Heather McAteer CV
heathermcateerartist@gmail.com www.heathermcateer.co.uk
Born 1968, Belfast, Northern Ireland Lives and works in Reading, Berkshire
Education
1992 - 1994 Master of Fine Art (Distinction), University of Reading
1987 - 1991 BA (Hons) Fine Art, University of Ulster
1986 - 1987 Certificate in Foundation Studies in Art & Design, University of Ulster
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2025 This Must Be The Place, West Berkshire Museum, Newbury
2024 Works on Paper Collection, Irving Gallery, Oxford (Online)
2023 Uncertain Landscapes: Alex Dewart & Heather McAteer, Flowerfield Arts, Portstewart, NI
2021 Touching From A Distance, 571 Oxford Road Gallery, Reading
2019 To Set the Darkness Echoing, 571 Oxford Road Gallery, Reading
2018 A Dialogue in Light & Shade: HolyBrook Gallery, Reading
2017 Recent Work, C.U.P, Reading
1994 Stronghold: Heather McAteer & Donna Lynas, OpenHand OpenSpace, Reading
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026 Derwent Art Prize 2026 (selected by Kathleen Soriano, Modupeola Fadugba & Charles Villeneuve de Janti), Oxo Gallery, London (upcoming) The Coast of Bohemia, Joseph Wales Gallery, Margate (upcoming) Irving Open Exhibition 2026, Irving Gallery, Oxford Works on Paper 2026, The Gallery at Green & Stone, London Falling faintly faintly falling, Finch Gallery, London
2025 Winter Group Show, Linden Hall Studio, Deal Guildford House Open, Guildford House Gallery RWA 172 Annual Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol Summer Exhibition, The Gallery at Green & Stone, London (selected by Alexander Marr, Charmaine Watkiss RWA & Jonathan Yeo) 100/50, Unit 1 Gallery Workshop, London RBSA Drawing Prize Exhibition 2025, (selected by Fiona Robinson, Alison Lambert & Prof. Brendan Flynn), RBSA Gallery, Birmingham Society of Graphic Fine Art Annual Open Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London RWA Biennial Open 2025: Paper Works, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol Shadow/Sombre, Forum Grandela & Arteria Atelier, Lisbon
2024 Winter Group Show, Linden Hall Studio, Deal SFSA Painting Open 2024, No Format Gallery, London Oxford Art Society Open Exhibition 2024, Kendrew Barn Gallery, Oxford The Art of Life, Star Brewery Gallery, Lewes The Drowned World, 54 The Gallery, London (curated by Week Forty Five Collective) Condition Blah Blah Blah, Turbine House, Reading Museum, Reading England is A Forest, Sluice, Colchester, (curated by Small Works Gallery) SFSA Drawing Open 2024, No Format Gallery, London Ancient Landscapes, Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield A Room of One’s Own, Irving Gallery, Oxford
2023 Winter Group Show, Linden Hall Studios, Deal SFSA Painting Open 2023, No Format Gallery, London Annual Open Exhibition 2023, Southwark Park Galleries, London RBSA Drawing Prize Exhibition 2023, (selected by Barbara Walker, Kate Mason & Steve Bulcock), RBSA Gallery, Birmingham The Art of Biodiversity, Star Brewery Gallery, Lewes SFSA Drawing Open 2023, No Format Gallery, London Spirit of the Place, Greys Court, Henley-on-Thames Useful Drawings, Eye to Pencil, London Postcards, Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield
2022 SFSA Painting Open 2022, No Format Gallery, London Aurora, Fern and Glade (Online exhibition) Annual Open Exhibition 2022, Southwark Park Galleries, London A Letter in Mind, National Brain Charity, Gallery Different, London Oxford Art Society Open Exhibition 2022, Cloister Gallery. SJE, Oxford The Secret Postcard Show, The Old Lock Up Gallery, Cromford, Derbyshire Living with the Past, Cupola Contemporary Art, Sheffield Drawing, Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield A Room of Her Own, Irving Contemporary, Oxford Sense of Space, South Hill Park, Bracknell SFSA Drawing Open 2022, No Format Gallery, London The Human Factor, Star Brewery Gallery, Lewes (Curated by Sarah O’Kane) 2021 Scion, Cupola Contemporary Art, Sheffield SFSA Painting Open 2021, No Format Gallery, London Protest, Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield Pluid Project, The Cowshed Gallery, Dublin, Ireland Reconnected, Old Fire Station Gallery, Henley-on-Thames Aberdeen Artist Society, Annual Open Exhibition (online) OHOS Open Studios Exhibition, 571 Oxford Road Gallery, Reading
