{{short description|English artist, jewellery designer and installation artist}} {{use dmy|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox artist | name = Caroline Broadhead | image = Caroline Broadhead.jpg | alt = | caption = Broadhead in 2002 | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1950}} | birth_place = Leeds, West Yorkshire, England | death_date = | death_place = | education = Leicester College of Art<br />Central School of Art and Design | known_for = Jewellery, textiles, furniture | notable_works = | website = {{Official|https://carolinebroadhead.com/}} }} '''Caroline Broadhead''' (born 1950) is an English multidisciplinary artist, jewellery designer and installation artist.<ref name=craftscouncilbio>{{cite web|url=https://collections.craftscouncil.org.uk/makers/maker?id=AUTH722|title=Caroline Broadhead|publisher=Crafts Council Collections Online|access-date=2024-01-18}}</ref><ref name=oliviashih>{{cite web|url=https://artjewelryforum.org/interviews/in-conversation-with-caroline-broadhead/|title=In conversation with Caroline Broadhead|publisher=Art Jewelry Forum|date=2018-02-04|last=Shih|first=Olivia|access-date=2024-01-18}}</ref><ref name=surfacedesignjournal/> Using a diversity of materials to create art pieces such as jewellery, textiles and furniture, she explores the "interface between a person and an object, the sense of touch, movement and change."<ref name=klloyd/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://galeriareverso.com/artists/caroline-broadhead/|title=Caroline Broadhead|publisher=Galeria Reverso|access-date=2024-01-18}}</ref><ref name=aesthetica/><ref name=creativeboom/> She joined the Jewellery Design programme at Central Saint Martins in 2009 and became Programme Director of Jewellery and Textiles in 2012. She retired from teaching in 2018.<ref name=oliviashih/><ref name=professionaljeweller/><ref name=marsdenwoogallery/>
==Early life== Born in Leeds in 1950, Broadhead completed a foundation course at Leicester College of Art in 1969 and a Diploma in Jewellery Design in 1972 at Central School of Art and Design.<ref name=marsdenwoogallery>{{cite web|url=https://marsdenwoo.com/caroline-broadhead/|title=Caroline Broadhead|publisher=Marsden Woo Gallery|access-date=2024-01-18}}</ref><ref name=surfacedesignjournal/><ref name=professionaljeweller>{{Cite web|url=https://www.professionaljeweller.com/jewellery-girls-qa-caroline-broadhead-csm/|title=Jewellery Girls Q&A: Caroline Broadhead, CSM|date=2013-07-25|publisher=Professional Jeweller|access-date=2024-01-18}}</ref><ref name=craftscouncilbio/><ref name=creativeboom>{{cite web|url=https://www.creativeboom.com/features/caroline-broadhead-on-10-years-at-central-saint-martins-and-her-love-of-jewellery-and-collaboration/|title=Caroline Broadhead on 10 years at Central Saint Martins and her love of jewellery and collaboration|last=Cowan|first=Katy|date=2019-01-10|publisher=Creative Boom|access-date=2024-01-18}}</ref> Her first experience making jewellery was in a ceramics class at school.<ref name=klloyd/><ref name=oliviashih/>
==Career== After finishing university in 1972, Broadhead shared a workshop space in Covent Garden with two former classmates. She began teaching part-time at Middlesex University to support herself financially so she could focus on freely creating. She also launched a jewellery line, C&N, with Nuala Jamison.<ref name=oliviashih/><ref name=metalsmith>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ganoksin.com/article/caroline-broadhead-jewelry-beyond/|title=Caroline Broadhead: Jewelry and Beyond|magazine=Metalsmith Newspaper|date=2017-06-27|access-date=2024-01-18}}</ref><ref name=professionaljeweller/> Broadhead started out designing unusual jewellery but, while in Amsterdam on a Crafts Council bursary, made her first garment, a top with extremely long sleeves, in 1982. She developed an interest in "things that come into contact with or represent the body: shadows, clothing, [and] chairs" and expanded her exhibition types to include large-scale installations.