ABOUT

Arrange enough edges together, and they'll form a frame. Arrange enough edges within the space of a frame, and they’ll begin to form a place. The spatial elements of a painting provide the foundation of storytelling. By reducing the subject to space and color, West constrains the architectural space of the painting with planes of color and line work, forming spatial harmonies and poetics. Through color choice, line weight, and shape defining, West’s work references not only the history of painting, but also architectural theory, philosophy, and cinema, by translating their spatial elements of storytelling into painted form.

Heath West (b. 1976, Houston, Texas. Lives and works in Joshua Tree, California) Recent exhibitions include Gallery Chiao (2023, Taipei, Taiwan) and Galleri Urbane (Dallas, 2020). His work has also appeared in group shows with Cohle Gallery (Paris, 2024), 0-0.LA (Los Angeles, 2017), Harper’s Books (East Hampton, 2016), and GIFC/Velvet Ropes (Copenhagen and NYC, 2018 and 2019). His paintings have been featured in the recent publications of Friend of the Artist (2018), Grapefruit Magazine (2018), and Anxy (2018), along with online articles in Booooooom (2020), It’s Nice That (2019), and A Series of Rooms (2019). West is a recipient of the 2017 grant in painting from The Peter S. Reed Foundation.

SELECT WORK

EXHIBITIONS