Rachael howard textile artist biography

Research and external activities

Rachael regularly exhibits her work nationally and internationally.

Rachael howard textile artist biography

Her first solo show with the Ruthin Craft Centre was "phenomenally successful" and toured nationally for 2 years attracting 32,500 visitors at its final destination the Geffrye Museum, London. Her graphic, lively sketches of everyday life typify her powers of observation and knack for catching the moment.

She has pioneered a lively mix of embroidery and screen-printing techniques, using image, text and object to tell often autobiographical stories of the everyday.

Rachael’s many public art commissions include a broad range from cushions for benches in Newbury Library, to a wall-hanging for the Museum of Science and Industry in Berlin and most recently the Liverpool Hospital youth cancer care centre.

Prizes and awards

• Jerwood Prize for Applied Arts - shortlisted 1997
• Artworks Award for Art in Education - 2003 and 2004, whilst artist in residence at Lauriston Pri