Curriculum Vitae nikkiparmenterartworks61@gmail.com 07904 455058
Art Education
1979 - 80 Art Foundation Course Tameside College of Technology
Ashton Under Lyne
1980 - 83 Degree in Fine Art (Painting,) First Class Honours,
Manchester Polytechnic
1983 - 84 MA in Fine Art Manchester Polytechnic
1985 - 86 Art Teachers Certificate Goldsmiths College London
Employment
1986 – 2016 Art Teacher and Head of Art at Poynton High School
Solo / Group Exhibitions
2026 Quiltfest North 2026 Astley Hall Coach House Gallery
2025 Grosvenor Museum and Art Gallery
2024 Chester Cathedral
2024 Silk Museum Macclesfield
2023 Landscape! Cannon Hall Barnsley
2023 Grosvenor Shows
2022 Grosvenor Shows
2022 Floralia, Gawthorpe Hall
2022 Chester Cathedral
2021 Stitchworks, Astley Cheetham Art Gallery, Stalybridge
2019 Festival of Quilts
2019 Everything has its Own Time, Williamson Art Gallery Birkenhead
2019 Chester Cathedral
2018 Prism Textiles Exhibition Hoxton
2017 Prism Textiles Exhibition Hoxton
2017 Inspired by India, Silk Museum, Macclesfield
2016 Textile Gallery Event City Manchester
2016 Chester Cathedral
2009 Nikki Parmenter, Lancaster Museum and Art Gallery
2008 The Same Sky, Salford Museum and Art Gallery
2007 The Same Sky, Touring around North Wales
2005 Creation Myths and Mandalas, 20:21 Gallery, Scunthorpe
2004 Mandala Raga, Drumcroon Art Gallery, Wigan (with the Singh Twins)
2003 Creation Myths and Mandalas, Stockport Art Gallery
2002 Recent Work, Ashton Art Gallery
2002 Secret Garden, Octogon Theatre, Bolton
2001 Secret Garden, Stairs Turnpike Gallery
2001 Secret Garden, Buxton Art Gallery
2001 Secret Garden, Rotheram Art Gallery
2001 Secret Garden, Wyvern Theatre, Swindon
2001 Secret Garden, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
2000 Secret Garden, Newcastle Art Gallery
1999 Secret Garden, Bury Art Gallery
1999 Secret Garden, Huddersfield Art Gallery
1998 Tree of Life, Warrington Art Gallery
1998 Tree of Life, Astley Cheetham Art Gallery
1997 Recent Paintings, Stockport Art Gallery
Work featured in Exhibitions
Stockport Art Gallery
Salford Art Gallery
Shrewsbury Art Gallery
Grosvenor Museum Chester
Potteries Museum and Art Gallery
Haworth Art Gallery
Bagshaw Museum
Drumcroon Art Gallery Wigan
Platform Gallery Clitheroe
Ferens Art Gallery Hull
My work has also been displayed in Hungary, Germany and France
Prizes
Overall Winner Embroiderers’ Guild Members’ Challenge 2023 and 2026
People's Choice Award at The Potteries Museum and Grosvenor Museum
Prize winner in The Kodak Competition
Ferens Open Exhibition Hull
Publications
I have had articles published in books, magazines and on the internet.
These include Embroidery Magazine, Stitch Magazine (6 projects)
Faith Initiative Magazine, Be Creative with Workbox Magazine,
Textile Fiber Forum Magazine, Kim Thittichai’s book Experimental Textiles,
Contact Magazine, WOW Book 6, WOW Book 7
Other Information
Chair of Textile Connections, formerly Glossop Embroiderers’ Guild
Member of North West based Textile 21
Sponsored by Janome
Provide Masterclasses for Janome
Provide workshops and 1:1 mentoring for Textile Skills Academy
On the books of two after dinner speaking agencies
Interviewed by Stitchery Stories
Interviewed by School of Stitched Textiles
Work in Private Collections
Lecture for SAQA 2024
Online Project, Article and Interactive Online Events for TextileArtists.Org
I undertake commissions and have work in private collections