2022
Shifting Tide. Blue Egg Gallery, Wexford, Ireland (Solo)

2021
Tapestry: Changing Concepts. City Art Centre, Edinburgh.
Cordis Award for tapestry. Inverleith House. Royal Botanical Gardens, Edinburgh
Think Plastic: Materials and Making: Taigh Chearsabhagh, North Uist, Scotland
Artapestry6. ETF. Denmark, Sweden, Finland

2021
Think Plastic: Materials and Making: Taigh Chearsabhagh, North Uist, Scotland
Artapestry6. ETF. Denmark, Sweden, Finland

2020
Think Plastic: Materials and Making. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh
Royal Scottish Academy. Annual show. RSA Edinburgh

2019
Kate Derum Award Exhibition. Australian Tapestry Workshop. Melbourne
Premier International Tapestry Exhibition. Canadian Tapestry and Textiles Centre. Oakville. Canada

2018
Collect 18 Saatchi Gallery, London.UK
Artapestry5, Denmark, Finland, Latvia
World tapestry. ATA. Online exhibition

2016
Here & Now, Contemporary Tapestry, Sleaford, Birmingham and Bath. UK

2017
Kate Derum Award VTW. Melbourne Australia

2014
Uncharted Waters. Burgh Halls Gallery, An Lanntair, Stornoway, UK. (solo)

2012
Artapestry3. Denmark, Finland, Sweden, France, Latvia
Where two Tides Meet. An Talla Solais, Ullapool, Rosshire, UK. (solo)

2011
How Calm The Wild Water. An Tobar. Tobermory, Isle of Mull, UK. (solo)
That was then this is now., City Art centre, Edinburgh, UK
Vive le Tapisserie3, French Institute, Edinburgh, UK
Sofia International Paper Art Biennial, Sofia, Bulgaria
STAR Galerie La Tour Montsales, Aveyron, France
In PerspeXtive, RSA, Edinburgh, UK
Kate Derum Award VTW. Melbourne, Australia
Natural Curiosity, Patriothall, Edinburgh, UK
Reflections, Contemporary Visual Art, City Art Centre, Edinburgh, UK
Craft Scotland – Unite Exhibition. Collins Gallery, Glasgow, UK

2009
Bridges IX, National Community Art Center, Fontá, Slovakia
Centuries and Moments, Vilnius, Lithuania

2008
North Sea Project, Sand, Karmoy, Stavanger, Norway
Jewbiwwod Art Gallery, South Korea
This is Now, STAR* Edinburgh Festival, Patriothall Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
STAR* TAISBEANAIDHEAN at An Lanntair Stornoway, Isle Lewis, UK
7th Biennial of Tapestry. Florida, and Kentucky, USA
Different perspectives. BSW Gallery Exeter, UK

2007
5th Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Korea
12th International Textile Triennial, Lodz, Poland
5th International Biennial Mini textiles, Vilnius, Lithuania

2006
Sense of Identity, Museum of Arts and Craft, Itami, Japan
European Tapestry, Huset I Asnaes, Asnaes, Denmark
Tapestry Today, British Tapestry Group. Hebden Bridge, UK

2005
4th International Mini Textile Biennial. Vilnius, Lithuania

2004
Millennium J, 4 textile artists, Gallery Aoyama, Tokyo Japan
Natural Elements, Scotland House, Brussels
An Leabhar Mor, Great Book of the Gaelic, UK USA, Canada, Ireland
Making Waves. Textiles and Ceramics. The Flow Gallery, London, UK

2003
Tapestry. Bankfield Museum, Halifax, UK

2002
Splash. The Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford, UK
Back to the Beach”. Rufford Craft Centre, UK

2001
A Legacy in Weaving, Theo Moorman. University of Leeds, UK

2000
The Firth Gallery, Edinburgh. UK. (solo)
The Changing Sea. An Tuireann, Isle of Skye. UK
abc…goes public. Edinburgh College of Art & Bridgeview, Aberdeen. UK

Commissions

Sea Pillars – Private commission
Weave project – Broughton High School
Who Hath Desired the Sea – McGraw – Hill Co Ltd, London
We Aspire to Win – Scottish Institute of Sport, Stirling
Oor Location – Health Care Arts, Monklands & Bellshill Hospital
Great Waters – Peterhead Community Hospital, Peterhead
Transis Ample Tai – British Health Care Arts, Perth Royal Infirmary
The Great Outdoors – TSB, Glasgow.
Boroughloch – Mr T Henny OBE, Architects, Edinburgh
Sea Spirits – A & F Stevens, Architects, Edinburgh

Work in Public Collections

Sea Life – Napair University, Edinburgh
Distant Storm – Edinburgh University, Dept. of Neurology
Miniature Works – The Bonhom Hotel, Edinburgh
Miniature Works – The Museum of Applied Arts, Vilnius, Lithuania
Red Water – Masons, London.
Fastnet 79 – Edinburgh District Council, City Arts Centre Edinburgh

Private Collections

Uncharted Waters – Private collector, Edinburgh, Scotland
Where Two Tides Meet – Edinburgh, Scotland
Harbour Pillars – Edinburgh, Scotland
Morning Passage – Edinburgh, Scotland
Sea papers – Stavanger, Norway
Harbour – Cork, Ireland
Blue Water – Kyoto, Japan
The Sea Has Many Voices – New York, USA
Fishing Nets – Edinburgh, Scotland

Arts Organizations

STAR* Scottish Tapestry Artists Regrouped
Index of Makers, Crafts Council and Craft Scotland
Professional member of Society of Scottish Artists
Founder member of European Tapestry Forum

Awards

Incorporation of weavers
Creative Scotland
Hope Scott Trust
Sasakawa Foundation
Dawia Foundation
Edinburgh Visual Arts and Crafts Awards Scheme
Theo Moorman Award
Crafts Council
Arts Council of England
Scottish Arts Council
Hartlebury Foundation
Edinburgh Exhibition

Publications

2011
Tapestry Weaving, Design and Techniques, Joann Soroka, Crowood
Tapestry. A woven naritive Black dog publishing

2007
Telos Books, Textiles of the World. GB 3

2002
University of Edinburgh Journal, XL3 June 2002
An Leabhar Mor, The Great Book of the Gaelic, Canongate Books

1995
FibreArts Design Book 5 – A Batchelder & N Orban
Crafts Magazine – May/June Issue – “The Waves”

1999
Crafts Magazine Sept/Oct Short Forum.

1993
Health Care Arts – “Art in Hospitals”

Lectures

2022
Materials and Making, Cork Textile network (online)
Sea journey: edge of the ocean. City Art Centre. Edinburgh(online)

2020
Artist networking- Edinburgh University. Short courses

2008
Reinventing Textiles, Cork Textile Network. Cork, Ireland
Artist Talk, Friends of the RSA

2000
“abc…goes public”. Exhibiting Fine Art Textiles
Back to Basics, European Tapestry Forum, Denmark

1996
The Edinburgh Sessions – Tapestry Seminar

1994
Images & Words – Lecture – Poetry & the Visual Arts

1992
Art in Hospitals – Lecture – artist working to commission, Healthcare Arts