Henrietta Dent is an artist and artisan based in London. She works with experimental hand-weaving processes to expand the relationship of threads to light, space and form.
Each material and process she works with is often overlooked, left behind or flawed. She combines these elements welcoming 'mistakes' to challenge their perception and question value.
A metaphor for her practice is the handloom she weaves with, which was reclaimed from various discarded pieces of George Wood loom that she restored to a unique working object.
BIO
Henrietta Dent (b.1996) studied at Manchester School of Art before graduating from the Royal College of Art where she gained an MA in Textiles, specialising in Weave. Dent has won prizes including the Zoffany Visual Arts Award, UK, 2022 and the Coats Foundation Trust Sponsorship Award, 2020. In addition, she has exhibited work nationally and internationally, including Planet-Saving Innovations at Fabrica X, London Craft Week, UK, 2024; Crossing Through the Spike Isle at Wutong Gallery, Nanjing, 2023; Thinking Through Making Symposium at Kings College London, 2022; No.43, Atelier LK, London, UK, 2021; Further Than the Eye Can See, London, UK 2021; Precious Waste, London Design Festival, UK, 2018. In 2024 she created a large-scale woven installation for Burberry, Frankfurt. Currently, she is working with Atelier LK for a project based in the US.
