EAF06: 2006 Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition


Heather Hart





Color was given me as a gage, 2006
(From the poem I Am Not Proud by Helene Johnson)
Rope
93, 000’

With this installation, the artist has transformed two benches, a section of the Park’s waterfront railing and a portion of a retaining wall with a crocheted covering that alters our perception of these structures. Dressed in this way, the familiar Park architecture becomes softened, cozy, and stripped of its utilitarian identities allowing it to take on new and unexpected identities and associations.

Born 1975, Seattle, WA
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

Education
2005 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
1998 B.F.A. Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA

Solo Exhibitions include:
Red Desert: I feel my eyes tearing up. What should I do with my eyes? What should I watch?, Servicio Ejecutivo, Brooklyn, NY (2006)
Cozy, Cornish College of the Arts Main Gallery, Seattle, WA (2006)
Miscegenation, Gimme! Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2004)
Other, Studio Art, Inc., Everett, WA (1999)

Selected group exhibitions:
Softly Threatening: Artwork of the Modern Domestic, Bumbershoot, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA (2006)
Projects '06, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY (2006)
NOVA art fair, presented by Creative Thriftshop (CTS), Chicago, IL (2006)
International Global Dislocator, PASSPORT, If a cat gives birth to kittens in an oven, are they kittens or biscuits?, Roebling Hall, Brooklyn, NY (2006)
VOICE, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI (2006)
Boredom: I Learned It By Watching You, Portland Art Center, Portland, OR (2006)
Project Diversity, Danny Simmons' Cooridor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2005)
Counterpoint, Project Creo: Center for Art and Design, St. Petersburg, FL (2005)
Group exhibit, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY (2002)
Meeting People, Charm Bracelet, Portland, OR (2001)
Super Figurative Approximations, Behnke Gallery, Seattle, WA, traveled to ODU Gallery, Norfolk, VA (2001)
Northwest Craft Biennial, Hoffman Gallery, Portland, OR (2001)
Defanation, Trapeze Studios, Seattle, WA (1999)
Furniture & Light, Fisher Gallery, Seattle, WA (1998 & 1999)

Residencies include:
Santa Fe Art Institute, Artist In Residence, Santa Fe, NM (2006)