Jenni Burrows: Embroidery
History
1969: Born in Sussex, United Kingdom
1987: Foundation Art Course at Hastings College of Arts and Technology
1989 - 1991: HND Design (Textiles) at Huddersfield Polytechnic
1991 - 1993: BA (Hons) Fine Craft Design at University of Ulster, Belfast
1994: Set up workshop in Plymouth
2001: PCGE in Art and Design (Secondary) at University of Brighton
2010: Foundation Certificate in History of Art at Birkbeck
2011/2013: MA by Project Contemporary Embroidery and Thread work (Distinction) from the Cass School of Art and Architecture
Teaching
2014 - 2018: Rochester Independent College
2009 - 2013: Highgate School
2002 - 2008: Central Sussex College (Haywards Heath Campus)
1994 - 1998: Part-time Lecturer at Plymouth College of Arts and Technology
Other Employment
2018-2020: Independent Art and Textile workshops to community groups and schools
2018: Visiting speaker and facilitator to Cutaneous Lymphoma Foundation patient conference-USA
1998 - 2001: Voluntary Services Overseas: Project Manager - Textile Workshop
Teacher in Art and Design for a project to enable Ugandans to set up sustainable businesses in interior design, textiles and garment production
Selected Exhibitions
2017: European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer, London
2015: Soho Create
2015: Rising Stars at New Ashgate Gallery Farnham
2014: Intra@Chatham
2014: 'Lest We Forget' (Arts Council funded)
2014: 'A Fine Line' at The Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks
2014: 'Wood and Fibre' at Walford Mill Crafts, Wimbourne
2012: ‘We Were Here’ Walford Mill Craft Centre Wimbourne
1995 - 1996: New Street Gallery, Plymouth
1995: Dartington Hall, Dartmouth
1995/1997: Country Living Fair, the Design Centre London
1996: House and Garden, Earls Court
1994/95: Design Trade Show: NEC Birmingham
Awards and Bursaries
2014: The Best of.... judged by Ralph Steadman; Third Prize
2010: Winner; Birkbeck Visual Arts Prize
2008: Short-listed for the British Holistic Medical Association Nutri-Centre Good Practice Award
2007: Short listed for Building Better Healthcare Awards
1994: The Princes Trust Business Start-up Grant,
Plymouth City Council Business Start-up Grant,
South West Regional Finalist for Shell Livewire Awards for most promising young business
1993: Public commission for the University of Ulster
1991: The Felt Maker Award (Highly Commended)
Abstract: You'll be fine, J Horton and D Orlowska. EORTC conference, Cutaneous Lymphoma: Insights and Therapeutic Progress, London 2017