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Mia Thompson
Thompson’s prints consider the body as a vessel—both physical and spiritual—through a queer and trans lens.
Their prints explore themes of gender, the body, and identity, drawing on biblical imagery, interplay of scale and vulnerability. Engaging with the alchemical nature of printmaking, the process itself becomes a metaphor for transformation. The work reflects on the idea of the ‘subtle body’: a non-physical plane where identity, soul, and sensation converge. Embracing a collective, non-binary perspective, the series plays with language and plural pronouns (they/them) to evoke multiplicity, shared experience, and fluidity in transformation.
Our Subtle Body
An exhibition of prints by Mia Thompson and Sofia Alrich Veytia. Thompson and Alrich Veytia explore a non-material self, vulnerability and joy through moments of connection to something larger than ourselves. Through the alchemical process of printmaking they invite collective reflection.
Sofia Alrich Veytia
Sofia Alrich Veytia (1997) is a visual artist born in Mexico City, currently based in London.
‘In Conversation’ with Sofia Alrich Veytia and Mia Thompson
Join us for an ‘In Conversation’ with artists Mia Thompson and Sofia Alrich Veytia, and studio director Michelle Avison, to accompany the exhibition, Our Subtle Body. Find out more about Mia and Sofia’s ideas and motivations, about their shared interest in portraying the body, and the similarities and differences in their work.
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Carborundum
Abrasive carborundum grit (silicon carbide) is mixed with acrylic medium or glue and painted onto a flat surface, such as plastic or metal.