Crafts CouncilDirectoryKate WhiteheadTextile ArtistManchester, EnglandTextilesWeavingEmbroideryCraft educatorPrintmakingWebsiteE-mailInstagramAboutInfoNewsKate Whitehead is a textile artist specialising in weave & embroidery. Kate's work is a protest against the way textiles are consumed in western society. Tired of a world in which clothes are produced and thrown away without thought to the consequences; where the fashion industry and media impose identities on us. Kate's rebellion is to go back to slower processes, embrace tradition, salvage the discarded, fix the broken.Focus:Creating Weave, print and embroidery collections with a narrative.CV:Download documentStockists:Mashi MushkiCraft Centre and Design Gallery . LeedsWhitworth Art GalleryArts Council England. 6th November 2024I am delighted to announce that I have been awarded a grant from Arts Council England @aceagrams. This funding will support me to further develop my creative practice next year with a series of short courses and an exhibition. I believe in the power of the arts to inspire, engage and transform our community. Thank you to Arts Council England for their support and commitment to artistic innovation.The Vlieseline Fine Art Textiles Award-ShortlistedAugust 2020The Fine Art Textiles Award The Janome Fine Art Textiles Award will return for its third year in 2021.A VIRTUOUS CIRCLE -The Textile Art Magazine EmbroideryThe Textile Art Magazine Embroidery May/June 2020.A Virtuous Circle page 33-37 'Kate Whitehead talks about using her practice to work through difficult times'.Bradford School Of Arts artist in residence 2020-2021October 2020-October 2021AA2A - Artist Residencies -@AA2AprojectAn exhibition by Bradford School Of Arts students MA visual arts and AA2A Artists in residence20th April - 19th May 2022Is She A Hippy? an exhibition of my hand weave, embroidered and printed textilesIs She A Hippy?1st -4th December 2021I am showing a collection of hand woven, printed and embroidered pieces I made during my AA2A artist's residence at Studio Flax, Bristol, UK J/M Gallery Notting Hill. London21st - 27th February 2022End To End is my latest exhibition, a showcase of key pieces from my last three collections. Hand woven and embroidered textiles, using salvaged and over dyed materials. It is an opportunity to view Is She A Hippy? the last of the three collections, developed during my AA2a artist residency for the first time. End To End 21st - 27th February 230 Portobello Road London W11 1LJAA2A Artist In Residency 2023/24 Bradford School of Art15th November 2023I will creating a collection to show with my filmAboutKate Whitehead is a textile artist specialising in weave & embroidery. Kate's work is a protest against the way textiles are consumed in western society. Tired of a world in which clothes are produced and thrown away without thought to the consequences; where the fashion industry and media impose identities on us. Kate's rebellion is to go back to slower processes, embrace tradition, salvage the discarded, fix the broken.InfoFocus:Creating Weave, print and embroidery collections with a narrative.CV:Download documentStockists:Mashi MushkiCraft Centre and Design Gallery . LeedsWhitworth Art GalleryNewsArts Council England. 6th November 2024I am delighted to announce that I have been awarded a grant from Arts Council England @aceagrams. This funding will support me to further develop my creative practice next year with a series of short courses and an exhibition. I believe in the power of the arts to inspire, engage and transform our community. Thank you to Arts Council England for their support and commitment to artistic innovation.The Vlieseline Fine Art Textiles Award-ShortlistedAugust 2020The Fine Art Textiles Award The Janome Fine Art Textiles Award will return for its third year in 2021.A VIRTUOUS CIRCLE -The Textile Art Magazine EmbroideryThe Textile Art Magazine Embroidery May/June 2020.A Virtuous Circle page 33-37 'Kate Whitehead talks about using her practice to work through difficult times'.Bradford School Of Arts artist in residence 2020-2021October 2020-October 2021AA2A - Artist Residencies -@AA2AprojectAn exhibition by Bradford School Of Arts students MA visual arts and AA2A Artists in residence20th April - 19th May 2022Is She A Hippy? an exhibition of my hand weave, embroidered and printed textilesIs She A Hippy?1st -4th December 2021I am showing a collection of hand woven, printed and embroidered pieces I made during my AA2A artist's residence at Studio Flax, Bristol, UK J/M Gallery Notting Hill. London21st - 27th February 2022End To End is my latest exhibition, a showcase of key pieces from my last three collections. Hand woven and embroidered textiles, using salvaged and over dyed materials. It is an opportunity to view Is She A Hippy? the last of the three collections, developed during my AA2a artist residency for the first time. End To End 21st - 27th February 230 Portobello Road London W11 1LJAA2A Artist In Residency 2023/24 Bradford School of Art15th November 2023I will creating a collection to show with my filmWebsiteE-mailInstagramProjectArt Film based on my textile practiceProjectEnd To End ProjectThe Vlieseline Fine Art Textiles Award 2020ProjectBradford School Of Arts. Artist In Residence. 2020-2021Project'Not From The Stork'ProjectHonesty Is The Best Policy
Arts Council England. 6th November 2024I am delighted to announce that I have been awarded a grant from Arts Council England @aceagrams. This funding will support me to further develop my creative practice next year with a series of short courses and an exhibition. I believe in the power of the arts to inspire, engage and transform our community. Thank you to Arts Council England for their support and commitment to artistic innovation.
