Education
BA honors 3D Design. Wood, Metals and Plastics - Wolverhampton University 1989 - 1992
Foundation Course - Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication 1988 - 1989
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2026.Gallery Kuga. Tokyo Japan
2025 Shining a Light, Trinity Buoy Wharf. London
2022 The Boat Builders. St Barbe Museum and Gallery, Lymington.
2015. Kids Today. Craft Central, London
2014 Stitching, a love story. Craft Central, London
2006 Creative 8, CGA, 33-35 St.Johns Square, London
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026 Patience in Looking Truth in Making, 8th John Ruskin Prize, Trinity Buoy Wharf, London
2025 Airing, Tension Gallery, London
2025 Still Making, Still Learning, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Installation: 62 Group and Gavin Osborn
2024 Making as Learning, Salts Mill, Saltair
2024 Collect. Contemporary Applied Arts, London
2021 Connected Cloth. The Whitaker Museum, Lancashire. Part of the British Textile Biennial
2021 Focus/21. Contemporary Applied Arts, The Design Centre Chelsea Harbour.
2021 Collect 2021. Design Nation
2019 Vessels of Influence with Mint Gallery, St Peters Church, Cambridge Mosaic. Mint, London
2018 Value of Making. Exhibition and Book Launch, London Design Festival, Contemporary Applied Arts, London
2018 Ctrl/Shift. MAC, Birmingham
2018 Rock, Paper, Salt, Air. Mint, London
2018 Collect Open at Collect: The International Art Fair for Contemporary Objects, Crafts Council, Saatchi Gallery, London
2017 Plant life. Flow Gallery, London
2017 MetaCraft. Mint, London
2016 In Conversation. Collaboration Emily Jo Gibbs and Bridget Bailey, Craft Central, London
2016 New members showcase. Contemporary Applied Arts, London
2015 Four Corners of Craft. London Design Festival, London
2013-2014 The British Textile Art Exhibition. Koyo Gallery, Showa Women's University, Tokyo
2009 Oxfordshire Museum
2008 Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Dazzle
Size Matters 62 group exhibition Rochester Gallery
2007 The Design Collection Roger Billcliffe
Origin Somerset House
Objects of Desire RBSA, 4 Brook Street, St. Paul’s, Birmingham B3 1SA
Contemporary Craft Fair Bovey Tracey
2004 / 5
Wedding Belles City Art Gallery, The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AB
Objects of Desire The Fine Art Society London
Clerkenwell Dressed Spring/Summer and Autumn /Winter Collections CGA
2003
Art for Christmas The Fine Art Society London
Clerkenwell Dressed Spring/Summer and Autumn /Winter Collections CGA
Chelsea Craft Fair
2002
Art for Christmas The Fine Art Society London
Satellites of Fashion
Palacio del Arzobispado, MexicoCity 28 Feb – 31 Mar 2002
Centro de las Artes, Monterrey, Mexico 17 Jan – 21 Feb 2002
Clerkenwell Dressed Spring/Summer and Autumn /Winter Collections CGA
2001 Accessorise City Art Gallery, The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AB
Satellites of Fashion
Santiago, Chile 5 - 30 Nov 2001
Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires, Argentina Sept 2001
Centro Cultural Parque de España, Rosario, Argentina Aug 2001
Planetario, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil27 Jun – 18 Jul 2001
Centro Brasileiro Britanico, Sao Paulo, Brazil6 – 20 Jun 2001
Museu da Gravura Cidade de Curitiba, Brazil May 2001
Mueso Carlos Cruz-Diez, Venezuela15 Feb – 8 Apr 2001
FAS Now The Fine Art Society London
Clerkenwell Dressed Spring/Summer and Autumn /Winter Collections CGA
Premiere Classe Paris Spring/Summer and Autumn /Winter Collections
2000 Art for Christmas The Fine Art Society London
Satellites of Fashion
National Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica8 Oct – 11 Nov 2000
Caribbean Contemporary Arts, Trinidad Dec 2000–Jan 2001
Poised The Crafts Council Gallery Shop
Talente 2000 Munich
British Designers: From Monarchy to Anarchy. The Museum of Fine Arts Houston.
Handbag a touring exhibition at City Gallery Leicester.
Chelsea Craft Fair
London Fashion Week Spring/Summer and Autumn /Winter Collection
Takashimaya New York window display
1999 Art for Christmas The Fine Art Society London
Spheres A British Council exhibition that opened in Sweden and toured to Thailand
Chelsea Craft Fair
London Fashion Week Spring/Summer and Autumn /Winter Collection
Emmanuel Ungaro Spring/summer Couture Show, Paris
Emmanuel Ungaro Autumn/winter Couture Show, Paris
1998 Satellites of Fashion The Crafts Council
Chelsea Craft Fair
New Designers in Business The Royal Festival Hall London
London Fashion Week Spring/Summer and Autumn /Winter Collection
1997
The Cutting Edge The Victoria and Albert Museum
New Designers in Business The Royal Festival Hall London
London Fashion Week Spring/Summer and Autumn /Winter Collection
1996/1995
Pret a Porter Paris with New Designers in Business
New Designers in Business The Royal Festival Hall London
Decorative Arts Today Bonhams London
London Fashion Week Spring/Summer and Autumn /Winter Collection
Harvey Nichols Front Window
Decorative Arts Today Bonhams London
London Fashion Week Spring/Summer and Autumn /Winter Collection
RESIDENCIES & AWARDS
2026 Shortlisted for John Ruskin Prize
2024 Appointed Artist in Residence at Trinity Buoy Wharf for 12-month tenure
2019 Awarded Arts Council England grant funding for The Boat Builders
2017 Awarded Arts Council England grant funding for Collect Open ‘The Value of Making’
2006 Creative 8 Solo exhibition. A Craft Central initiative providing funding and training.
1998 Klienworth Benson ‘Developing your Design Business’ Award. A travel grant to visit clients in Dallas and New York.
1995-1996 Three times New Generation British Fashion Council sponsored stand at London Fashion week.
1993 Clerkenwell Green Association Setting Up in business award. 18 months subsidised workshop and training.
COMMUNITY AND OUTREACH
2025 Lead Artist for Cayr Charity working with women with lived experience of Breast Cancer.
Delivering in person and video workshops and an exhibition at Crafts Council Gallery
2025 Delivered a program of Outreach in my role as Artist in residence. Including drop-in sessions. Textile workshops for primary and secondary schools, families and adults
Selected Publications/Articles/Press
Embroidery Magazine Aug 2021
Simple Things Magazine July 2020
Homes and Antiques June 2020
Material Source Magazine June 2020
Homespun Magazine Australia June 2020
Handwerken Zonder Grenzen Magazine Netherlands Feb 2020
Selvedge Magazine Nov/Dec 2019 – Making Conversation – Article by Mary Schoeser
The Value of Making – Emily Jo Gibbs ISBN 978191645900 Sept 2018
Quilts Japan – Interview June 2018
Embroidery Magazine – Review – Make Us Proud Jan/Feb 2018
Stitch-illo. ISBN 9781927987049 2017
Selvedge Blog Sept 2017
Selvedge Blog June 2017
The Resident – Interview April 2017
Pretty Patches Magazine March 2017
Textile Artist – Contemporary Stitch Vol1 April 2016
Hand and Lock issue two Nov 2015
Embroidery Magazine Sept/Oct 2014
Clerkenwell Post Sept 2015
Textile Artist. - Interview Sept 2015
The Art of the Handbag: Crazy beautiful bags. ISBN 9781937994297 - 2013
Stitching Pictures. ISBN 9781408131343 - 2012
Radical Tread. ISBN 9780957124202 - 2012
Memberships
Art Workers Guild
Contemporary Applied Arts
Craft Council Directory
The 62 Group of Textile Artists
Selected Talks and Workshops
2021 The Skill or Narrative and Stitched Textile. The 62 Group Annual Lecture at the Fashion and Textile Museum
2020 Winterthur Needlework Conference (Virtual) The Inspired Needle: Embroidery Past and Present
Lecture: Making work with a Personal Narrative (Recorded Virtual)
Live in conversation with Mary Schoeser: The Value of Making (Live Virtual)
2020 Speaker The Design Trust ‘Make a difference ... An online festival with creative women with purpose’
2018 Embroiderers Guild Scottish Branches Summer School, Stirling University
2010 - 2019 Short Course Tutor at West Dean College, Sussex
2018 Hope and Elvis, Wellbeck, Nottinghamshire - Workshop
2018 New Ashgate Gallery, Sussex - Artist Talk
2017 Selvedge, London - Workshop
2010 - 2011 Crafts Council Hothouse Buddy Programme
2008 Guest Lecturer, HND Design (Silversmithing, Jewellery and Allied Crafts), London Metropolitan University
2005–2011 Sessional Tutor, Applied Arts BA University of the Creative Arts, Rochester