2020 139th Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast Responsive Space, Modern Art Oxford Breathworks, Modern Art Oxford (Online Exhibition) Here I Am, The Robert Maskrey Gallery, Porth, South Wales Housebound, Chapel Arts Studios, Curated by Susan Francis (Online exhibition) ‘Messages from the Environment’, Arlington Arts Centre, Newbury
2019 'In Reading gaol by Reading town’, Turbine House, Reading Museum, Reading Insight 2019, The Gallery, The Base, Greenham Business Park, Newbury RGA 89th Annual Exhibition, Sir John Madejski Art Gallery, Reading Museum 2018 …To the Power of 3, Turbine House, Reading Museum, Reading RGA 88th Annual Exhibition, Old Fire Station Gallery, Henley-on-Thames
2017 The Critic as Artist, Curated by Michael Bracewell and Andrew Hunt, Reading Museum (Reader for Marc Camille Chaimowicz’s ‘Room for Wilde’)
1995 Open Studios, Reading Space Studios, Reading
1994 Jam Factory: New work by young artists, Hartley House, London SE1
1993 PresentTense: Work by 11 emerging artists, Ross’s Court, Belfast Optional Orange, (Curated by Marc Camille Chaimowicz), UoR Gallery, Reading Monaghan Open Exhibition, Monaghan County Museum, Ireland
1992 Belfast Young Contemporaries, One Gallery, Belfast & Heathrow Airport, London
Awards
2025 The Damian Greenish Drawing Award: Summer Exhibition, The Gallery at Green & Stone, London
2021 Save Reading Gaol ‘Freedom’ competition finalist (selected by Waldemar Januszczak) Marie Dyson Award: Highly commended (selected by Fiona Talkington), RGA Annual Exhibition, Reading
2020 The Drawing Prize Award: 139th Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast
Residencies
2025 I shall express myself as I am: Artist in Residence, Turbine House, Reading Museum
2020 Jelly ‘At Home’ Artist Residency (ACE/National Lottery/DCMS funded)
1994 Graduate Invited Artist, Openhand Openspace, Reading:
Commissions
2020 51 Voices, Museum of English Rural Life, Reading (ACE/National Lottery funded)
Publications, talks and Media
2025 Exhibition catalogue: Winter Group Show 2025, Linden Hall Studio Exhibition catalogue: 7th Summer Exhibition, The Gallery at Green & Stone Review: FAD Magazine, 17 July, ’England is a Forest: On Trees, Memory, And The Poetics of Place’ by Mark Westall Exhibition catalogue: RBSA Drawing Prize 2025
2024 Exhibition catalogue: Winter Group Show 2024, Linden Hall Studio Talk: Jelly Open for Art Festival - Breakfast with an Artist: In Conversation with Robert Fitzmaurice Book: ‘Forests of Dreamland’ (Foreword by John Higgs) ISBN: 978-1-7385509-0-6
2023 Exhibition catalogue: Winter Group Show 2023, Linden Hall Studio Panel Discussion: ‘I’ll Meet You There’ 571 Gallery, Reading Review: Birmingham Post, 14 Sept, ‘RBSA Drawing Prize Exhibition’ by Ruth Millington Interview: Artist Support Pledge Profile Artist (Instagram) Talk: Jelly Open for Art Festival - ‘In Conversation' with Sarah Read & Fong Scott Film: Jelly Associate Artist series - Heather McAteer by Matt Hulse Talk: ‘Uncertain Landscapes’, Flowerfield Arts, Northern Ireland
2022 Interview: Fern and Glade
2021 Exhibition catalogue: Housebound, compiled by Susan Francis ‘One Minute With’ Instagram Invited artist, Willesden Gallery, London
2020 Podcast: The Jelly Reading: Sound and Vision Podcast Talk: Meet the Artist: Jelly in Conversation with Heather McAteer (via Zoom) IGTV video @CAS: Housebound exhibition artists ‘Garage Party’ discussion Review: AN, 26 May, Housebound exhibition Instagram Featured Artist, AIR Gallery, Manchester Instagram Takeover Guest Artist, Willesden Gallery, London
2019 Interview: ’To Set The Darkness Echoing’, That’s Thames Valley TV
1994 Talk: Stronghold with Anne Tallentire and Donna Lynas, OHOS, Reading
1993 Talk: Arts Council Gallery, Belfast Review: Circa, No.66, (Winter), “Artist Run” by Hilary Robinson Exhibition catalogue: Jam Factory, Introduction by Anya Gallaccio & Roger Cook
Memberships
2019 - present Jelly, Reading: Associate Artist
2017 - present Reading Guild of Artists: Exhibiting member
2018 - 2023 Openhand Openspace: Associate Artist
1994 -1995 Reading Space Studios: Studio Artist
Collections
Government of Portugal Irish Linen Museum, Lisburn, Northern Ireland Private Collections in Japan, Ireland and England