Opening Night: The New Police by Jacquelyn Royal

In her series of urban needlepoint studies, Royal asks viewers to re-examine our ideas surrounding both graffiti and folk art as mediums.

form & concept is delighted to announce the return of needlepoint artist Jacquelyn Royal in her first solo show at the gallery, following two group exhibitions in 2018 and 2019.

In her series of urban needlepoint studies, Royal asks viewers to re-examine our ideas surrounding both graffiti and folk art as mediums. Royal, working from a high-resolution image of a cityscape, captures sunworn advertisements, years of graffiti layers and urban decay in hand-dyed yarn (sometimes using up to fifteen different shades of white to perfectly capture a sky).

Jacquelyn Royal’s textile work has been exhibited and published internationally. Recent exhibitions include the Textile Biennial in the Netherlands; Thread at Rheged Cultural Center in Cumbria, UK; and Hand / Eye at form & concept in Santa Fe, NM, among others. She currently lives and works as a professor of humanities in Saratoga Springs, NY.