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Helen Latham

It's the double lens of Helen Latham's work that makes it extraordinary – inhabiting the inner world of childhood from within, and then rendering it with the full consciousness, technique, and sophistication of an adult artist. The paintings show a child's world, felt from the inside. Embodied, luminous, tactile, real. They seem to remember the past as still living, breathing, available through the skin.

Education

Turps Banana Correspondence course (2016)

Selected exhibitions

Group Exhibitions
(2026) Unseen Frequencies, The Stapleford Granary, Cambridgeshire
(2026) Summer Contemporary, BrittenPears arts, Snape Maltings, Suffolk
(2024) Battersea Affordable Art Fair, Gala fine Art, London
(2024) Warchild Postcard Auction, Fitzrovia Gallery, London
(2023) Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
(2022) Royal Academy summer exhibition, Royal Academy, London

Artist statement

Figurative painting has a radical new role: it adds a layer of time, contemplation and introspection to an image. What interests me is the human condition – what it feels like to be alive today. I often choose the human figure, the most obvious yet complicated source for inspiration, and look at the sense of belonging or alienation we all feel. As a colour chemist I have studied, and am fascinated by, the physical and psychological effects colour has on our brain.