Diane Bates MSDC

Stitched & Constructed Textiles

About Diane
Diane is well known as the textile artist who created the on-going Painted Lady Collection which comprises approximately 30 garments and numerous drawing studies. The work can be sen as a form of hybrid art anchored in aspects of embroidery, fashion, sculpture, costume and fairy tales. Diane has recently moved to a bigger house where she hopes to display her collection for open studios and visiting groups.
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Diane's work is held in both private and public collections including The Rachel B. Kay Shuttleworth Collection, The Embroiders' Guild, The National Association of Teachers in Further & Higher Education, and Bradford and Ilkley Community College. Her work has featured in numerous publications and she has lectured and offered workshops to a wide variety of groups including The Embroiders' Guild

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1946 Born S. Yorkshire 18 April
1962-65 Barnsley School of Art
1965-69 Goldsmiths' College School of Art BA Fine Art/Textiles
1969 Liverpool College ATD1969-70 Part-time lecturer Bradford College
1970-80 Member of '62 Group
1970 Full-time lecturer Bradford College
1971 Part-time lecturer Bretton Hall
1972-89 Barry Summer School
1978 Part-time lecturer Bramley Grange Leeds
1979 Part-time lecturer Woolley Hall Wakefield
1983 Part-time lecturer Goldsmiths' College School of Art
1987-88 Univeristy of Central England, Birmingham PG.DIP Industrial Design
Solo Exhibition 'Find the Painted Lady', Solihull Library, Birmingham
Fellow Royal Society of Arts
1998-91 University of Central England, Birmingham, MA, Industrial Design
1997-98 Numerous joint projects include 'Fabric of the North, 'East Meets West/Drape & Shape", 'Speaking Out', 'Fibre & Fashion into the Millennium'
1998 Solo exhibition 'Flights of Fancy', East Riddlestone Hall, Yorks.
'Machine Magic of the Painted Lady', World of Embroidery, November Issue.
Work Box, August/September Issue.
1999 Contributor to F.E.NOW summer issue.
Invitation to Madeira Threads show Harrogate
Dress for Marie Curie Charity Fashion Extravaganza
2000 Solo Exhibition, Dean Clough, Halifax
Invitation Madeira Threads Show, Harrogate
Contributor to Conversations with Constance, published by Jan Beaney and Jean Littlejohn
Guest designer at Halifax Courier Fashion Show, Victoria Theatre, Halifax
2001 Work featured on Twisted Thread website www.twistedthread.com
Live Lunch show Yorkshire Television
Guest speaker at Goldsmiths' College School of Art - Celebration of Constance Howard's Life
Guest designer at Wakefield Express Fashion Show, Painthorpe Country Club, Wakefield
2001-03 Invitation to exhibit at Knitting & Stitching Shows
2002 Solo exhibition, Cannon Hall, Cawthrone, S. Yorkshire
Exhibition stand ICHI, Harrogate
Hallmark Cards project
2003 Opus School of Textiles Arts Summer School
2004 Profile Workbox June/July issue
2005 Solo Exhibition, Voirrey, Merseyside
Joint exhibition with 'Waves' 50 years of textiles at Goldsmiths
'She's Eclectic - Why Diane Bates is still turning heads', Embroidery Magazine
Exhibited at the Mall Galleries London and the Millennium Dome
Member of the Society of Designer Craftsmen
Featured in Inspired to Stitch, 21 Textile Artists, by Diana Springall, A&C Black, London
Jersey Showcase, Art in the Frame
2006 Solo exhibition, 'The Mistress of Stitch', The Cooper Art Gallery, Barnsley, South Yorkshire
2007 Art and Androgyny, Fashion Show
Jersey Showcase
Joint Exhibition, 'Seams of Gold' The Open College of the Arts, Barnsley
One of the 175 Hero's: Pioneers in Education
2008 Teaching Tour, Australia
Retrospective exhibition: The Knitting and Stitching Show, London, Dublin and Harrogate
2010 Solo exhibition 'Bare Stitch
Jersey Showcase
Solo exhibition, Barnsley College and Darton College
2011 Invited to exhibit with the touring exhibition: The Little Black Dress
Gallery: The Civic, Barnsley and on to Tuille House Museum, Carlise
2016 Published in Experimental Corsets, by Val Holmes, Batsford, London
Continual mentor for the private textile group, Diverse Threads, York
Continual exhibitor at the Knitting and Stitching Show, London and Harrogate
2017 Moved to larger house to display her Painted Lady Collection
2018 Future publication, June Edition
Maggie Grey's, Wow Book
Invited to teach life drawing, Jersey Arts Society
Future joint exhibition and celebration at Goldsmith's College London




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