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Gail Heidel
was born in Norwalk, CT in 1973. She received a M.F.A. from the
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities in May 2008, completed a
post-baccalaureate program in Ceramics at the University of
Massachusetts Dartmouth in 2004, and earned a B.F.A. from the
University of Connecticut, Storrs in 1995. She lives in
Brooklyn, NY. Heidel currently is an Adjunct Professor at Hunter
College, New York, NY.
Heidel’s upcoming exhibitions include: A solo exhibition at Clay
Art Center, Port Chester, NY (2012); a group exhibition titled
Extraction, Space Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA curated by Jill
Larson; the group exhibition Elastic Authenticity, NCECA,
Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL curated by Susan Beiner
and Darien Johnson (2011); the group exhibition, On Earth,
Rockland Center for the Arts, Nyack, NY, curated by Leigh Taylor
Mickelson; a group show curated by Joseph Page at Sheehan
Gallery, Whitman College of Art, Walla Walla, WA; and a solo
show at Thomas Hunter Project Room, NY, NY (2010).
Recent selected exhibitions include: 2010: A Space Odyssey,
Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD, and the group exhibition
Mainlining Ceramics, curated by Glen Brown, Mainline Art
Center, Haverford, PA (2010); a solo show at theThomas Hunter
Project Space, Hunter College NY, NY titled Subdivision;
the invitational group show Project Spaces, NCECA,
Phoenix, AZ (2009); a solo exhibition at Gaga Arts Center,
Garnerville, NY titled Converge (2008); the group
exhibition It’s Not Easy, Exit Underground at Exit Art,
New York, NY (2008); a video screening at the Beijing Film
Academy, Beijing, China (2007) and the collaborative performance
with Target Corporation, Construct ‘n’ Strut, Weisman Art
Museum, Minneapolis, MN (2006).
Recent press and awards include: an interview with Heidel and
images of her piece, Converge in Ceramic Art and
Perception, issue 80, June 2010; a full page spread of her solo
show Subdivision in the November 2009 Ceramics Monthly,
an exhibition review of the NCECA Project Spaces in Ceramic
Review July/August 2009, being selected for the 2007 Graduate
Research Partnership Fellowship from the Department of Art,
University of Minnesota and in 2006, Heidel was chosen for the
Grand Award from the Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL.
Heidel’s art practice is influenced by the built environment and
the urban planning strategies designed to navigate these spaces.
The conceptual foundation for her work focuses on how the
contemporary condition of interconnectivity found in labor,
commerce, and the agency of the individual affects this
environment. To address this concept, she creates research based
site-specific installations. These installations are comprised
of an architectural vocabulary with a minimal aesthetic and are
fabricated from common building materials such as ceramic and
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