major exhibitions since returning to the uk
click on the links to see the work shown in that show
2018
WO/: Vane, Newcastle upon Tyne
2017
Making Space: 62 Group exhibition at Olympia, London and Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh
Drawn Thread Work: solo exhibition, Customs House Gallery, South Shields, part of Drawing NE
2016
Making Space: 62 Group exhibition at Macclesfield Silk Museum
Faces, Figures & Fabrics: solo exhibition at Newcastle Arts Centre
2015
62 group . now!: Upfront Gallery, nr. Penrith, Cumbria
2014
Ebb & Flow: 62 Group exhibition at the Fishing Heritage Centre, Grimsby
2013
Small Talk: 62 Group at the Constance Howard Gallery, Goldsmiths College, London
Art in Action: Waterperry Gardens, Oxfordshire
British Textile Art Exhibition 62@50 (The 62 Group’s 50th anniversary exhibition) KOYO Museum, SHOWA Women’s University, Tokyo
“Teaching silkworms to spin”: Ruskin and Textiles: Ruskin Library and Research Centre, University of Lancaster
2012
Interventions: Gallery of Costume, Platt Hall, Manchester – 62 Group
62@50: Holden Gallery, MMU, Manchester – 62 Group
Package Tour: Knitting & Stitching Shows – 62 Group
Collected Threads: Textiles from the Shipley Craft Collection, Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead
2011
There’s a Fine Line….! solo exhibition at The Gallery, Gateshead Central Library
Art in Action: Waterperry Gardens, Oxfordshire
At a Tangent: 62 Group exhibition, Gallery Oldham
2010
Bending More Lines: 62 Group exhibition, Museum Rijswijk, Netherlands & Collins Gallery, Glasgow
Christmas Present: Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead
2009
The English Walled Garden: Doddington Hall, Lincoln – featured artist
Bending the Line: 62 Group exhibition, The Hub, Sleaford
The Embroiderer’s Eye – the Diana Springall Collection: Macclesfield Silk Museum
Berwick Gymnasium Open: Berwick upon Tweed
2008
Stuff: contemporary textiles by The 62 Group, Catmose Gallery
Leeds Art Fair: The Light, Leeds
Size Matters: contemporary textiles by The 62 Group, Rochester Art Gallery
Christmas Present: Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead
2007
Life in Detail: solo exhibition at the Upfront Gallery, Penrith
Leeds Art Fair and Leeds Art Fair Lite
In Praise of Sheds: The Garden Station, Langley on Tyne, Northumberland
Widening Boundaries: 62 Group exhibition at the Knitting and Stitching Shows
Christmas Present: Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead
2006
Drawn Together: major solo retrospective in the Knitting and Stitching Show at the NEC, Alexandra Palace, RDS in Dublin, and International Halls, Harrogate
Tissus, Toiles and Tuiles: Lotherton Hall, Leeds – solo exhibition
Tracing Threads: Hove Art Gallery – 62 Group exhibition
Christmas Present: Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead
Henshelwood Gallery Christmas Exhibition: Newcastle upon Tyne
2005
Leeds Art Fair
Encounters: Cambridge Museum of Zoology, 62 Group exhibition
Knitting and Stitching Show: London, Dublin, Harrogate
Christmas Present: Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead
Henshelwood Gallery Christmas Exhibition
2004
Secrets of the Saucy Seaside Postcard: Huddersfield Art Gallery and touring
Illustrating the Past: solo show, Andover Museum, Hampshire
Of Material Concern: Millennium Galleries, Sheffield
The Fifa 100: Royal Academy, London
Henshelwood Gallery Christmas Exhibition, Newcastle upon Tyne
2003
Loose Threads: Rufford Crafts Centre
Sons and Mothers: Collins Gallery, Glasgow and touring
The Classical Present: Bury Art Gallery and Museum, Bury, Lancashire
In Place: Harley Gallery, Welbeck – 62 Group exhibition
2002
Red: Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery and touring – 62 group
Cat & Mouse: From Canada to Computers; Paddy Killer, a Retrospective, The Beacon Museum and Art Gallery, Whitehaven, Cumbria
In Context: V&A, London – 62 Group
In Retrospect: Alexandra Palace, London; RDS, Dublin; International Halls, Harrogate 62 Group exhibition
Christmas Present: Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead
International Textile Open: Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
2001
Gallery Artists: Corrymella Scott Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
62 Group at Cajobah Gallery: Birkenhead
The Art of the Stitch: Mall Galleries, London, and Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead
A Collective Response: Bankfield Museum, Halifax – 62 Group exhibition
A Work of Art in Itself: Bury Art Gallery & Museum
The Point of the Needle: Dorset County Museum
2000
Corrymella Scott Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
