2007 RUGS & EMBROIDERIES BY JOCELYN SECCOMBE Hang Ups Gallery, Palmerston North, NZ
Group
2009 SMALL WORKS Brunswick St Gallery, Melbourne 2006 THE WORLD IS YOUR OYSTER Open Exhibition, ANZEG Conference, Gore, Creative Fibre Festival,Taradale NZ
2005 SOLSTICE Pataka, Porirua NZ
THREADS OF IMAGINATION Taranaki, Wanganui, Manawatu Regional Exhibition, ANZEG 2004 Guest Exhibitor with Manawatu Spinners and Weavers Guild Inc
YARDAGE Textiles in art, fashion and interiors, Combined Textiles of New Zealand
2000 CREATIVE FIBRE Christchurch
TWO PLUS TWO Taylor Jensen Fine Arts, Palmerston North
1999 AMAZING THREADS Palmerston North
1996-1997 US AND US, TEXTILE ART FROM NEW ZEALAND& AMERICA Touring Exhibition
1995 THREADED TOGETHER with Laura Hudson Manawatu Art Gallery
CRAFT IN THE 90S New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington
1993 THE ROMANCE OF EMBROIDERY Touring Exhibition
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITONS
2004 ART EMBROIDERY - A wide focus on new territories, London and Europe
2000 THE BEST OF NEW ZEALAND CRAFT New Zealand Embassy, Washington DC
THE BEST OF NEW ZEALAND CRAFT Austrailan Exhibition Center, Chicago
PRESS
2006 Review in THREADS, magazine of the Assn. of NZ Embroiderers’ Guilds Inc., no.52, p.18
Packer, Ann, STITCH: CONTEMPORARY NEW ZEALAND TEXTILE ARTISTS Random House, Auckland October
Wills, Felicity, article in THREADS magazine October
2004 Harvey, Helen, front page article MANAWATU STANDARD 27 July
Atkinson, Colleen, All Stitched Up, in ‘Pride in Manawatu’, a MANAWATU STANDARD supplement, September, cover and p.3
1997 TEXTILE FIRBRE FORUM no.49, p.39, review of U.S. and Us: Textile Art from New Zealand and America
1995 Bayly, Janet, review in MANAWATU STANDARD, 21 April
1993 Packer, Ann, review in CRAFT NEW ZEALAND no.44, winter
ART FACE magazine of the Central Regional Arts Council, work featured on the cover
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2005 2ND PRIZE, THE WORLD IS YOUR OYSTER Open Exhibition, ANZEG Conference 2005 SUPREME WINNER & CONTEMPORARY SECTION WINNER Threads of Imagination,Taranaki, Wanganui, Manawatu Regional Exhibition
2004 FIRST PLACE & MACHINE EMBROIDERY AWARD Textile Techniques Association Of New Zealand Embroiderers’ Guilds Inc Conference Open Exhibition 1999 NZ WOOL GROUP AWARD FOR BEST EXHIBIT USING WOOL National Woolcraft Festival, Palmerston North
1994 NEW CRAFT ARTISTS' AWARD QEII Arts Council of New Zealand
1993 JANOME AWARD FOR INNOVATIVEWORK Biennial NationalEmbroidery Exhibition
1983 MANAWATU ARTS COUNCIL GRANT to attend International Flute Summer School in UK
EMPLOYMENT 2009 – 2010 PRIVATE MUSIC & ART TEACHING, & ART PRACTICE
2007 – 2008 PRIVATE MUSIC & ART TEACHING COMMISSIONED RUGMAKING QUEEN ELIZABETH COLLEGE Water Colour
2003 – 2006 QUEEN ELIZABETH COLLEGE, The Art of Mixing Colour, Drawing I, II, & III, Acrylic and Watercolour, Feltmaking
1994 – 2003 QUEEN ELIZABETH COLLEGE, INTERNATIONAL PACIFIC COLLEGE, MASSEY UNIVERSITY ENGLISH LANGUAGE CENTRE & RECREATION CENTRE spinning, felt-making, screen printing, drawing and painting
1990 – 2006 PRIVATE & ITINERANT MUSIC TEACHING flute, recorder, theory
1996 -1999 AWATAPU COLLEGE screen-printing, marbling, tie-dyeing
1993 -1994 PALMERSTON NORTH COLLEGE OF EDUCATION part-time Visiting Lecturer in Fibre Arts
1993 MANAWATU POLYTECHNIC DESIGN CENTRE temporary lecturer in drawing, life-drawing, colour, and design
1990 WELLINGTON POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL OF DESIGN spinning, felt-making
1975-1987 PRIVATE & ITINERANT SCHOOL MUSIC TEACHING flute, recorder, theory