London Solo Presentation: Filet Space, London

Fuelled by a love of fashion, form, and material, Hatty draws on personal narratives to explore the complex nature of identity and the behaviours that mediate it through genre-bending work that exists between abstraction and figuration. Her practice takes inspiration from second wave feminist and queer explorations of materials and process as a way of unpacking gendered, political, and personal content through abstraction.

Hatty's recent work exists in tender dialogue with traditions of quilting and textile practice, both in its technical approach and formal aesthetic. The abstract and expressive modes of cutting, stitching, splicing, and remixing are articulated throughout as performative and editorial acts of resistance. In this work Hatty expands her interest in restyling older forms of abstraction, the use of unlikely or low-quality materials, rococo aesthetics, and a focus on behaviours and processes specific to textiles as a way of opening a dialogue around the complexities of individuality and the female experience.

A selection of work made during the last three years will be on display, including textile based assemblages, typewriter collages, and table-top sculptures.

Born 1967 in London, Hatty has a studio practice in Leicester and is Director of Rochelle workspaces in Shoreditch, London, and Camp & Furnace Ltd, Liverpool. Her work in held in several private collections, including Maureen Paley Private Collection. Recent exhibitions include: artist curated group show The Comrades They Were Brave, We Salute You, London 2022; selected guest artist, Intersectional Feminist Art Collective (InFems) Group Show, 2021; Leicester Contemporary, 2021; and the Royal Academy Summer Show, London, 2020.