<ref name=professionaljeweller/><ref name=klloyd/> She has worked with choreographers such as Rosemary Lee to capture movement and fluidity in her artwork.<ref name=oliviashih/><ref name=klloyd/><ref name=aesthetica/><ref name=professionaljeweller/> In 2007, she was an artist-in-residence at Pilchuck Glass School<ref name="surfacedesignjournal">{{cite magazine |last=Hemmings |first=Jessica |author-link=Jessica Hemmings |date=Winter 2007 |title=Caroline Broadhead: interrupted gaze |url=https://www.jessicahemmings.com/caroline-broadhead-interrupted-gaze |access-date=2024-01-18 |magazine=Surface Design Journal |pages=28–33}}</ref> and became the lead of the BA Jewellery Design course at Central Saint Martins in 2009 and the Programme Director of Jewellery and Textiles in 2012. She retired from teaching in 2018.<ref name=marsdenwoogallery/><ref name=klloyd>{{cite web|url=https://www.arts.ac.uk/colleges/central-saint-martins/stories/caroline-broadhead|last=Lloyd|first=K.|title=Story: Caroline Broadhead|date=2018-09-17|publisher=University of the Arts London|access-date=2024-01-18}}</ref><ref name=creativeboom/>
In 2012, she and her daughter Maisie recreated classic paintings in a collection called ''Taking the Chair'', which featured Broadhead's chairs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://petapixel.com/2012/11/22/accurate-photographic-recreations-of-old-paintings-that-feature-chairs/|title=Accurate Photographic Recreations of Old Paintings That Feature Chairs|last=Zhang|first=Michael|publisher=PetaPixel|date=2012-11-22|access-date=2024-01-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yatzer.com/Taking-The-Chair-by-Caroline-and-Maisie-Broadhead-at-the-Marsden-Woo-gallery|title='Taking The Chair' by Caroline and Maisie Broadhead at the Marsden Woo gallery|date=2011-10-02|last=Vourazeri|first=Stefania|publisher=Yatzer|access-date=2024-01-18}}</ref>
Broadhead's work has been displayed in a range of galleries, museums, and other venues, including Bath Abbey,<ref name=klloyd/> Arnolfini,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://arnolfini.org.uk/whatson/caroline-broadhead-jewellery-exhibition-starts/|title=Caroline Broadhead jewellery exhibition starts|publisher=Arnolfini|access-date=2024-01-18}}</ref> The Hepworth Wakefield,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://artuk.org/discover/artists/broadhead-caroline-b-1950|title=Caroline Broadhead|publisher=Art UK|access-date=2024-01-18}}</ref> National Gallery of Victoria,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/artist/2737/|title=Caroline Broadhead|publisher=National Gallery of Victoria|access-date=2024-01-18}}</ref> Stedelijk Museum, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Victoria and Albert Museum, Museum of Arts and Design,<ref name=marsdenwoogallery/><ref name=surfacedesignjournal/><ref name=craftscouncilbio/> Institute of Contemporary Arts, Painted Bride Art Center,<ref name=metalsmith/> Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art,<ref name=aesthetica>{{cite web|url=https://aestheticamagazine.com/interview-jewellery-artist-caroline-broadhead/|title=Interview with Jewellery Artist Caroline Broadhead|date=2014-10-23|publisher=Aesthetica|access-date=2024-01-18}}</ref> CODA Museum<ref name=oliviashih/><ref name=marsdenwoogallery/> and the Marsden Woo Gallery.<ref name=klloyd/> In 2019, she held a retrospective exhibition at Lethaby Gallery, which showcased work she created from the 1970s to 2017.<ref name=creativeboom/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arts.ac.uk/colleges/central-saint-martins/whats-on/lethaby-gallery/lethaby-gallery-2019/caroline-broadhead-a-retrospective|title=An exhibition of work from 45 years of Caroline Broadhead's diverse practice|year=2019|publisher=University of the Arts London|access-date=2024-01-18}}</ref><ref name=marsdenwoogallery/><ref name=klloyd/> In 2023, she curated the Schmuck exhibition at the International Crafts Fair during Munich Jewellery Week.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://baj.ac.uk/bajs-sofie-boons-gets-inspired-at-munich-jewellery-week/|title=BAJ's Sofie Boons gets inspired at Munich Jewellery Week|date=2023-03-24|publisher=British Academy of Jewellery|last=Boons|first=Sofie|access-date=2024-01-18}}</ref>
