Heath Hearn Icons & Curious Charms

Symbols and icons have permeated all cultures from the beginnings of allthat we recognise as culture. While most often associated with organisedreligion, they have survived its demise as an organising force in manysocieties, to live on as potent reminders of spiritual power. More recentlysymbols and icons have steadily reinvented themselves within ourembrace of mass media and networked technology.

Heath has long been fascinated by symbolism and the territories it claimsfor itself, by the meanings it simultaneously offers and withholds. His newshow appropriates iconic influences from the Byzantine era to the presentand transmutes them into his own imagistic language, giving extantsymbols evanescent new resonances and guiding us towardscontemporary icons. The results assume the standing of talismans in avisual folklore, signposts giving us the freedom to look away from theprosaic and off into ineffable realities.

Peter Carty writes on the arts and is a reviewer for the Independent and the Independent on Sunday.

20th Century Box (our new shrine) 70 x 70 cm Oil on Panel 2012

Running Free 34 x 40 cm Oil on Panel 2012

Running Home 33 x 42 cm Oil on Panel 2012

Spaceships and Steamers 60 x 60 cm Oil on Panel 2012

Square Rectangle Square 80 x 80 cm Oil on Panel 2012

Still Life Mobile Home 14.5 x 20.5 cm Oil on Panel 2012

The Enigma 70 x 70 cm Oil on Panel 2012

A case of unusual weather 70 x 70 cm Oil on Panel 2012

Automaton 70 x 70 cm Oil on Panel 2012

Eden 38 x 91 cm Oil on Panel 2012

A Walk in the Park, the fish are jumping 50 x 80 cm Oil on Panel 2012

God Particle Oil on Panel 8 x 3 ft

The Navigator 60 x 80 cm Oil on Panel 2012

The Wood for the Trees 60 x 80 cm Oil on Panel 2012

Watching Angels Fall 40 x 80 cm Oil on Panel 2012

Lead Balloon 60 x 60 cm Oil on Panel 2012

Can’t Fly Oil on Panel 40 x 33 cm

A Sailor’s Charm Oil on Panel 67 x 36 cm x 2

From Ether to Form 60 x 60 cm Oil on Panel 2012

Graphite Tree, Horse of Chalk Oil and Graphite on Panel 61 x 81 cm

Night Flight 40 x 90 cm Oil on Panel 2012

Parable 50 x 70 cm Oil on Panel 2012

Planes have Wings 110 x 110 cm Oil on Panel 2012

Quarry 60 x 80 cm Oil on Panel 2012

Contrail 30 x 42 cm Oil on Panel 2012

Gravitation 70 x 40 cm Oil on Panel 2012

Icon for Prayer I 33 x 37 cm Oil on Panel 2012

Icon for Prayer II 33 x 37 cm Oil on Panel 2012

Submariner’s Charm 82 x 51 cm Oil on Panel 2012

Heath HearnBorn 1966 Chesterfield, DerbyshireStudied: Perth School of Art, Western Australia

Past solo exhibitions

2010 Russell Gallery ‘Portal’ - London2009 Rowley Gallery - Winchester2009 Edgar Modern - Bath2008 Westcroft Gallery - S E Cornwall2008 Jersey Art Centre - Jersey2008 ‘Echo’ The Russell Gallery - London2007 Horace Blue Gallery - Norwich2007 Somerville Gallery - Plymouth2005 Emotional Landscapes - David Hicks Gallery, Jersey2004 Sublime Reclamation - Jersey Art Centre, Jersey2003 Old Buildings - Falles Fine Art Gallery, Jersey2002 Four Architects and Dreamers - Falles Fine Art, Jersey2001 Subjective Observations - Jersey Art Centre , Jersey2000 A Very Fast Landscape - Morier House, Jersey1999 Jersey on the Edge - Government House, Jersey1998 Art for Architecture - Plymouth School of Architecture

Selected Group Exhibitions2010 Open Spaces Gallery - Cornwall2010 Stoneman Gallery - Cornwall2010 Westcroft Gallery - Cornwall2009 Stoneman Gallery - Penzance2007 Russell Gallery - London2007 Rowley Gallery - Winchester2007 Morley Contemporary Art - Cornwall2007 Artmill Gallery - Plymouth2006 Harbour Gallery - Jersey2006 Artmill Gallery - Plymouth2004 Oliver Contemporary - London1999 Atlantic Gallery - Plymouth

Art Fairs2010 London Art Fair - Edgar Modern2009 AAF Battersea - Russell Gallery2009 AAF New York - Edgar Modern2009 London Art Fair - Edgar Modern2009 Glasgow Art Fair - Edgar Modern2009 Amsterdam Art Fair - Edgar Modern2008 AAF Battersea - Russell Gallery2008 Paris Art Fair - Edgar Modern2008 Chelsea Art Fair - Russell Gallery2008 Royal College of Art - Russell2008 London Art Fair - Edgar Modern2007 Toronto Art Fair - Edgar Modern2007 AAF Battersea - Russell Gallery2007 AAF Bristol - Rowley Gallery

Publications and other selected media2010 Art in London - Heath Hearn2010 ‘Portal’ - Russell Gallery2009 Cornwall Today - Hidden Talent2008 ‘Echo’ - Russell Gallery London2004 BBC Television Jersey - Profile of an Artist2003 Jacksons Magazine - the Big Picture2001 BBC Radio Jersey - Art in the Community

CollectionsJersey MuseumDavid Gainsborough-Roberts - Art collector - Chair of the RCA 20-21Bailache Labesse - Offshore law firm – JerseyJersey Trust Company - Edinburgh - Channel Isles - London - GenevaJersey National Trust – JerseyNash Partnerships Architects – BathBaker Homyard Accountants – JerseyMany private collections national and international

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