Richard Heys

Richard Heys

Forest Row, East Sussex, United Kingdom

About Richard Heys

I am committed to colour and forgetting. It's as if I am under siege from all I have seen and all I know. I attempt a self-forgetting, a side-stepping of rational processes to allow moments of creative innocence to arise. This side-stepping, deflecting quick answers and slick resolve leads me on a passionate journey through the worlds of colour, both outer and inner. In the realisation of a finished work I aim to recover mystery and, in this world of the known, I work standing before the unknown. For the last few years I have been working in a beautiful light filled studio in Sussex exploring tools and processes which disguise the hand. I have found a greater freedom through this limitation and its challenges. I explore light and darkness and pure colour journeys, working with transparency and glazing to create vibrant surfaces. My paintings were selected for the ING Discerning Eye exhibition at the Mall Galleries, London in 2015 & 2016. In 2017 my work was selected for the prestigious Creekside Open & the National Open Art Competition. My work is also on show at the Ashdown Gallery in Sussex & Clifton Fine Art in Bristol.

Education:

BA (Hons) Fine Art (Sunderland Uni) 1986
Diploma in Sculpture Emerson College 2001
PGCE (DTLLS) Central Sussex College 2012

Events:

CV from 2014 to the present:
2014 Brighton Art Fair
2014-17 Pure Arts Group selected member & showed works at the Pure Autumn Fair Battle in 2014, 2015 & 2016
2015 ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, London, 4 works selected
2015 Brighton Art Fair
2016 ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, London, 3 works selected
2016 Hop Gallery Open, Lewes, 3 works selected
2016 Brighton Art Fair
2016 The Other Art Fair, Bristol
2016 The Other Art Fair, Truman Brewery, London
2017 Sevenoaks Visual Arts Forum Open, Sevenoaks, curated by Kenton Lowe of the Blackshed Gallery, one painting selected
2017 Threads Open Exhibition, Espacio Gallery, London
2017 Men's Work, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks
2017 Creekside Open, London, selected by Jordan Baseman
2017 Refuge: In search of safety, Fringe Arts Bath (May June)
2017 Threads Open Exhibition, Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh (July)
2017 Summer Salon, Martyrs' Gallery, Lewes (July)
2017 Featured Artist, Ashdown Gallery, Forest Row, Sussex (July)
2017 Kunsthuis Gallery Summer Exhibition, Crayke, North Yorkshire (June - August)
2017 The Other Art Fair, Bristol (September)
2017 The Other Art Fair, London (October)

Exhibitions:

Kent Painters Group Exhibition, Sevenoaks (27 - 29 October 2017)
Solo Show, Dornach, Switzerland (27 October - 15 December 2017)
21st National Open Art Exhibition, London (17 -26 November, 2017)