Exhibitions

Selected Exhibitions

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Solo Exhibitions

7th February – 11th March 2022
PhD Exhibition A Sorrowful Healing – School of Art Gallery, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion

15th September – 11th November 2018
Installation Conflict and Redemption – Willow Gallery, Oswestry, Shropshire
Shown in Exhibition War and Conflict, Poetry and Peace as part of the Wilfred Owen Festival, Oswestry

10th September – 22nd October 2017
Conflict – Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, Powys

15th February – 18th March 2016
Invitation to Hope – St Mary’s Chapel, Newman University, Birmingham, West Midlands

10th January – 22nd February 2015
A Sense of Longing : Hiraeth – MOMA Machynlleth, Powys

August 2014
Guest Artist – ArtWorks, Aberdyfi, Gwynedd

April – June 2014
Solo Exhibition – Oriel Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor, Gwynedd

12th – 24th March 2014
Fragile Dramas – The Cloisters Gallery, St Davids Cathedral, St Davids, Pembrokeshire

14th July – 11th August 2013
French Exchange – Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, Powys

5th – 10th April 2012
Details from The Invitation – Church of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows, Dolgellau, Gwynedd

20th March – 2nd April 2012
The Invitation – The Cloisters Gallery, St Davids Cathedral, St Davids, Pembrokeshire

15th October – 13th November 2011
NCompass: Encounters with the Soul – CARAD, Museum and Art Gallery, Rhayader, Powys

Group Exhibitions

7th December 2023 – 17th March 2024
Arpilleras Poeticas, curator Roberta Bacic, Museum of Fine Art, Santiago, Chile

20th April – 1st May 2023
Warped, Prism Textile Art, the Art Pavilion, Mile End Park, London

29th May – 4th September 2021
Women’s Art in Wales – A Personal View, curator Jill Piercy in MOMA Machynlleth, Powys

21st June – 5th September 2021
Oriel Lockdown, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Ceredigion

12th May – 31st July 2020
In Search of (im)Possibilities, A Virtual Festival of Textile Art, Prism Textile Arts

13th June – 27th June 2020
Conflict, Famine and Displacement, Then and Now, online Exhibition Newcastle University and Conflict Textiles

21st April – 16th May 2020
Arpillera Doll Virtual Exhibition, Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre, Limavady, Co. Londonderry

Friday 15th November – Sunday 22nd December 2019
A4 d’able Art Christmas Exhibition, Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, Powys

Tuesday 8th – Saturday 19th October 2019
Fragility – Prism Textile Art, RBSA Gallery, Birmingham

Friday 14th – Friday 27th September 2019
International Prints and Poetry – School of Art Gallery, Aberystwyth University – three poems inspired by prints in this exhibition

28th May – 9th June 2019
Fragility – Prism Textile Art, Hoxton Arches, London

24th March – 5th May 2019
Inspired – Poem Nocturnal Whispers in Exhibition of Poetry and Prints, Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, Powys

23rd September – 11th November 2018
The Bright Field, 10th Anniversary Celebratory Exhibition – Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, Powys

5th September – 29th November 2018
War-Torn Children – Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre, Limavady, Northern Ireland

19th July – 30th August 2018
On the Edge – Disability Arts Cymru Annual Exhibition, Celf O Gwmpas, Llandindrod Wells, Powys

20th April 2018
Year of the Sea – Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
One day event 10.00 a.m. – 4.00 p.m. with artwork, stories, poetry and film

26th March – 4th May 2018
In a New Light: Celebrating the Precious – School of Art Gallery, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion

3rd March – 7th April 2018
Painting with Words – Willow Gallery, Oswestry, Shropshire

8th February – 24th March 2018
War-Torn Children – Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny, Donegal

15th – 29th October 2017
Another View – Prism Textile Art, Hoxton Arches, London

13th October – 22nd November 2017
Stronger Together – DAC Annual Exhibition, Penarth Pier Pavilion, Vale of Glamorgan

12th August – 16th September 2017
Open Exhibition Part 2, Willow Gallery, Oswestry

23rd July – 3rd September 2017
Open Exhibition: Borders – Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, Powys

25th March – 13th May 2017
Stitched Voices – Gallery 1, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth University, Wales

