CV
EDUCATION
MA Constructed Textiles - The Royal College of Art - 2006 < 08
BA (HONS) Embroidery - Manchester Metropolitan University - 2002 < 05
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Richard McVetis: Shaped by Time - Crafts Study Centre - Farnham - UK
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Make Hauser & With - London, UK (9th May - June 3rd )
20 Years - Cavaliero Finn - London, UK (11th - 18th May)
On Tenderness & Time - Curated by Jenn Ellis, presented by Xenia - London, UK
Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize - Bournemouth, Plymouth, and Wigan, UK
Inspired - Ruup & Form - Collect International Art Fair - London, UK
2023
Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize - London, UK
Threads: 'Breathing stories into materials' - Arnolfini - Bristol, UK
House Guests - David Parr House - Cambridge
Elemental Lines - Cavaliero Finn - Ballroom Arts - Aldeburgh, UKIn Quest for Harmony - Ruup & Form - Collect International Art Fair - London, UK
Into the Night - Cavaliero Finn - London Art Fair - UK
2022
Sixty Drawings + Ten - The Whitaker - Manchester - UK
Conversations - The 62 Group - St Barbes Museum & Art Gallery - Lymington - UK
Essence - The 62 Group - London & Harrogate - UK
2021
Definitions of Drawing - Sunny Bank Mills - Leeds UK
Connected Cloth - The British Textile Biennial - The Whitaker - UK
Monochrome - Ruthin Craft Centre - Wales - UK
2020
Of Time and Place - Living Object - London - UK
25 Years - Danielle Arnaud Gallery - London - UK
Ten - Unit Twelve - Stafford, UK.
2019
RE-NEW - Kettles Yard - Cambridge, UK
David Gates: In Dialogue - Make Hauser & Wirth - Somerset, UK
COS - Series IV - Coal Drops Yard - London, UK
Construct - The 62 Group - Sunny Bank Mills - Leeds, UK
The Future of Craft - London, UK
Crafting New Perspectives - Culturesphere - Gmund Büttenpapierfabrik - Germany
Future Icons - London Art Fair - UK.
Retail Space - Seventeen Galley - London, UK.2018
Loewe Craft Prize - The Design Museum - London, UK.
Stitch - Daniel Raphael - London, UK.
Is It Useful? - Unit Twelve - Stafford, UK.
Monochrome - Bluecoat Display Centre - Liverpool, UK.5x10 - Rolfe Judd Architects - London, UK.
The Uppermost Layer - Jaggedart - London, UK
2017
Craft Forms - Wayne Art Center - USA.
Make_Shift - Collyer Bristow Gallery - London, UK.
Form + Motion - UK Pavilion - British Council & Crafts Council - Cheongju International Craft Biennale - South Korea
Drawing Open - No Format Gallery - London, UK.
Real to Reel: The Craft Film Festival - Crafts Council - Picture House Central - London, UK.
Collect: The International Art Fair for Contemporary Objects - Crafts Council - Saatchi Gallery - London, UK.
Jerwood Drawing Prize - Turnpike Art Centre - Leigh & The Gallery - Poole, UK.
The Thread Unraveled - V.M. Gallery - Karachi, Pakistan.
2016
White Show - Clotsworthy House Art Centre - Northern Ireland.
Jerwood Drawing Prize - Jerwood Space - London, UK.
Making Space - The 62 Group of Textile Artists - Macclesfield, UK.
Hand / Work - Bílskúrsgallerý - Icelandic Textile Center - Blönduós, Iceland.
Excellence in Fibre - USA
2015
Craft Forms - Wayne Art Center - USA.
Cheongju International Craft Biennale - South Korea.
White Show - Flow Gallery - London, UK.
Craft Forms - Wayne Art Center - USA.
2014
Microtopia - Kingsgate Gallery - London, UK.
The Geometrics - Slow Textiles Group Show - Textiles Hub London, UK.
