Patricia Dixon LSDC

Patricia's current stained glass practice builds on this experience, layering screen-printed, painted, and cut glass to create works that sit between graphic collage and architectural surface. Drawing on historical reference, pattern, and material memory, her aim is to create new contexts for traditional techniques, allowing light to activate form, texture, and meaning within each piece.

She has built a varied freelance practice working across schools-based arts education, international participatory projects, residencies, and commissions within community, heritage, and commercial settings. Much of her work has taken place within historic environments, where she responds sensitively to place, archive, and narrative while re-imagining source material in a contemporary context.

Site-specific commissions include lead artist roles for the National Trust and the University of Birmingham, as well as residencies such as 'This Is Britain' at Croome Park and Gallery 37 in Chicago. These projects combined textiles, photography, and public participation to create functional and responsive works embedded within their settings.

Selected Commissions:

• National Trust Killerton House Stained Glass Commission and exhibition March - Nov 2026
• Glastonbury Festival 2024-5 3 x Commissioned bench structures
• Glastonbury Festival & Wilderness Festival, Greencrafts Village - Created the Green Rest Stop - Healing garden structure
• National Trust / MADE, Photographic and textile residency and commission as part of “This Is Britain” programme based at Croome Park
• Marley Building Materials / D.R.P. Films, Designed and produced a small collection to promote new range of building materials. Coordinated production and selection of models for fashion Launch at the Landmark Hotel, London
• Cadburys Schweppes, Designed range of silk products for corporate gifts, co-ordinated the print production and manufacturing of silk ties and scarf’s
• Merck Ltd, Produced designs for fabrics using newly developed heat interactive ink transfer process
• Waddeston Manor, Designed a range of kitchen products using clocks from the Rothschild collection
• Royal Shakespeare Company, Design commission to create clothing listing the 1994 productions for the gift shop

Selected Residencies:

• The National Festival of Making, Blackburn 2023 & 2024 Flag making
• Salisbury cathedral, Stained Glass community project with young carers & Elders community group
• National Trust and Birmingham University, Privy to Porcelain Project working with 15-17 year olds
• Gallery 37 Arts under canvas, Birmingham Lead artist on recycling project for summer programme
• Gallery 37, Chicago, U.S.A. International Lead Artist in Chicago, teaching textiles on the award winning summer arts employment programme.

Selected Exhibitions:

• 21st Century Keepsakes, Himley Hall Museum & Art Gallery
• Primary Colours, Custard Factory, Birmingham
• Solo Exhibition, The Drum Arts & Media Centre Birmingham
• Made In the Middle, Craftspace, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
• Calligraphy and Lettering, Crafts Council Exhibition, Birmingham
• The A-Z of printmaking, Ikon Gallery Touring
• Midsummer’s night Dream, Ruthin Gallery, Wales
• “Men Only” Raised Area Features, Brewery Arts
• British by Design, The Design Council, London
• Interior Design & Products 1991, RIBA, London
• Textiles by Degree, The Smith’s Gallery, London
• The Deloitte Award Exhibition, The National Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester

Awards:

• The Deloitte Awards for Textile Design Printed textile winner and overall winner
• The Prince’s Youth Business Trust medal Awarded for best show stand
• Livewire Enterprise Award 1993 Winner