==Selected exhibitions== * 1997: ''The Waiting Game'' at Upnor Castle with Angela Woodhouse<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arts.ac.uk/colleges/central-saint-martins/stories/caroline-broadhead-a-retrospective-opens|title=Caroline Broadhead: a retrospective opens|last=Jones|first=T. Lloyd|publisher=University of the Arts London|date=2019-01-11|access-date=2024-01-18}}</ref> * 2005: ''Breathing Space'' at St Mary's Church<ref name=yorkstmarys>{{cite web|url=https://www.yorkstmarys.org.uk/exhibition/2005-installation-breathing-space/|title=2005 INSTALLATION: BREATHING SPACE|publisher=York Museums Trust|access-date=2024-01-18}}</ref><ref name=surfacedesignjournal/> * 2006: ''Proposal for Space'' at the Victoria and Albert Museum<ref name=surfacedesignjournal/> * 2007: ''Interrupted Gaze'' at Barrett Marsden Gallery<ref name=surfacedesignjournal/> * 2014/2015: ''Finding'' at Foundling Museum<ref name=aesthetica/> * 2015: ''Second Hand, First Hand'' at Marsden Woo Gallery with Maria Militsi<ref name=aesthetica/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.meer.com/en/17966-caroline-broadhead-and-maria-militsi|title=Caroline Broadhead & Maria Militsi|date=2015-10-21|publisher=Meer|access-date=2024-01-18}}</ref> * 2019: ''ReFrame'' at Manchester Art Gallery with Maisie Broadbent<ref name=klloyd/> * 2023: ''Pearls'' at Atta Gallery with Saint Martens colleagues Lin Cheung, Melanie Georgacopoulos, Maria Militsi and Frances Wadsworth Jones<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/life/arts-and-entertainment/2625457/discover-the-essence-of-pearls|title=Discover the essence of pearls|work=Bangkok Post |date=2023-08-08|publisher=Bangkok Post|access-date=2024-01-18}}</ref>
==Awards== * 1973: Crafts Council Grant to Craftsmen award<ref name=craftscouncilbio/> * 1997: Jerwood Prize for Applied Arts: Textiles<ref name=yorkstmarys/><ref name=oliviashih/><ref name=marsdenwoogallery/><ref name=surfacedesignjournal/><ref name=craftscouncilbio/> * 2004: Textiles International Open<ref name=yorkstmarys/><ref name=oliviashih/> * 2017: Goldsmiths' Craft & Design Council Lifetime Achievement Award<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://silver.legnica.eu/en/index.php/wystawy2021/item/33-29-legnica-international-jewellery-competition-still-hu|title=29. Legnica International Jewellery Competition STILL HUMAN?|year=2021|publisher=Legnica Jewellery Festival|access-date=2024-01-18}}</ref>
==Personal life== Broadhead has twin daughters, Maisie and Zoë, who are an artist and a nurse, respectively.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.paintingsinhospitals.org.uk/news/take-a-break-zoe|title=Maisie Broadhead's Award-Winning Portrait 'Take a Break – Zoe'|work=Paintings in Hospitals |year=2023|publisher=Paintings in Hospitals|access-date=2024-01-18}}</ref> Her great-uncle was John Bulloch Souter, painter of ''The Breakdown''.<ref name=oliviashih/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/jan/24/racist-undertones-of-britains-jazz-age-explored-in-exhibition|title=Racist undertones of Britain's jazz age explored in exhibition|date=2018-01-24|work=The Guardian|last=Kennedy|first=Maev|access-date=2024-01-18}}</ref>
==External links== * [https://artjewelryforum.org/interviews/ajf-live-with-caroline-broadhead_event-video_3-24-2023/ 2023 video interview] with Art Jewelry Forum * [https://collections.craftscouncil.org.uk/object-oh1 Interview archives] with the Crafts Council
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