2011
Jerwood Drawing Prize - Jerwood Space - London, UK
2007Mixtacity - Nigel Coates - Tate Modern - London, UK
AWARDS
Resident Artist - Make Hauser & Wirth - Braemar, Scotland - Spring 2024
Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize - Finalist - 2023
Evelyn Williams Drawing Award - Short Listed Artist - 2023
Cockpit Textile Prize - 2023
Resident Artist - Xenia Creative Retreat - Hampshire, UK - 2023
The Cockpit Arts / Newby Trust Craft Excellence Awards 2019
Loewe Craft Prize - Finalist - 2018
Collect Open - Crafts Council - Selected Artist - 2017
Jerwood Drawing Prize - Finalist - 2016
West Dean Tapestry Commission - Long listed Artist - 2016
Resident Artist - Textilsetur Islands - Blonduos - Iceland 2016
Cheongju International Craft Competition - Finalist - 2015
Jurors Award - Craft Forms - Wayne Art Center - 2015
Jerwood Drawing Prize - Finalist - 2011
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Huddersfield Art Gallery - Acquired through the Contemporary Art Society - Omega Fund - January 2022
TALKS
Textile + Place Conference - Talk and panel discussion - Manchester Metropolitan University, UK - 2023
Unravelling Threads - Panel discussion with curators Gemma Brace & Alice Kettle - Arnolfini, Bristol - 2023
Sew Inclusive: Male & Non Binary Artists in Conversation - Woven Textile Festival - Huddersfield, UK - 2023
Radical Acts Symposium - Panel discussion with Natalie Melton - Harewood House - July 2022
Material Lives - Artefact - Panel discussion with Grant Gibson - London - 2022
Definitions of Drawing - Panel discussion with curator Courtney Spencer - Leeds - October - 2021
The Potential of Stitch - The Textile Society - October 2021The Skill of Narrative & Stitched Textiles - Key note - Fashion & Textiles Museum - London - Jan 2021
Possibilities of Fibre Art - Organised by Tai Ping & chaired by Grant Gibson - London - March 2020
Textile Artists in Conversation - Raystitch - London - May 2019
Crafts Council - Home and Abroad - Panel discussion - Collect - Saatchi Gallery - London - Jan 2017
Inspiring the Future - Various Locations - March 2016 to present
LISTEN
Unravelling Threads - Panel discussion with curators Gemma Brace & Alice Kettle - Arnolfini, Bristol - 2023
Material Matters with Grant Gibson - May 2022
Making Meaning - Ruth Singer Podcast - July 2021
Pursuit of Beauty, In Stitches - Presented by Amber Butchart - BBC Radio 4 - November 2018
Rial Talk - Materials Podcast by Anna Ploszajski - August 2018
PUBLICATIONS
Record, Map and Capture in Textile Art - Batsford - 2022
Textile Travels - Batsford - October 2020
Thread Contemporary Embroidered Art - Thames & Hudson - November 2019
De Fil en Aiguille - Embroidery Art - Publication by Pyramyd Editions - November 2018
Dimensional Cloth - Andra Standton - August 2018
Textile Landscapes - Cas Holmes
Hand Stitch Perspectives - Alice Kettles & Jane McKeating - Bloomsbury Press 2012
COMMISSIONS / PROJECTS
Crafts Council x Toast - Renewal - April 2021
Store Store x Barbican - October 2020
ReDesign Business - Virtual Festival - Workshop - September 2020
Late at Tate Britain - Tate Collective - August 2020
Institute of Making - UCL - London, UK - 2018 / 2020Mulberry - Take Root Branch Out - May 2020
COS - November 2019
Toast - Re NEW - October 2019
Cheltenham Science Festival - June 2019
Rolfe Judd Architect - October 2018
The Big Draw - Jerwood Visual Arts - Jerwood Space - London, UK - Oct 2016PRESS
Material Source - August - 2024
Hole & Corner - In conversation - October - 2023
Muji - Craft your comfort - Artist Profile - October 2023
Financial Times - Contemporary Embroidery - August 2023
Spectator - Threads: Arnolfini - August 2023
Sixtysix Magazine - 13 Textile Artists Pushing the Medium Forward - July 2023
See Sew - Brother Japan - February 2023
Crafts Magazine - Cotton Artist Spotlight - October 2022
Embroidery - Review of solo exhibition - April 2022
A Stitch in Time - Oliver Spencer in conversation with Richard McVetis - April 2022
Labour of Love - Interview by Craig Mclean for Hole & Corner - January 2022
Toast Magazine - Reviving and Reinventing - May 2021
Tatter Journal - The Vastness of Minutia - May 2021
Embroidery - My Space - March / April 2020
Turnball & Asser - Off the Cuff - September 2020
Interview - Jamie Chalmers (Mr X Stitch) - July 2020
TOAST x Kettles Yard - November 2019
TOAST Magazine - RE-NEW at Kettles Yard - October 2019
Korean Craft + Design Foundation - Special Feature - July 2019
Evening Standard - Gallery Walls - March 2019
Wilma Journal - December Distilled - December 2018
Textile Artist - From Concept to Creation - Nov 2017
Uppercase Magazine - Making Time - Oct 2017
Wearables Magazine - Inspiration - June 2017
Embroidery Magazine - Making Time - May/ June 2017
Textile Artist - Creating texture and pattern with Stitch - April 2017Crafts Magazine - Collect Guide - Open to ideas by Imogen Greenhalgh - Feb 2017
House & Garden - Preview the talent at Collect - Jan 2017
Inspirations Magazine - Issue 91 - Sept 2016
Embroidery Magazine - Sept/Oct 2016
UK Handmade Magazine - Interview with Zoe Gilbertson - Sept 2016Stitch Journal - Rendering with needle a thread - Aug 2016
Booooooom - Art Blog - 2016
Excellence in Fibers - Fiber Arts Now 2015
House & Garden - Buying Art Dec 2015
Inspirational - Nov 2015
Embroidery Magazine - Nov/Dec 2015
Flow Gallery - Interview - Sept 2015Crafts Magazine - July/August 2005
Embroidery Magazine - 2005/06
MEMBER
Brother at The Art Workers Guild
TEACHING
Tutor (Research) Textiles - The Royal College of Art
Tutor - West Dean College of Arts and Conservation
Guest Lecturer - Chelsea College of Art and Design - Graduate Diploma - Textiles
University for the Creative Arts - MA Textiles
Raystitch - 2012 to present
Arts Emergency - Mentor - 2023
New Designers - Mentor - 2021/23