A bit more about me
Education
2016 - 2018 Royal College of Art – Textiles MA (KNIT) Dissertation – ‘Myth: Black people don’t knit’ Grade: Distinction
2006 De Montfort University – Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (Effective Teaching and Learning)
1999 - 2002 De Montfort University – Digital Multi-Media Design BA 1st Class Hons
Talks
SOS (Suppliers of synergy)
Knitting and Crochet Guild, Convention 2023Knit & Tings
Crafts Council We Gather Exhibition 12/03/2022Surface Design Association (SDA) Online Conference - COMMUNITY TIES
22/01/2022Vogue Knitting Live - Keynote, February 2021
Black Knitters and Crocheters matter – A conversation with myself
Knitting and Crochet Guild, Un-Convention 2020
Diversity in craft and the creative industries Craft Economies Conference, Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural Research, Birmingham City University. 2019
‘It’s all about the Gaze’, Fashioning Inclusivity Symposium, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts, London. 2019
‘Black People Don’t Knit’, Knitting History Forum, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts, London. 2018
‘Black People Don’t Knit?’ In the Loop at 10, Winchester School of Art, 2018
Interviews / Appearances
Lorna Hamilton Brown & Alison Mayne (06 Aug 2025): In Conversation with… Lorna Hamilton-Brown: Who’s Getting a Seat at the Table?, TEXTILE, DOI: 10.1080/14759756.2025.2509202
Lorna Hamilton-Brown MBE the ‘Banksy of Knitting’ talks “BLACK JOY”Alt-Africa.com 2023
Lorna Hamilton-Brown MBE by Sophie Harper, Get Hastings, Summer 2023
Menopause Whilst Black - Interview with Karen Arthur 10/07/22
Tackling Racism an Inequalities in Craft - Work in Progress Event 25/05/21 Featured at 21.12 mins
Interview with Kristy Glass 2020
Make Craft Britain BBC Four 2018 (S1 Episode 1) - letterpress
The British Dyslexia Association ‘Dyslexia: a differently wired brain’ Featured at 8.50 mins
The Artist and the machine – a documentary about Lorna Hamilton-Brown by, R+J – Reuben & Jamie 2017
Artisans – Lorna Hamilton-Brown by Kneecap Media 2015
How similar is coding to knitting?
BBC Radio 4's Today programme - interview with Sarah Montague- 2015
Writing
Textiles to the Rescue – The Textiles Society NEWS No. 74 Autumn
‘Hidden in Plain Sight’ – www.loopknitlounge.com 2019
BIPOC in Fiber – Simply Crochet, 14 November 2019
BIPOC in Fiber – Simply Knitting, 28 November 2019
‘Disability, Knitting & Self Care’, Felicity Ford & Lorna Hamilton-Brown, Making Stories Magazine
‘Myth Black People Don’t Knit: the importance of oral histories and art for documenting the experiences of black knitters’ Dissertation, Knitted Textiles MA, Royal College of Art, London. 2018
