Heather Gordon | |
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Born | 1967 |
Alma mater |
University of Florida New Mexico State University |
Occupation | artist |
Children | 1 |
Heather Gordon (born 1967) is an American contemporary visual artist.
Gordon creates large-scale paintings and immersive art projects, using numbers, algorithms, and geometry in her creative process. [1] [2]
In November 2017 Gordon's installation And Then the Sun Swallowed Me was exhibited at the Contemporary Art Museum of Raleigh. [3] [4] [5]
Her piece Cinnabar was featured in the North Carolina Museum of Art's exhibit titled You Are Here: Light, Color, and Sound Experiences from April 7, 2018, until July 2, 2018. [1] Prior to the exhibit, her work was featured as part of the museum's Matrons of the Arts initiative, highlighting female-identified artists from around the world. [1] She received a North Carolina Artists Fellowship in 2014. [6]
Her collaborate works with dancer and choreographer Justin Tornow, titled Echo and SHOW, [7] were shown at 21c Durham Museum Hotel and The Durham Fruit. [6] [8] [9] In 2017 Gordon and Tornow collaborated to create No.19/Modulations, which was shown at the CCB Plaza in downtown Durham, North Carolina. [10]
In August 2018 her work titled DOUBLE EDGED: Geometric Abstraction Then and Now was shown at the Weatherspoon Art Museum. [11] Also in 2018, she debuted Steel, a tape installation, at The Dillon in Raleigh, North Carolina. [11]
Her work has also been shown at the Ackland Art Museum, Waterworks, The Carrack Modern Art Museum, and the North Carolina School of Science and Math. [12] [13] [14] She is part of Mural Durham, an art project in Durham. [15]
In 2019 Gordon worked with the David M Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library and the Duke University Archives to research documents related to the Duke Forest for her work titled Forest for the Trees. [11]
Gordon was the only child of an accountant and engineer. [12] Her father was a United States Air Force officer, and grew up primarily on military bases around the United States. [3] Godron is lesbian, and said she knew when she was eight years old. [3]
Gordon earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Florida in 1990 and a Master of Fine Arts degree from New Mexico State University in 1995. She lives in Durham. [12] Gordon has a son named Henry. [1]
Heather Gordon | |
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Born | 1967 |
Alma mater |
University of Florida New Mexico State University |
Occupation | artist |
Children | 1 |
Heather Gordon (born 1967) is an American contemporary visual artist.
Gordon creates large-scale paintings and immersive art projects, using numbers, algorithms, and geometry in her creative process. [1] [2]
In November 2017 Gordon's installation And Then the Sun Swallowed Me was exhibited at the Contemporary Art Museum of Raleigh. [3] [4] [5]
Her piece Cinnabar was featured in the North Carolina Museum of Art's exhibit titled You Are Here: Light, Color, and Sound Experiences from April 7, 2018, until July 2, 2018. [1] Prior to the exhibit, her work was featured as part of the museum's Matrons of the Arts initiative, highlighting female-identified artists from around the world. [1] She received a North Carolina Artists Fellowship in 2014. [6]
Her collaborate works with dancer and choreographer Justin Tornow, titled Echo and SHOW, [7] were shown at 21c Durham Museum Hotel and The Durham Fruit. [6] [8] [9] In 2017 Gordon and Tornow collaborated to create No.19/Modulations, which was shown at the CCB Plaza in downtown Durham, North Carolina. [10]
In August 2018 her work titled DOUBLE EDGED: Geometric Abstraction Then and Now was shown at the Weatherspoon Art Museum. [11] Also in 2018, she debuted Steel, a tape installation, at The Dillon in Raleigh, North Carolina. [11]
Her work has also been shown at the Ackland Art Museum, Waterworks, The Carrack Modern Art Museum, and the North Carolina School of Science and Math. [12] [13] [14] She is part of Mural Durham, an art project in Durham. [15]
In 2019 Gordon worked with the David M Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library and the Duke University Archives to research documents related to the Duke Forest for her work titled Forest for the Trees. [11]
Gordon was the only child of an accountant and engineer. [12] Her father was a United States Air Force officer, and grew up primarily on military bases around the United States. [3] Godron is lesbian, and said she knew when she was eight years old. [3]
Gordon earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Florida in 1990 and a Master of Fine Arts degree from New Mexico State University in 1995. She lives in Durham. [12] Gordon has a son named Henry. [1]