Richard McVetis
Richard is a visual artist and educator whose practice-led research delves into time, geology and cosmology. He crafts intricate, shifting forms and installations through textile-based works. Richard studied at Manchester School of Art before completing a Textiles MA at the Royal College of Art in 2008. McVetis has been shortlisted for several distinguished prizes, including the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, UK, 2023; 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 Threads at Arnolfini, UK, 2023; The British Textile Biennial, UK, 2021; RENEW at Kettles Yard, UK, 2019; Loewe Craft Prize, Design Museum, London, UK, 2018; ‘Form + Motion’ – a major exhibition with the British Council, South Korea, 2017. In 2022, his solo show was held at the Craft Study Centre, Farnham.