Exhibitions - 2011

Lesley Craze Gallery - "Mantra"

13th April - 14th May 2011

Private Views:-

Thursday 14th April 2011, 6 - 8pm
Saturday 16th April 2011, 11.30am – 2.30pm

Michelle Griffiths creates decorative textile works by utilising the various actions found within the ancient Japanese textile dyeing technique of Shibori.

This is a selling exhibition with free admission. Galleries are open Tuesday to Saturday. Free parking on Saturdays after 1.30pm.

www.lesleycrazegallery.co.uk
33 – 35a CLERKENWELL GREEN LONDON EC1R 0DU
Tel: +44 (0)20 7608 0393
E-mail: info@lesleycrazegallery.co.uk

Exhibitions – Selected

2010

Fibre Voices Fibre Art Wales group exhibition (Tenth Anniversary Exhibition 2009/10) Ceredigion Museum and Art Gallery, Aberystwyth

2009

Journeys Fibre Art Wales group exhibition
Rhondda Heritage Park (MG guest speaker for exhibition preview)

Homelands Fibre Art Wales group exhibition
The Feick, Fine Arts Centre, Green Mountain College, Vermont
Assisted by funding from Wales Arts International

Fibre Voices Fibre Art Wales group exhibition (Tenth Anniversary Exhibition 2009/10) Canol Ucheldre Centre, Anglesey

2008

Shibori Yesterday & Today Paris, International Shibori Symposium
Historical kimonos juxtaposed with works from five invited contemporary shibori artists

Journeys Fibre Art Wales group exhibition
Banbury Museum & Art Gallery, Oxfordshire

Cross pollination - 2 Solo Exhibition
Aberglasney House, Carmarthenshire

2007

Designer Crafts @ Chelsea, Chelsea Town Hall, London
Fibre Art Wales group exhibition assisted by funding from Arts Council of Wales

2006

Scholar Exhibition in conjunction with Art of the Stitch
Invited exhibition featuring past recipients of Embroiderers Guild scholarship
Royal West of England Academy • The Hub, National Centre for Craft & Design, Sleaford • Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead

“Cross Pollination” Solo Exhibition
Model House Craft & Design Centre, Llantrisant, Cardiff

2005

Visions in Textiles "From Tradition to Textile Art/Design of Tomorrow "
European Textile Network juried exhibition - Izmir, Turkey

Shibori Catalysts International juried exhibition
Tama Arts University Museum - Tokyo, Japan

Origins Fibre Art Wales group exhibition
Crafts Council of Ireland, Kilkenny, S. Ireland

2004

Art Of The Stitch Embroiderers’ Guild International juried Touring Exhibition
Williamson Art Gallery Birkenhead • Dutch Textile Museum, Tilburg, The Netherlands • Hall Place, Bexley, London

World Shibori Network International Exhibition, Australia

Indigo Shibori Installation, Arimatsu Shibori Festival, Japan
Major collaboration between Japanese artisan Hiroshi Murase working with 700 Japanese school children and Michelle with over 200 Welsh school children.

Shibori Rhythm Solo Exhibition
Voirrey Embroidery Centre, Liverpool

2003

Shibori Rhythm Solo Exhibition
Oriel Makers Gallery, Cardiff

Fibre Visions Fibre Art Wales group exhibition
Bangor Museum and Art Gallery, North Wales
Gloucester Museum and Art Gallery

2002

International Shibori Symposium, Europe Oct - Nov 2002
Alexandra Palace, London • RDS, Dublin • International Halls, Harrogate
MG was assistant curator to Yoshiko Wada for Tactile Dimensions, Shibori Community, and Shibori in the UK, exhibitions at the Knitting and Stitching Show (2002). This event culminated with the first International Shibori Symposium – Europe. MG also demonstrated and exhibited her own work and techniques at the symposium.

Shibori Now International invited exhibition
Gallery Renga-kan, Yokohama, Japan

Beatrice Royal Contemporary Art and Craft Gallery Welsh Makers Exhibition

2001

Fibre Visions Fibre Art Wales group exhibition
Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre