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Abigail Booth
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Born in London in 1991, Abigail Booth studied Fine Art at Byam Shaw School of Art, the San Francisco Art Institute and Chelsea College of Art, where she graduated in 2013.
In late 2014, she set up her studio practice with the sculptor Max Bainbridge, Forest + Found, as a space for material research and cross disciplinary collaboration.
Working across a material language of painting and textile, her work explores psychological narratives surrounding identity and place through an investigation of organic colour. Redefining the construct of the painted surface through a recognition of the canvas primarily as a textile, she uses traditional methods of quilt construction as a tool for the production of the semiotic image and the application of natural colour as a way to introduce ‘site’ directly into the surface of her stitched canvases. The time-based nature of her work produces large-scale quilted paintings that explore the liminal space of the constructed canvas, while challenging the relationship between the imagined and the actual through her embodied interactions with the natural.
PAST SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
SOLO SHOW
2019
Walking The Line, Oriel Myrddin Gallery, Carmarthen
2018
Walking The Line, Ruthin Craft Centre, Ruthin
Outland, Egg, London
Realising Landscape, The Space, CARO, Bruton
2016
Objects of Utility, INKU, London
GROUP SHOW
2020
Common Thread, New Art Centre, Roche Court, Salisbury
2020
Collect 2020, Somerset House, London
2019
Pairings, Jaggedart, London
Re-New, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge
The Art of Gathering, New Craftsman Gallery,St Ives
The Art of Boro, 8 Holland St, London
Jerwood Makers Open 19, Jerwood Space, London
Thread: Contemporary Textiles, Rheged Centre, Cumbria
Scorched, Sarah Myerscough, London
Wood: The Living Material, London Craft Week, London
Collect 2019, Jaggedart, Saatchi Gallery, London
Jerwood Makers Open, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester
2018
Levelling Traditions, Make | Hauser & Wirth Somerset, Bruton
Jerwood Drawing Prize 17, Drawing Projects UK, Trowbridge
Piecework Collective, Ludlow Studios, New York
Ready Made Go, ACE Hotel, London
Material Wood: Art & Design, Messums Wiltshire, Tisbury
Fine Art Quilt Masters, Festival of Quilts, Birmingham
Jerwood Drawing Prize 17, Vane Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
Showcase, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield
Cabinet of Curiosities II, Jaggedart, London
The Home of Craftsmanship, Alfred Dunhill, Bourdon House, London
Jerwood Drawing Prize 17, Sidney Cooper Gallery, Canterbury
Arbour, Jaggedart, London
Jerwood Drawing Prize 17, The Edge, Bath University, Bath
Collect Open, Saatchi Gallery, London
Assortment X, Jaggedart, London
Maker + Place: Sotheby's Auction, Sotheby's, New York
Jerwood Drawing Prize 17, East Gallery NUA, Norwich
New Truth to Materials: Wood, Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft, Ditchling
2017
Unearthed (film), Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford
Through the Woods, Jaggedart, London
Spoonful, Flow Gallery, London
Jerwood Drawing Prize 17, Jerwood Space, London
Piecework Collective, 402 West 13th Street, New York
Chromatic Geography, Craft Ontario Gallery, Toronto
London Craft Week, Craft Central Gallery, London
New Quilting, Rheged Centre, Cumbria
MAKE, Ruthin Craft Centre, Ruthin
2016
Showcase, Craft Central, London
New Designers: One Year On, London
Clerkenwell Design Week, Craft Central, London
Showcase, William Morris Gallery, London
AWARDS
2019
Jerwood Makers Open, Jerwood Arts
2018
London Creative Network, Cockpit Arts
2017
Hothouse, Crafts Council
2016
British Design Award: Craft, Elle Decoration
Best New Body of Work, Craft Central
RESIDENCES
2019
Harp Cottage, Old Radnor
2017
Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford
Cold Press Gallery, Holt
CONFERENCES
2019
In Conversation: The Art of Boro, 8 Holland St, Bath & London
Making Conversation: Forest + Found and Tanya Harrod . Jerwood Arts . London
Textile Artists in Conversation, Ray Stitch, London
Craftsmanship in Wood, London Craft Week, London
2018
Landscape in Practice, Hauser & Wirth Somerset, Bruton
Collect Open Makers in Conversation, Saatchi Gallery, London
Next Generation Craft, Saatchi Gallery, London
2017
Exhibition Tour: Jerwood Drawing Prize, Jerwood Space . London
How We Make Things, Q&A Hole & Corner, London Design Fair, London
The Future of Objects, Q&A Forest + Found, Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford
2016
London’s Underground Artisans, Q&A Selvedge Magazine, V&A, London
London’s Underground Artisans, Q&A Selvedge Magazine, New Designers, London
PUBLICATIONS
2017
The Wild Dyer, Abigail Booth, Kyle Books
2016
The Urban Woodsman, Max Bainbridge, Kyle Books
PRESS / BIBLIOGRAPHY
PAPER
2020
Embroidery Magazine, Cut To The Bone
2019
Jerwood Makers Open Catalogue High Winds
Selvedge Magazine Pieced Together
2018
Elle Decoration Weaves For The Wall
Home Magazine France Woodworkers: The New Artisans
Batsford Books Textile Folk Art
Modern Rustic Artisan Profile
Das Ideale Heim The Woodworkers
The Telegraph Magazine Buy Now ... Keep Forever
2017
The Sunday Telegraph Nature's Palette
Elle Decoration The Collectibles
Berkeley Made Not Manufactured
2016
Embroidery Magazine Letting Nature Take Its Course
Elle Decoration British Design Awards
N by Norwegian Modern Woodsman
EKKB Designer Profile
Selvedge Magazine Binding Knots
Crafts Magazine Talent Spot
Vogue UK Meet The Makers
House & Garden Where The Wild Things Are
2015
Country Living Urban Artisans
DIGITAL PRESS
2019
Toast Magazine An Exhibition at Kettle’s Yard
Toast Magazine RE-NEW: Meet The Artists
ThisIsTomorrow Jerwood Makers Open
Buzz Mag Art Preview: Walking The Line
2018
Vogue What Do You Look Like As A Quilt?
Hole & Corner My Hole & Corner
Hole & Corner Realising Landscape w/ Forest + Found
2016
Frances Corner Forest + Found at in-ku
COADG Interview
2015
Side Story Putting The Art in Craft
INTERVIEW RADIO
2017
BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour
BBC Radio London Jo Good
2016
BBC Radio London Jo Good
Woolful Podcast Episode 46
INTERVENTIONS CONFERENCES
2019
Abstract Quilt Making, West Dean College . Sussex
Improvisational Patchwork, Ray Stitch . London
Traditional Hand Quilting, Ray Stitch . London
Traditional Hand Quilting, Yorkshire Sculpture Park . Wakefield
2018
Abstract Quilt Making, Selvedge Magazine x Chateau Dumas . France
2017
Autumn Foraging: Natural Dyes, Botany Shop . London
Texture & Form in Wood, West Dean College . Sussex
Autumn Foraging: Natural Dyes, West Dean College . Sussex
MA Artists’ Teachers Scheme, Oxford Brookes . Pitt Rivers Museum
An Ideal Syllabus, Milton Keynes Arts Centre . MK
Power Plant, Milton Keynes Arts Centre . MK
Experimental Object Making, Pitt Rivers Museum . Oxford
Inside Out Kitchen: Heritage Craft Project, Milton Keynes Art Centre . MK
Experimental Maquette Making, Burberry Maker’s House . London
2016
Spoon Carving, SMUG . London
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