Ryan Heath
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Ryan Heath is a visual artist based in Nottingham, making work across painting, sculpture, and multimedia installation. His work focuses on themes encompassing semiotics, geography, and speculative futures. He has exhibited in the UK and internationally, receiving commissions and awards from established organizations including BACKLIT Gallery, UK New Artists, and the University of Nottingham.
A strong advocate for socially-engaged art, Ryan often works with young people as a workshop facilitator. Clients include Nottingham Refugee Forum, Pending Collective, Harris Museum, and Tate Exchange. Ryan has given guest lectures and panel discussions at leading universities and institutions such as Nottingham Trent University and The British Library.
He is a BACKLIT studio artist and former member of Chaos Magic.
DIGLOSSIA
The visuals in my current series of standing paintings come from unassuming places with my passage through the city in common. Some examples of these may be dry adhesive marks; gradients from the graphics of a local business or elements borrowed from forgotten & defunct signage. The process is a sort of auditioning – bringing forms, materials and subjects together – they act as a map-like image, hopefully showing the physical footprint of place through playful mark-making and composition.
UKYA PROJECTS:
UKYA City Takeover: Nottingham 2019
UKNA City Takeover: Leicester 2022
