Joy Merron

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EDUCATION

MA Design (Textiles), Bath Spa University, Bath
PGCE in post compulsory education, Exeter University
BA Fashion/Textiles, Middlesex University
Art Foundation, Epsom School of Art and Design

EXHIBITIONS

2018
Extremely Textiles, Black Swan Arts, Frome

2017
shiftWorks, Columbia College, Chicago
shiftWorks, Bath School of Art & Design, Bath Spa University

2016
shiftWorks, Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey 
shiftWorks, part of the SIT SELECT Trail, Stroud
shiftWorks, The National Centre for Craft & Design, Sleaford 
shiftWorks, Casespace, Bruton Museum

2015
shiftWorks (part of Momentum, Somerset Art Weeks Festival), Yeovil
shiftWorks (part of the SIT SELECT Showcase), Cheltenham
shiftWorks, Trowbridge Arts
Designer Maker Showcase, Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Devon
‘Light’, Best of Design-Nation Showcase at Southbank Centre London
‘Sense of Place’, site-specific installation at Brean Down Fort
Priddy Folk Festival, illuminated installations in Eastwater and Swildons marquees
Chalet Chic, Decorative Arts Fair, foyer display, Evolution Centre, Battersea Park
Selected for Design Nation, 2015
Selected for Crafts Council Directory, 2015

2014
SW Contemporary, Arts Centre, Trowbridge, Wiltshire
Bridging Levels, Black Swan Gallery, Frome, Somerset
Shadow and Light, For Every Cloud Gallery, Langport
Casespace, ‘2d pattern to 3d Form’ Bruton Museum, Somerset
Shadow and Line, Stroud International Textiles, Museum in the Park, Stroud
Defining Space with Light and Shadow, Cube Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
Crime Waves, Collaborative light and sound installation, Newton Park, Bath Spa University
Sylvan Drift, Permanent Installation for Breast Care Centre, Southmead Hospital, Bristol

2013
Casespace, Bruton Museum, Somerset
MA Graduate Show, Sion Hill, Bath Spa University, Bath

BURSARIES & FUNDING 
Somerset Art Works, The Levels and Moors Bursary
The Coats Foundation Bursary
The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation Bursary
The Ganes Trust Bursary
Arts Council, England Grants for Arts

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