James Heath

“Over the past few years at ActionSpace, I’ve been creative the whole time. It’s always a work in progress learning how to be an artist; to paint or to draw.

It feels a bit nice being a professional abstract artist.

It looks like I do lots of black and white images, using charcoal and smudging it with my hand. I also use pencil and ink and a little bit of painting and collage. I do music too, and it goes well with all the art, and I do performances too with my artwork.

The depths in the drawings express an energy and a happiness inside, and the performances are a true reflection of that too – expressing a feeling about being creative in different ways.

My art is like walking into the sand or walking into the forest. It’s like a bright light inside a cave. There are mermaids and seals, stormy islands and unknown lost forests.

My work is poetic; I do writing alongside my artworks and make songs using the writing. I speak from the heart.

We all in the group make some art together sometimes, and that helps us to come up with new ideas. When we did the exhibition Into The Bliss, it felt like we could share our feelings together. I have creative thoughts being in the group of artists with ActionSpace.” – James Heath, 2026.

 

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