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Complete oral history of Joanna Buxton artist. Artist/tapestry weaverJoanna Buxton graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1973 and setup a studio design to weave tapestries.
Weaving was her main practice until 2000 when she made a dramatic career move to designing and creating mosaics. In tandem she worked as an interior designer with architectural and marine projects and in 2012 she decided to concentrate all her energy on her mosaic work.
Joanna Buxton
The Nile Street Studios
8 – 10 Nile Street, London N1 7RF
Born
1945 Hertfordshire, UK
Crafts Council Listing
1975 Index of Selected Makers
Work made
Woven tapestry
Materials used
Wool, cotton, line, silk etc.
Techniques used
High loom, Gobelins technique
Training
1970 – 1973 Royal College of Art
1967 – 1970 Hornsey College of Art
Awards
1989 Won International Open Tapestry Competition, Cardiff City Council
Memberships
International Tapestry Network
Suffolk Craft Council
Weaving was her main practice until 2000 when she made a dramatic career move to designing and creating mosaics. In tandem she worked as an interior designer with architectural and marine projects and in 2012 she decided to concentrate all her energy on her mosaic work.
Joanna Buxton
The Nile Street Studios
8 – 10 Nile Street, London N1 7RF
Born
1945 Hertfordshire, UK
Crafts Council Listing
1975 Index of Selected Makers
Work made
Woven tapestry
Materials used
Wool, cotton, line, silk etc.
Techniques used
High loom, Gobelins technique
Training
1970 – 1973 Royal College of Art
1967 – 1970 Hornsey College of Art
Awards
1989 Won International Open Tapestry Competition, Cardiff City Council
Memberships
International Tapestry Network
Suffolk Craft Council
Exhibitions
1996 Woven Image – British Contemporary Tapestry, Barbican Arts Centre, London (catalogue tour)
1996 Women Travellers, The Old School Gallery, Bleddfra
1995 Destination Tappiserie '95, Maison Hamel Bruneau, Quebec, Canada
1994 Songs of Innocence and Experience, William Blake House, London
1994 A Splash of Colour, Peter Pears Gallery, Aldeburgh
1993 Crafts, Tomorrows Heritage, Peter Pears Gallery, Aldeburgh
1992 Implemention, The Pearl Centre, Peterborough (catalogue)
1992 Fibre Optics, Prema Arts Centre, Uley, near Dursley, Gloucestershire
1992 7th International Triennial of Tapestry, Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz, Poland (catalogue)
1990 The Gobelins Girls, National Theatre, London
1990 Exhibition 1, Anchorage Museum, USA, organised by International Tapestry Network (catalogue, tour)
1990 Contemporary British Weave, Contemporary Textile Gallery, London
1990 Broadgate Art Week, Broadgate, London, organised by Whitechappel Gallery
1990 British Brilliance, Conroy Foley, London
1989 Contemporary British Tapestry, Ernst Museum, Budapest, Hungary (catalogue, tour)
1988 Sotheby's Decorative Arts Award Exhibition, Sotherby's, London (catalogue)
1988 Intrepid Women – A Celebration of Women Travellers, Contemporary Textile Gallery, London
1986 Weaver/Artist in Residence, Barbican Arts Centre, London
1986 Tapestry: Contemporary Imagery/ Ancient Tradition, Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum, Spokane, USA (catalogue, tour)
1985 Group exhibition, Norwich Castle Museum, Norwich
1985 Group exhibition, Contemporary Textile Gallery, London
1985 Group exhibition, Art for Offices, London
1985 Artists at Work, Castle Museum, Norwich (solo)
1984 The Art Collection of the Doha, Sheraton Hotel and Conference Centre, Qatar, United Arab Emirates (catalogue)
1983 Group exhibition, Westminster Gallery, Boston, USA
1983 Contemporary Cotton, Rufford Craft Centre, Newark
1983 Attitudes to Tapestry, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton
1981 Exhibition 3, Edinburgh, Nottingham, London, organised by Scottish Tapestry Artists Group
