Sharon Lindsay Ferguson
Sharon Lindsay Ferguson moved back to Northern Ireland in 2007 after completing an MA in Textiles at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin.
She works in pictorial and sculptural textiles, enjoying pushing the boundaries of textiles by sourcing innovative materials to create interesting surface imagery and texture. Her work has been exhibited in the UK, Ireland, Belgium and Czech Republic and Sharon also works to commission.
“My approach to working with textiles is eclectic in that I am essentially a collector and my work is a consequence of this infatuation. I collect memories, thoughts, images, snatches of conversation, colours and objects. These fragments combine to form the ideas that in turn shape my work. During the past year I have worked in varying media to develop my applied artranging from digital and screen printing to hand and computerised embroidery and 3-D constructed textiles.”
The pieces shown here are part of a series of work related to childhood stories and dreams, and how they relate to our lives and shape our imagination by influencing our subconscious with their illogical nature and meaning.
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Professional Experience
2008 Image of LongingNational Craft Gallery (NCG), Crafts Council of Ireland
2008 “The International Expositions of Sculpture Objects and Functional Art” (SOFA), Chicago, USA.
2008 “1-4 Corridor: Stretching Threads Across Florida”, ACA Atlantic Center for the Arts, USA.
2008: “1-4 Corridor: Stretching Threads Across Florida” is also featured in the following galleries: Comma Gallery, Orlando, USA.
Museum of Florida Art, De LAnd, USA.
Peabody Auditorium, Daytona Beach, USA.
2008 Termoneeny Exhibition, Maghera
Millbank Gallery, Co. Tyrone
2008Crafts Council of Ireland at Showcase Royal Dublin Society, Dublin
2007-08 County Down Crafts 30th Annual Christmas exhibition, Space CRAFT, Belfast
2007-2008 Im dreaming of. Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda
2007 “A Stroke of Textile Art” Hazel Williams Gallery, Kilkenny Arts Festival
2007 “Side by Side”, Hunt Museum, Limerick
2007 “Embrace“Da Capo Association, Dublin and Birmingham
2007 “Fuaite: A Stitched Show” Glor Arts Centre, Ennis
2007 “PQ’07“Irish Theatre Institute, Prague, CzechRepublic
2007 The World Craft Council Annual Exhibition, Bruges, Belgium
2007“Fabrications”, Waterfront Hall, Belfast
2006 “IDI Graduate Awards Exhibit”, Bank of Ireland PublicCollection, Dublin
2006 “The Knit and Stitch Show”, Royal Dublin Society, Dublin
2006 “Light & Shade”, Airfield Trust, Dublin
2004-ongoing, “The Best of Springhill”, National Trust, Springhill Costume Museum, Springhill
Selected commissions:
2007- 2008 design and management of making of costume, Madame Tussauds Studios, London Commissioned to design and supervise making of eighty-five costumes for Madame Tussauds new museum in Hollywood, LA. Also commissioned to make costume for Madame Tussauds London, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Washington and New York as and when needed.
2007 textile art, The Ulster Maternity Hospital 2007 large-scale textile banners for a performance produced in collaboration with artist Pauline Cummins, Dublin
2006 illustrations, The Irish Style Guide
2006 costumes “Fighting Blindness” press launch, Dublin
2005 costumes ‘Snakes of Desire’ band
2004 stomacher and quilted petticoat, Springhill Museum, National Trust
2008 Merit Award, Golden Fleece Award
2007 Export Grant, Enterprise Ireland
2006 Graduate Award, Irish Design Institute
2006Postgraduate Award, Crafts Council of Ireland
2006 Member of Portfolio , Crafts Council of Ireland
2007 article International Textile Forum
2007 article Homes and Living Magazine
2007 article Confetti Magazine
2007 article Irish Arts Review
2007 article FE Magazine Article
2007 article Image Magazine article and photo shoot
2007 article Prudence magazine interview and photo shoot
2006-2007 CD package marketed internationally to galleries and outlets by the Crafts Council of Ireland.
2006 article Stoppress, Crafts Council of Ireland
2006 article Image Magazine
2006 article Irish Tatler Magazine
2006 article Sunday Independent