29th April – 13th May 2017
Another View – Prism Textile Art, RBSA Birmingham

1st – 28th March 2017
Breaking New Ground: Exhibition of International Prints – Thoreau Art Gallery, Franklin Pierce University, New Hampshire, USA

1st March – 15th April 2017
War-Torn Children – Linen Hall Library, Belfast, Northern Ireland

28th February – 28th June
Stronger Together – DAC Annual Exhibition, Oriel Ynys Môn Gallery, Llangefni, Anglesey, Wales

13th January 2017 – 3rd February 2017
Breaking New Ground : Exhibition of International Prints – Swansea Print Workshop, Swansea, Glamorgan

10th October – 18th November 2016
Breaking New Ground : Exhibition of International Prints – School of Art Gallery, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion

7th October – 26th November 2016
Stitched Legacies of Conflicts – Roe Valley Arts and Heritage Centre, Limavady, Co Londonderry, N.Ireland

20th – 21st August 2016
Détissages : Zéro Euro – An exhibition of contemporary textile art for the Festival of Linen, St Thélo, Brittany, France
Touring to the studio of Anne Guibert-Lassalle, Ploumanac’h, Brittany from 5th – 29th September 2016

6th – 26th January 2016
Disability Arts Cymru Annual Exhibition : Austerity/Extravagance – Norwegian Church, Cardiff

6th – 24th December 2015
Disability Arts Cymru Annual Exhibition : Austerity/Extravagance – Plas Glyn-y-Weddw, Pwllheli, Gwynedd

3rd – 22nd December 2015
Open Exhibition : Inspired by Wales – Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, Powys

1st December 2015 – 30th January 2016
Exhibition 2 – Main Gallery, Blossoms Gallery: Oriel Flodau, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion

31st October – 5th December 2015
Sustainable Seas? – Eco Gallery, Blossoms Gallery: Oriel Flodau, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion

20th – 31st May 2015
Prism: Lines of Communication – Hoxton Arches Gallery, London

7th March – 11th April 2015
Painting with Words – Willow Gallery, Oswestry, Shropshire

July/August 2014
Summer Open Exhibition – Oriel Nwy/Gas Gallery, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion

22nd April – 24th May 2014
Spring Open – Willow Gallery, Oswestry, Shropshire

20th December 2013 – 22nd January 2014
Open Exhibition – Oriel Nwy/Gas Gallery, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion

4th – 26th May 2014
Best of Powys Exhibition – Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, Powys

3rd – 26th May 2014
CRYD at Minerva – Minerva Arts Centre, Llanidloes, Powys

3rd December 2013 – 4th January 2014
Disability Arts Cymru : DAC@30 – Norwegian Church, Cardiff, touring in January and February 2014 to Beaufort Gallery, Llandrindod Wells, Powys and Riverfront Theatre and Arts Centre, Newport, Gwent

26th October – 30th November 2013
Affordable Art – Willow Gallery, Oswestry, Shropshire

7th September – 19th October 2013
Natural Selection – Willow Gallery, Oswestry, Shropshire

18th August – 20th October 2013
Food for Thought – Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, Powys

20th – 27th July 2013
English Choral Experience : Arts and Music Festival – Dore Abbey, Abbey Dore, Herefordshire

25th May – 29th September 2013
ArtWorks : Summer Exhibition – ArtWorks, Aberdyfi, Gwynedd

July – August 2013
Open Competition The Garden-Yr Ardd, MOMA, Machynlleth

28th May – 1st June 2013
Prism : Liminal: crossing the threshold – The Mall Galleries, London

7th – 22nd December 2012
Engedi: ADVENTurous – The Old Imperial Hotel, Colwyn Bay, Clwyd

30th September – 28th October 2012
MWAC Open Exhibition – Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, Powys

29th September 2012 – 6th January 2013
Prism – Textile Inspired Art Whitstable Museum and Art Gallery, Whitstable, Kent

29th May – 2nd June 2012
Prism : Hidden Places, Hidden Spaces – The Mall Galleries, London

25th March – 20th May 2012
A Closer Look – Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, Powys

1st – 29th October 2011
A Fresh Start: Celebrating Powys Arts Month – Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, Powys

