• Georgia Connolly

  • Georgia Connolly

  • Georgia Connolly

  • Georgia Connolly

Georgia Connolly

Textile Artist

Textile Artist

Textile Artist

Georgia is a Textile artist from Dublin (B.A. NCAD Textile Design) who specialises in natural dyeing, creating and upcycling fabric in a way which minimises environmental impact. After spending time focusing on acquiring technical skills and exploring materials, she is now developing a body of fine art and wearable pieces for exhibition exploring these techniques and using entirely natural materials and dyes.

These include traditional craft skills as well as exploring more experimental areas, such as eco-printing. Using a bright, colourful, naturally derived palette, she hopes to instil a sense of joy in the viewer through her sustainably-striving practice.

She wishes to create a thought-provoking and engaging body of work which inspires the audience to make more conscious decisions around their consumption of textiles. Creating pieces which are aesthetically beautiful but which convey the message and value of slow craft is what drives her, as well as celebrating the inevitability of nature and its beauty.

Instagram: www.instagram.com/georgia_makes_shapes


Artist Residency

Icelandic Textiles Centre, Blonduos, Iceland; May 2018


Internships

Liberty Art Fabrics, London, 2014 - Print Design Intern - Photoshop, Illustrator and AVA

programmes at leading design team.

Damaris/Mimi Holliday, London, 2012 - Design/PR Intern

Textiles & Creative CDETB (starting Sep 2022) - Teaching a mixture of classes, including

Arts & Crafts, Upcycling, Darning & Mending as well as yoga, to adult learners.


Exhibitions

FLUX Members’ Exhibiton, The ‘Bank’, Digital Hub Dublin, May 2023

Culture Night, Block T 2021

Layers of Time, Icelandic Textiles Centre 2018

Whitney Stitch Black Box, Dublin 2013

NCAD Degree Show NCAD, Dublin 2013

Golden Hair Knit & Stitch Show, RDS, Dublin 2012

Sample, Twisted Pepper 2012

22, Powerscourt Town Centre, Dublin 2011

Piece, Little Green Street Gallery, Dublin 2011


Awards & Grants

Agility Award Awarding Body: Arts Council 2021

Leonardo da Vinci Grant Awarding Body: EU 2014

Erasmus Grant Awarding Body: EU 2012

Georgia is a Textile artist from Dublin (B.A. NCAD Textile Design) who specialises in natural dyeing, creating and upcycling fabric in a way which minimises environmental impact. After spending time focusing on acquiring technical skills and exploring materials, she is now developing a body of fine art and wearable pieces for exhibition exploring these techniques and using entirely natural materials and dyes.

These include traditional craft skills as well as exploring more experimental areas, such as eco-printing. Using a bright, colourful, naturally derived palette, she hopes to instil a sense of joy in the viewer through her sustainably-striving practice.

She wishes to create a thought-provoking and engaging body of work which inspires the audience to make more conscious decisions around their consumption of textiles. Creating pieces which are aesthetically beautiful but which convey the message and value of slow craft is what drives her, as well as celebrating the inevitability of nature and its beauty.

Instagram: www.instagram.com/georgia_makes_shapes


Artist Residency

Icelandic Textiles Centre, Blonduos, Iceland; May 2018


Internships

Liberty Art Fabrics, London, 2014 - Print Design Intern - Photoshop, Illustrator and AVA

programmes at leading design team.

Damaris/Mimi Holliday, London, 2012 - Design/PR Intern

Textiles & Creative CDETB (starting Sep 2022) - Teaching a mixture of classes, including

Arts & Crafts, Upcycling, Darning & Mending as well as yoga, to adult learners.


Exhibitions

FLUX Members’ Exhibiton, The ‘Bank’, Digital Hub Dublin, May 2023

Culture Night, Block T 2021

Layers of Time, Icelandic Textiles Centre 2018

Whitney Stitch Black Box, Dublin 2013

NCAD Degree Show NCAD, Dublin 2013

Golden Hair Knit & Stitch Show, RDS, Dublin 2012

Sample, Twisted Pepper 2012

22, Powerscourt Town Centre, Dublin 2011

Piece, Little Green Street Gallery, Dublin 2011


Awards & Grants

Agility Award Awarding Body: Arts Council 2021

Leonardo da Vinci Grant Awarding Body: EU 2014

Erasmus Grant Awarding Body: EU 2012

Georgia is a Textile artist from Dublin (B.A. NCAD Textile Design) who specialises in natural dyeing, creating and upcycling fabric in a way which minimises environmental impact. After spending time focusing on acquiring technical skills and exploring materials, she is now developing a body of fine art and wearable pieces for exhibition exploring these techniques and using entirely natural materials and dyes.

These include traditional craft skills as well as exploring more experimental areas, such as eco-printing. Using a bright, colourful, naturally derived palette, she hopes to instil a sense of joy in the viewer through her sustainably-striving practice.

She wishes to create a thought-provoking and engaging body of work which inspires the audience to make more conscious decisions around their consumption of textiles. Creating pieces which are aesthetically beautiful but which convey the message and value of slow craft is what drives her, as well as celebrating the inevitability of nature and its beauty.

Instagram: www.instagram.com/georgia_makes_shapes


Artist Residency

Icelandic Textiles Centre, Blonduos, Iceland; May 2018


Internships

Liberty Art Fabrics, London, 2014 - Print Design Intern - Photoshop, Illustrator and AVA

programmes at leading design team.

Damaris/Mimi Holliday, London, 2012 - Design/PR Intern

Textiles & Creative CDETB (starting Sep 2022) - Teaching a mixture of classes, including

Arts & Crafts, Upcycling, Darning & Mending as well as yoga, to adult learners.


Exhibitions

FLUX Members’ Exhibiton, The ‘Bank’, Digital Hub Dublin, May 2023

Culture Night, Block T 2021

Layers of Time, Icelandic Textiles Centre 2018

Whitney Stitch Black Box, Dublin 2013

NCAD Degree Show NCAD, Dublin 2013

Golden Hair Knit & Stitch Show, RDS, Dublin 2012

Sample, Twisted Pepper 2012

22, Powerscourt Town Centre, Dublin 2011

Piece, Little Green Street Gallery, Dublin 2011


Awards & Grants

Agility Award Awarding Body: Arts Council 2021

Leonardo da Vinci Grant Awarding Body: EU 2014

Erasmus Grant Awarding Body: EU 2012