1981 Contemporary British Tapestries, Sainsbury Centre, Norwich (catalogue)
1908 Contemporary Crafts Auction, Sotherbys, London (catalogue)
1979 Modern Masterpieces, Spinks, London (catalogue)
1979 401 1/2 10 Year Retrospective, Commonwealth Institute, London (catalogue)
1978 Exhibition 1, Edinburgh, Glasgow, organised by Scottish Tapestry Artists Group (tour)
1978 Carousel, Crafts Advisory Committee, London
1978 A Weaver at Work, Fermoy Centre, Kings Lynn (solo)
1978 9 Weavers, The Minories, Colchester
1977 Masterpiece, British Craft Centre, London (catalogue)
1977 High Standards, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
1977 Crafts in Question, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester (catalogue)
1996 Woven Image – British Contemporary Tapestry, Barbican Arts Centre, London (catalogue tour)
1996 Women Travellers, The Old School Gallery, Bleddfra
1995 Destination Tappiserie '95, Maison Hamel Bruneau, Quebec, Canada
1994 Songs of Innocence and Experience, William Blake House, London
1994 A Splash of Colour, Peter Pears Gallery, Aldeburgh
1993 Crafts, Tomorrows Heritage, Peter Pears Gallery, Aldeburgh
1992 Implemention, The Pearl Centre, Peterborough (catalogue)
1992 Fibre Optics, Prema Arts Centre, Uley, near Dursley, Gloucestershire
1992 7th International Triennial of Tapestry, Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz, Poland (catalogue)
1990 The Gobelins Girls, National Theatre, London
1990 Exhibition 1, Anchorage Museum, USA, organised by International Tapestry Network (catalogue, tour)
1990 Contemporary British Weave, Contemporary Textile Gallery, London
1990 Broadgate Art Week, Broadgate, London, organised by Whitechappel Gallery
1990 British Brilliance, Conroy Foley, London
1989 Contemporary British Tapestry, Ernst Museum, Budapest, Hungary (catalogue, tour)
1988 Sotheby's Decorative Arts Award Exhibition, Sotherby's, London (catalogue)
1988 Intrepid Women – A Celebration of Women Travellers, Contemporary Textile Gallery, London
1986 Weaver/Artist in Residence, Barbican Arts Centre, London
1986 Tapestry: Contemporary Imagery/ Ancient Tradition, Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum, Spokane, USA (catalogue, tour)
1985 Group exhibition, Norwich Castle Museum, Norwich
1985 Group exhibition, Contemporary Textile Gallery, London
1985 Group exhibition, Art for Offices, London
1985 Artists at Work, Castle Museum, Norwich (solo)
1984 The Art Collection of the Doha, Sheraton Hotel and Conference Centre, Qatar, United Arab Emirates (catalogue)
1983 Group exhibition, Westminster Gallery, Boston, USA
1983 Contemporary Cotton, Rufford Craft Centre, Newark
1983 Attitudes to Tapestry, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton
1981 Exhibition 3, Edinburgh, Nottingham, London, organised by Scottish Tapestry Artists Group
1981 Contemporary British Tapestries, Sainsbury Centre, Norwich (catalogue)
1908 Contemporary Crafts Auction, Sotherbys, London (catalogue)
1979 Modern Masterpieces, Spinks, London (catalogue)
1979 401 1/2 10 Year Retrospective, Commonwealth Institute, London (catalogue)
1978 Exhibition 1, Edinburgh, Glasgow, organised by Scottish Tapestry Artists Group (tour)
1978 Carousel, Crafts Advisory Committee, London
1978 A Weaver at Work, Fermoy Centre, Kings Lynn (solo)
1978 9 Weavers, The Minories, Colchester
1977 Masterpiece, British Craft Centre, London (catalogue)
1977 High Standards, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
1977 Crafts in Question, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester (catalogue)
Commissions
1999 2nd Carpet weaving project in Kashmir, India
1998 Tapestry, 'The Revelations of the Heavenly Bodies', Vision of the Seas liner, commissioned by Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
1996 3 Tapestries, 'The Age of Discovery', Grandeur off the Seas liner, commissioned by the Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
