Libby Wheatcroft

Libby Wheatcroft is a London-based painter whose work explores image culture, self-perception, and the overstimulation of contemporary life through the lens of her ADHD.

Working primarily in oil paint, she draws from photography, digital collage, and self-portraiture to create layered, maximalist compositions that blur the boundaries between memory, observation, and emotion in contemporary culture.

Her practice is deeply autobiographical and informed by her experience of being diagnosed with ADHD as an adult. Through dense, fragmented imagery, Wheatcroft explores themes of chaos, control, liberation, and acceptance. Recurring face motifs, vibrant colour, and overlapping forms mirror the competing thoughts and sensory overload that shape her daily experience.

Wheatcroft’s process begins with photography, capturing moments from her surroundings that draw her attention through light, texture, and colour. These images are digitally collaged into layered compositions that function as visual metaphors for warped memory, distraction, and perception. She then translates these collages into oil paintings, using the slow, tactile nature of paint to reclaim time and attention and transform illusive moments into something tangible and refl...

Loughborough University
BA (Hons) Fine Art | 2017–2020


Oaklands College
Diploma in Art & Design, Distinction | 2016–2017

Beaumont School
A Levels: Art (A), Photography (A) | GCSEs: 10 A–B grades | 2009–2016

2026 – Norway, Rambu, Artist Residency Exhibition, February 2026

2025 – London, Koppel Project, LumiNoir Art – Verdical, February 2025

2025 – Venice, Pallazo Albrizzi, ITS LIQUID, Body Language, February 2025

2024 – London, Lighthouse Gallery, Art Gemini Prize 11th Edition The Lighthouse Gallery, London, September 2024

2024 – London, Espacio Gallery, LumiNoir, Ascention, July 2024

2024 – Colchester, The Minories, Summer Exhibition, July – August 2024

2024 – Crawley, Virtual Exhibition, Summer Exhibition, July 2024

2024 – Glasgow, The Alchemy Experiment, CURTAINS, May 2024

2021 – London, Theatre deli, Good to Go festival, “Attention!”, 2021

2019 – Loughborough, Container project, Balloons, Loughborough, 2019

2018 – Loughborough, The space between, Welcome Mat Gallery, 2018