I’m a visual artist based in the UK. I live and work by the sea and the chalk coastline in Margate, Kent. I am a graduate of the Royal College of Art and Ravensbourne College of Art, and a mother of three adult children. In between my first degree and masters I did a PGCE at Goldsmiths and worked as a secondary school and special needs art teacher. I also worked as a commercial artist and designer in graphics and textiles. The two intense years spent studying at the RCA was a pivotal point in my career and provided an opportunity to explore and redefine the textile making, which had been suppressed during earlier art school experiences. In 2008 I was selected for Reflect Forward; a research project at The Geffrye Museum (now Museum of the Home) + a solo show at Craft Central in Clerkenwell. I exhibited at Crafts Council’s Origin: Somerset House in 2006 + 2009 .
Recently I have been developing new work in series’ which explores textile memories, waste, & fragmentation via abstraction. I have presented work publicly for the Margate Festival 2019 & exhibited in open call shows at Hastings Contemporary and Turner Contemporary 2021.
I have supplied, shown work and collaborated with the following organisations : Turner Contemporary, Margate, Kent. Hastings Contemporary, Sussex. Art Gazette, London. Margate Festival: Margate Kent. Linden Hall Studio: Deal, Kent. Heals: Tottenham Court Rd. Liberty: London. Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Flow Gallery: London. Pallant House Gallery Shop, Chichester. Anthropologie, USA. Castor+Pollux Modern Artworks, Brighton. Cornwall Contemporary Gallery, Penzance. Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Oxford. Autour Du Monde, Paris. ReForm School, US. The Art Group. Frank, Whitstable. Selvedge Magazine and Galison Publishing NY.
CV / BIOGRAPHY Maxine Sutton MA RCA
Education
2003– 2005 Royal College of Art, London MA Constructed Textiles
1991 – 1992 Goldsmiths College, London PGCE: Secondary Art
1982 – 1985 Ravensbourne College of Art & Design, Chislehurst, Kent
Awards
2007/08 Reflect Forward Award Craft Central
2007 ‘Made’ Art Prize. Brighton Art Fair
2005 Texprint finalist 2005
2005 ‘Design For A Responsible Future’ National Grid Transco Award,
Solo Exhibitions
2023 SHUFFLE solo presentation of clothworks . Will & Yates Gallery Deal
2020 Magic CLoths & Worry Heads . ONLNE presentation of new works
2019 UYHFH ‘Use Your Hands For Happiness’. Margate NOW Festival. Margate, Kent. UK
2016 ‘On The Other Hand’ Margate UK
2008 REFLECT FORWARD Craft Central Clerkenwell London
Recent Group Exhibitions
2023 Winter Show. Will & Yates Gallery Deal
2023 Summer Show. The Old School Gallery, Alnmouth, Northumberland
2023 Textile Junction . Electro Studios Project Space . St Leonards On Sea
2023 Spring Summer Showcase . Galley Lulo. Healdsburg CA. USA
2021 Turner Contemporary Open. Turner Contemporary Gallery Margate
2021 A Generous Space. Hastings Contemporary
2018 Winter Group Show. Linden Hall Studio, Deal, Kent
Teaching
2019 Artists Talk. MA students Textiles UCA Rochester
2019 Visiting tutor. UCA Canterbury Fashion & Textiles Foundation
2013 Artists Talk Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto
2013 Professional Member Workshop. Contemporary Textile Studio, Toronto
2013 Public Access Workshops Contemporary Textile Studio, Toronto
2012 Workshop Turner Contemporary Gallery Margate
2010 – 2022 Short Course tutor. West Dean College.
Press/Publications
03/2019 Elle Decoration Limited Edition Front Cover + featured in article “Weaves for the Wall” written by Katie Treggiden
01/2012 Mollie Makes Margate Feature
05/2011 Period Homes and Interiors Margate Feature
2011 Guardian Lifestyle. Top 10 Art Attractions in Margate
09/2010 Living Etc News Round Up
08/2010 Stella Magazine Margate Feature
06/2011 Elle Decoration Margate Feature
11/2009 Embroidery Magazine News Feature
11/2009 Elle Decoration. Shopping
03/10/2009 Times Magazine Interiors Feature
02/2009 Selvedge Magazine Illustrations Issue 27
Sept/Oct 2008 Embroidery Magazine. Feature Article
30/06/2005 Design Week. Editors comment
Online Press
2019 Elle Decoration, Weaves For The Wall written by Katie Treggiden
2014 Heals Blog. In the Studio Feature
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