Exhibitons
2026 Textile Junction, Electro Studio Project Space, St Leonards (18th July - 2th July)
2026 Lemon, Laws and Secret doors, Hastings Museum (24th April - 31st August)
2005 Audio Flux Circuit 06: Creative Tension
2024 Textile Junction, Electro Studio Project Space, St Leonards, 9th July 28th July
2024 BLACK JOY: Up Close and Personal, Hastings Musem and Art Gallery (4th May - 25 August)
2023 Textile Junction, Electro Studio Project Space, St Leonards 14th July–23 July
2023 Playing the Race Card, Hastings (4th May - 25 August)
2023 WE OUT HERE, Hastings Contemporary, Hastings (1 April - 4 June 2023)
2021 WE GATHER Exhibition, Crafts Council Gallery, London (17 November 2021 - 12 March 2022)
2021 A Generous Space – Artist Pledge, Hastings Contemporary Gallery, Hastings. (25 November 2021 – 17 April 2022)
2021 Cinewaves Films – King Abdulaziz Centre for World Culture , Saudi Arabia (27th & 28th October 2021)
2021 The Plant Tree of Life, Davies Expoloration House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
2021 Hastings Museum and Gallery, Hastings.
2020 Real to Reeel
- New Brewery Arts, Cirencester, UK, 20 - 22 March 2020
- Kultur Gävleborg Film, Gävle, Sweden, March 2020
- Craft organisation in Kristinestad, Finland, 10-11 October 2020
2019 Real to Reel
- Perth: Friday 2 August (The Backlot)
- Mosman Park, WA: Friday 9 August (Camelot)
- Melbourne with Craft Victoria: Thursday 22 + Friday 23 August (Nova)
- Sydney with Australian Design Centre: Thursday 5 September (Chauvel); Saturday 21 September (Casula Powerhouse)
- Cowra, NSW: Friday 1 November (Cowra Regional Art Gallery)
- Alice Springs, NT with Central Craft: Friday 29 November, 6.30pm (Alice Springs Cinema)
- Port Lincoln, South Australia: Friday 10 January 2020 (Nautilus Art Centre)
- Denmark, WA:
- Adelaide with Guildhouse: Saturday 18 January (Mercury Cinema)
- Melbourne, Craft Victoria: Thursday 23 January
- Castlemaine, VIC: Sunday 16 February (CraftVic in partnership BUDA at the Theatre Royal)
- Mt Gambier, South Australia: Friday 20 March 2020 (Riddoch Art Gallery)
- Murwillumbah, NSW: Saturday 21 March 2020 (Tweed Regional Gallery)
- Mt Gambier, South Australia: Sunday 29 March 2020 (Riddoch Art Gallery)
- National Festival of Making, Blackburn, UK, Sat 15 – Sun 16
- Leeds International Film Festival, Leeds. UK, July 13, 2019
- Wooran Foundation, Seoul, South Korea, 23-25 August 2019
- Potentiale, Feldkirch, Austria, 8-10 November 2019
2019 Real to Reel – Cheongju Craft Biennale, China.
2018 Real to Reel: The Craft Film Festival, Picture House Central, London, (8, 9 and 10 May 2018)
2017 Real to Reel: The Craft Film Festival, Picture House Central, London
2017 Joy Yamusangie show, United 80 Gallery, Brixon, London
2017 Real to Reel – Cheongju Craft Biennale, China
2016 – Hastings 950 Tapestry, St Clements Church, Hastings
2015 Deloitte Ignite Festival – Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. (5 & 6 September)
2014 Art in Romney Marsh, AIRM
2014 Follow the Herring – The Stade, Hastings
2014 txt Exhibition – Claremont Studios, Hastings
2014 Knit You Memories Together – Kings Road Gallery, Hastings
2013 Art in Romney Marsh, AIRM
Awards
2018 Finalist, Shima Seiki Design Award, Shima Seiki UK
2017 Finalist, The Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST) London
2017 Finalist, Framework Knitter Bursary Award
2017 Finalist, Worshipful Company of Framework Knitters Bursary Award, London
2007 Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
2004 Appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
2003 Winner of the Community Award at the GG2 (Garavi Gujarat) National Leadership and Diversity Awards
Community Art projects
Plant Tree of Life - Community knitting/crochet project - Kew Gardens 2020
Knitathon - Kew Gardens 11/03/2020
Craft for Well-being, Tension bird crochet workshop - De la Warr 2020
Telling Your Story - Culture Shift 2016
Well-being 8-10 week art project for secondary age young people in a rural setting.Reflective Knitting workshop - Deloitte Ignite Festival, Royal Opera House 2015
Teaching
De Montfort University, Leicester
Brighton University, Hastings Campus, East Sussex
Ravensbourne, London
Judging / Selection Panels
The Babs Award - St Leonards on Sea
UNESCO ASPnet Seeds of Hope for a Better Future 2025
2025 Koestler Awards - Needlecraft & Textile Art
2024 Koestler Awards - Needlecraft
Lasting Impression: SDA International Exhibition in Print, our Fall 2023 edition of Surface Design Journal.
2023 Koestler Awards - Needlecraft
2022 Koestler Awards - Needlecraft
Selvedge Magazine World Fair November 2020 European Panel
Collect art fair - London - Crafts Council 2021
Curation
Bottle Alley Art Fair Hastings 2025
African Caribbean Seaside Memories - Hastings Museum & Art Gallery
BLACK JOY! Up Close and Personal - Hastings Museum & Art Gallery 2024
It Matters to me - Hastings Museum & Art Gallery 204
Lasting Impression
SDA’s 2023 International Exhibition in PrintWE OUT HERE - Hastings Comtemporary 2023
Playing the Race Card - Hastings 2022
Thread Contemporary Textile Exhibition Elysium Gallery, Swansea. 2021
Voluntary Roles
Chair – Southern Housing, Four Courts Steering Group
