Margo Selby is awarded the Turner Medal a bi-annual honour by the Colour Group UK for Britain’s greatest colourist
The Colour Group (GB), founded in 1940, is an interdisciplinary society that draws together people interested in all aspects of colour – its perception, measurement, reproduction and artistic expression. Every couple of years the Colour Group UK invites a distinguished artist or art historian to give the Turner Lecture, and...
HOWARTH FABRIC and the V&A
HOWARTH is a beautiful Harlequinesque design – rich in colour and jewel-like in form – a sumptuous chromatic chandelier of pattern. The original inspiration for the HOWARTH fabric design came from a study of jewellery at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Margo spent time in these galleries –...
Indoor/ Outdoor Rugs
Perfect for garden entertaining! Margo Selby Studio is proud to release our new indoor/outdoor kelim rugs – equally perfect for conventional interior use OR patios, decks and conservatories – anywhere that you would like to add warmth, comfort and style – it is now possible to have Margo Selby design...
Press Release: Collect / International Art Fair for Modern Craft and Design
Virtual COLLECT 2021 International Art Fair for Modern Craft and Design Open 26 February - 2 March, 2021 online (virtual preview 24-25 February) The Crafts Council presents COLLECT – returning for its 17th edition. At a time when the global pandemic prevents us from coming together at Somerset House, London,...
Exhibition: Blanket Coverage
Margo Selby exhibiting in Blanket Coverage at Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre. Celebrating the Heritage and Diversity of Weaving, textile artist/designer Laura Thomas curates a long-awaited exhibition platforming contemporary woven design. Blanket Coverage opens at Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran, south Wales, on 28th November 2020, as a much-needed review of...
Vexillum at Nexus
Nexus Place 25 Farringdon Street, London Margo’s VEXILLUM I, II and III is now installed in the atrium of NEXUS, on Farringdon Street in London. Visible from the pavement through large windows, VEXILLUM greets visitors, occupants and passersby, like a fanfare. It looks amazing in this space – enlivening and...
Wool Week 2020
Wool Week 2020 / Student Competition Margo Selby with Alternative Flooring On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Campaign for Wool – to celebrate UK Wool Week 2020 (5th–18th October) – Margo Selby collaborated with the British carpet manufacturer Alternative Flooring to launch a competition for textiles...