James Heath

James Heath is a multidisciplinary artist whose dynamic practice spans performance, percussion, sculpture, collage, charcoal, and painting. Blending natural landscapes with mechanical forms, James’s work is in a constant state of evolution—layering, undoing, and reimagining as part of his intuitive process.

Working with a stripped-back colour palette, James constructs complex, layered surfaces through collage and drawing—primarily using charcoal and a rubber. These pieces explore what he calls ‘the complications of life,’ drawing on themes such as the ‘rhetorical nightmare,’ ‘Nick Cave’s hands,’ and ‘blank like it’s the nothingness.’

Improvisation plays a key role across his practice, with storytelling, poetry, and sound merging into richly textured works that are both emotionally resonant and deeply personal.

“This drawing represents
The beauty of moving parts
Moving parts of the heart…”
James Heath