| Born |
1950, Dorset, UK |
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| Education |
| 1967-69 |
Pre-Diploma, Art & Design, Yeovil Technical College |
| 1969-70 |
Diploma, London College of Fashion |
| 1970-73 |
Dip AD Fashion / Textiles, St Martin's School of Art, London |
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| Awards |
| 1996 |
The Scottish Arts Council |
| 1982 |
John Ruskin Award |
| 1978 |
New Craftsman's Grant, Crafts Council, London |
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| Solo Exhibitions |
| 2005-11 |
'Festival of Quilts', NEC, Birmingham; showing my new 'Quiltline' Collections |
| 2009 |
At the Main-Quiltfestival, Aschaffenburg – Germany |
| 2008 |
At the Loch Lomond Quilt Show, Scotland |
| 2006 |
Ettrick Riverside, Selkirk, Scottish Borders |
| 2004-05 |
'QUILTWORKS', The Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead; tour: The Knitting and Stitching Show, London, Dublin and Harrogate; Canterbury Royal Museum and Art Gallery, Canterbury; The Collins Gallery, Glasgow; Bankfield Museum, Halifax. |
| 2000 |
'European Patchwork Meeting' Sainte Marie-aux-Mines, Alsace, France |
| 1991 |
'Pauline Burbidge', The Works Gallery, Philidelphia, USA |
| 1989 |
'Pauline Burbidge', The Ruskin Craft Gallery, Sheffield |
| 1983 |
'New Patchwork Quilt', Midland Group, Nottingham |
| 1979 |
'Quilts by Pauline Burbidge', Foyles Art Gallery, London |
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| Selected Group Exhibitions |
| 2010 |
'Quilts 1700-2010', curated by Sue Prichard, The Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
| 2011 |
'OPEN STUDIO Exhibition', Allanton, Scottish Borders, UK, (annual exhibition since 1994 with sculptor Charles Poulsen) |
| 2009 |
'2009 Water Quilts: John M. Walsh III Collection', Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, U.S.A |
| 2009 |
'Perspectives: Art, Craft, Design and The Studio Quilt', IQSC, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, U.S.A. Curated by Michael James and Sandra Sider |
| 2009 |
'Quilty Secrets', Winchester Discovery Centre, Winchester, UK |
| 2009 |
'Reservoir: John M. Walsh III Collects', San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, U.S.A |
| 2008 |
'Quilts in Time: Journey from Bed to Wall' curated by Helen Joseph. Quilt Museum, York, UK |
| 2008 |
'Stroudwater International Textile Festival', Stroud, Gloucester, UK |
| 2008 |
'On The Map', curated by Lorna Dryden at the Millennium Galleries, Sheffield, UK |
| 2007 |
'Materials of Choice – Fabric and Lead'. Joint show – Charles Poulsen and Pauline Burbidge. The Michael Heseltine Gallery, Chenderit School, Oxon, UK |
| 2007 |
'Sculpture by Charles Poulsen and Textiles by Pauline Burbidge' Queens Hall Gallery, Hexham, Northumberland, UK |
| 2005 |
'21 British Artists', curated by Diana Springall at the 'Knitting and Stitching Show' London, Dublin and Harrogate |
| 2003 |
'30/30 Vision', Crafts council, London |
| 2002 |
'Contemporary Art Quilts', The John M. Walsh Collection, University of Kentucky Art Museum, USA |
| 2002 |
'Visual Arts Scotland', Ocean Terminal, Leith, Edinburgh (invited Artist) |
| 2001 |
'Ground Cover: Contemporary Quilts', OWCC Arts Center Galleries, Niceville, Florida, USA (catalogue) |
| 2000-01 |
'British Contemporary Quilt Exhibition', Matsuzakaya Department Stores, Nagoya/Tokyo/Osaka, Japan |
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| General |
| 1975 |
Began quilt making |
| 1979 |
Founder member of 'The Quilters Guild', UK |
| 1980-2003 |
Taught Workshops/lectures throughout the UK and also U.S.A, Canada, Japan, Australia and Germany. |
| 1985 |
Founder member of 'Quilt Art', UK |
| 1986/87 |
Setting up Grants committee, Crafts Council, London |
| 1989 |
The Crafts Council committee, Crafts Council, London |
| 1993 |
Married Charles Poulsen, Nottingham, UK |
| 1993 |
Moved to Allanbank Mill Steading in the Scottish Borders |
| 1993 |
Co-selector for 'Contemporary American Quilts', Crafts Council exhibition, London |
| 1994 |
First OPEN STUDIO exhibition at Allanbank Mill Steading, and every year since. |
| 2004/05 |
Developed new 'Quiltline' range |
| 2005 |
First showed at the 'Festival of Quilts' with 'Quiltline' collection, and every year since. |
| 2010 |
Developing new STUDIO QUILTS towards my forthcoming retrospective exhibition to be held in 2012, at the 'Festival of Quilts' and touring. |
