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Michael Brennand-Wood, visual artist, curator, lecturer and arts consultant, is internationally regarded as one of the most innovative and inspiring artists working in textiles. Examples of Michael’s work can be seen in major public, corporate and private collections worldwide including the Victoria and Albert Museum, the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa and National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. He won the Creative Concept Award in 1987 and the Fine Art Award in 1989 at the International Textile Competition in Kyoto, followed by the first RSA Art for Architecture Award in 1990.