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Sofia Alrich Veytia
Sofia Alrich Veytia (1997) is a visual artist born in Mexico City, currently based in London.
Through printmaking, painting, and video Sofia attempts to make substance of something that in its essence is transient, fleeting, or intangible, through amorphous figures that resemble the microcosm and macrocosm simultaneously. Her work experiments with imagery pertaining to nature, exploring the visual parallelisms between the human body and natural life. Sofia was awarded the HAUSPRINT Graduate Prize in 2023, which provided her with a year of free access to the studio’s facilities. This generous opportunity had a significant impact on her practice, enabling her to continue experimenting and developing her work during the crucial transition from student to professional life. The supportive, collaborative environment at HAUSPRINT—shared with a vibrant community of artists—further enriched her experience and creative growth.
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.
‘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.
Mia Thompson
Thompson’s prints consider the body as a vessel—both physical and spiritual—through a queer and trans lens.
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Etching
Etching was originally invented as a method for adding decoration to armour during the Middle Ages. Artists began to use metal plates for printing in the 15th century, when Albrecht Durer made work on iron plates. Later artists such as Andrea Mantegna in Italy and Rembrandt in Holland went on to make etchings on copper.
Daydreaming through decoration
“I felt like I was in multiple spaces at the same time – the studio, my source material, my paintings – and I really lost myself in the process of making. I had this epiphany that if I inhabited my paintings long enough then the experience of looking at them would contain the dysphoria I felt, because that’s how art works, it’s a sort of a mirror.”
Artist talk: Sarah Gillett
In this podcast episode released by Fermynwoods Contemporary Art, Sarah Gillett talks about her research on how astronauts dream, the promise of future seances, and the joy of collaboration.