1993 Tapestry located at Woolwich Crown Court, commissioned by PSA
1993 – 1996 Carpet weaving project in Kashmir, India
1992 Carpet design for Farleigh House, Commissioned by Lord Portsmouth
1992 Large Triptych 'Creation Myths', located at Pearl Insurance HQ, Peterborough, commissioned by Pearl Assurance Ltd
1990 Tapestry for Ashby Public Library, commissioned by Leicestershire County Council
1990 Tapestry, commissioned by National Motor Museum
1989 Carpet design, commissioned by Berkley Hotel
1989 Tapestry, commissioned by Cardiff City Council
1989 Carpet design for Farleigh House, Commissioned by Lord Portsmouth
1989 Carpet design, commissioned by Ritz Casino
1978 Tapestry, commissioned by British Embassy in Panama City
1982 Four tapestries, commissioned by The Government of Qatar
1979 Tapestry, commissioned by Greys Court
1978 Tapestry – 'Large Diamonds', located at De Beers, Antwerp, commissioned by De Beers
1975 Two Tapestries, commissioned by the Central Electricity Generating Board
1974 Three Tapestries and two padded appliqués, commissioned by Gatwick Airport
1974 Tapestry, commissioned by National Motor Museum
1973 Tapestry, commissioned by Tower Hotel
Collections
1988 Amy, Wonderful Amy, tapestry, Hull City Art Gallery & Museum, Kigston-upon-Hull
1981 How to use Chopsticks, tapestry, Crafts Council, London
1999 2nd Carpet weaving project in Kashmir, India
1998 Tapestry, 'The Revelations of the Heavenly Bodies', Vision of the Seas liner, commissioned by Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
1996 3 Tapestries, 'The Age of Discovery', Grandeur off the Seas liner, commissioned by the Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
1993 Tapestry located at Woolwich Crown Court, commissioned by PSA
1993 – 1996 Carpet weaving project in Kashmir, India
1992 Carpet design for Farleigh House, Commissioned by Lord Portsmouth
1992 Large Triptych 'Creation Myths', located at Pearl Insurance HQ, Peterborough, commissioned by Pearl Assurance Ltd
1990 Tapestry for Ashby Public Library, commissioned by Leicestershire County Council
1990 Tapestry, commissioned by National Motor Museum
1989 Carpet design, commissioned by Berkley Hotel
1989 Tapestry, commissioned by Cardiff City Council
1989 Carpet design for Farleigh House, Commissioned by Lord Portsmouth
1989 Carpet design, commissioned by Ritz Casino
1978 Tapestry, commissioned by British Embassy in Panama City
1982 Four tapestries, commissioned by The Government of Qatar
1979 Tapestry, commissioned by Greys Court
1978 Tapestry – 'Large Diamonds', located at De Beers, Antwerp, commissioned by De Beers
1975 Two Tapestries, commissioned by the Central Electricity Generating Board
1974 Three Tapestries and two padded appliqués, commissioned by Gatwick Airport
1974 Tapestry, commissioned by National Motor Museum
1973 Tapestry, commissioned by Tower Hotel
Collections
1988 Amy, Wonderful Amy, tapestry, Hull City Art Gallery & Museum, Kigston-upon-Hull
1981 How to use Chopsticks, tapestry, Crafts Council, London
Articles
Amicia de Moubray, Floored in Style, COUNTRY LIFE, 20 April 1995
Elizabeth Hoggard, Serious Money, JOURNAL FOR WEAVERS, SPINNERS & DYERS, January 1991
Review Of The Gobelins Girls Exhibition, THE INDEPENDENT, 15 December 1989
Mention and Photograph of Intrepid Women exhibition, ARTS REVIEW, 20 May 1988
Tanya Harrod, Intrepid Weaver, CRAFTS, January/February 1986
Pioneering Spirit, DESIGNER, May/June 1988
Pamela Johnson, The Eye of a Needle, THE GUARDIAN, 11 May 1988
Recent Commissions, CRAFTS, January/February 1986
Jan Burney, Looming on the Horizon, BUILDING DESIGN, 1 June 1984
Article, DOMUS (ITALY), January 1979
Christine Walker, Lifespan, SUNDAY TIMES MAGAZINE, 20 November 1997
Public Commission, CRAFTS, January/February 1975
Books
Barty Phillips, TAPESTRY, Phaidon Press 1994