CV & Exhibitions
A summary of my training, memberships and awards, followed by a selection of the exhibitions, fairs and displays my work has appeared in. For current and forthcoming shows, see News & Events.
Education & training
2018
MA in Design, University of the West of England, Bristol — distinction
2002–2007
Enamelling, Bristol School of Art and Design, Filton College
1995
MA in Museum Studies, University of Leicester
1991
BA (Hons) in History of Art, Design and Film, Sheffield City Polytechnic — 2:1
Memberships
The Devon Guild of Craftsmen
Elected Full Member 2007 · Trustee 2014–2018
Crafts Council Directory of Makers
From 2016
Guild of Enamellers
Elected Associate Member 2011
British Society of Enamellers
Elected Full Member 2009
Awards
2018
Showcase Award, Made by Hand Craft Fair, Wales
2017
Best in Show, Made by Hand Craft Fair, Wales
Selected exhibitions & fairs
2025
Primavera II
Sou'sou'west Gallery, Bridport, Devon
2019
Collect Open
Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London
Branching Out
Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey
Maker in Focus
New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham
Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair
Manchester
Craft Festival
Cardiff
Childwickbury Arts Fair
Hertfordshire
2018
MA Degree Show
University of the West of England, Bristol
Enamel Today
78 Derngate, Northampton
Woodlands
Ferrers Gallery, Leicestershire
Members Showcase
Devon Guild of Craftsmen
Maker in the Window
Cambridge Contemporary Crafts
Affordable Art Fair
Battersea, London
2017
Made in Bristol Fair
Bristol City Museum
Summer Show
Devon Guild of Craftsmen
Contemporary Craft Festival
Bovey Tracey, Devon
West Dean Craft and Design Fair
West Dean, West Sussex
Made
Canary Wharf, London
2016
Crafted
Knowsley Museums
Show Off
Devon Guild of Craftsmen
Rights of Spring
The Whitehouse Gallery, Kirkcudbright
BBC Countryfile Live
Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire
Open Studios
BV Studios, Bristol
2015
Handmade @ Kew
Kew Gardens, London
Autumn Exhibition
Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
Landscape, Mountains and Trees
Cambridge Contemporary Crafts
Christmas Craft Exhibition
Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford
Great British Garden
Ferrers Gallery, Leicestershire
Made Brighton
Brighton
2014
Make 2014
Devon Guild of Craftsmen
Maker in Focus
New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham
Guest Maker
The Makers Guild in Wales, Cardiff
Art in Action
Waterperry House, Oxford
Craft in Focus
RHS Wisley, Surrey
2013
Heart of the Heat
School of Jewellery, Birmingham
Lustre
Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham
Fired Colours
Vlakglas-en Emaillekunst, The Netherlands
21st Century Farmer
Unit Twelve, Stafford
Katrin Moye and Janine Partington Showcase
Castle Gallery, Inverness
Design for Living
High Cross House, Dartington
2012
Craft Showcase
Burton Art Gallery and Museum, Bideford
Showcase
Keele University Art Gallery, Staffordshire
Retail Showcase
Bilston Craft Gallery, Wolverhampton
Paper-Scissors-Stone
Bristol
Gillian Durno and Janine Partington Showcase
Rob Fogell Gallery, Stamford
2011
The Heat is On: Contemporary Enamel in Britain
The Oxfordshire Museum
Origin: The London Craft Fair
London
Fired by Nature
Rostra Gallery, Bath
A Silver Thread
Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey
Metalwork Showcase by Devon Guild Members
Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery
Art in the Garden 11
Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, Romsey
2010
Origin: The London Craft Fair
London
The Variety of Life
Nature in Art, Gloucester
Laser Cutting at UWE
Arnolfini, Bristol
Birds of a Feather
Ferrers Gallery, Leicestershire
Colour Unlimited
Cotehele Gallery, Cornwall
Celtic Fringes
Slimbridge Wetland Centre, Gloucestershire
2009
Origin: The London Craft Fair
London
Enamelling Workshop — invited instructor
Prema Arts Centre, Gloucestershire
Objects of Desire
Chapel Gallery, Lancashire
Cup
Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey
Botanic Gardens
Platform Gallery, Clitheroe
Members Showcase
Devon Guild of Craftsmen
2008
Solo Exhibition
Arts Café, Black Swan Arts, Frome
Boundaries
Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey
British Contemporary Crafts: Flower Power
Nature in Art, Gloucester
Exhibition of Work by Janine Partington and Joanne Cooke
Rostra Gallery, Bath
Bedazzled
The Yorkshire Craft Centre, Bradford
British Craft Trade Fair — Newcomers Gallery
Harrogate
2007
Get Fresh: Emerging Designer-Makers from the South West
Devon Guild of Craftsmen
155th Autumn Exhibition
Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
Conservatory Exhibition
Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth
Twinkle
The Bonhoga Gallery, Shetland
Replenish
Saltburn Artists' Projects, Saltburn-by-the-Sea
2006
Select 06
The Yorkshire Craft Centre, Bradford
Make It Contemporary
Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford
Box of Delights
Keele University
Bristol Art Show
Centrespace, Bristol