| 1939 | Born Sunderland |
| 1960 | NDD, College of Art and Industrial Design, Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
| 1961 | ATD, Reading University |
| 1970 | Postgraduate Studies, Central School of Art and Design, London |
AWARDS
| 1972 | Council of Industrial Design Award |
| 1975 | De Beers Diamond International Award |
| 1978 | Western Australian Institute of Technology, Artist in Residence |
| 1981 | Wedgwood Ltd, Visiting Artist |
| 1986 | Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, Lady Liveryman |
| 1993 | Pallant House, Chichester, Artist in Residence |
| 1999 | University of the Arts London, Honorary Fellow |
| 1999 | Royal Designer for Industry |
| 2003 | Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
| 2005 | St John’s College, Oxford, Artist in Residence |
| 2006 | Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, Artist in Residence |
| 2006 | Royal College of Art, Senior Fellow |
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS (selected from over 70 worldwide)
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Australian National Gallery, Canberra
British Museum, London
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Birmingham
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York
Crafts Council, London
Liverpool Museum & Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA), Middlesbrough
Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Kundstindustrimuseet Oslo
Museum of Art and Design, New York
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum Fur Kunst Und Gewerbe, Hamburg
Museum of London, London
Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Trondheim
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Museum het Princessehof, Leeuwarden
Newark Museum, New Jersey
Powerhouse, Sydney, New South Wales
Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh
Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim
Science Museum, London
Sunderland Museum and Art Gallery, Sunderland
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, London
SOLO AND JOINT EXHIBITIONS WITH DAVID WATKINS (*)
| 1970 | Wendy Ramshaw Jewellery, Pace Gallery, London |
| 1972 | CoID Award Exhibition, Electrum Gallery, London |
| 1973 | Goldsmiths’ Hall, London* |
| 1977 | Small Collection, Oxford Gallery |
| 1978 | National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne* |
| 1981 | Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia |
| 1982 | Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
| 1983 | National Museum of Wales |
| 1983 | BristolCity Museum and Art Gallery |
| 1983 | Gemeentelijk Vam Rekummuseum, Apeldoorn |
| 1984 | Concepts Gallery, Carmel, California |
| 1987 | Wendy Ramshaw/David Watkins, Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim* |
| 1987 | ‘Wendy Ramshaw’, Lesley Craze Gallery, London, UK |
| 1988 | Wendy Ramshaw: Knitted Outfits, Museum het Princessehof, Leeuwarden |
| 1990 | Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames |
| 1990 | From Paper to Gold, Royal Festival Hall, London |
| 1991 | ‘Wendy Ramshaw – Selected Works’, Lesley Craze Gallery, London, UK |
| 1993 | Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Nice* |
| 1993 | Jewellery Variations, Mikimoto Hall, Tokyo |
| 1994 | Cause for Celebration, Lesley Craze Gallery, London |
| 1995 | The Indian Collection, Villa de Bondt, Ghent |
| 1996 | A marriage of Moonstones, Diamonds, Silver & Gold. Lesley Craze Gallery, London |
| 1998 | Picasso’s Ladies, Victoria & Albert Museum, London and American Craft Museum, New York |
| 2000 | Millennium Exhibition, Contemporary Applied Arts, London |
| 2000 | ‘The Paper Jewelry Collection’ Lesley Craze Gallery, London, UK |
| 2001 | Picasso’s Ladies, Museum Kunstler-colonie, Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt |
| 2001 | Wendy Ramshaw/David Watkins, Galleri Metallum, Stockholm* |
| 2002 | Room of Dreams, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh |
| 2002 | ‘Tiaras of Steel, Regalia for the Head’ Lesley Craze Gallery, London |
| 2004 | Wendy Ramshaw – Jewellery, Blackwell, the Arts and Crafts House, Cumbria |
| 2004 | Prospero’s Table, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh |
| 2005 | Towers, The De Morgan Center, London |
| 2006 | Electrum Gallery, London |
| 2007 | A Journey Through Glass, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh |
| 2008 | Colourfield, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA |
| 2008 | Drawings In Gold, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool, and Lesley Craze Gallery, London |
| 2009 | ‘Precious Metal’ Quest Gallery, Bath |
| 2012 | ‘Inspired’ Electrum Gallery, London |
| 2012–14 | Rooms of Dreams, Touring: Somerset House, London; Ruthin Craft Centre Denbighshire, Wales; Harley Gallery, Welbeck Nottinghamshire; Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh, Scotland; MIMA, Middlesbrough |
| 2013 | ‘The Inventor’ Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland |
| 2014 | ‘Black and White’ Lesley Craze Gallery, London |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 1973 | British Design, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris |
