Moving fluidly between painting, philosophy, and installation, Heath Wae explores states of perception and presence in his work, tracing subtle shifts in human consciousness through ideas of interconnection, resonance, and deep time. In his practice, the artist seeks to create contemplative environments and fields of attention where inner and outer worlds begin to dialogue with each other.

Having traveled extensively, Heath Wae undertakes what might be understood as contemporary pilgrimages as part of his practice. The artist, often guided by spiritual and cultural lineages, embarks on journeys that are shaped by a sensibility attuned to symbolic language, ritual forms, and the intelligence of place. Through ongoing engagement with shamanic traditions, plant knowledge, tea culture, temple sciences and natural medicine, Wae has developed a visual philosophy rooted in the living dialogue between earth, psyche, and subtle energetic fields.

Central to Wae’s practice is a material relationship with the world. His paintings are often created from hand-foraged, processed, and ground pigments, allowing mineral, stone, and organic matter to retain their own agency within the work. The artist’s materials carry embedded histories, what might be understood as mineral memory, where color becomes a vessel for geological time, subtle energy, and latent information. Floral and elemental forms emerge throughout the work as symbolic structures rather than representations. They operate as carriers of pattern, rhythm, and proportion, and echo natural geometries found in growth systems, crystalline structures, and biological intelligence. Circular and portal- like motifs recur as spatial thresholds, guiding perception through cycles of contraction and expansion, stillness and movement.

Heath Wae has exhibited across his native Australia and abroad – in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Asia over the past decade. In 2025, Wae and his partner Tais Rose Wae created a body of work, The Garden Silhouettes the Myth, during an immersive residency at Kelvedon Hall, an 18th-century estate in Essex, presented by The Dot Project. Wae has presented three solo exhibitions with The Dot Project in London, most recently Devotions (2024); he has also shown with Harvey Galleries in Sydney, and Otomys Contemporary in Melbourne. Mineral Meridian at CARVALHO will be Wae’s first solo exhibition in New York. His work has been featured in The Financial Times, Architectural Digest, The Design Files, Pampa Journal, and The World of Interiors. Wae’s work is held in significant private collections internationally, including the royal family of Qatar.