Caroline Broadhead

Born in Leeds in 1950, Broadhead completed a foundation course at Leicester College of Art in 1969 and a Diploma in Jewellery Design in 1972 at Central School of Art and Design. Her first experience making jewellery was in a ceramics class at school. ==Career==

After finishing university in 1972, Broadhead shared a workshop space in Covent Garden with two former classmates. She began teaching part-time at Middlesex University to support herself financially so she could focus on freely creating. She also launched a jewellery line, C&N, with Nuala Jamison. and became the lead of the BA Jewellery Design course at Central Saint Martins in 2009 and the Programme Director of Jewellery and Textiles in 2012. She retired from teaching in 2018. Broadhead's work has been displayed in a range of galleries, museums, and other venues, including Bath Abbey, The Hepworth Wakefield, National Gallery of Victoria, Stedelijk Museum, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Victoria and Albert Museum, Museum of Arts and Design, CODA Museum ==Selected exhibitions==

• 1997: The Waiting Game at Upnor Castle with Angela Woodhouse • 2005: Breathing Space at St Mary's Church • 2019: ReFrame at Manchester Art Gallery with Maisie Broadbent ==Awards==

• 1973: Crafts Council Grant to Craftsmen award ==Personal life==

Broadhead has twin daughters, Maisie and Zoë, who are an artist and a nurse, respectively. Her great-uncle was John Bulloch Souter, painter of The Breakdown. ==External links==