The Vlieseline Fine Art Textiles Award-ShortlistedAugust 2020The Fine Art Textiles Award The Janome Fine Art Textiles Award will return for its third year in 2021.
A VIRTUOUS CIRCLE -The Textile Art Magazine EmbroideryThe Textile Art Magazine Embroidery May/June 2020.A Virtuous Circle page 33-37 'Kate Whitehead talks about using her practice to work through difficult times'.
Bradford School Of Arts artist in residence 2020-2021October 2020-October 2021AA2A - Artist Residencies -@AA2Aproject
An exhibition by Bradford School Of Arts students MA visual arts and AA2A Artists in residence20th April - 19th May 2022Is She A Hippy? an exhibition of my hand weave, embroidered and printed textiles
Is She A Hippy?1st -4th December 2021I am showing a collection of hand woven, printed and embroidered pieces I made during my AA2A artist's residence at Studio Flax, Bristol, UK
J/M Gallery Notting Hill. London21st - 27th February 2022End To End is my latest exhibition, a showcase of key pieces from my last three collections. Hand woven and embroidered textiles, using salvaged and over dyed materials. It is an opportunity to view Is She A Hippy? the last of the three collections, developed during my AA2a artist residency for the first time. End To End 21st - 27th February 230 Portobello Road London W11 1LJ
AA2A Artist In Residency 2023/24 Bradford School of Art15th November 2023I will creating a collection to show with my film
Arts Council England. 6th November 2024I am delighted to announce that I have been awarded a grant from Arts Council England @aceagrams. This funding will support me to further develop my creative practice next year with a series of short courses and an exhibition. I believe in the power of the arts to inspire, engage and transform our community. Thank you to Arts Council England for their support and commitment to artistic innovation.
The Vlieseline Fine Art Textiles Award-ShortlistedAugust 2020The Fine Art Textiles Award The Janome Fine Art Textiles Award will return for its third year in 2021.
A VIRTUOUS CIRCLE -The Textile Art Magazine EmbroideryThe Textile Art Magazine Embroidery May/June 2020.A Virtuous Circle page 33-37 'Kate Whitehead talks about using her practice to work through difficult times'.
Bradford School Of Arts artist in residence 2020-2021October 2020-October 2021AA2A - Artist Residencies -@AA2Aproject
An exhibition by Bradford School Of Arts students MA visual arts and AA2A Artists in residence20th April - 19th May 2022Is She A Hippy? an exhibition of my hand weave, embroidered and printed textiles
Is She A Hippy?1st -4th December 2021I am showing a collection of hand woven, printed and embroidered pieces I made during my AA2A artist's residence at Studio Flax, Bristol, UK
J/M Gallery Notting Hill. London21st - 27th February 2022End To End is my latest exhibition, a showcase of key pieces from my last three collections. Hand woven and embroidered textiles, using salvaged and over dyed materials. It is an opportunity to view Is She A Hippy? the last of the three collections, developed during my AA2a artist residency for the first time. End To End 21st - 27th February 230 Portobello Road London W11 1LJ
AA2A Artist In Residency 2023/24 Bradford School of Art15th November 2023I will creating a collection to show with my film