Projects

2021

State of Underdress

Textile Designs for Underwear Garments

2017

Papyrus

Commissioned for Aveline Collection

Range of products including gift-wrap, cards, homewares, and stationery

2012 (August) – 2013

Knit One Design Studio

Course Leader – Print Design

Planned modules and structured learning for print design course from initial concept to finished garment. Tutored international and national students in different aspects of design. This included teaching a variety of different techniques for printing onto fashion fabrics: Heat transfer, principles of dyeing, devore, acid and basic dyes.

Freelance Print Designer for Knit-One Studio

Producing printed textile designs for the fashion industry.

2006 – 2008

Bay & Brown Textiles

Textile Designer

Designing women’s wear prints for fashion textile market for different fashion outlets e.g. Zara, Vera Wang, Marks and Spencers. Working to tight deadlines with a fast turnover.

2002 – present

Illustrator

Editions International

Illustrations for home wares, gift market greeting cards, magazines and interiors

1990 – present

Self Employed Textile Designer and Illustrator

Textile Designer & Illustrator

Worked on various illustration jobs including food packaging, magazine illustrations, and posters for Royal Opera House Covent Garden, children’s educational books.

Clients included: Waitrose, Sainsbury’s, M&S, Boots. 

Textile designs for fashion markets – H&M, Gap, Marks and Spencer’s, Fenn Wright and Manson, Boots Baby

1990-2004

Northbrook College of Arts & Technology, West Sussex

Visiting Lecturer

Part-time lecturer teaching on various courses: BA Textile Degree; HND, BTEC, GNVQ Graphics, Foundation, Fashion. Involved with teaching design work and printing, drawing, painting and organising field trips.

1992

Davisons School, Worthing 

1998-1999

Hastings College of Arts & Technology

Artist in Residence

Five Week art residency, teaching primary drawing, painting and multi-media skills, textiles and printing

1996

Cornwall School, Dusseldorf, Germany

One Week art residency, teaching primary drawing, painting and multi-media skills.

1996-1997

Camden Graphics

Part-time in house designer. Producing various ranges of greeting cards and gift wraps.

1994, 1995 & 1997

Seaford Primary

Still life drawing with Year 1 pupils. 

Set a project for the year 5 pupils to create some printed textiles over five weeks. Drawing block. Teaching drawing and textile design over three weeks

1990-2008

Keith Robson Studios

Textile Designs for menswear, women’s wear and children’s wear. Clients included Monsoon, Totes, Mothercare, John Lewis, H&M, Fenn Wright and Manson, Macys 

Exhibitions

2024

Royal Academy of Arts, London UK

Summer Exhibition

2024

Cafeh, North Vancouver Canada

2023

Lexus Exhibition Space, Vancouver Canada

2022, 2023

Harmony Arts Festival, West Vancouver Canada

2019

Represented by Buckland Southerst Gallery, West Vancouver Canada

2018

35 North Gallery, Brighton Sussex

2001, 2008, 2010 & 2012

Brighton Festival Open House 

2001, 2008, 2010 & 2012

Arundel Festival Open House

1998-2008

Arundel Gallery Arundel Sussex

1993

Art Index Show Brighton Marina 

1992

The Big Exhibition Brighthelm Centre 

1991

‘Textprint’ Interstoff Frankfurt 

1991

‘Surtex ‘ Trade Fair New York 

1991

Smiths Gallery Covent Garden 

1991

Arundel Bookshop and Gallery, Sussex

1990

‘Textprint’ Interstoff Frankfurt 

Education

1987-1990

Nottingham Polytechnic – First Class Honours Degree in Textile Design

1985-1987

West Sussex College of Art and Design – BTEC OND Textile Design, Art Foundation course