My paintings depict people, but are not portraits in the traditional sense. Rather than likeness or identity, I am interested in emotional and psychological states, gestures, glances and expressions that suggest something just beyond reach. Each figure becomes a conduit for feeling, inviting the viewer into a shared emotional space and exploring the complexities of being human.

The heads are predominantly female, closely cropped and often solitary. I work compulsively and intuitively in oils, inks and watercolours, building layers of paint that both conceal and reveal. Meaning emerges through the process of painting itself, often arriving during the making or afterwards.

Fiona G. Roberts lives and works in London. She has an MA in Painting, from Wimbledon College of Arts, University of the Arts London, where she was awarded the Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship. She has also completed two years at the Turps Banana Painting School (2019-2021) on the offsite painting programme. She has had work shortlisted for the Jerwood Drawing Prize; Ingram Collection’s Contemporary Talent Prize; Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, 2018 and 2019 and Dentons Art Prize, where she was runner-up and also won the Staff Prize. She was also shortlisted for the Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Prize 2021 and the 2021 Figurative Art Now Exhibition, where she was awarded a Mentorship Prize. Her work has been exhibited in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 2021, 2023 and 2025. She also has degrees from the LSE and Goldsmiths, University of London. Her work is held in several national and international collections, including the David and Indré Roberts Collection.