"Painting is coloured by the metaphysical frameworks of emotion and information that affect the painter at work. I weave these influences through my work via a ritualistic engagement with news media. In this ritual I find surprising comfort; I situate myself among the stories of the world while existing in my own. Language has substance. Every word or phrase extracted is infused with social or political concerns, humour or life contained within it. Through incorporating these text fragments into my process, I embed my paintings in the fabric of human existence.

I believe the best of painting is always peculiar and unknowable."

Heather Green, February 2024 (Studio 7-222)


About the artist:
Heather Green (b.1993 Middlesbrough) graduated with an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art (2019-2023) and was shortlisted for the Stephanie Fribourg award 2023. Upon graduating with a BA in Fine Art: Painting from UAL Wimbledon College of Arts in 2016, Green was awarded the Landmark PLC painting prize and was shortlisted for the Clyde & Co. Art Awards 2016. In 2017, Green was selected from the CCW collection to present her first solo show, hosted by the Royal Marsden Arts Forum charity, across the RM hospital sites at Chelsea and Sutton. Between 2017-2019, she was a featured artist with Rossi-Asiaghi, a start-up aimed at connecting recent graduates in the arts with development opportunities, through which she ran professional workshops with students from London-based Universities. In 2024, she curated her first exhibition, hosted by Blyth Gallery, which championed emerging women abstract artists. www.heathergreen.co.uk

Follow Heather on Instagram @heathergreen.art


Thames-Side Studios Viewing Room is located on the ground floor of Unit 8.

Entrance to Unit 8 is via The Atrium. Turn left upon entering the main site, walk through The Atrium turning to the left, to find the exhibition located between studios TB-10 and TB-09.