Richard McVetis

McVetis uses a range of media including drawing, installation and textiles to explore our perception of space and time. His minimalist work is an endless exploration, not just of form but of the reclamation and potential of process and repetition within stitch.A step-by-step examination of perspective and scale which unearths the human condition.
His process is labour-intensive and centres on the use of hand embroidery that reflects a preoccupation with the repetitive nature of process, exploring the subtle differences that emerge through ritualistic and habitual making. In addition, the mapping of space and marking time and form are central themes. McVetis explores the way time and place are felt, experienced and constructed. Ideas are often developed in response to, or created specifically to a moment, visualising and making this a tactile and tangible object.The pieces created explore how objects, materials and places, through the action of hands, bear witness to the passing of time, of the mundane and monotonous regularity of everyday existence.

Richard McVetis (b.1983 South Africa) studied MA Constructed Textiles at The Royal College of Art (2006-08). Selected group exhibitions include: Make_Shift, Collyer Bristow Gallery, London (2017); British Pavillion, Cheongju Craft Biennale, South, Korea (2017); Real to Real:The Craft Film Festival, Picture House Central, Crafts Council, London (2017); Collect Open, Saatchi Gallery, London (2017);The Jerwood Drawing Prize, Jerwood Space, London (2016); Making Space, Silk Museum, Macclesfield (2016); Craft Forms,Wayne, USA (2016); Cheongju International Craft Biennial, South Korea (2015). Recent awards include: Grants for the Arts,Arts Council England funding for Collect Open (2017); Craft Forms, Jurors Award (2016). Richard is a finalist in the Loewe Craft Prize,The Design Museum, London (2018). Lives and works in London.