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Artist Statement

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My work is about the human condition and is made from a deep personal exploration of vulnerability. 


Animated portraits and theatrical, articulated figures, often unsettling are derived from drawings of myself, often with reference to my fascination with dolls. Collagraph portraits entertain the phenomena of the noisy, thrilling, exciting and dramatic, with light shaping an atmosphere of discord and disquiet whilst figures held in suspended animation adopt the awkwardness of a puppet I have owned since childhood.


Many of my ideas are generated from objects with emotional connections, also life events that challenge and call into question resilience. I am concerned about uncovering a truth in the moment of making. 
 

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Selected Recent Exhibitions

2026

  • Artistic Intelligence: Fitzrovia gallery, 139 Whitfield Street, London W1T 5EN. 27 - 31 May.

  • Bainbridge Print Studios at Bell House for the Dulwich Festival: 27 College Road, London, SE21 7BG. 9/10 and 16/17 May.

  • BAINBRIDGE UNCOVERED: ASC Gallery, Handbag Factory, London.

  • RBSA Print Prize Exhibition: RBSA Gallery, Birmingham. 

2025

  • RWA 172 Annual Open Exhibition: RWA, Queen's Road, Bristol. 

  • PMC at 60: Little Gems: The Gallery Above and Beyond and Linton Art Studio and Gallery, Linton, Cambridge. 

  • Winter Exhibition at Kew Studio: Kew, London. 

  • Wednesday Printmakers: The Atrium, RHACC, Parkshot, Richmond, London. 

  • Ironbridge Printmaking Competition: Ironbridge Fine Arts, Ironbridge. Awarded the East London Printmakers Prize and the Speedball Prize.

  • Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair. 10th Edition: Woolwich Works, London. 

  • International Original Print Exhibition: Bankside Gallery, London. 

  • Small But Mighty: Bankside Gallery, London. Awarded the City & Guilds Art School Award.

  • Bainbridge Open 2025: ASC Gallery, Handbag Factory, London.

  • Printmakers Council at 60: Oxo Gallery 1, Barge House Street, London.

  • Everything and Nothing: Drawings and original prints: Solo Show.          Fishslab Gallery, Whitstable, CT5 1DB. 

2024

  • RWA 171 Annual Open Exhibition: RWA ,Queen's Road, Bristol. Awarded the Niche Printmakers Award Highly Commended.

  • Wednesday Printmakers: The Atrium, RHACC, Parkshot, Richmond. 

  • 'Strands', ArtCan: Downstairs at The Department Store, Brixton, SW9 8FR. 

  • Ironbridge Printmaking Competition: Ironbridge Fine Arts, Ironbridge. 

  • 'Small But Mighty': Bankside Gallery, London. 

  • 163rd Annual Open Exhibition, The Society of Women Artists: The Mall Galleries, London. 

  • ​SFSA Drawing Open: No Format Gallery, Second Floor Studios, Deptford.

  • RBSA Print Prize Exhibition: RBSA Gallery, Birmingham. 

  • ‘Between The Lines': The House Of Smalls, Chipping Campden. 

2023

  • Orleans House Gallery, Winter Show: Twickenham. 

  • Kew Studio Winter Exhibition: Kew. 

  • Guildford House Open: Guildford House Gallery, Guildford.              

  • Wednesday Printmakers: The Atrium, RHACC Parkshot, Richmond. 

  • 'Small But Mighty': Bankside Gallery, London. 

  • The Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair: Woolwich Works, London.

  • RBSA Drawing Prize Exhibition: RBSA Gallery, Birmingham. ​

  • 'In Memory Of': The House Of Smalls, Chipping Campden. ​

  • 'Doll': The House Of Smalls, Chipping Campden.

  • RBSA Summer Exhibition: RBSA Gallery, Birmingham. 

  • The Society of Women Artists: The Mall Galleries, London. 

  • The Pastel Society Annual Exhibition: The Mall Galleries, London. 

  • SFSA Drawing Open: No Format Gallery, Second Floor Studios, Deptford.

  • ‘Scar': The House Of Smalls, Chipping Campden.

2022

  • 'Shadow': The House Of Smalls, Fronteer Art Independent Art Fair, Chester.

  • 'The Summer Exhibition': The Gallery at Green and Stone, Chelsea, London.

  • Derby Print Open 2022: Banksmill Studios and Dubrek Studios, Derby.

  • SFSA Drawing Open: No Format Gallery, Second Floor Studios, Deptford.

  • 'The Pull of the Print', Printmakers Council: Linden Hall Studio, Deal, Kent.

  • RBSA Print Prize Exhibition: RBSA Gallery, Birmingham.

2021

  • Ty Pawb Print International: Ty Pawb, Wrexham, Wales.

  • ‘Mirror Mirror On The Wall’: The House Of Smalls, online exhibition.

  • Refresh Art Award: AMP Gallery, Peckham, London. 

  • ‘The Marks We Make’: The Curator’s Salon, online exhibition.

  • ‘Familiar Strangers’, Vacant Museum, online exhibition.

  • The Derby Print Open: online exhibition.

  • ‘The Natural World’: Printmakers Council online exhibition.

2020

  • ING Discerning Eye: Online exhibition.

  • ‘Art Unlocked’: Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham, London.

  • ‘Colour’: Printmakers Council online exhibition.

  • ‘Time’. HLSI and the Printmakers Council: Highgate Gallery, London.

2019 

  • ‘Spaghetti Intaglio’: Richmond Art School, London.

  • The Masters: Relief: Bankside Gallery, London.

  • The Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair: Royal Arsenal, London.

  • ‘Land, Sea, Sky’: Printmakers Council at The Ropewalk, Barton upon Humber.

  • ‘In The Gallery: South London Printmaking Exhibition’: Landmark Arts Centre, Teddington, London.

  • Refresh Art Award: 5th Base Gallery. Brick Lane, London.

  • 4th Red Dot Mini Print Exhibition, a touring exhibition.

  • ‘Alchemy’: 54 The Gallery. Shepherd Market, London.

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All Work and Images Copyright Michaela Wheater 2026

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