Exhibitions

Inner Voices, PixelAura virtual gallery, 2025

Stitch by Stitch 2025, Willow Gallery, Oswestry, 2025

The Broderers' Exhibition 2025: The Art of Embroidery, Bankside Gallery, London, 2025

Come As You Really Are, The Hobby Cave at Grants, Croydon, 2024

Northern Summer Exhibition, Newcastle Arts Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2023

Bloom! Pyramid Gallery, York, 2018

Coast, Pyramid Gallery, York, 2017

Faith, Inspiration and Stitch, Durham Cathedral, Durham, 2013

Show Your Hand, part of the Banff and Macduff COAST festival, 2012

North East Art Collective gallery opening exhibition, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2010

Needle in the Cathedral, Cathedral Church of St Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2008

Textile Collection, Eye to Eye Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2008

Moving On, Hartlepool Art Gallery, 2006

Publications

The Broderers' Exhibition 2025: The Art of Embroidery, Exhibition catalogue, featuring Ruth's piece Helios

 

Podcasts

Ruth O'Leary - creating icons (part 2), NeedleXChange podcast, Episode 127, 8 February 2026

Ruth O'Leary - creating icons (part 1), NeedleXChange podcast, Episode 126, 1 February 2026

Press

AI Planet feature: Ruth O'Leary, AI Planet Magazine, Issue 6 Spring 2026, pp. 180-181.  Examples of Ruth's digital art

Abstract gesture: conversations with Ruth O'Leary, /Altered District magazine, Q1 2026 Volume 2.  pp 50-65.  Highly illustrated interview with Ruth on her digital art

Thundersnow, Midjourney magazine, Issue 35 March 2026.  p. 19.  An example of Ruth's digital art

Winter solstice, Creativa Magazine, vol. 8 December 2025.  p. 32.  An example of Ruth's digital art

Ruth recreates a bit of history, Sunderland Echo, 3 February 2012

My life in stitches… Ruth O’Leary, CrossStitcher, no. 213 June 2009. p. 98. An illustrated interview with Ruth on her work as an embroiderer

Needle in the Cathedral, Workbox, no. 114 December 2008/January 2009. p. 20-21

St Cuthbert’s Banner
A selection of articles on the making and dedication of St Cuthbert’s Banner:

St Cuthbert’s Banner, Embroidery, July/August 2012, p. 9

Sunderland textile artist recreates medieval embroidery, R&R, May 2012, p. 13

Banner in honour of St Cuthbert placed at his Durham Cathedral tomb, BBC News, 21 March 2012 - View article

Saint’s banner returns, The Journal, 21 March 2012. p. 3

New banner celebrates the life of St Cuthbert, Northern Echo, 21 March 2012. p. 16

Saint’s banner brought back to life, Sunderland Echo, 19 March 2012. p. 6

Saintly banner brings history to life, The Journal, 20 January 2012

Ancient banner is reborn, Northern Echo, 20 January 2012