Abigail Booth

EXHIBITIONS 

SOLO SHOWS

2019
Walking The Line, Oriel Myrddin Gallery, Carmarthen

2018
Walking The Line, Ruthin Craft Centre, Ruthin
Outland, Egg, London
Realising Landscape, The Space, CARO, Bruton

2016
Objects of Utility, INKU, London

GROUP SHOWS

2020
Common Thread, New Art Centre, Roche Court, Salisbury
Collect 2020, Somerset House, London

2019
Pairings, Jaggedart, London
Jerwood Makers Open, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester
Re-New, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge
The Art of Gathering, New Craftsman Gallery,St Ives
The Art of Boro, 8 Holland St, London
Jerwood Makers Open 19, Jerwood Space, London
Thread: Contemporary Textiles, Rheged Centre, Cumbria
Scorched, Sarah Myerscough, London
Wood: The Living Material, London Craft Week, London
Collect 2019, Jaggedart, Saatchi Gallery, London

2018
Levelling Traditions, Make | Hauser & Wirth Somerset, Bruton
Jerwood Drawing Prize 17, Drawing Projects UK, Trowbridge
Piecework Collective, Ludlow Studios, New York
Ready Made Go, ACE Hotel, London
Material Wood: Art & Design, Messums Wiltshire, Tisbury
Fine Art Quilt Masters, Festival of Quilts, Birmingham
Jerwood Drawing Prize 17, Vane Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
Showcase, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield
Cabinet of Curiosities II, Jaggedart, London
The Home of Craftsmanship, Alfred Dunhill, Bourdon House, London
Jerwood Drawing Prize 17, Sidney Cooper Gallery, Canterbury
Arbour, Jaggedart, London
Jerwood Drawing Prize 17, The Edge, Bath University, Bath
Collect Open, Saatchi Gallery, London
Assortment X, Jaggedart, London
Maker + Place: Sotheby's Auction, Sotheby's,  New York
Jerwood Drawing Prize 17, East Gallery NUA, Norwich
New Truth to Materials: Wood, Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft, Ditchling

2017
Unearthed (film), Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford
Through the Woods, Jaggedart, London
Spoonful, Flow Gallery, London
Jerwood Drawing Prize 17, Jerwood Space, London
Piecework Collective, 402 West 13th Street, New York
Chromatic Geography, Craft Ontario Gallery, Toronto
London Craft Week, Craft Central Gallery, London
New Quilting, Rheged Centre, Cumbria 
MAKE, Ruthin Craft Centre, Ruthin

2016
Showcase, Craft Central, London
New Designers: One Year On, London
Clerkenwell Design Week, Craft Central, London
Showcase, William Morris Gallery, London

AWARDS

2019
Jerwood Makers Open, Jerwood Arts

2018
London Creative Network, Cockpit Arts

2017
Hothouse, Crafts Council

2016
British Design Award: Craft, Elle Decoration
Best New Body of Work, Craft Central

RESIDENCY

2019
Harp Cottage, Old Radnor

2017
Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford
Cold Press Gallery, Holt

CONFERENCES

2019
In Conversation: The Art of Boro, 8 Holland St, Bath & London
Making Conversation: Forest + Found and Tanya Harrod . Jerwood Arts . London
Textile Artists in Conversation, Ray Stitch, London
Craftsmanship in Wood, London Craft Week, London

2018
Landscape in Practice, Hauser & Wirth Somerset, Bruton
Collect Open Makers in Conversation, Saatchi Gallery, London
Next Generation Craft, Saatchi Gallery, London

2017
Exhibition Tour: Jerwood Drawing Prize, Jerwood Space . London
How We Make Things, Q&A Hole & Corner, London Design Fair, London
The Future of Objects, Q&A Forest + Found, Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford

2016
London’s Underground Artisans, Q&A Selvedge Magazine, V&A, London
London’s Underground Artisans, Q&A Selvedge Magazine, New Designers, London

PUBLICATIONS

2017
The Wild Dyer, Abigail Booth, Kyle Books

2016
The Urban Woodsman, Max Bainbridge, Kyle Books

PRESS / BIBLIOGRAPHY

PRESS

2020
Embroidery Magazine, Cut To The Bone

2019
Jerwood Makers Open Catalogue High Winds
Selvedge Magazine Pieced Together

2018
Elle Decoration Weaves For The Wall
Home Magazine France Woodworkers: The New Artisans
Batsford Books Textile Folk Art
Modern Rustic Artisan Profile
Das Ideale Heim The Woodworkers
The Telegraph Magazine Buy Now ... Keep Forever

2017
The Sunday Telegraph Nature's Palette
Elle Decoration The Collectibles
Berkeley Made Not Manufactured

2016
Embroidery Magazine Letting Nature Take Its Course
Elle Decoration British Design Awards
N by Norwegian Modern Woodsman
EKKB Designer Profile
Selvedge Magazine Binding Knots
Crafts Magazine Talent Spot
Vogue UK Meet The Makers
House & Garden Where The Wild Things Are

2015
Country Living Urban Artisans

WEB PRESS

2019
Toast Magazine An Exhibition at Kettle’s Yard
Toast Magazine RE-NEW: Meet The Artists
ThisIsTomorrow Jerwood Makers Open
Buzz Mag Art Preview: Walking The Line

2018
Vogue What Do You Look Like As A Quilt?
Hole & Corner My Hole & Corner
Hole & Corner Realising Landscape w/ Forest + Found
Hole & Corner Interview
Zetteler Collect Open Q&A

2019
Frances Corner Forest + Found at in-ku
COADG Interview
Elle Decoration Name to Know

2015
Side Story Putting The Art in Craft

INTERVIEWS RADIO

2017 
BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour
BBC Radio London Jo Good

2016
BBC Radio London Jo Good
Woolful Podcast Episode 46

CONFERENCES

2019
Abstract Quilt Making, West Dean College . Sussex
Improvisational Patchwork, Ray Stitch . London
Traditional Hand Quilting, Ray Stitch . London
Traditional Hand Quilting, Yorkshire Sculpture Park . Wakefield

2018
Abstract Quilt Making, Selvedge Magazine x Chateau Dumas . France

2017
Autumn Foraging: Natural Dyes, Botany Shop . London
Texture & Form in Wood, West Dean College . Sussex
Autumn Foraging: Natural Dyes, West Dean College . Sussex
MA Artists’ Teachers Scheme, Oxford Brookes . Pitt Rivers Museum
An Ideal Syllabus, Milton Keynes Arts Centre . MK
Power Plant, Milton Keynes Arts Centre . MK
Experimental Object Making, Pitt Rivers Museum . Oxford
Inside Out Kitchen: Heritage Craft Project, Milton Keynes Art Centre . MK
Experimental Maquette Making, Burberry Maker’s House . London

2016
Spoon Carving, SMUG . London