CV

EDUCATION
MA Creative Practice – Leeds Arts University 2019
PGCert Professional and Supervisory Management – University of Leeds, Leeds Business School 2004
BA (Hons) Crafts (Ceramics and Textiles) – Manchester Metropolitan University 1993 

AWARDS

Prized 2023 Award, The Old Parcels Office Artspace 2023
The Fine Art Textile Award – Shortlisted Artist 2022
Freelancers Summer School 1st Prize – Leeds Arts University 2019
The Cordis Trust Tapestry Showcase Prize – Shortlisted Artist 2018

MEMBERSHIP 62 Group of Textile Artists (since 2022), British Tapestry Group Committee Member (since 2018), PRISM Textile Group (2019 – 2024)

CONFERENCES
Jane Walkley. Sunny Bank Mills; a site-specific interaction.  Narratives of community & social interaction encountered through textiles (Peer Reviewed Paper).  Textile and Place Conference – Manchester School of Art – October 2021

EMPLOYMENT
University of Leeds, 1996 – Present

EXHIBITIONS since 2017

2025

  • Material Traces Gallery Artist, Knitting & Stitching Show, London & Harrogate . (Solo – Invited Artist)
  • Textile of The North British Tapestry Group, Farfield Mill, Cumbria. (Selected Group Exhibition)
  • Joy In The Detail (The 62 Group), Crafts Study Centre, Farnham. (Selected Group Exhibition)

2024

  • Making As Learning (The 62 Group), Salts Mill, Saltaire & Knitting & Stitch Show, Harrogate. (Selected Group Exhibition)
  • The Fabric of Industry, The Hub, Sleaford. (Solo – Invited Artist)
  • Tailored (The 62 Group), The Hub, Sleaford. (Selected Group Exhibition)
  • Contemporary Textile Art Exhibition (Textile Curator), Business Design Centre, London. (Invited Artist)

2023

  • Prized 2023, Old Parcels Office Artspace, Scarborough, UK. (Invited Artist)
  • Flight, Preston Park Museum, Stockton-On-Tees, UK. (Selected Group Exhibition)
  • Woven Stories, Sunny Bank Mills, Farsley, UK (Invited Artist)
  • Tailored (The 62 Group), Sunny Bank Mills, Farsley, UK. (Selected Group Exhibition)
  • Warped (Prism Textiles), The Art Pavillion, London, UK (Selected Group Exhibition)
  • Open Artspace 2023, Old Parcels Office Artspace, Scarborough, UK. (Selected Group Exhibition)

2022

  • The Fine Art Textile Award. Birmingham/London/Harrogate (Shortlisted Artist)
  • Leeds Summer Show. Leeds Playhouse, Leeds, UK. (Selected Group Exhibition)
  • Tiny but Mighty. American Tapestry Alliance, Tennessee, USA (Collaborative work with Darlington Weaving Rooms)
  • i gam o gam.Stiwdio Maelor, Corris, Machynlleth, Wales. (Selected Group Exhibition)

2021

  • In Search of Possibilities (Prism Textiles). The Art Pavillion, Mile End, London, UK. (Selected Group Exhibition)
  • Material Matters. Sunny Bank Mills, Farsley, Leeds, UK. (Selected Group Exhibition)

2020

  • Fabric of the North. Kirkleatham Hall, Teesside, UK. (Invited Artist)
  • Chapel Allerton Art Trail. Leeds, UK. (Chapel Allerton Artist Group Show)
  • T is for Textile. Rheged Centre, Penrith, UK. (Invited Artist) *Cancelled due to COVID*
  • Fabric of the North. Cromford Mill, Derbyshire, UK. (Selected Group Exhibition) *Cancelled due to COVID*

2019 

  • PostGraduate Show. Leeds Arts University. (MA Creative Practice Group Exhibition)
  • Wintertide Festival Projected Art Exhibition. Headland, Hartlepool, UK. (Selected Group Exhibition)
  • Solo Exhibition. The Malthouse, York. (Invited Artist)
  • Fragility (Prism Textiles). RBSA, Birmingham. (Selected Group Exhibition)
  • Textile Treasure. Trereife House, Cornwall as part of Breeze Art & Makers Fair. (Invited Artist)
  • Fragility (Prism Textiles). Hoxton Arches, London, UK. (Selected Group Exhibition)

2018 

  • Wintertide Festival Projected Art Exhibition. Headland, Hartlepool, UK. (Selected Group Exhibition)
  • The Cordis Trust Tapestry Showcase Prize. Edinburgh, UK. (Shortlisted Artist)
  • Rhythm of the Weave. Twickenham, London, UK. (Open Group Exhibition)
  • Clocking Off.  Sunny Bank Mill, Farsley, Leeds, UK. (Selected Group Exhibition)
  • Foresti. Canale di Tenno, Trentino, Italy. (Group Residency Exhibition)

2017 

  • Wintertide Festival Projected Art Exhibition. Headland, Hartlepool, UK. (Selected Group Exhibition)
  • Weave// Fragments.  Sunny Bank Mill, Farsley, Leeds, UK. (Selected Group Exhibition)

PRESS
Woven into the fabric of the mills by Ellen Bell – Embroidery Magazine – Volume 74. May/June 2023. P44-4 Prism Textiles – Embroidery Magazine – Volume 74. March/April 2023. P22-23.

i gam o gam – review by Katie Weston – The Journal for Weaves, Spinners and Dyers – Issue 283. Autumn 2022. P48.
Profile of an Artist – Interview by Sally Reckert – British Tapestry Publication – Tapestry Weaver – Issue 29 March 2021. P20.
Spotlight Artist: Jane Walkley – textilecurator.com – May 2021
Striking Display from City’s art Graduates – article by Grace Hammond -Yorkshire Evening Post – November 2019.
Top 5: Pick of the Best Art – University Show – Yorkshire Post – November 2019.
Introducing Jane Walkley – British Tapestry Publication – Tapestry Weaver – Issue 23. March 2018. P7.

PUBLICATIONS
Contributor to Wild Weave by Alice Fox (Batsford Books, 2025)

Contributor to Le fil dans l’art contemporain by Charlotte Vannier (Pyramyd Editions, 2025)

Dr Samantha Broadhead. The Artists’ House: The recontextualized art practices of British postgraduate students in conversation with Italian amateur artists.  Art, Design & Communication in Higher Education Volume 18 Number 1 – 2019

COLLECTIONS
Sunny Bank Mills – December 2021
Private Collections