Felicity Warbrick: Wedded Rocks

About the artist

Felicity Warbrick is based in the Welsh Marches, having previously spent two decades in London following a childhood in the Yorkshire Dales. A graduate of Chelsea College of Art, her practice avoids the labels of traditional printmaking. Instead, she views the act of printing as the final stage of a prolonged process of looking, drawing, and remaking. Her work is guided by the "perfectly imperfect," where the physical evidence of the human hand and the unpredictable interaction of materials are preferred over the uniformity of the machine-made.

Warbrick’s subjects are often found in the vernacular—first nations buildings, travel postcards, or sacred Shinto "wedded rocks." She is drawn to what she calls "Architecture without Architects": structures built from necessity and what is to hand, rather than through formal design. By homing in on these objects, she attempts to reveal their inner character, making them "seen" with a clarity that feels entirely new. These images function as a meeting point between the real world and the picture-book of her own imagination, rooted in traditions that feel both timebound and timeless.

Her career includes numerous selections for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and a shortlisting for the Jerwood Drawing Prize. In 2022, she was the winner of the Contemporary Printmaker Prize at the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, where she has since held solo exhibits. Represented in galleries from London to Edinburgh and Hong Kong, Warbrick’s work remains an argument for craftsmanship and integrity. In an era of detached information, her quiet, pared-down images serve as a grounding reminder of the authentic and the handmade.