Nikki Heaton
“Crafting the stories of our human experience through the medium of textile”.
Inspired by the ways in which people experience and perceive life, Nikki’s work portrays the stories of our collective human experience. Each original piece is inspired by personal stories, narratives and fragments of memories - from people and places; a form of story-telling which is often deeply personal, and yet something we can all relate to.
Using complex layers of natural lake pigments and dyes over recycled and salvaged textile, a complex and multilayered patina is created in a juxtaposing quiet, soft minimalistic style.
Nikki at work
Nikki says:
"I have always been captivated by the ways in which people experience and perceive life: and how it might differ from my own. We progress through life acquiring a rich patina of individualised experience and consciousness. But what does this consciousness look like? What is the texture of expectation? How muted are the colours of judgement and fear? And what shape is our joy or our pain? My work intends to visualise mental narratives: a form of story-telling that I think we can all relate to: a pace for the broken and the beautiful."
We say:
We are excited to have Nikki's work in the gallery, not only does the expression of her work weave seamlessly into the energy and direction of our collections, but also demonstrates a deep visceral understanding of tone,texture and material. The observer cannot fail to be absorbed by the layers of texture, perfectly expressed through the application of skill and attention to detail of the artist.