'The muted colours with minimum line and form within cut grid formations infuse intrigue and an invitation to explore and evokes an emotional response that is both private and personal.' 

 

Exhibitions 2026:​

Newhaven Art Project, Newhaven : March 12th - 29th

Cupola Gallery 'Form' Hillsborough Sheffield  March 20th - April 25th

BLOC 'The First Round Proper', BLOC Projects, Sheffield : April 6th - 25th

Gallery Holt, Norfolk : April 18th - May 26th

Berkhamsted Art Fair, Berkhamsted : April 10th - 12th

Sidney Nolan Art Prize, Sydney Nolan Trust, The Rod, Presteigne, Wales : July 11th - 3rd October

No Place Art 'Materiality 2', Handbag Factory, London : September 16th - 29th 

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Awards and achievements:

Award winner, No Place Art 'Materiality One'

Submission Judge and Mentor for selected artist, No Place Art 'Materiality Two'

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Exhibitions 2025:​

Bath Society of Arts Winter Open, Bath

Tarpey Gallery Selected artist, Donington 

Gentleman Gallery, Hertford

Art Now Fair, Copeland Park, London

Hayden Gallery Selected Artist, Marlow 

Gallery at Home 'Summer Exhibition', Abergavenny

Tarpey Gallery 'Open 25', Donington

No Place Art 'Materiality 1', Handbag Factory, London - Award Winner

The London Group 'Open 2025', Copeland Gallery, London

Flowers Gallery 'Small is Beautiful', London

Linden Hall Studio 'Winter Group Show', Deal 

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Portfolio held by:

The Tagli, London

No Place Art, London

New Day Design, London

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Artist Statement:

Hertfordshire-based artist Geoffrey Howe (b.1961) draws from the physical and emotional experiences of forests and woodlands. Using a combination of paint, ply, fire and physical intervention his paintings are an abstract exploration of the dark, light and shadows found in these visual environments. Repeated paint layers of a reductive palette are applied to a ply substrate which are subsequently eroded by a combination of cutting, burning and brushing resulting in a surface that is to be explored having evolved through both a physical and emotional expression. Abstract concepts of how woodlands and pathways are formed, erosion, repetition and regeneration are incorporated into his practice and fire is used to disrupt both the material surface and the expression of the work. Grid formations are used for structural contrasts within the paintings, the lines are cut into the ply substrate after or between the spontaneous layers of paint have been applied directly to the boards. The works are conceived without preliminary sketches but inspired by words and phrases that Howe has recorded in notebooks, this interplay of control and chance guides the paintings toward a mutual resolution. 

 

Howe’s sculptures are concerned with our emotional need for physical contact, a slight touch to a deep embrace. Holding someone tight can seemingly draw time to halt, a human connection to show love or to console. Using groups of three rusted steel rods set in wooden beams the sculptures form delicate and subtle arc shapes. The rods are entwined and held in place by tension alone, no mechanical fixing is used to secure their positions and the elegant arc shapes can be adjusted by altering the position of the single rod that runs between each pairing. The beams that provide the strong footing for the under tension rods are burnt to enhance their natural wood grain to contrast against the distressed steel.

 

He is a founding member of the HVA Abstract Group, a discussion group formed to help abstract artists based in Hertfordshire. His work can be found in many private collections and is exhibited regularly and widely throughout the UK including Flowers Gallery, London.

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Biography: 

Geoffrey Howe lives and works in Hertfordshire, UK. He studied at Harrow Art School from 1977  to 1979 and Middlesex Polytechnic for a Furniture Design Degree from 1980 to 1983. In 1984 he started to undertake furniture design and make projects until joining Vitsoe in 1999 as installation lead and in house photographer. During his time at Vitsoe Howe became a lead volunteer for the Woodland Trust, a role he is still developing and started his Art Practice from his Hertfordshire garden workshop. Since 2022 Howe has shown regularly and extensively in the UK. Most recently he has shown in Small is Beautiful 43rd edition, Flowers Gallery, London 2025-26; No Place Art Materiality One, London; Linden Hall Studio, Deal, Kent. Howe will be a Submission Judge and a mentor to a selected artist for No Place Art Materiality Two 2026.

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Previous Exhibitions:

2024/23

Solo exhibition, Douglas Fir, London

Tarpey Gallery, Donington

Open Studio, Hertfordshire

AKA, Cambridge

Tarpey Gallery, Donington

Green & Stone, London

​London Biennale, London

Tarpey Gallery, Donington

Heart of the tribe, Glastonbury

Fox Yard Gallery, Stowmarket

Henderson Hub, Abbotts Langley

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