Neroli Henderson

I'm an Australian artist specialising in textile and art quilt based works. I regularly write for textile art and quilting magazines, run the 'Textile Arts' group on Facebook, am a participating member of the 'Art Quits Around the World blog group who produce a work to a theme every 2 months and my artworks are exhibited internationally. So far in 2014 my Piece 'Plight of the Bumblebee' was selected for the curated 'Living Colour' international exhibition and my quilt 'I+V+III+1' (Stillbirth) made it into the AQC premier exhibition and competition 'Ten'.

I believe that the best textile based works should not only be well designed, beautiful and possess a tactile quality that invites the viewer in, but should also be technically brilliant in their execution.

I quite literally fell into a fine art career after fracturing my back in a fall that left me having to lay down for much of the next few years and voided me from continuing as a full time corporate art director and graphic designer. I began doing palette knife applied oils on canvas as in my limited working time I was able to cover a fair amount of canvas. Since then as extended sitting has become more possible my main body of work has developed into often highly detaile...

B.A. (Graphic Design)
La Trobe University, Bendigo

Ad Cert. Art & Design.
Loddon Campaspe college of TAFE

2014 - 'Living Colour' curated International exhibition http://livingcolourtextiles.com

2014 -'Ten' AQC (Australasian Quilting Convention) premier exhibition http://www.aqc.com.au/Melbourne/aqc-challenge-finalists-show/

2013 - Solo Exhibition of 26 works, Abbotsford Convent, Lentil As Anything restaurant and art space.