Gizella Warburton

United Kingdom  • 1965

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Warburton creates unique objects — framed, hanging and sculptural artworks and installations, including works on slate and weathered wood grounds, printed and woven elements, and sculptural forms and vessels. She has a BA Hons (First Class), Printed, Woven & Constructed Textiles from Manchester School of Art and a Postgraduate Certificate in Arts Practice with the University of Derby. In addition to making exhibition work, Warburton has been commissioned to deliver numerous creative learning projects in partnership with Galleries and Museums and Heritage organizations. This includes roles as both practicing artist and Creative Agent with government- led initiatives such as Creative Partnerships. She has undertaken the “Artists Professional Development Programme: Developing Arts for Health" at Staffordshire University, which she credits with enriching her insight and understanding of the creative process, and its connections and impacts on human health and wellbeing.

Mark making is an intrinsic part of Gizella K Warburton's practice: shadowed, scratched, stained, scarred, pierced, wrapped and stitched. The materiality of cloth, paper, thread, wood and paint connects her work to an innate human urge to make marks, to decipher the meaning of our physical and emotional landscapes, and the transient nature of the warp and weft of our lives. She describes the slow tactile intimacy of stitching as “a mantra." Warburton has always found ancient and humble textiles and primitive vessel forms particularly compelling; the raw and worn simplicity of the weaving, stitching, binding and repairing bearing the patina of our human histories. She is drawn to materials that suggest a fragile balance; strength and legacy, yet with susceptibility to wear and tear, which she permeates with their own intrinsic tactile qualities.

Selected collection and exhibition venues:
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK (permanent collection); Craft Central, London, UK (solo exhibition); Le Beffroi, Montrouge, Paris (Miniartextil); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Fiberarts International; Wayne Art Center, Pennsylvania (Craftforms); Ateliers Des Arts, Paris, France (Maison & Objet, Craft Hall); Collégiale Saint-Pierre-La-Cour, Le Mans, France (Architextur'Elles); Textile Art Center, New York, New York (Contemporary Craft); National Centre for Craft and Design, Lincolnshire, UK; Northamptonshire Open Studios, Northampton, UK (solo exhibition); Salisbury Art Center, UK; Coventry War Memorial Park, Coventry, UK (Making Moves II, traveling exhibition); One Church Street Gallery, Great Missenden, UK (pinpoint i & ii); Stroud International Textiles, UK (SIT: Select, October) ; New Walk Museum and Art Gallery; Leicester, UK; Creative Design Centre, Hangzhou, China (China Craft Week); Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford, UK (Drawing with Thread); Harrogate International Center, UK (Knitting & Stitching Show, invitational). Invited Artist: Contemporary Craft Research Mission, New York, NY; Fibre Arts Australia. Education: BA Hons (First Class), Printed, Woven & Constructed Textiles, Manchester School of Art; Postgraduate Certificate in Arts Practice, University of Derby.


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Warburton creates unique objects — framed, hanging and sculptural artworks and installations, including works on slate and weathered wood grounds, printed and woven elements, and sculptural forms and vessels. She has a BA Hons (First Class), Printed, Woven & Constructed Textiles from Manchester School of Art and a Postgraduate Certificate in Arts Practice with the University of Derby. In addition to making exhibition work, Warburton has been commissioned to deliver numerous creative learning projects in partnership with Galleries and Museums and Heritage organizations. This includes roles as both practicing artist and Creative Agent with government- led initiatives such as Creative Partnerships. She has undertaken the “Artists Professional Development Programme: Developing Arts for Health" at Staffordshire University, which she credits with enriching her insight and understanding of the creative process, and its connections and impacts on human health and wellbeing.

Mark making is an intrinsic part of Gizella K Warburton's practice: shadowed, scratched, stained, scarred, pierced, wrapped and stitched. The materiality of cloth, paper, thread, wood and paint connects her work to an innate human urge to make marks, to decipher the meaning of our physical and emotional landscapes, and the transient nature of the warp and weft of our lives. She describes the slow tactile intimacy of stitching as “a mantra." Warburton has always found ancient and humble textiles and primitive vessel forms particularly compelling; the raw and worn simplicity of the weaving, stitching, binding and repairing bearing the patina of our human histories. She is drawn to materials that suggest a fragile balance; strength and legacy, yet with susceptibility to wear and tear, which she permeates with their own intrinsic tactile qualities.

Selected collection and exhibition venues:
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK (permanent collection); Craft Central, London, UK (solo exhibition); Le Beffroi, Montrouge, Paris (Miniartextil); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Fiberarts International; Wayne Art Center, Pennsylvania (Craftforms); Ateliers Des Arts, Paris, France (Maison & Objet, Craft Hall); Collégiale Saint-Pierre-La-Cour, Le Mans, France (Architextur'Elles); Textile Art Center, New York, New York (Contemporary Craft); National Centre for Craft and Design, Lincolnshire, UK; Northamptonshire Open Studios, Northampton, UK (solo exhibition); Salisbury Art Center, UK; Coventry War Memorial Park, Coventry, UK (Making Moves II, traveling exhibition); One Church Street Gallery, Great Missenden, UK (pinpoint i & ii); Stroud International Textiles, UK (SIT: Select, October) ; New Walk Museum and Art Gallery; Leicester, UK; Creative Design Centre, Hangzhou, China (China Craft Week); Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford, UK (Drawing with Thread); Harrogate International Center, UK (Knitting & Stitching Show, invitational). Invited Artist: Contemporary Craft Research Mission, New York, NY; Fibre Arts Australia. Education: BA Hons (First Class), Printed, Woven & Constructed Textiles, Manchester School of Art; Postgraduate Certificate in Arts Practice, University of Derby.

When was Gizella Warburton born?

The year of birth of the artist is: 1965