Victoria Heald

My work aims to communicate the intensity of the painted figure through pose, gesture and expression. I create contemporary figurative paintings by mixing traditional oil techniques with modern mediums, working on canvas, board or metal. The juxtaposition of changing surfaces, materials and compositions act to heighten the figurative image in each piece. While the figures are painted thinly in oils, the backgrounds use modern light-reflective pigments, taking the subject out of their original context and placing them into a realm without circumstances or conditions. My new gold works reference the importance gold has played as a medium within the history of painting and creates a contemplative space for the figure in each piece. The grandeur of the gold creates a contrast with the figures' contemporary look, everyday clothes and gestures.

Chelsea College of Art London, BA Fine Art, First Class Honours

Solo Exhibitions
2019 Artist in Residence Showcase, Bankside Hotel, London
2018 Art Rooms International Art Fair, Regent’s Park, London
2017 Art at The Club House: Victoria Heald, Holland Park, London
2014 Victoria Heald: Paintings, The Dorchester, Mayfair, London
2014 Victoria Heald: Paintings, Menier Gallery, London

Highlight Group Exhibitions
2019 Society of Women Artists Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries London
2019 Henley Festival, Henley-on-Thames
2019 Affordable Art Fair Hampstead, London
2018 Art On A Postcard Charity Auction, Devonshire Square, London
2018 London City Island Summer Exhibition, London
2018 Affordable Art Fair Hampstead, London
2018 Art Rooms Exhibition and Prize, London
2017 Affordable Art Fair Battersea, London
2017 GX Gallery Summer Exhibition, The Gherkin, London
2017 Creative Debuts, London
2016 FORTY BY FORTY, GX Gallery, London
2014 Made in Bermondsey, London
2012 Hodgkinson and Heald, Cork Street, London
2012 20:12 Olympics Exhibition, London
2011 — 2012 London's Calling Exhibition, Los Angeles, USA
2011 Debut Contemporary Summer Exhibition, Westbourne Grove, London
2011 Lisa Sharpe Contemporary Art, Bloomsbury, London
2011 Chelsea Degree Show, Millbank, London