Anoushka Cole is an artist and maker. Her process based practice is material and location led, often working with resources related to a certain environment.

 

With a background in textiles and material futures she utilises fibre, colour and printmaking to respond to place. Walking landscapes and learning to read an environment through it’s resources forms the starting point for her work. She leans into the process of slow making, intuitively learning hands on skills from the materials she works with. Her research aims to build more resilient making knowledge, regaining a bond to the earth and celebrating our local ecology. This process driven exploration revisits heritage crafts and shared historical practices. The work is focused on the process more than the outcome, believing that engaging to materials through physical touch invites us to critically examine our environments and the direct impact we have on place.

Alongside her studio practice, Anoushka teaches workshops focused on biomaterials, material making, printmaking and plant dyes, sharing knowledge, accessible methods of researching and open source learning. 

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EDUCATION

2015/17 Central Saint Martins. UAL. MA Material Futures
2009 /12 Nottingham Trent University. BA Textile Design,
2008/09 University for the Creative Arts, Epsom. Foundation Diploma in Art & Design

RESEARCH / MAKING / AWARDS

2025 Artist Bursary. A-N The Artists Information Company

2025 Artist-in-Residence. Edward James Foundation, West Dean College

2023 Circular Catalysts Residency. Circular Cultures, British Council Romania
2021 Material Lead. Project Plant, Green Lab x Samsung
2019/20 Lead Maker & Material Researcher. Green Lab x Seedlip x Lyaness
2019/20 Material Lab Curator. Green Lab
2018/19 OD&M Researcher. Green Lab

TEACHING & WORKSHOPS
 

2025 Botanical Materials. After School Club, Store Young Trustees. Store Store Camden

2025 Botanical Printing. Circular Catalysts x Ceva Centre, Targu Neamt, Romania

2024 Bontanical Printing. Circular Catalysts, British Council Romania, Centrala, Birmingham

2023 Botanical Printing. Circular Catalysts, British Council Romania, Romanian Cultural Institute, London

2023 Biomaterials. BA Textile Design, Nottingham Trent University

2022 Biomaterials. BA Textile Design, Nottingham Trent University
2022 Water Hyacinth Material Research. Stop the Shame Consultancy Challenge, UCL
2022 Biomaterials & Sound. MA UX Design, London College of Communication, UAL
2021 Biomaterials. BA Textile Design, Nottingham Trent University
2021 Biomaterials. MA UX Design, London College of Communication, UAL
2020 Professional Practice Lecture. BA Textile Design, Nottingham Trent University
2020 Algae Research Brief. MA UX Design, London College of Communication, UAL
2019 Biomaterial Futures. MA Material Futures, Central Saint Martins, UAL
2019 Professional Practice Lecture. MA Biodesign, Central Saint Martins, UAL
2018 Future Algae Brief. MA Industrial Design, Central Saint Martins, UAL
2018 Grow Space. Digital Maker Collective, Chelsea College of Art, UAL

EXHIBITIONS  / COLLECTIVES / TALKS
 

2026 Common Threads. EDE Projects, Rye, East Sussex

2025 Circular Catalysts. Museum of History and Ethnography, Targu Neamt, Romania 

2024 Small but Mighty, The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers. Banskide Gallery, London

2024 Circular Catalysts. Centrala, Birmingham

2023 Circular Catalysts. Romanian Cultural Institute, London

2023 Circular Catalysts. Romania Design Week, Bucharest & HEI Timisoara

2023 Dulwich Open. East Place Studios, London
2022 Mini Print Exhibition. Southbank Printmakers, London
2022 Group Show. Paxton Centre, London
2022 The Art of Vinyl. Brixton Art Club, London
2021 Lambeth Open. London
2020 Illustration & Print Exhibition. Deptford Does Art, London
2020 Speaker. Sustainable Materials, Indonesia Craft Week, British Council
2020 Virtual Collective. Crafting Futures Romania Design Week, British Council
2019 Common Sense Studio x Surfers Against Sewage Exhibition. Ocean Studios, Devon
2018 Growing Space. Arts Work of the Future, DMC, TATE Exchange, London
2017 MoOD Innovation Platform. Colour Hive & Material Lab, Brussels
2017 Show Two. Material Futures, Central Saint Martins, London
2017 Milan Design Week. Ventura Lambrate, Salon Del Mobile, Milan
2016 Evolving Beauty Exhibition. Yi Haus, Shanghai Village, Shanghai
2015/17 WESLDET Scholarship. MA Material Futures CSM, UAL. London

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