About the Artist

Born in North Wales (1983) now based in Liverpool, SorrellCK has straddled a multidisciplinary approach to her creative life.

As a musician she played and recorded solo and in numerous bands. She began working with textiles through making band merchandise. What started as a practical extension of their music quickly became an area of creative exploration in its own right.

Textiles also became a necessity. With limited money and resources, repairing and altering clothes was simply a part of everyday life. Through this process, a deeper fascination with fabric, construction and the possibilities of working by hand began to develop. Over time, this practical relationship with textiles grew into an artistic practice. Drawing on the resourcefulness and experimentation that came from making things out of necessity. Their practice remains rooted in the hands-on process of making, with an emphasis on transformation, repair and giving materials a new life.

SorrellCK’s practice began to centre on expressive, Fauvist-influenced hand-embroidered portraits that translate painterly gesture into thread. Each piece is created through an improvisational stitching process that embraces experimentation, colour and texture, producing works that feel both raw and highly detailed. (see previous works for more details).

In 2020 Kerrison won 1st prize in the Hand & Lock International Art Open, one of the most prestigious international awards for contemporary embroidery, with a large scale hand-embroidered self-portrait exploring themes of pregnancy and identity. The work was later exhibited at the OXO Tower Wharf in 2021 and SorrellCK has become a mentor for the yearly prize 2022-26.

Alongside her studio practice, Kerrison has undertaken residencies and collaborative projects including an artist residency with Metal Liverpool as part of the Independents Biennial, where she developed the multimedia project Otherhood Mixtapes exploring motherhood, identity and creative labour. Recently she undertook a co-residency with her 6 year old son to further develop creative interactions and collaboration through intergenerational and neurodivergent relationships.

Kerrison’s work frequently engages with music and creative subcultures. Notably, she created the embroidered portrait used for the album cover of Andrew Hung’s album Realisationship, a collaboration that brought her textile work into international circulation through record releases, tour posters and promotional materials.

Working across textiles, ceramics, film, sound and animation, Kerrison’s practice is rooted in and material storytelling. Sustainability and reuse also play an important role in her work, with many pieces created from salvaged textiles and repurposed materials.

Their current practice aims to build their skills across each medium and create immersive, sensory-based work that engages the viewer through sound, movement, texture and space. Ultimately, their goal is to create artworks that transform and take over an entire environment.

Through exhibitions, workshops and participatory projects, Kerrison continues to explore how textile practices can intersect with contemporary culture, digital media and collective experience.