Michael Crompton was born in 1943 in Radcliffe, Lancashire in the midst of the Cotton spinning and Weaving industries. This influenced his decision to study Textiles and Wood at Bishop Otter College, Chichester with Jeff Lowe and Dimelo Middleton. From 1964 until 1972 he taught in Primary Education in Berkshire and was a Deputy Head when he was appointed Senior Lecturer at St Hilds College, Durham and went on to become a Lecturer at the University of Durham. He explored and experimented with the woven structure within the Contemporary textiles of the 1960’s and 1970’s. In 1976 he studied Tapestry Weaving in France and the next year 1977 established the Weaving Studio in lreshopeburn, Weardale. He continued his teaching and weaving until 1982 when he resigned from the University of Durham to work full time on Textiles.

Michael Crompton has exhibited regularly throughout Britain and abroad since 1964 in group and one man shows. His major travelling exhibitions include the DLI, Museum and Arts Centre Durham. Leeds, Reading and Durham Universities, Quarry Bank Mill, Styal, Bedes World, Jarrow, Tubingen, Germany, Wakefield and DoncasterArt Galleries Crook Civic Centre, Stranraer, Braintree and Chichester.

Tapestries and Paintings are in public and private collections at home and abroad.

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