Joe Hesketh

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Joe Hesketh is a British painter known for her transgressive abstract paintings which expose our inner demons.
Joe’s subversive approach has been compared to Francis Bacon, Paula Reago and Willem de Kooning in style and quality.
Joe is intrigued by the grotesque and the supernatural. In an interview with The Independent, Joe called herself a modern day witch.

Joe Hesketh is an avant-garde British painter known for her semi abstract paintings which interpret life as a young woman in 21st century Britain. Her ominous portraits veer between humour and tragedy, resulting in a disconcerting and yet entirely unique visual duality. Themes of transgression and the grotesque pervade her work.

Joe Hesketh’s Early Career

With the support of the British Arts Council, Joe shot to artistic fame when she embarked on a series of paintings commemorating the 400th anniversary of the Pendle Witch Trials in Lancashire, where the artist is based. Following this, her A Pendle Investigation exhibition at The Newman St Gallery, London, was a critical success, as well as her series depicting the life and works of American confessional poet Sylvia Plath.

Style and Approach

Her paintings often feature herself in unflattering and self-critical ways. While on the one hand, there is an undertone of self-doubt and vulnerability, the brazen way in which Joe confronts her inner demons is both subversive and admirable. Joe works with fiercely blended colours, heavy layering and deformed, eerie figures which gaze out from her canvas. For example, in Baby Wipes and Rubber Ring, both oil on canvas, there’s something deceptively uncanny about the jester-like subjects; it’s not clear whether you’re observing them or whether they’re observing you.

Press

Joe has been featured in national publications such as The Guardian and The Independent for her provocative oeuvre.

Joe Hesketh Artworks

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    You Or Me by Joe Hesketh
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    You Or Me by Joe Hesketh

    You Or Me

    Paintings - 120x120 cmRent for $440 /mo
    MAN by Joe Hesketh
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    MAN by Joe Hesketh

    MAN

    Paintings - 100x75 cmRent for $570 /mo
    Baby Wipes by Joe Hesketh
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    Baby Wipes by Joe Hesketh

    Baby Wipes

    160x126 cmRent for $655 /mo
    Facebook by Joe Hesketh
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    Facebook by Joe Hesketh

    Facebook

    130x100 cmRent for $585 /mo
    Butter Fingers by Joe Hesketh
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    Butter Fingers by Joe Hesketh

    Butter Fingers

    Paintings - 130x121 cmRent for $610 /mo
    Fit by Joe Hesketh
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    Fit by Joe Hesketh

    Fit

    134x94 cmRent for $560 /mo
    Nursey by Joe Hesketh
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    Nursey by Joe Hesketh

    Nursey

    Paintings - 250x134 cmRent for $1,150 /mo
    You Piss On It by Joe Hesketh
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    You Piss On It by Joe Hesketh

    You Piss On It

    Paintings - 122x122 cmRent for $735 /mo
    Dummy by Joe Hesketh
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    Dummy by Joe Hesketh

    Dummy

    Paintings - 122x122 cmRent for $735 /mo
    Getting There by Joe Hesketh
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    Getting There by Joe Hesketh

    Getting There

    122x122 cmRent for $560 /mo
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    Phobia by Joe Hesketh

    Phobia

    Paintings - 150x97 cmRent for $735 /mo
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    Dear John by Joe Hesketh

    Dear John

    Paintings - 175x135 cmRent for $900 /mo
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    Mother Fucker by Joe Hesketh

    Mother Fucker

    Paintings - 211x112 cmRent for $730 /mo
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    The Inevitable by Joe Hesketh

    The Inevitable

    Paintings - 128x96 cm
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    Rubber Ring by Joe Hesketh

    Rubber Ring

    Paintings - 104x104 cm
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    Synonymous by Joe Hesketh

    Synonymous

    Paintings - 152x161 cm

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