Selected exhibitions and forthcoming events.

 

2025 Menagerie. National glass centre, Sunderland UK. 

2025 "GOLD" Makers Guild in wales, Cardiff UK

 

2024 Christmas show, New Brewery Arts Gallery. Cirencester UK.

2024 British Glass Biennale. Stourbridge. UK 

2024 Festival Exhibition, The Haymakers Gallery, Hay on Wye, Wales UK.

2024 "Planet Earth" London Glassblowing Gallery, UK

2024 Group exhibition, Schloss Theuern, Germany 

 

2023 "CGS open" World of Glass Museum, UK

2023 "Pulse" Glasmuseum Frauenau, Germany

2023 "Colony" Acquired by Glasmuseum Lette, Germany

2023 "Gravur on Tour" Glashutte Gernheim, Germany

2023 "Nature" Scottish Gallery Edinburgh. UK

2023 "Uncommon beauty" Makers Guild in wales, Cardiff UK

 

2022 "British Glass Biennale" Stourbridge, UK 

2022 "Coburg glass prize exhibition" Germany

 

2020 "Back on Tour" European museum of Modern Glass. Rodental, Germany.

2020 "DNA" Solo show. The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh. Scotland

 

2019 "Back on Tour" Finnish National Glass Museum. Riihimaki, Finland

2019 "Inspired London Glass Blowing Gallery UK

 

2018 "Luxe" New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham UK 

2018  Mixed exhibition Cyfartha Castle. Wales UK

2018 "International glass engraving" Venice Glass week. Murano, Italy

2018 "Art and Science" University of Pecs. Hungary

2018 International Glass Prize finalist exhibition. Toyama Glass Museum. Japan

2018 Teaching at Boda Glass Factory, Sweden

2018 Presentation and exhibition at Johansfors Gallery, Sweden

2018 "Fabulous beasts club" Solo show at The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh. UK 

2018 Teaching at West Dean College, Sussex, UK

 

2017 British Glass Biennale. Stourbridge. UK

2017 Teaching at Bild-werk, Frauenau, Germany

2017 Glass engraving network exhibition. Immenhausen museum. Germany

2017 “CGS at Etienne Gallery” Netherlands

2017 "Peter Layton 80th celebration" London Glassblowing

 

2016 “Black to white and back again” CGS at London glassblowing gallery

2016 “Mirror mirror” Solo show, Eisch gallery, Frauenau, Germany.

2016 Teaching at Bild-werk, Frauenau, Germany.

2016 “Connections” CGS at Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, UK.

 

2015 Glashaus X Parndon Mill, Essex, UK 

2015 Teaching at Bild-werk, Frauenau, Germany. 

2015 Demonstrator 'Art in Action' Waterperry House, Oxford. UK.

2015 “Gravur on Tour” exhibition visiting 7 European countries

2015 British Glass Biennale, International festival of Glass, Stourbridge. UK

2015 “Ripples”CGS exhibition Pyramid Gallery, York. UK

 

2014 Vitrum Balticum glass biennale, Kaunas, Lithuania

2014 Dr Fishcer Fine art Studio Glass auction. Zweisel, Germany

2014 “Glastage” Zweisel, Germany

2014 “Flitting” Kristallmuseum Johansfors, Sweden

2014 Guild of Glass Engravers International Engraved Glass. London

2014 Glasshaus IX Parndon Mill, Essex. UK

2014 Coburg Glass prize finalists exhibition Germany

2014 'Body Talk' Glasmuseet Denmark

 

2013 Ramadan art fair. Ghaf art gallery, Abu Dhabi. UAE

2013 'Gravur International' Eisch Gallery, Frauenau. Germany

2013 RBSA prize exhibition. Birmingham.uk

2013 Galerie Zofier, Nieuweschoot, Netherlands

2013 Johansfors Kristallmuseum, Sweden

2012-13 'Entomos' Exhibit A Corning New York USA

2013  'New glass, ancient skill, contemporary artform.' Blackwell Arts&Crafts House Cumbria UK

 

2012 'Back to the Future' Broadfield House Glass Museum UK

2012 '21st century engraved glass' Red House Glass Cone, Stourbridge UK

2012 Demonstrator Art in Action, Waterperry House, Oxford UK

2012 'Glass games' CGS. Redchurch Street Gallery London UK

2012 'Heavenly sent' London Glassblowing Gallery UK

 

2011 Launch exhibition 'Craft&Design month' London Glassblowing Gallery UK

 

