Intuitive, contemporary, hand-stitched art.
CV
Philippa Ashcroft
philippa.ashcoft.studio@gmail.com
Education
2002 - 2:1 BA (HONS) Fine Art (Painting) - Bath school of Art
1999 Arts Foundation course , Amersham & Wycombe College
Selected Group Exhibitions
• 2026 - Textiles Explorations, Fox Yard Studio, Suffolk, UK.
• 2025 – BEAT (Borough of Ealing Art Trail/Open Studios), OPEN Ealing Arts Centre, London (Curated by Mandie Wilde)
• 2025 – Stitch by Stitch, Contemporary Fine Art Textiles, The Willow Gallery, Oswestry, Shropshire (Curated by Alison Holt and Suzette Smart)
• 2025 – The Broderers' Exhibition: The Art of Embroidery, Bankside Gallery, London (Curated by The Worshipful Company of Broderers)
• 2024 – Darkness, Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield (Curated by Michael and Sharon Borkowsky)
• 2024 – The Universe Within, Copeland Gallery, Peckham, London (Curated by Latifah)
• 2024 - The Summer Exhibition, Crawley Museum, West Sussex (Curated by Alison Dollery and Sophie Nowakowska, with judges Sarah Maple and Tabish Khan)
• 2024 – Finding Space, OPEN Ealing, London (Curated by Mary Modha)
• 2022 -2023 – The Covid Chronicle (Touring Exhibition), Sunbury Embroidery Gallery and UK venues (Curated by Wendy Bliss)
• 2021 – Surface and Depth (Society for Embroidered Work), Palazzo Velli Expo, Rome, Italy
Accolades
2020 - Selected as a member of The Society for Embroidered Work (S.E.W)
Collections
Private collections within the UK, France and USA.
Career experience
2004 - 2026. Senior Prop Painter/Scenic Artist for the film Industry, Freelance.
2009 Internship at Whitechapel Gallery for 3 months.
2008 Artist's Assistant to artist Patrick Hughes for 1 year.
Links and publications
Broderers Exhibition catalogue
BEAT 2025 Artists Profile
Artist's interview, The Universe Within Exhibition
Stitch by Stitch Exhib Catalogue
S.E.W.
Film work website
IMDB - Philippa Ashcroft