Richard McVetis Light Abstraction, London Limited Edition Print

Light Abstraction, London 50 x 50cm limited edition print RRP £150

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McVetis’ practice is deeply rooted in process, and intrinsic to this is hand embroidery. He records time and space through multiples of dots, lines, and crosses. These meticulously rendered stitches reflect a preoccupation with the repetitive nature of process. McVetis explores the subtle differences that emerge through ritualistic and habitual making. These inscribed stitches mark the hand’s rhythms, a delicate performance of obsessive intricacy, refinement, and gesture. They record human presence, time and decay, each stitch or line acting as a marker for lived time, an embodiment of thought and patience. These physical, tactile, and repetitive modes of creation allow him the time to see and think, to occupy a space.

Richard McVetis graduated in Constructed Textiles from the Royal College of Art in 2008.
Since completing his BA in Embroidery at Manchester Metropolitan University in 2005, he has been shortlisted
for several distinguished prizes, including the Jerwood Drawing Prize, UK, 2011 and 2017; and the
international Loewe Craft Prize, 2018. In addition, McVetis has shown work nationally and internationally at
several exhibitions, including The British Textile Biennial, Rossendale, UK, 2021; RENEW at Kettles Yard, UK,
2019; Loewe Craft Prize, The Design Museum, London, UK, 2018; Collect Open, Saatchi Gallery, UK, 2017;
‘Form + Motion’ – a major exhibition with British Council and Crafts Council for the Cheongju Craft Biennale,
South Korea, 2017. In 2022 his first solo show was at the Craft Study Centre, Farnham.