Alethea Richter: Filtered Light

Light is both subject and agent within the works exhibiting at PARKER Contemporary. From the glow of the electronic display to the UV exposure that fixes marks onto the silkscreen mesh. Pixel-like forms move through sequences of translation, hand printed in meticulous layers of paint before being sliced and woven back into the surface as paper threads. The resulting works oscillate between image and object, turning digital language into tactile form.

In 2025, Alethea Richter received the Emerging Artist Award at the Burnie Print Prize and graduated with First Class Honours from Queensland College of Art and Design, Griffith University. Richter’s work has been exhibited at Sydney Contemporary, Aotearoa Art Fair and in group exhibitions nationally and internationally. She was awarded the Ravenswood Australian Women’s Emerging Artist Prize in 2023 and Best in Show at the Ipswich Art Awards in 2024. Richter is currently a 2026 National Works on Paper finalist.

Image: Alethea Richter, Filtered Light V (detail), hand printed and hand woven multilayer silkscreen on cotton rag paper. 75cm x 106cm.

Photo credit: Louis Lim. Courtesy of the artist and PARKER Contemporary.