| 1973 | Electrum Gallery Opening Exhibition, London |
| 1973 | Schmuck 73 – Tendenzen’, Schmuckmuseum, Pforzheim, Germany |
| 1974 | The Craftsman’s Art, Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
| 1974 | Collectors Collections, Museum of Modern Crafts, New York |
| 1975 | Contemporary Crafts of the Americas’ selector and exhibitor, Colorado |
| 1975 | 5000 Years of Gold, Kyoto |
| 1976 | Treasures of London, Smithsonian Institute travelling USA, Canada, Iran, Japan |
| 1979 | British Design Exhibition, Copenhagen |
| 1980 | International Jewellery 1900 –1980, Kunstlerhaus, Vienna |
| 1982 | Jewellery Redefined, British Craft Centre, London |
| 1984 | Jewellery International, New York Museum of Contemporary Crafts |
| 1984 | Contemporary Jewellery, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo and Kyoto |
| 1986 | British Design / British Art 1986, Kunstlerhaus, Vienna |
| 1987 | Prospectiva Contemporary European Jewellery, Barcelona |
| 1987 | Tendenser 1987, Galeri F.15, Moss, Norway |
| 1988 | ’70 Jewellers and Silversmiths’, Lesley Craze Gallery, London, UK |
| 1989 | Biennale des Bijoux, Paris |
| 1989 | Sotheby’s Decorative Arts Exhibition, London |
| 1989 | Perth International Crafts Triennial, Perth, Australia |
| 1990 | Collecting for the Future: A Decade of Contemporary Acquisitions, V&A, London |
| 1992 | Chicago International New Arts Forms Expo, Hand & Spirit Gallery, Arizona |
| 1995 | Shining Through, Crafts Council, London |
| 1996 | Jewellery from Europe, Galerie Metal, Copenhagen |
| 1996 | The Innovators, 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Electrum Gallery, London |
| 1996 | New Times , New Thinking, Craft Council, London |
| 1997 | Modern British Design, Museum of Applied Arts, Cologne, Germany |
| 1998 | Fifty Pieces of Gold, Contemporary Applied Arts, London |
| 1998 | Jewellery Moves, National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh |
| 1999 | Fired with Colour, Aberdeen Art Gallery, National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh |
| 2000 | “Paper/Plastics/Palladium and Pearls” Lesley Craze Gallery, London |
| 2001 | Mikromegas, BKV, Munich |
| 2002 | Tiaras, Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
| 2002–03 | The Ring, Mobilia, Cambridge Massachusetts USA; Ruthin Craft Centre Wales |
| 2002 | Zero Karat, American Craft Museum, New York |
| 2003 | Modern Designer Jewellery, Fairfax House, York |
| 2005 | Transformations: The Language of Craft, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
| 2006 | Challenging the Chatelaine, Designmuseo, Helsinki |
| 2007-09 | The Enamel Experience: International Badge Exhibition, Touring: Museum der Arbeit, Hamburg, Germany; National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, USA |
| 2008 | Glass Wear – Glass in Contemporary Jewellery, Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim |
| 2008 | Contemporary visions in Metal, Mobilia Gallery USA |
| 2009 | Creation II, Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, London |
| 2010 | The Honey Bee and the Hive, Contemporary Applied Arts, London (Curator) |
| 2011-12 | Love Lace, Powerhouse Museum, Australia |
| 2012 | Unexpected Pleasures, Design Museum, London |
| 2013 | Objects of Status, Power and Adornment Mobilia Gallery, USA |
| 2013 | Pop Art Design, Barbican, London |
| 2013 | Masters of Modern Jewellery, Beetles & Huxley, London |
| 2013 | Masterpieces : Art and East Anglia, The Sainsbury Centre |
| 2015 | Modern Masters, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh |
| 2015 | A Sense of Jewellery, The Goldsmiths Centre, London |
| 2016 | Paper/Plastic: Contemporary Adornment Racine Art Museum, Wisconsin USA |
LARGE SCALE AND PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
| 1976 | British Government: Bird of Paradise, gift on the independence of Papua New Guinea |
| 1987 | Quick food restaurants: Colorcore murals and decorations for seven restaurants |
| 1993 | St. John’s College, Oxford: Gate to Fellows Garden |
| 1996 | Victoria & Albert Museum: Double Screen EH9681 |
| 1997 | Borough of Eton and Windsor: Street furniture for Eton High Street |
| 1998 | City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra: Door handles and glass doors |
| 1999 | Reading Town Hall & Museum: Timepiece, aluminium mobile for the entrance |
| 2000 | Homes & Gardens and the Victoria & Albert Museum: The Prince of Wales’ Medal |
| 2000 | Columbus Courtyard, Canary Wharf, London: Columbus Screen |
| 2000 | The New Millennium Company: Millennium Medal for HM Queen Elizabeth II |
| 2000 | Southwark Cathedral: Glass panels and bronze door handles for the Millennium Building |
| 2001 | City of Sunderland: Sliding gates for Mowbray Park |
| 2001 | Hat Hill Foundation: Circular gates for Sculpture at Goodwood |
| 2002 | Priors Court School: Entrance gate (with Richard Watkins) |
| 2007 | Clare College Cambridge: Garden gate |
| 2010 | St John’s College Oxford: Two pairs of gates for the Kendrew Quadrangle |
| 2010 | The New Edinburgh Gates for One Hyde Park, London |
| 2014 | Portcullis gates, 33 Davies Street, Mayfair, London |