The work creates a juxtaposition between this pioneering circle of women and their working class contemporaries who produced their undergarments. The production of lace is rooted in anonymous female labour and the material itself has become characteristically feminine, domestic and sexualised through time. Bluestockings was shown at Bertola's solo exhibition Unseen by all but me alone at Workplace Gateshead from 10 October - 7 November 2009. The exhibition drew on the historic role of women and craft production. Solo exhibitions 2005: Domestic Landscapes, International 3, Manchester 2006: The Property of Two Gentlemen, Firstsite, Colchester 2007: Prickings, Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery, and Fabrica, Brighton in 2006 2008: Over the Teacups, M R Fricke, Berlin 2009: Unseen By all But Me Alone, Workplace Gallery, Gateshead 2009: Out of the Ordinary: Spectacular Craft, Millennium Gallery, Sheffield 2010: Scion, Beacon Art Project, Brighton Court, Somerset 2011: To be Forever Known, Brontë Parsonage Museum, Haworth 2012: Swept Away: Dust, Ashes and Dirt in Contemporary Art and Design, Museum of Arts and Design, New York 2013: Sad Bones, Workplace Gallery, Gateshed 2013: Flicker, Gawthorpe Hall, Lancashire 2015: Invisible Cities, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne 2015: Acts of Making, The Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead 2015: Invisible Cities, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne Collections A number of Bertola's works belong to the collections of: Leeds Art Gallery, Laing Art Gallery, Whitworth Art Gallery, Simmons & Simmons, London and various private collections in Europe, America and Canada. Commissions Bertola has worked on a number of temporary and permanent commissions including work for: V&A (London, UK), National Museum Wales (Cardiff, UK), Government Art Collection (UK), The National Trust and National Trust for Scotland (UK), Vital Arts (London, UK), Leeds City Art Gallery Collection (Leeds, UK) and Locus+ (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK). References External links 1976 births Living people 21st-century British women artists Alumni of Newcastle University British contemporary artists British installation artists People from Rugby, Warwickshire