HEATHER MCPHERSON
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EDUCATION
2008 MFA Painting, with honors, Rhode Island School of Design
2006 BFA Painting, with honors, School of Art, Washington University in St. Louis
TEACHING
2015- Present Associate Professor, Department of Art and Art History, Providence College
2017-2020 Chair, Department of Art and Art History, Providence College
2009-2015 Assistant Professor, Department of Art and Art History, Providence College
2008- 2009 Special Lecturer, Department of Art and Art History, Providence College
2007 Instructor of Record, Painting Department, Rhode Island School of Design
EXHIBITION RECORD
Solo and Two-person Projects
2024 Giorgio, Distillery Gallery, Boston MA
2021 Below the Thin: Heather Leigh McPherson and Sarah West, Take It Easy, Atlanta, GA
2018 Raid The Database 3 with Heather Leigh McPherson (web-based), RISD Museum, providence, RI
2017 Tip of The Nose, GRIN gallery, Providence, RI
2016 High Bottom, Actual Size LA, Los Angeles, CA
2015 30 Special Colors, Greenlease Gallery, Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO
Anytime Concept, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
A Platform For Traits, curated by Jamilee Lacy, PC-Galleries, Providence College, Providence, RI
2014 Hot Salad, 186 Carpenter, Providence, RI
Ginny Casey and Heather Leigh McPherson, Tompkins Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Selected Group Projects
2024 Garden Magic, curated by Kendall DeBoer and Maya Rubio, Overlap, Newport, RI
Canopy Program exhibition, NYC Crit Club, New York, NY (forthcoming, December 2024)
2022 Trip the Light Fantastic, World’s Fair Gallery, Providence, RI
What Would Artist Do? (three-person show with Susanna Kim Koetter and Daniella Ben-Bassat). 185 Matthewson, Providence, RI
2021 Cyborgian Swamp Thing II: Or, the Post-human Untergang, curated by Andrew Woolbright, Below Grand, New York, NY
2020 Wintergarden (three-person show with Scott Alario and Judd Schiffman). 159 Sutton, Providence RI
2019 Can You Dream It (Yes I Can), Kristen Lorello Gallery, New York, NY
Dot Conference, curated by Kirstin Lamb, The Yard, Brooklyn, NY
2018 The Little Baby Show, 315 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Five Holes, All Smiles, curated by Cecilia Salama, Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 UNTITLED Art Fair, GRIN gallery, Booth C24, Miami Beach, FL
[Old/New] Psychedelic Providence, curated by Jamilee Lacy, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Chicago, IL
The 2016 deCordova New England Biennial, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA
Ground Rules, curated by Corey Oberlander and Lindsay Stapleton, Sugar Gallery, Fayetteville, Arkansas
2015 Improvised Showboat #7: Command-Z, curated by Sharon Butler, Lauren Britton, and Zachary Keating, 55 Washington Street, New York, NY
RISCA Fellowship Exhibition, Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI
2014 About The Body, 1989 Gallery, Larchmont, NY, curated by Loren Britton
Swell, GRIN Gallery, Providence, RI
2013 Drunk Tank Pink, curated by Benjamin Sutton, Field Projects, New York, NY
Eastern Argus: One Hundred Eyes, curated by Timothy Wilson, TNC Gallery, New York, NY
LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS
2024 Merged Subjectivities in Painting: an Artist Talk, organized as part of the LGBTQ lecture series at Providence College, April 2024.
2020 Gallery Talk, 159 Sutton, February 14, 2020.
2018 Artist Talk, Brown University Painting Department, March 22, 2018.
2017 Artist Talk, Brandeis University, Nov. 28, 2017.
Guest Critic, RISD Junior Painting Reviews, April 26, 2017.
Artist Talk, “Heather Leigh McPherson and Theresa Gantz,” deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, January 28, 2017.
2016 Guest Critic, RISD Department of Foundations and Experimental Studies, December 16, 2016.
Gallery Talk, Actual Size, Los Angeles, CA. March 5, 2016.
2015 Gallery Talk. Public program for 30 Special Colors. November 5, 2015.
Guest Critic, RISD Junior Painting Reviews
Juror, John Paul Reardon Award, College of the Holy Cross
2014 Gallery Talk, “Talking Shop,” presented with Lauren Britton, Hunt-Cavanagh Gallery, Providence College. Public program for From Here to There: Providence College Studio Art Faculty Showcase. October 2, 2014.
Gallery Talk for Hot Salad, 186 Carpenter, Providence, RI. April 23, 2014.
2013 Guest Critic, end-of-semester reviews, Brandeis University Post-Baccalaureate Program in Studio Art. December 8, 2013.
2012 Guest Critic, "Experiments in Drawing,” Rhode Island School of Design Painting
Department. February 24 and March 2, 2012.
2011 Visiting Artist Lecture, Alfred University School of Art and Design, March 3, 2011.
Gallery Talk for Success Story, Reilly Gallery, Providence College, February 2011.
Juror, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Fellowship in Painting
2008 Guest Speaker, Brown University, Modern Media and Culture Department, November 2008.
AWARDS, GRANTS, AND RESIDENCIES
2020 I-Park Foundation Artist Residency, East Haddam, CT (declined)
CAFR Grant, Providence College Committee on Aid to Faculty Research
2018 Summer painting faculty, Dimensional Image Making, Anderson Ranch Arts Center.
2016 Artist Residency, Kingman ArtHub, Kingman, AZ, March 7-April 15.
2015 CAFR Grant, Providence College Committee on Aid to Faculty Research
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, 2015 Merit Fellowship in Painting
2014 Artist Residency, The Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY, May 2-31.
2013 CAFR Grant, Providence College Committee on Aid to Faculty Research
2007 Graduate Award of Excellence, Rhode Island School of Design, Graduate Studies
2006 Commencement Speaker, Washington University in St. Louis School of Art
John T. Milliken Foreign Travel Scholarship recipient, Washington University in St. Louis School of Art
2004 Irving L. Sorger Award in Core, Washington University in St. Louis School of Art