2010 'Glass collaborations' International Festival of Glass. Stourbridge UK

2010 '21st century engraved glass' Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge UK

2010 'Handmade at Fortnums' Fortnum & Mason, London UK

2010 Exhibit a Corning, New York USA

2010 Majlis Gallery, Dubai UAE

 

2009/10  Corning museum of Glass New York USA

2009 The Houghton Gallery, Corning New York USA

 

2008 British Glass Biennale Stourbridge UK 

2008 Eisch Gallery Frauenau Germany

2008 Cork Street open exhibition, London UK

 

2006 British Glass Biennale Stourbridge UK 

2006 Cambridge Contemporary Art 'Summer exhibition' Cambridge UK

 

 

 

Education and Employment

 

1979 BA.hons Design North Staffs Polytechnic

 

1979 1986 Employed as a medical and technical illustrator at the Open University, Update publications and Charing Cross and Westminster medical school

 

1986 2004 Freelance illustrator 

 

1994 Glass painter and sandblaster

 

2004 2005 and 2015 engraving courses at West Dean, Sussex. Tutor Tracey Sheppard FGE and Katharine Coleman MBE FGE

 

2004-to present. Glass engraver

 

2008 summer course at Pilchuck glass school USA. Tutors Jiri Harcuba, April Surgent

 

2015 2016 and 2017 teaching at Bild-werk Summer Academy. Germany

 

2018 Teaching at West Dean College, UK 

 

2018 Teaching at Boda Glass Factory, Sweden

 

2019, 2024 Teaching at Corning Studio, New York State, USA

 

 

 

 

Awards and Acquisitions 

 

2006 Winner, Watershed prize for excellence in art. Hereford UK

 

2007 Shortlisted finalist, Worshipful company of Glass Sellers award engraved glass category.

 

2008 Winner, Worshipful company of Glass Sellers trophy at the national exhibition of the Guild of Glass Engravers

 

2008 Arts Council travel award to attend Pilchuck Glass School

 

2008 Nominated for 'Corning award' Pilchuck Glass School

 

2009 'wimmin swimmin' plate acquired by Broadfield House Glass Museum

 

2009 Advantage West Midlands  award to attend GAS conference, Corning USA

 

2008 Assessed Associate Fellow of the Guild of Glass Engravers

 

2011 Elected Fellow of the Guild of Glass Engravers

 

2015 Gold award and winner of glass category, craft&design selected maker awards.

 

2016 “mirror mirror 3” Acquired by Glasmuseum Frauenau Germany

 

2017 Runner up "glass association award" British glass biennale

 

2018 Wimbledon Championship artist with Katie Huskie, and Commission

 

2022 "insomniac" Acquired by European Museum of Modern Glass, Germany

 

2023 "Colony" Acquired by Glasmuseum Lette, Germany

 

2023 Pieces included in the "Holford collection" donated to World of Glass, UK

 

2024 "Present Tense" acquired by the Ruskin Collection, UK. 

 

 

 

Publications

 

'Through a glass darkly'. Craft&design Magazine issue 225 Jan 2013. Double page feature on my work 'Memory cloud' plus images.

 

'The flow' magazine. Fall 2012. Text and images pages 8-10.

 

Craft Magazine issue 237 July/Aug image pages 15-16.

 

The National newspaper, weekend edition. UAE March 15th 2012

 

'Back to the Future' exhibition catalogue 2012. Broadfield House Glass Museum, cover and inside.

 

Glassengravers.blogspot.com 'the many faces and delicate work of Nancy Sutcliffe'

 

Lookingatglass.wordpress.com/2012/10/09/the-art-of-glass-engraving

 

Glashaus 3-2010 'Fantastiche figuren von Nancy Sutcliffe'

 

Scarlet opus, trendsblog.co.uk/?p=8161 'Tea with Nancy'

 

Scarlet opus trendsblog.co.uk/?p=11783 'Star award'

 

'Same difference' exhibition catalogue 2009 'From Stourbridge to Frauenau to Corning'

 

Craft Magazine issue 213 july/aug 2008

 

British Glass Biennale catalogue 2006, 2008 and 2015 2017 2022 2024

 

Time out Abu Dhabi feature 2016

 

Cover pic and feature in Stained Glass Quarterly. The American stained glass association publication.  Summer edition 2016

 

Solo show "Fabulous beasts club" images in Scottish Times and Herald Scotland March 7th 2018

 

New Glass Review 39 2018

 

"Gravur on Tour" catalogues 2019 2023