VELVET DA VINCI SHOWS

Lucy Casson -- New Sculptures from London-Based Lucy Casson

COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE

U.K.

EDUCATION

Camberwell School of Art and Crafts — Textiles, 1978-81

Hereford College of Art, 1977-78

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, 2005

Virginia Brier, San Francisco, 2001

Montbellard, France, 2001

Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London, 2001

Derek Topp Gallery, Matlock, Derbyshire, 2000

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Chess, Chessmen by International Artists, Velvet da Vinci, 2003, traveling through 2004

Eastnor Castle Sculpture Exhibition, Herefordshire, 2001

The Expedition: Views Across the Lake organized by Blickling Hall, Norfolk Contemporary Arts Society Exhibition, London, 2000

Art 2000, Business Design Centre, London, 2000

The Silent Scene, Surrey Institute of Art and Design, 2000

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Ruth Pavey, Commissions, The Co-op Headquarter Rochdale, Crafts, Jan/Feb 1997

Paul Spooner, In The Can, Crafts, May/June 1995

Nicole Swengley, Heavy Metal With A Delicate Touch, Daily Telegraph, May 13, 1995

Esther Page and Claire Worthington, Tiny Tin, Country Living, April 1994

Nicole Swengley, Fish For Compliments, Crafts, September/October 1993

Leslie Geddes-Brown, Gallery Round Up, Daily Telegraph, November 4, 1992

Nicole Swengley, Make Mine A Moving Experience, The Times, March 7, 1992

Tin Men With Green Hearts, The Times, August 28, 1990

GRANTS AND AWARDS

Setting Up Grant, Crafts Council, 1988

Crafts Council Index of Selected Makers, 1988

Member of Contemporary Applied Arts, 1988

Training Grant, Crafts Council (Power Loom Weaving), 1982

COLLECTIONS

Crafts Council, London — Chess set

V&A 20th Century Collection — Hat made for the Hackney Carnival

Crafts Council, London — Tin Tractor

SPECIAL PROJECTS

Television - Sue Aron (producer), The Art BBC2, 1997

COMMISSIONS

The Honser's Tale, Niches, Bristol Children's Hospital, 2001

Way Markers, Ventor, Isle of Wight, commissioned by Island 1000 Isle of Wight, 2000

Fridge, La Ménagerie Mécanique, Marseilles, France, commissioned by Lieux Publics, 2000

Cakes, Crows and Insulators, Enamel panels, Hebburn Metro Station, Newcastle, commissioned by Nexus, 2000