Collect 2021 with Design-Nation
24 February – 2 March 2021
Michelle will be showing her ‘Plan’ series of textile artworks at this years Collect: the International Art Fair for Contemporary Craft and Design presented by the Crafts Council. This is a happy return to Collect for Michelle, who previously showed her artworks at Collect in 2012 with CAA. Michelle will be part of this exciting Design Nation showcase ‘Exceptional Craft for Exceptional Times’ along with nineteen other specially selected members from the membership.
A Splash of Colour
11th November 2023 – 7th January 2024
Michelle has been invited as a guest exhibitor to show her colourful textile artworks for the annual winter exhibition, with The Makers Guild Wales at Craft in the Bay.
Material Pattern
3rd – 26th October 2024
Michelle will be showing her new abstract and colourful hand-printed linen pieces in this stunning new exhibition, that combines the ceramics from Ant and Di Edmonds of Tydd Pottery, with wall-based works from leading artists and makers working with textiles in the UK.
Craftworks
15th – 17th May 2024
Michelle is delighted to be exhibiting her new framed textile artworks with Design Nation at the Jay Blades Craftworks exhibition this May. Craftworks is a free show hosting the very best of arts, crafts and design from all corners of the craft sector, gathering traditional and contemporary makers in the wonderful setting of Shoreditch Town Hall. As well as discovering one of a kind pieces, there will also be a program of live seminars and workshops as well as panel sessions with experts from the craft sector. This show is perfect for interior designers, collectors and retail or hospitality buyers looking to discover one of a kind pieces, and to commission something new.
Glass and Textiles exhibition at CAA
30th May – 24th June
As part of their 75th anniversary celebrations this year, Contemporary Applied Arts are having a series of curated exhibitions at the gallery in Marylebone, promoting their members' work. This months exhibition is Glass and Textiles, and the gallery is bursting with inspiring work, with a stunning selection of beautiful glass and colourful textiles. On show are some of Michelle's hand-printed textile artworks from her 'Plan' series, and two new bold abstract prints on paper called 'Jostle' and 'Nudge'. The gallery is hosting a late night shopping event on 22nd June until 8pm and a Meet the Maker event on Saturday 24th June, where you can view the work and chat to the makers in the exhibition.
Craft in Evolution
13th May – 18th May 2025
Michelle will be showing a selection of work from her thirty year career. 'Craft in Evolution' – is an exhibition takeover by Contemporary Applied Arts of gallery@oxo, the South Banks' iconic Oxo Tower Wharf. Amongst Michelle' pieces will be – 'At Least We Have Neil Diamond', one of three new works that formed her Collect Open textile installation for Collect Art Fair, at Somerset House earlier this year. Her project for Collect Open 'Celebrating What Remains – What You Stole from Me' was based on her mother and Alzheimer's – from which her mother suffered for 13 years. Contemporary Applied Arts now enter their 77th year, a Marylebone gallery with an international reputation that has exhibited and championed Michelle's work from the beginning of her career as an artist. “Presented by Crafts Council, Collect is the leading international art fair for contemporary craft and design.”
New Ashgate Gallery, 'Winter Exhibition – Celebrating the Season'
16th November 2024 – 11th January 2025
Michelle with be showing four of her hand-printed textile pieces at the New Ashgate Gallery in Farnham. This popular exhibition will feature over 200 artists and makers showing a wide selection of work – including ceramics, jewellery, painting, prints, furniture, glass, sculpture, leather and textiles.
Collect Open at Collect Art Fair 2025
25th February – 2nd March 2025
Michelle is one of ten selected artists creating and showing new work for Collect Open at Collect Art Fair 2025. Celebrating What Remains – (What you Stole from Me), is a textile project by Michelle House for Collect Open about her mother and Alzheimer’s. Her hand-printed and stitched works remember items made by her mother as acts of love for family and home. Remembering all the things her mother made, that she no longer remembered – a legacy of textiles passed on, with colour and its power to uplift and evoke emotion at its core. The work is a celebration of colour and pattern in defiance of the disease and inspired by memories of homemade clothes and her mother’s multi-coloured knitting needle collection, combined with fabric from her hand-made curtains – now used again for Collect Open.