"I want my work serve as indictment of the social condition in India in the 21st century."
EXHIBITIONS
2023
16th May - 13th July
Old Chapel Gallery
19th April - 1st May
Prism ‘Wrapped’, The Art Pavilion, Mile End Park Clinton Road, E3 4QY
2022
17th -20th November
Hanging by a Thread: a Portrayal of Poverty (solo exhibition), Knitting and Stitching Show, Harrogate Convention Centre, Kings Road, Harrogate HG1 5LA (
6th - 9th October
Hanging by a Thread: a Portrayal of Poverty (solo exhibition), Knitting and Stitching Show, Alexandra Palace,London N22 7AY
2nd - 30th July
Color Play, Swiss Fiber Art, Galerie Kalina, Am Platzl 1, 94209 Regen, Germany
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15th - 26th June
Transformations, Society of Designer Craftsmen, Bankside Gallery, 48 Hopton St, London SE1 9JH
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28th May - 18th June
eflection, Open Gallery, 18 Rawson St, Halifax HX1 1NH
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6th - 18th April
Prism, Untold, The Art Pavilion, Mile End Park Clinton Road, E3 4QY
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18th March - 23rd April
Janus Revisited, Cupola Gallery, 178, 178A Middlewood Rd, Sheffield S6 1TD
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10th March - 30th April
Doncaster Art Fair (Virtual Exhibition), Doncaster, South Yorkshire
2nd - 23rd January 2022
Women United Art Movement, We Create, (Virtual Exhibition), Czech Republic
BOOKS
Depth / Tiefe - a fiber art project of the Swiss Hand Embroiderers' Guild
TextileArt Around the World by Ellen Baker
Handmade in Britain: contemporary artisan's paperback by Suri Piyush
PRESS ARTICLES
Fiberart International
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Page 61 May 10, 2013
Review of The Women's Art Show 2011
Fairfields Art Centre, Basingstoke: Fairfields' fine show by ladies by Joanna Mace, 10/03/2011 in the Basingstoke Gazette
WEB ARTICLES
http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Mother-Child-Stitch-Stories-exhibition/story-20248430-detail/story.html
Aran Illingworth | Artsbeat – Derbyshire's free arts magazine
artsbeatblog.com/tag/aran-illingworth/
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Aran Illingworth: Embracing Indian heritage
http://www.textileartist.org/embracing-indian-heritage/
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Meet the Artist Interview by Arnold's Attic
"Her characters are challenging but entirely convincing with no hint of sentimentality in their composition. They come out at us, literally, as a tangible presence"
Geoff Robson
AWARDS
THE PEOPLE'S PRIZE
2018
Broadway Festival Open Exhibition, Little Buckland Gallery
BEST IN SHOW PRIZE
2017
Lovely Gallery, Open Exhibition
NOMINATED FOR ARTS & CRAFTS DESIGN AWARD
2014
265 entries from 37 countries
PEOPLE'S PRIZE AT THE THEMED 'H' EXHIBITION
2012
Harley Gallery
UH ALUMNI PRIZE AT THE HERTFORDSHIRE OPEN EXHIBITION
2011
St. Albans
AN EMERGING DESIGNER AT ART, DESIGN & A TASTE OF SUMMER
May 2011
Blenheim Palace