchwork for families 4yrs+ Gulbenkian Theatre UKC, Canterbury 2007
Herne Bay Festival, lamp post banners primary schools KCC 2006
Learning Through Landscapes, preschool outdoor play areas, Kent 2006
The Friend Ship, Make It Real Canterbury City Council, flags, banners, sails 2005
Fence It, outdoor fence weaving University of Kent, Canterbury 2005
Blingin' youth project, T. Shirts and bandanas Hawkhurst, West Kent Council 2005
The Little Prince, Kent Primary Schools, Lead Visual Artist, Animate 2004 - 2007
Westgate Library Aqualand Project, Animate 2004
Ashford Carnival 2003-2005, flags & banners with toddlers, teenagers, refugees and the elderly
Ashfords Royal Wave, Jubilee Project ABC 2002
J.E.M.S, Canterbury, contemporary patchwork workshops for adults 1999 - present

Press

ARTisSpectrum, NY November 2008
Kentish Ways, March 2008
Kent Life, August 2005
Popular Patchwork, July 2003
Kent Arts Now, English/Francais, Autumn 2001
US Patchwork Magazine, front cover, fall 1997
Work photographed in US for books by Katie Pasquini Masopust and Marylin Doheny-Smith



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