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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 wood.