Awards

Arts Council England, Developing Your Creative Practice grant, June 2022;

'The Seekers' (based on the Vignettes Quilt pattern by Heidi Parkes), 3rd place, Handwork, QuiltCon, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, February 2022.

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Residencies

Artist in Residence, King John's House, Romsey UK.

 

Selected Exhibitions

2025

Design-Nation South: Materialised, The Regency Town House, Brighton, UK;

Design-Nation Presents: Beauty of Becoming, Hub, Sleaford, Lincolnshire UK;

Beauty of Time & Place, Black Chalk Wine X Samantha Boot, nr. Andover, UK;

Reflections from the Land, exhibiting as The Five Collective, SpudWorks, Sway, UK;

International Art Textile Biennale 2025, Australia (touring).

2024

171st Annual Open Exhibition, RWA, Bristol, UK

Belonging, CAS Associates Summer Exhibition, Andover, UK;

Open 24, Black Swan Arts, Frome, UK

Spring Craft Collection, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, UK.

2023

Shape & Context, CAS Summer Exhibition, Andover, UK;

On Garlick Lane (Solo Exhibition), Ashley, Hampshire, UK;

The Time Of Her Life III, The House Of Smalls (Dollhouse Gallery), Chipping Campden, UK;

St Barbe Open, St Barbe Museum & Gallery, Lymington, UK.

2022

Reflections on Spirituality, online gallery, saqa.com;

Textile Expressionism, online gallery, saqa.com ;

Shadows, online exhibition, Tebbs Contemporary Art Gallery, tebbsgallery.com;

Handwork category, QuiltCon, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.

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Public Speaking

A Palette of Place, Art In Place virtual conference,   July 2023, saqa.com.

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Press

'Chapel Arts Studios announces collaborative Artists Residency', Test Valley Forum, January 2025;

'Spotlight: Samantha Boot, Textile Artist', Create Whimsy online, September 2024;

'Samantha Boot: Garlick Lane art exhibition on show at St Mary's church Ashley',

Hampshire Chronicle (in print and online), August 2023;

'Stitched Memories', Spring issue  Art Quilting Studio magazine, March 2023;

'Samantha Boot: Stitch, Create, Make with needle and thread', Issue 13 The Digital Cloth eMagazine, October 2022;

‘Earn Your Stripes’, article, Stripes Issue / issue 16 Curated Quilts, July 2021;

‘Scavenger Hunt: Look to the Light’ (based on the pattern by Heidi Parkes), gallery quilt,

Covid Issue / issue 15 Curated Quilts, April 2021.

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Juried Memberships

Professional Member, Design-Nation, June 2025 to present;

Juried Artist Member, SAQA (Studio Art Quilts Associates), October 2024 to present.

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Education

BA (Hons) Textiles, 1994- 1997, Surrey Institute of Art and Design, Farnham, UK