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