BIO | CV | What Nade Made

BIO / CV

b.1976, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, UK
Lives and works in Letchworth Garden City, UK

A current Fellow at Digswell Arts Trust, Nade is a UK-based visual artist whose work begins with walking, foraging and drawing from life.

Working across painting, printmaking, collage and sketchbooks, she explores overlooked plants, found objects and everyday encounters, building layered works that balance observation with experimentation.

Professional Affiliations & Appointments

Fellow, Digswell Arts Trust (2023 – present)
Artist in Residence, The Letchworth Settlement (2024 – 2025)
Chairman, The Wynd Gallery (2022 - 2025)

Awards & Grants

Bursary Winner, School of Stitched Textiles (2022)
Wraptious Prize Winner (2019)
Member, Society of Embroidered Work
Wynd Artist of the Year (2023)

Education

BA (Hons) Applied & Media Arts (2000)
HND Design & Creative Arts (1998)
Diploma, Interior Design (1996)
Furniture Design (FHEQ4) (1995)
BTEC Art & Design (1994)

Development & Mentorship

Ramiro Clemente Mixed Media Workshop, 2026
Lewis Rossignol Illustration Course, 2026
Wendy Brightbill Mentorship Programme, 2024-25

Solo & Collaborative Exhibitions

Revolutions, The Wynd Gallery (2025)
Petal Epidemic, The Wynd Gallery (2025)
Artist Takeover, The Letchworth Settlement (2025)
Order | Chaos, Fenners Gallery (2024)
All Our Stories, The Wynd Gallery (2024)
Dichotomy, Fenners Gallery (2024)
Wanderwild, The Wynd Gallery (2022)

Selected Group Exhibitions

Broadway Open, Broadway Gallery, Letchworth (2025, 2024, 2023)
HVA Open, Digswell (2026)
Open Studios, The Forge, Welwyn (2026)
Insights, The Wynd Gallery (2025)
Passion, Determination, Vision, St Albans Museum & Gallery (2024)
Kimpton Art Show (2024, 2023, 2022)
Ayot St Lawrence Art Show (2024)
Open Studios, Digswell Arts (2023, 2024)
The Garden & The City, The Wynd Gallery (2024)
Artist of the Year, Wynd Gallery, Letchworth (2024)
Art in the Barn, The Old Vic, Hitchin (2024)
What Lies Beneath, Southern Maltings, Ware (2022)
Madeira Threads UK Tour — ExCel London, SEC Glasgow, NEC Birmingham (2022)
Open Studios, Gordon Craig Theatre (2022)
Restriction, Correspondence Collective, (2021)

Press & Features

The Hitchin Comet — Open Studios Feature
Mr X Stitch — Mixed Media Intensity
Wraptious — Meet Our Winners
Restriction - Correspondence Collective
Digswell Arts - Featured Artist