August 2011
Endangered Landscape – Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, Powys

24th – 28th May 2011
Prism : Up Close:: in Detail – The Mall Galleries, London

21st May – 2nd June 2011
MA Exhibition – School of Art Gallery, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion

2011
CRYD : Nine Artisans – MOMA Wales, Machynlleth, Powys

2010
The Aberrations Group : Internal Traces – Gloucestershire Art &Craft Centre, Gloucester, Gloucestershire

2009
Ffiniau : Boundaries – Cywain Centre, Bala, Gwynedd
Exhibition to coincide with the 2009 National Eisteddfod

2009
Tabernacle Art Competition : Any line or lines from Edward FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam – MOMA Machynlleth, Powys

2009
Prism – The Mall Galleries, London

2008
CRYD : Art Between the Waters – Oriel Llwyngwril Gallery, Llwyngwril, Gwynedd

2007/8
Alumni Exhibition – School of Art Gallery, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Cerredigion

2007
Prism at the Fashion, Embroidery and Stitch Show – The Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate, Yorkshire

2007
Tabernacle Art Competition : In a Country Churchyard – MOMA Wales, Machynlleth, Powys

2007
Prism – The Mall Galleries, London

2006
Prism – The Mall Galleries, London

2005
Rugby Open – Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, Rugby, Warwickshire

2005
Opus School of Textile Arts – Knitting and Stitching Show, Alexandra Palace, London and
Harrogate International Centre, Harrogate, Yorkshire

2005
Opus School of Textile Arts : Pathways – The Mall Galleries, London

2005
Magic Quilt Expo Lyon, France

2005
Leamington and District Embroiderers’ Guild : 40 Years, A Retrospective – Warwickshire Museum, Warwick, Warwickshire

2005
Prism – The Mall Galleries, London

2004
Prism – The Mall Galleries, London

2003
Rugby Open – Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, Rugby, Warwickshire

2003
Embroiderers’ Guild : Expressions in Stitch – Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry, Warwickshire

2002
Opus School of Textile Arts : Pathways – Museum of London, London

2000
Embroiderers’ Guild : Riches of Stitches – Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry, Warwickshire

Awards

2015/16
Runner-Up, People’s Choice Award with piece ‘Silent Polyphonies’ in Disability Arts Cymru Exhibition ‘Austerity/Extravagance’ 2015/16

July 2015
Inaugural Poetry Competition – Highly Commended for poem ‘Stabat Mater’
Disability Arts Cymru

2014
Open Exhibition, Gas Gallery, Aberystwyth, 9th May – 20th June, in Top Three of People’s Choice Awards with piece ‘Sleep Softly because You Live in my Dreams’

2014
Arts Council of Wales Award of Funding for development and recording of music Come, Stay

2013
Tabernacle Open Competition ‘The Garden – Yr Ardd’, 13th July – 31st August, Highly Commended for piece ‘In the Garden, Secretly’ MOMA Wales, The Tabernacle, Machynlleth, Powys

2007
Riches of Stitches – Embroiderers’ Guild Commended Award for piece ‘Rain on the Water’. Bilston Craft Gallery, Wolverhampton, touring to Bankfield Museum, Halifax

2007
CRYD Art Between the Waters
Highly Commended for piece ‘Rain on the Paps of Jura’ – Gwynedd Arts Month at locations in West Wales

2000
Riches of Stitches – Embroiderers’ Guild Commended Award for hanging ‘Of Angels and Mermaids’, Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry

Reviews

Michael Tomlinson New Welsh Review Issue 113
Extract from blog on ‘Stitched Voices’ Exhibition Aberystwyth Arts Centre 2017

‘Continuum by Eileen Harrisson, from 2014, is a complex and beautifully conceived stitched collage of images from the Troubles in Ireland. There are small shards of glass sewn into the design, a disturbing reminder of the victims killed during the violent history this work remembers. It is a gorgeous work, one that is almost too tasteful for the subject matter.’

Détissages: ‘Zéro Euro’. L’Exposition Prolongée 2016
Le Télégramme, Bretagne

Une Artiste Atypique
Le Courrier Indépendant, Loudéac, Brittany 2016