About Heather
Heather Close is an artist who lives and works in Calgary. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Alberta College of Art + Design in 2009.
Her works are hopeful and unexpected amalgamations of plants and organisms. These works are a love letter to the resiliency and vulnerability of nature and an exploration of the abundance of organic life.
photo by Scott Augustine
Contact
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
For purchase inquiries, please contact Christine Klassen Gallery.
Christine Klassen Gallery | Calgary, AB
403.262.1880
www.christineklassengallery.com
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Education
2009 Bachelor of Fine Arts with Distinction, Painting Major, Alberta College of Arts and Design, Calgary, Alberta
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Polychrome Pools, Christine Klassen Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2018 Mutable Immobiles, Arts Commons Window Galleries, Calgary, Alberta
2017 Introducing: Heather Close, Christine Klassen Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2011 Obdurate Objects, Truck +15 Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
Group Exhibitions
2021 Unseen, Christine Klassen Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2020 Redux, Christine Klassen Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2020 Papyromania, Christine Klassen Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2017 TEN: celebrating ten years, Christine Klassen Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2011 Pith Group Show, Pith Gallery and Studios, Calgary Alberta
2009 ACAD Grad Show, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta
ACAD Open House, Main Mall, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta
Space Case, Gallery 371, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta
Fourth Year Painting Show, Main Mall, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta
2008 Slow Shuffle, Birds and Stone Theatre, Calgary Alberta
2007 Brink, Gallery 371, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary Alberta
Awards
2009 Board of Governors Award - Painting, Alberta College of Arts and Design
2008 Jason Lang Award
2008 Alberta Foundation of the Arts- Multidisciplinary Grant
2007 Jason Lang Award
2006 Jason Lang Award