Gilian Cooper

 

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Solo Exhibitions

Feb/March 2010 the 37 steps, The Changing Room, Stirling, solo exhibition

Selected Group Exhibitions

December 2011 Christmas Exhibition, House for An Art Lover, Glasgow
August 2011 Unsung Muses, Festival of Quilts, NEC, Birmingham
December 2010 Christmas Exhibition, Lillie Art Gallery, Milngavie
November 2010 The Eye of the Quilter: Inspiration, International Quilt Festival, Houston USA
June 2010 Craft Festival Scotland, in association with National Museums of Scotland, V&A and Duncan of Jordanstone, Dundee
October 2009 The Eye of the Quilter: Inspiration, International Quilt Festival, Houston USA
August 2009 Threads of Gold, invited group exhibition, Pittenweem Arts Festival
August 2009 Interventions, David Marshall Lodge (outdoors), Aberfoyle
May 2009 Solo exhibition, Shelter, part of the Loch Lomond Quilt Show
May 2008 Q in the Park, Lomond Shores Wood (outdoors), Balloch
November 2007 Gift Theory, The City Gallery, Leicester
May 2007 Q in the Park, Lomond Shores Wood (outdoors), Balloch
January 2007 The Cutting Edge, National Museums of Scotland then touring, a National Museums of Scotland and Scottish Arts Council touring exhibition
October 2006 Twisted: Knitting on the Edge, Here Gallery, Bristol
May 2006 Structure, Craft Town, West Kilbride
May 2006 6th British Miniature Print, Gracefields, Dumfries, then touring
March 2006 Up Your Street, Dick Institute, Kilmarnock
2005/2006 Various Shows, Panik Gallery, Killearn and Green Gallery, Aberfoyle
November 2005 Student Knit Awards, Knit and Stitch Show, London and Harrogate
July 2005 Reasons to be, Old Truman Brewery, London
May 2005 Momma was a Rolling Stone, Lewisham Arthouse, London
December 2004 A6 Show, Lewisham Arthouse, London
February 2004 Premiere Vision, Paris. Samples created for the knit company Lame Lidal

Awards

2009 Forth Valley Artist Awards Scheme
2009 Stirling and District Arts Awards
June 2008 Scottish Arts Council, in conjunction with Duncan of Jordanstone

Publications

2008 Contemporary Textiles, Janis Jeffries and Bradley Quinn Black Dog Publishing
2007 The Cutting Edge, Catriona Baird and Rose Watban (eds), NMS

Qualifications

2005 Goldsmiths College, University of London (2.1 Honours Degree in Textiles)
2001 Central School of Speech & Drama (BTEC in Art & Design)

Workshops and Demonstrations
Gillian has run a number of workshops with a textile focus for participants aged from 6 to 76 for a variety of organisations. She also runs regular art classes for primary school aged children, in conjunction with Dawn Cullen. She has demonstrated her work at the V&A in London and elsewhere, and has given a number of lectures about her work to various groups.

 

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