Intuitive, contemporary, hand-stitched art.
Philippa Ashcroft
philippa.ashcoft.studio@gmail.com
Instagram: @philippa_stitches
Education
2002 - 2:1 BA (HONS) Fine Art (Painting) - Bath school of Art
1999 Arts Foundation course , Amersham & Wycombe College
Selected Group Exhibitions
Upcoming: September 2026, BEAT (Borough of Ealing Art Trail / Open Studios, OPEN Ealing Art Centre, London.
•2026 - Textile Junction, Electro Studios, East Sussex, UK.
•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
Groups
2026 - PRISM Textiles group
2026 - Society of Designer Craftsmen - LSDC.
2026 - Crafts Council member.
2020 - 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
The Society of Designer Craftsmen
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