Jacy Wall’s work is rooted in her long established textile practice, whether working in woven tapestry or other media such as printmaking and ceramics. Themes of impermanence, of breaking, cutting and the strength in re-making run through all her work
BA Hons Constructed Textiles, Middlesex Polytechnic (1979)
MA Multi-Disciplinary Printmaking, UWE Bristol (2002)
Trustee: The Theo Moorman Trust for Weavers
Exhibitions
2022 Collect 2022 Somerset House, London, with Cavaliero Finn Gallery
2022 ‘Found’ Shippon Gallery, Devon
2021 ‘Monochrome’ curated by Gregory Parsons, Ruthin Craft Centre, Denbighshire.
2021 ‘Crafting a Difference’ International Craft show, with Cavaliero Finn Gallery, at Soshiro Co., London
2020 ‘Threading Forms’ Platform showcase with Cavaliero Finn at London Art Fair, Islington. Textiles and Prints
2019 ‘Materials Matter’ Landsdowne Gallery, Strroud, Gloucestershire. Textiles and Prints (with Björk Haraldsdottír ceramics)
2017 ‘The Continuous Thread’ Slade Centre, Gillingham, Dorset. Solo show: Retrospective of Textiles and Prints
2016 ‘Mending Revealed’ Bridport Arts Centre, Bridport, Dorset
2016 ‘New Dimensions’ Museum of Somerset, Taunton. Textiles and Prints
2013 ‘The Journey: Exploring the Nature of Mending’ Walford Mill, Wimborne, Dorset. Textiles
2013 ‘Fingerprint Printmakers’ Mount House Gallery, Marlborough College, Wilts.
2012 ‘The Art and Craft of Renewal’ |(with Sandra Eastwood ceramics) The de Morgan Centre, London
2011 ‘Up Close’ Devon Guild of Crafstmen. Prints
2010 ‘Make’ Devon Guild of Craftsmen. Prints
2009 Stroud International Textile Festival. Textiles and Paintings.
2009 Sladers Yard, West Bay, Dorset. Prints.
2009 Black Swan Arts, Frome, Somerset. Paintings. (with Brian Rice)
2008 Marshwood Vale Arts Awards, Bridport Arts Centre, Dorset. Textiles.
2008 Atrium Gallery, Bournemouth University, Dorset. Paintings (with Brian Rice)
2006 ‘Marks in Time’ Black Swan Arts, Frome, Somerset (with Amanda Wallwork and Michael Fairfax). Textiles and Prints
2004-2007 ‘Footsteps’ Walford Mill, Dorset, and national Tour. Textiles and Print.
2001 ‘A Legacy in Weaving’ University Gallery, Leeds
2000 Bridgwater Arts Centre. Solo show Textiles and Prints.
Awards
2012 Arts Council England Award to develop a contemporary craft project ‘The Journey: Exploring the Nature of Mending’, making new work and commissioning from others, in partnership with Walford Mill Crafts, Wimborne.
2008 Theo Moorman Charitable Trust for Weavers award to research textile mending as a visual resource to develop textile work.
2006 Arts Council England to make new work for ‘Marks in Time’ project and exhibition with Michael Fairfax and Amanda Wallwork.
1994 Theo Moorman Charitable Trust for Weavers award to develop textile work.
