Carole Bury
Carole Bury works fluidly across and between paper textiles and drawings, which reflect her love and passion with the created world around her.
Carole’s monochrome drawings emerge as a dialogue with the landscape, a dialogue in which she deepens her relationship with the land and finds its essence, referring regularly to repeated imagery. Through this deep relationship her mark making is pared down to an essential structure and language that sings.
From this essence, Carole designs and crafts paper textiles, using embroidery and constructional techniques, which have a beauty, depth and quietness of their own. The physical act of making is slow and thoughtful and in contrast to the energy of the groundwork that is in their origin.
Based in her studio in the Cotswold hills, her work is exhibited throughout the UK.
Following a Foundation Course at Cheltenham College of Art (1977-78), Carole studied Fine Art Embroidery at Manchester Polytechnic (1978-81).
On moving to London in 1981, she was quickly involved with Fibre Art and the 62 Group of Textile Artists. In 1984 she was invited by the British Crafts Centre to be part of a Paper Exhibition, which sealed her long lasting passion with paper. She was recognized with her first one woman show in 1985 at the Anatol Orient Gallery, opening on the eve of her leaving for Papua New Guinea. Where she lived and worked for 3 years, with her husband, at the National Arts School in Port Moresby.
For the last 20 years Carole has lived in Gloucestershire regularly exhibiting with the Cheltenham Group of Artists, The Fosseway Artists, Nature in Art, Cheltenham Open Studios and The Cheltenham Christian Arts Festival.
In 2020 her work has been part of 168th RWA Bristol, ING Discerning Eye, Southwest Academy of Fine and Applied Arts, Christian Arts Festival, Pure Arts Group.
2020 South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts - Reflections 2020
Cheltenham Christian Arts Festival, Gardens Gallery 2020/2021
ING Discerning Eye 2020 Online Exhibition
168th Annual Open Exhibition. RWA, Bristol
Pure Arts Group Live broadcasts in September 2020. PureArt360.
Online - Derwent Art Prize 2020.
Painter Stainers - Online Exhibition
Timeless Textiles. Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
2019 ING Discerning Eye 2019. Mall Galleries
Solo Show of drawing and textiles, Prema, Uley. Gloucestershire
Cheltenham Christian Arts Festival ‘Encounters’
2018 ING Discerning Eye. Mall Galleries
166th Annual Open Exhibition. RWA, Bristol
‘Seeking the God Beyond’ Collaborative project with author JP Williams. Monochrome drawings.
2017 165th Annual Open Exhibition. RWA, Bristol
Wings. Cheltenham Christian Arts Festival. Prizewinner. Exhibitions. Workshops
2016 164th Annual Open Exhibition. RWA, Bristol
Treasure. Cheltenham Christian Arts Festival. Prizewinner. Curator. Exhibitor
David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year. Mall Galleries
2015 163th Annual Open Exhibition. RWA, Bristol
David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year. Mall Galleries
Worcester Cathedral. Cheltenham Group of Artists
2014 162nd Annual Open Exhibition. RWA, Bristol
Art in Action. Oxford. Demonstrator for Nature in Art
2013 161st Annual Open Exhibition. RWA, Bristol
Faith. Christchurch, Cheltenham
2012 Faith in Art. Christchurch, Cheltenham
2011 Art in Action. Oxford. Demonstrator for Nature in Art
2007 155th Annual Open Exhibition. RWA, Bristol
Colour Full. Salisbury Arts Centre. Textile Forum South West
Historical 1981-1985. Member of Fibre Art. Group Exhibitions held in UK
1981-1993. Actively involved in the 62 Group of Textile Artists. Group Exhibitions - UK & Japan
1982-1985. Stitch-Design. Isle of Dogs. Exhibitions Co-ordinator. Lecturer. Exhibitor
1983. Paper. British Crafts Centre, London
1985. Paper Standing Stones. One Woman Show. Anatol Orient. Covent Garden
1985-1988. Exhibitions in UK, Papua New Guinea and Australia
1985-1988. The National Arts School. Port Moresby. Papua New Guinea
2008 to 2019 Regular Artist in Residence. Nature in Art. Gloucester
2007 to 2019 Bi-annual Cheltenham Open Studios
Education 1981 BA (Hons) Fine Art Embroidery. Manchester Polytechnic
1978 Foundation in Art and Design. Cheltenham School of Art
Member of Cheltenham Group of Professional Artists
Cheltenham Open Studios
Pure Arts Group
Drawing Tutor
Regular Talks to Embroiderers’ Guild and Arts Societies
November 2020
Carole Bury BA(Hons) Fine Art Embroidery
Website : www.carolebury.com
email: carole@carolebury.com