Out of the Garden: Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead – 62 Group exhibition
arttextiles 2: Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery & touring
Corrymella Scott Gallery at Phillips, Newcastle upon Tyne
1999
On and off the Wall: Maidstone Art Gallery & City Arts Centre, Edinburgh, 62 Group exhibition
The Art of the Stitch: Barbican, London, and Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead
Gardens and Flowers in Embroidery: Tokyo, Japan
The Plate Show: Collins Gallery, Glasgow
Christmas Present: Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead
1998
In Arkadia: solo exhibition touring to Collins Gallery. Glasgow; Upfront Gallery, Penrith; Inverness Art Gallery & Museum; Belsay Hall, Northumberland; Ranger’s House, Greenwich;
Corrymella Scott Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
The Spirit of the Times: Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Co. Durham
50 x 50: Tel Aviv Opera House; The Knitting & Stitching Show in London, Dublin, Harrogate, & Tatton Park, Cheshire – 62 Group
1997
Paddy Killer – New Work: Bankfield Museum, Halifax
Traditions: touring exhibition of the Embroiderer’s Guild Collection
The Language of Touch: Collins Gallery, Glasgow and Shire Hall, Stafford
In Arkadia: solo exhibition, Myles Meehan Gallery, Darlington Arts Centre
1996
The 62 Group: Quarry Bank Mill, Styal, Cheshire – 62 Group
Living at Belsay: Belsay Hall, Northumberland
Designing Time: Gateshead Central Library
Christmas Present: Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead
1995
Talking through your Hat: Churchill House Museum, Hereford
Saddleworth Festival: Uppermill, Lancashire
62 Group exhibitions at Bury City Art Gallery, Black Swan Guild, Frome; and Braintree Art Gallery
North by North-East: Durham City Art Gallery
1994
Riches of Stitches: Collins Gallery, Glasgow
Decorative Arts Today: Bonhams, Knightsbridge, London
62 Group goes West: Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro
Cats at the Laing: Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
Picking up Threads: Bankfield Museum, Halifax
1993
Decorative Arts Today: Bonhams, Knightsbridge, London
Material Wealth: Bankfield Museum, Halifax
North by Northeast: Design Works, Gateshead
Contemporary Figurative Embroidery: Leicester City Art Gallery
Corrymella Scott Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
Glorious Gifts: Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead
1992
62 Group’s 30th Anniversary: exhibitions in Belfast, Glasgow, London and Japan
Take a Seat: Kings Lynn Guildhall
Thread of Inspiration: York
Out of the Frame: Crafts Council Touring Exhibition
1991
Fascinating Fibres: Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead – 62 Group
Head to Toe: Ruskin Gallery, Sheffield
The Krefelder Stitchers: One Mellon Bank Center, Pittsburgh
1990
Northern Arts Award Winners: Touring Exhibition
Leeds Polytechnic Gallery: 62 Group
The Embroiderer’s Feast: Doddington Hall, Lincolnshire
Hankyu Company, Japan – 62 Group
Crafts at Home Showhouse: N.G.F. Gateshead 1990
1989
Contemporary British Embroidery: Contemporary Textile Gallery, London
ZSK Project: Deutsches Textil Museum, Krefeld, Germany
Crossing the Border: Collins Gallery, Glasgow – 62 Group
1988
The Horticulture Show: Abbot Hall, Kendal
U.a. Englische Textilkunstler: Galerie fur Textile Kunst, Steinenbron, Germany
The Embroiderer’s Garden: Doddington Hall, Lincolnshire & Liberty
Hats by Paddy Killer: Cleveland Crafts Centre, Middlesbrough
1987
Contemporary Textile Gallery, London
Abbot Hall Gallery, Kendal
Leicester City Art Gallery – 62 Group
Woodlands Gallery, Greenwich – 62 Group
Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead
1986
No more than a Foot: Swansea University Gallery – 62 Group
Paddy Ramsay: Van Mildert Gallery: University of Durham (solo)
Stitches and Threads: Rufford Craft Centre
Godfrey & Twatt, Harrogate,
Stitched Textiles for Interiors: R.I.B.A., London
Darlington Arts Centre
1985
Woodhorn Church Museum, Ashington (solo)
April Showers: Mid-Pennine Arts, Burnley
Textile Works: Cleveland Crafts Centre Touring Exhibition
Newcastle Playhouse Gallery (solo)
South Manchester Gallery
Chelsea Craft Fair
1984
Embroideries by Paddy Ramsay: Calouste-Gulbenkian Gallery, Peoples’ Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne
Material Things: Tullie House, Carlisle
Society of Arts Open: RSA, Edinburgh
Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal
Chelsea Craft Fair
1983
Rachel B Kay Shuttleworth Prize Winners: Gawthorpe Hall, Burnley
Chelsea Craft Fair
