The Grove, Meldreth, Cambs. SG8 6NN
Tel. 01763 261362 E-mail:
Websites: www.vanessen.co.uk
www.borneo.co.uk/arts/l_vanessen
Education
1992-7 B.A. Hons Art and Design, University of Hertfordshire
1991-2 City and Guilds Certificate, Creative Embroidery, North Herts College
1970-1 Postgraduate Certificate of Education, Warwick University
1969 Pitman's Graduate Secretarial Course
1966 -9 M.A. Oxford University, History (special subject Italian Renaissance)
Professional Experience
Hamilton Kerr Institute Volunteer (Cambridge University's Department for the Conservation
of Easel Paintings) 1991-3
Craft/Textiles - designed, made and sold from 1973 (This included painted and stitched textiles,
books, calligraphy and illustration)
Citizens' Advice Bureau Advisor, Royston and Cambridge C.A.B.s, 1980-5 & 1988
Teaching - Various posts from 1971-2004
Secretarial - Various posts from 1970-1993
Solo Exhibitions include
Barbican Centre, London 2006, 2004
Boxfield Gallery, Stevenage 2007, 2003, 2000
Old Fire Engine House Gallery, Ely 2006, 2003, 2000
Norfold and Norwich Hospital 2006
Blackfriars Arts Centre, Boston 2002
Exchange Gallery, Saffron Walden 2001, 1999
Alfred East Gallery, Kettering 2003, 2001, 1999
Bromham Mill, Beds. 2001, 1999
Dome Gallery, Braintree 2000
Hitchin Art Gallery 1999
Letchworth Art Gallery 1998
Cambridge Open Studios, Meldreth 1997 - 2006
Group Exhibitions include
Haddenham Gallery, Cambs. 2001-2007
Buckenahm Gallery, Southwold 2004
Crafts in the Bay, Cardiff 2003
North House Gallery, Manningtree 2002
Primavera, Cambridge 2001
Babylon Gallery, Ely 2000 - 2003
The Beetroot Tree Gallery, Derbyshire 2000
Oriel Myrddin, Carmarthen 2000
Wexford Arts Centre 1999 - 2003
Daintree, Dublin 1999
Conservatory Gallery, Cambridge 1999 - 2003
South Tipperary Arts Centre, Clonmel 1999
Sevenoaks Library, Kent 1999, 2002
Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries 1999
Lynne Strover Gallery, Cambridge 1998
The Heffer Gallery, Cambridge 1997 - 1999
Tabernacle Gallery, London 1996
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