SCD Studio hosts in its Perugia space (via Bramante 22N) Stitched Lines, the project room of Patricia Kelly, curated by Barbara Pavan.
The exhibition is part of the exhibition cycle of CASSANDRE, a container-project promoted by SCD Studio.

Patricia Kelly’s works arise from a profound reflection on the bond between human beings and the earth, understood as a space of memory, identity, and transformation. Raised in County Fermanagh, Ireland, the artist translates the harsh and changing landscapes of her homeland into stitched lines, where free embroidery becomes a primary gesture, suspended between abstraction and figuration. The use of recycled fabrics and reclaimed materials gives the works a tactile and layered dimension, evoking rural and familial practices, while the poetics of wabi-sabi orient her aesthetics toward the celebration of imperfection and transience.

In Stitched Lines, the stitched line becomes sign, writing, and reflection: from the organic forms of nature to geometric compositions, dense or rarefied, reminiscent of a pencil drawing, a restitution of a landscape that is at once natural and cultural, historical stratification and imaginary sublimation. Kelly’s artistic practice is inscribed in a contemporary discourse that values the intimacy of the act of embroidery as a form of resistance and of reconnection with one’s own territory and cultural roots. The stitched line is not only an aesthetic element, but a symbol of care and belonging, a means of weaving bonds between generations and of preserving the history of a rural world in rapid transformation. Through art, Kelly offers a living testimony of a relationship with the earth that is at once personal and collective, physical and spiritual, where memory is embodied in gesture and material.

Patricia Kelly is an Irish artist trained at Ulster University in Belfast, where she obtained a degree in Fine Craft Design. Her work has been presented in numerous national and international exhibitions, including projects in Ireland, the United Kingdom, France, Australia, Latvia, and Italy. Among her recent participations (2024–25) are the Biennale of Fiber Arts Australia, the II International Biennale of Contemporary Fiber Art IT, the Cairde Arts Festival in Ireland, and exhibition projects at the Bluecoat Display Centre in Liverpool, the Amelie du Chalard gallery in Paris, the Leitrim Sculpture Centre, and Gallery 57 in Sussex, as well as collaborations with international platforms such as The Curators and The Drawing Box.