SHEILA WALWYN CV
Sheila’s interest in textile art goes back 30 years as a member of the South African Quilters’ Guild;
she has exhibited work in almost all of their bi-annual exhibitions. She has also exhibited with the
Fibreworks group for over 20 years and with FACT (Fibre Artists Cape Town) since becoming a
founder member in 2008. She has also participated in Innovative Threads exhibitions in Cape Town
and has work hanging in Germany, Switzerland, the USA and South Africa.
She has curated exhibitions for SAQG, Fibreworks and FACT, and, as an accredited SAQG judge, has
judged two national quilt festivals.
Apart from articles in local magazines, her work has been featured in two books, ‘Conscience of the
Human Spirit’ about Nelson Mandela, and ‘Ubuntu’ about Desmond and Leah Tutu.
