Alice Kettle is a contemporary textile/fibre artist based in the UK and has established an internationally regarded unique area of practice.

Her stitched works, many the size of huge figurative tapestries, exploit the textures and effects made possible through the harnessing of a mechanical process to intuitive, conceptual and creative ends.

Alice is currently Professor in Textile Arts at Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University. Her work is represented in various public collections including the Crafts Council London, the Whitworth in Manchester, Museo Internationale delle Arti Applicate Oggi, Turin, Italy, Museum of Decorative Art and Design, Riga, Latvia. Commissions include the National Library of Australia, The Scottish High Court in Edinburgh, Gloucester and Winchester Cathedrals, Winchester Discovery Centre, Lloyd’s Register and the School of Music & Drama at Manchester University.

Her major exhibition Thread Bearing Witness will be at the Whitworth Sept 2018 – April 2019. She has co authored Hand Stitch Perspectives, Machine Stitch Perspectives, Collaboration through Craft, The Erotic Cloth with Bloomsbury and Making Stories Ibook with Electricimprint.