Heather Cantrell

Born 1972, Louisville, KY.
Lives in Los Angeles, CA

Education
MFA, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 2001
BFA, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD, 1995
New York Studio Program, Parsons School of Art and Design, NY, NY
Georgia University Studies Abroad Program, Cortona, Italy
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Early College Program, Chicago, IL

Solo Exhibitions
2006
Century's End, October 21-November 22, sixspace, Culver City, CA
Extended Family, February-March, Newman Popiashvili, New York, NY

2004
Corpus Battaglia, Suite 106, New York, NY

2003
Zombies, 4-F Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Reaching for Bermuda Triangle, Sandroni Rey Gallery, Venice, CA

Group Exhibitions
2005
Christmas in July, Black Dragon Society, LA, CA
Mercer St., Suite 106, New York, NY
Photos, Cerritos College, Norwalk, CA

2004
Likeness: Portraits of Artists by Other Artists, CC Wattis Institute / Independent Curators International, multiple venues, curated by Matthew Higgs
Magic, Hayworth Gallery, LA, CA
Faith, Champion Fine Art, LA , CA
Snapshot, sixspace, LA, CA
Viewfinder, Sabina Lee Gallery, LA, CA

2003
A Visit to Bran, Matruschka, Los Angeles, CA
Recess, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Wild Strawberries & Familiar Haunts, Suite 106 Gallery, New York, NY
Angst, R.A.R.E. Gallery, New York, NY
City Mouse/Country Mouse, Space 101, Brooklyn, NY
Helicopter, Leonard Tachmes Gallery, Miami, FL

2002
Girl on Girl, Miller Durazo Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
My Father Told Me… , Suite 106 Gallery, New York, NY
Sometimes It’s Dark, Practice Space, Los Angeles, CA
Unrest, South La Brea Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2001
The Worst of Gordon Pym continued, Printed Matter, New York, NY
Two Friends and so on, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, CA
LACE 2001 Auction, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
University of California, Los Angeles Thesis Exhibition, The New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Not at Home, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany
Juried Show, Barnsdell Art Park, Los Angeles, CA
Beyond the Matter of Space, Beyond the Baroque, Venice, CA
Sacred Memories, South Shore Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Art as Dramatic Comedy, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
Exhibitionism, New York Studio Program, New York, NY

Bibliography
2005
Los Angeles Times, A Lens and a Mirror, Sept. 7, pg.3, reviewed by David Pagel

2004
Frieze, “Likeness”, No. 85, pg. 72 Sept. 2004
The Art Newspaper, Lively Times in the Dead Zone, No.147, pg. 32 May
Likeness: Portraits of Artists by Other Artist catalog, front cover “Singing Sirens (Mary Kelly)”
Index Magazine, Karen Black, February 2004, pg. 42-47

2003
Index Magazine, Rodrigo Santoro, November 2003, pg. 37-38
Wired Magazine, The Red Krayola, November 2003, pg. 90
Miami New Times, Sounds Like Art/Helicopter, Feb. 13, 03, reviewed by Alfredo Triff

2002
Music Connection, Universal Music’s T. Rex Collection (involves son of Marc Bolan) vol. XXVI, No. 18, September

2001
Los Angeles Times, Women Lost in their Multimedia Reveries, Nov. 22, 02, reviewed by David Pagel
New York Times, the Worst of Gordon Pym continued…, Nov. 16, reviewed by Roberta Smith
University of California, Los Angeles School of Art and Architecture catalog, fall 2001
LACE Auction 2001 catalog
Akademie Schloss Solitude, Not at Home catalog

2000
“The For Carnation” album cover, Touch and Go Records
1999 Detour, April 1999, pg. 64

Awards
1998-2001 UCLA Registration Fee Grant
1997-2001 UCLA Teaching Assistantship Grant
1998-1999 Anna Bing Arnold Scholarship
1999-2000 D’arcy Hayman Scholarship
1990-1995 Maryland Institute, College of Art, Merit Scholarship
1990-1995 Maryland Institute, College of Art, Thalheimer Scholarship