Jilli Blackwood is a globally celebrated textile artist and designer who brings her unique Slash and Show style to the worlds of art and fashion.

Contact

Phone: +44 (0)141 334 8322

Clients

Museums

Victoria & Albert Museum
London, UK


The National Museum Scotland
Edinburgh, UK


Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum Glasgow, UK


Embroiderers’ Guild,
Hampton Court Palace, London, UK


Aberdeen Art Gallery,
Aberdeen, UK

Public

Firmdale Hotels UK


“Millennium Kilt No.5”
Fairmont Hotel, St Andrews, UK


United States Government,
United States Consulate, Edinburgh, UK


St Andrew’s House,
Scottish Government, Edinburgh, UK


West of Scotland Cancer Centre,
The Beatson Gartnavel, Glasgow, UK


South & East Belfast Healthcare Centre
Belfast, UK


The Homeopathic Hospital,
Glasgow, UK

Corporate

Biocon,
Bangalore, India


The Celtic Opus Book
Kraken Publishing London, UK


Collection of Standard Life Aberdeen plc,
UK


The Peak Group,
Aberdeen, UK


British Telecom Headquarters,
Edinburgh, UK

Publications

Selvedge
‘Slash And Show’ issue 72, 2016


Selvedge
‘The Realities of Being a Designer’ issue 70, 2016


Sunday Herald Life
‘Well Plaid’16th November, 2014


Sunday Herald
‘Unveiled: the woman who will design Scotland’s Commonwealth Games
parade costumes’, 21st July 2013


Glasgow Herald
‘Stylish Living’ Magazine, June 2012


Scotland on Sunday
‘Spectrum’ Magazine’, 27th May 2012


Craft Arts International
‘Threads of Emancipation’ Nov/Dec 2011


Embroidery
‘Weaving the National Identity’ May/June 2011


The Glasgow Herald
‘Scottish Artist at the Saatchi Gallery’, 17th May 2010


The Sunday Times
Ecosse, 14th February 2010


Surface Design
‘The Girl In The Hat’ Summer 07, USA


Elle Decoration
France, April 2007 L’Ecosse Cote’ Ouest


Stern Magazine
July 05 ‘About Glasgow’

Television & Radio

ABC Breakfast Television
Australia


BBC News 24
Commonwealth Games


STV Evening News
Commonwealth Games


BBC 2 ‘Scotland 2014’
Commonwealth Games


The Culture Studio Live
BBC Radio Scotland with Sanjeev Kholi


Flag Handover Ceremony Commonwealth Games
Delhi


STV ‘Made in Scotland’
Design of The Michie Tartan


BBC Radio Scotland
‘The Radio Café’ Mackintosh CAT Exhibition

Private Collections

Work held in the United States of America, United Kingdom, Spain, Japan and Australia

Exhibitions

Royal Scottish Academy 198th Annual Exhibition Edinburgh UK


FOCUS’21 Design Centre Chelsea Harbour with CAA, London UK


Arts & Craft Exhibition at the HIGH Shop in Walton Street London UK


European Handicraft Exhibition National Gallery, Kuwait City, Kuwait


“Colour Theory”
CAA London, UK


“Present and Collect”
CAA London, UK


“New Admissions”
CAA London, UK


“Naked Craft”
touring exhibition, Canada/Scotland


“New Acquisitions’”
National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh Festival Exhibition


The Long Beach Island
Foundation of Arts and Sciences, USA


SOFA
Chicago, USA


“The Force of Memory”,
The Compass Gallery, Glasgow Touring UK


“Men in Skirts”,
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK


The Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, USA


“To Boldly Sew”
Textiles for the C21st, McManus Galleries, Dundee, UK


“Collect”
Saatchi Gallery, London, UK


“Satellites of Fashion”,
Craft Council & The British Council International Tour


“Meet Your Maker”,
National Museum Scotland, Edinburgh, Artist-in-Residence, tour UK


Clare Henry’s Critic’s Choice,
The Cooling Gallery, London, UK


Visual Arts Scotland,
RSA, The Mound, Edinburgh, UK


“The Art”
Benjamin Rhodes Gallery, London, UK


“The Cutting Edge”,
The Best of Scottish Contemporary Craft, National Museums Scotland, UK


“Collect”
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK

Solo Exhibitions

The Caledonian Club,
London, UK


12 HayHill Mayfair,
London, UK


Julies Artisans’ Gallery,
New York, USA


Private Exhibition,
Los Angeles, USA


“The Joy of Living”
Collins Gallery Strathclyde University & UK Tour


The Hub, Castlehill,
Edinburgh, UK


Running Ridge Gallery,
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA


The Gatehouse Gallery,
Glasgow, UK


The Craft Council Shop
at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK


Textile Biennale Stroud
Gloucestershire, UK

Design Projects

Design Outside the Lines,
22 Digital Printed silk panels, USA


Heathrow Airport Tartan Design for promotional celebration of Scotland, UK


Commonwealth Games, Scotland
Design of the Parade Uniforms for The Scottish Team Opening Ceremony of the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Glasgow, UK


The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA),
The Athletes’ Village, 2014 Commonwealth Games, UK


Glasgow Life,
Director of Costume, The Flag Handover Ceremony, Commonwealth Games, Delhi, India


STV Productions, programme
“Made in Scotland”, UK


“Valt”
Vodka, UK