The Artist Project - new work at Chicago's Artropolis
Heather will be showing work from her new Bend Series at the Artist Project this month in Chicago's famed Merchandise Mart. The Artist Project is an event dedicated to the independent artist and is part of Artropolis, a
citywide celebration of arts and culture. The exhibition features jury selected emerging and established
independent artists from Chicago and around the world.
Find Heather's mosaics in Booth #3052 on the 8th floor of the Merchandise Mart.
Thursday, April 24: 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. (opening preview)
Friday, April 25: 11am - 7pm
Saturday, April 26: 11am - 7 pm
Sunday, April 27: 11am - 6pm
Monday, April 28: 11 am - 3 pm
More information at The Artist Project website: www.theartistproject.com
New work at the Unicorn coffeehouse in Evanston
New work is hanging at the Unicorn for the month of February. New ungrouted mixed media pieces consider the significance of 'noticing' as an organizing force in mental life. These moments of noticing take place within contexts—the internal contexts of personal history and world knowledge, and the external or social contexts to which we are so keenly attuned. Fragments of vitreous glass combine to form a lens that focuses, refracts or illuminates the flow of experience, perhaps prompting a viewer to notice.
Unicorn Photo Gallery | Slideshow
Bend
Bend Photo Gallery | Slideshow
Bend is a new series inspired by the dynamic and gorgeous patterns formed by light refracted through wavy glass. Colors weave together in seamless patterns. A tiny change in perspective by the viewer leads to an entirely new and surprising pattern. 'Bend' then also explores the idea of how narratives are shaped in unique and spectacular ways.
Uncommon Ground restaurant installation
A new mosaic installation is now complete at Uncommon Ground restaurant in Edgewater.
Uncommon Ground's owners invited me to design "uncommon bathrooms" for their second location recently opened at 1401 Devon (at Glenwood).
The central concept for the mosaic installation is Uncommon Ground as a gathering place where ideas are exchanged and evolve. Abstracted botanical imagery makes reference to the rooftop garden which will provide organic herbs and vegetables of the restaurant.
In the 1st bathroom, working above the existing white tile, I developed a band of sparkling mosaic in lush greens with insets of vintage china and and a floral motif in oranges and blues that gain enough momentum to escape the border. For the 2nd small bathroom, I translated the same concepts into a vertical floor-to-ceiling mosaic element surrounded by an entire wall of gorgeous apple green surround tile. A fragmented artist statement is incorporated into a meander of mirror in both bathrooms.
By collaborating with painter Erica Jane Huntzinger, thematic and color concepts from the mosaic elements are carried through in the gorgeous oil paintings on the doors.
More information about Heather's mosaic backsplashes and installations.
Uncommon Ground Photo Gallery | Slideshow
Focus
Focus Photo Gallery | Slideshow
Focus is a new series of large (2' x 2') mixed media works using spray paint and glass to explore the notion of moments of clarity in the midst of the blur of life.
Several pieces from this series will be exhibited at Around the Coyote 2007.
Fizz Splash - mosaic kitchen backsplashes
This mosaic kitchen backsplash in a light-filled, architect designed townhouse in Evanston, IL plays off the Fizz series. A 5x16 main panel worked in Italian vitreous glass tile is complemented by a 4x4 floating circle, all set within 1x1 bijou glass tiles. More images: gallery or slideshow...
These custom mosaic insets and surround tile backsplashes are designed to transform each unique living space. The price point for artist-crafted insets and surround tile is $800-1000. Skilled tile installers can install based on artist's specifications in 6-8 hours. (Or, artist installation available in the Chicago area.)
Contact Heather for a design consultation.
Chicago Art Open - Curator's Choice
Fuse, has been selected as a Curator's Choice at the 2007 Chicago Art Open. The 10th annual "Chicago Art Open" runs Thursday, October 4 through Saturday, October 27 at Iron Studios, 3636 S. Iron St. in Chicago's Bridgeport neighborhood.
Chicago Art Open is a visually eclectic exhibition showcasing the works of more than 300 prominent, mid-career and emerging professional artists. The event features works in several mediums: digital, drawings, mixed media, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, textiles and installations.
Opening reception is Friday, October 5th at 6-10pm. The show is open seven days a week from 11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Recall 6
Recall Photo Gallery | Slideshow
Another piece from the Recall series featuring a white gold smalti line threaded through the "lenses." More to come in this series, when we get around to photographing them. A few others can be seen in exhibition photos from the Writers Workspace show.
Emblems - 2007 series
2007 Emblems Photo Gallery | Slideshow
The emblem series continues in 2007 with new patterns and continued experimentation with tesselation and color. More on the emblem series...
Coincide
Coincide Photo Gallery | Slideshow
Are coincidences random, chance intersections between lives or are they predictable connections that occur because of larger interconnecting life paths? The Coincide Series looks at coincidence as a point in time when the predictable overlap between lives is noticed.
Cel 2
Cel, referring to a step in the traditional, hand-drawn animation process, is an animated flow design executed across 10 8" x 8" mosaics.
An intriguing and conspicuous red smalti line meanders across a pastoral scene in a 6th century mosaic in the basilica of St. Apollinare in Classe (Ravenna, Italy). The line demarcates an area of 20th century restoration work and is a reminder that we view these ancient works mediated by restoration.
In this series, the red line loosely connects the pieces by undulating on a different plane and signals the act of restoration that occurs with every viewing.
More information on the Cel Series.
Contact Heather
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