Website: www.fionarhutchison.me.uk
Studio 304
WASPS Studio
1D Patriothall
Off Hamilton Place
Edinburgh EH3 5AX

Artist Statement
The work explores my relationship with the sea and is inspired by the quality of light on the surface of the water the relationship it has to the sky and land..
Then in to this picture come people, building harbours, piers and oil rigs. There is great beauty in both, but a beauty that is as starkly contrasting as our relationship with the sea. I work mainly in Gobelin Tapestry, Textile and Paper and In recent works have been experiment with the 3D qualities that can be achieved with tapestry weave and stitched papers.

Ideas are developed from personal experience, research and informed through study. A powerful passion and personal vision is explored in the manipulation of both image and medium. Firstly my ideas are developed on paper through drawing and painting. These images are then evolved by experimenting with materials and technique before being translated in to finished works.

Education
1984 - 85 Edinburgh College of Art. Post Graduate Diploma with Distinction
1980 - 84 Edinburgh College of Art. BA Hons 1st Class

Selected Exhibitions - International
2008 Accros Boundaries Through Paper,
Jebiwool Art Gallery, South Korea.
American Tapestry Alliance, 7th Biennial of Tapestry
Tampa, Florida, and Louisville Kentucky. USA
North Sea Project, Attic Salt Gallery Edinburgh and touring Norway
2007 5th Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Korea
12th International Textile Triennial, Lodz, Poland
5th International Beinnial Mini textiles,Vilnius, Lithuania
Sence of Identity, Museum of Arts and Craft, Itami, Japan
European Tapestry, Huset I Asnaes, Asnaes, Denmark
2005“ Open Letter.4th International Mini Textile Biennial. Vilnius Lithuania
2004 Millennium J, 4 textile artists, Gallery Aoyama, Tokyo Japan
2002 Natural Elements, Scotland House, Brussels
An Leabhar Mor, The Great Book of the Gaelic, UK USA, Canada, Ireland 1999 Fibre Art. Woven Intimacies, New Jersey Centre for Visual Arts, USA
1997 Sea Journey, Town Hall Art Gallery, Kedainiai, Lithuania.
1996 Linas 94 International Mini Textile Exhibition, Vilnius, Lithuania.
1992 Linas 92 International Exhibition of Mini Textiles, Vilnius, Lithuania.
1988 - 89 Loose Ends, Close Ties & Other Structures. Scottish Tapestry Now, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh. Touring to Montreal, New York, Dublin.
1986 30 x 30 x 30 Textile Exhibition, Morley Gallery, London Amsterdam
1984 Graduates of Edinburgh College of Art touring Munich & Strasbourg.

Selected Exhibitions - UK
2010 Hidden Histories/partial Paradise, Morley Gallery , London
2009 “This is Now: from Drawing to Contexture”. STAR*.
Edinburgh Arts Festival. Patriothall Gallery. Edinburgh
“Vive le Tapisserie”. STAR* UK Touring Exhibition,
SSA Annual Exhibition, Dundee
VAS, City Art Centre, Edinburgh
2008 Annual Exhibition. RSA Edinburgh North Sea Project
Open House, 21 tapestry artist. BSW Tapestry Gallery, Exeter, England
SSA. Annual Exhibition RSA. Edinburgh
2006 Tapestry Today, British Tapestry Group. Hebden Bridge, England
SSA Annual Exhibition. RSA. Edinburgh
VAS Annual Exhibition, RSA. Edinburgh
2003 “Tapestry” Bankfield Museum, Halifax
2002 “Splash” The Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford
“Back to the Beach”, Rufford Craft Centre, Nottinghamshire
2001 A Legacy in Weaving, Theo Moorman , 10th Anniversary Exhibition
2000 “The Changing Sea” An Tuireann, Isle of Skye.
1990 Ten x Ten, Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh
1998 British Tapestry, Harley Gallery, Welbeck, Nottinghamshire
1996 “The Woven Image” - Contemporary British Tapestry, The Barbican, London - Touring UK exhibition.
Flax 96 - Same but Different International Textile Exhibition, Lithuania
1995 Poetry & The Visual Arts, Netherbow Art Centre, Edinburgh.
White Nights Symposium Exhibition, St.Petersburg, Russia.
“Out of this World” - Crafts Council, London.
Raw Materials, Scottish Textiles - Touring Exhibition.
British Tapestry, Harley Gallery, Welbeck, Nottinghamshire
1994 Scottish & Lithuanian Mini Textiles, Edinburgh College of Art.
1993 Interwoven II. Smiths Galleries, Covent Garden, London.
1990 - 91 “Interwoven” - Aberdeen Art Galleries & Abbot Hall, Kendal,
1985 Straight off the Loom, Edinburgh International Festival

Arts Organizations
Index of Makers, Crafts Council
Professional member of Society of Scottish Artists
Founder member of the steering committee of European Tapestry Forum
Founder member of STAR* (Scottish Tapestry Artists Regrouped)

Awards
Hope Scott Trust.
Sasakawa Foundation
Dawia Foundation
Edinburgh Visual Arts and Crafts Awards Scheme.
Theo Moorman Award
Crafts Council
Arts Council of England
Scottish Arts Council,
Hartlebury Foundation

Commissions
Sea Pillars Private commission
Who Hath Desired the Sea. McGraw – Hill Co Ltd, London
We Aspire to Win. Scottish Institute of Sport, Stirling
Oor Location. Health Care Arts, Monklands & Bellshill Hospital
Great Waters. Peterhead Community Hospital, Peterhead
Transis Ample Tai. British Health Care Arts, Perth Royal Infirmary
The Great Outdoors. TSB, Glasgow.
Boroughloch. Mr T Henny OBE, Architects, Edinburgh
Sea Spirit. A & F Stevens, Architects, Edinburgh

Private Collections
Harbour Pillars Edinburgh , Scotland
Morning Passage Edinburgh, Scotland
Sea papers Stavanger, Norway
Harbour Pillars Cork, Ireland
Blue Water Kyoto, Japan
The Sea Has Many Voices New York, USA
Fishing Nets Edinburgh, Scotland

Public Collections
Sea Life Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
Distant Storm Edinburgh University, Dept. of Neurology
Miniature Works The Bonhom Hotel, Edinburgh
Miniature Works The Museum of Applied Arts, Vilnius, Lithuania
Red Water Masons, London.
The Sea Has Many Voices Private Collection, USA
Fishing Nets Private Collection, Scotland
Fastnet 79 Edinburgh District Council, City Arts Centre Edinburgh

Publications
2007 Telos Books, Textiles of the World. GB 3
An Leabhar Mor, The Great Book of the Gaelic, Canongate Books
1995 FibreArts Design Book 5 - A Batchelder & N Orban
Crafts Magazine - May/June Issue - “The Waves”
1999 Crafts Magazine Sept/Oct Short Forum.
1993 Health Care Arts - “Art in Hospitals”

Teaching and Residency
Currently lecturing in Textiles at Edinburgh College of Art
2008 North Sea Project. Artist in Resident, Stavanger, Norway
2005 Crafts Council, Research trip to Japan
2004 Crafts Council, Research trip to Japan
2003 Artist in Resident, Cromarty Arts Trust, Cromarty
2001 Artist in Resident, Cromarty Arts Trust, Cromarty