Heather Pieters
Los Angeles, California
Heather Pieters is from upstate New York. Her pieces are found in collections internationally. She now lives and works in Los Angeles California.
MessageHeather Pieters is a contemporary artist, who was born and raised in upstate New York. As an undergrad, she studied fine art and art history at Stony Brook University on the outskirts of New York City. She later resided in Southern California and spent a sabbatical in Paris, immersing herself in Parisian culture and art. Pieters enjoyed a season of her career in Philadelphia, teaching and exhibiting before retuning to the west coast where she now lives. Her work explores her fascination with “place” and her convictions regarding equality, community, ecology, and interconnectedness. She has shown her work extensively throughout the United States, and her pieces are found in collections internationally. Pieters received her MFA from the University of the Arts in painting. In addition, she has been featured in the Art in America Annual Guide 2018, as well four international art fairs; Monaco Yacht Show, Red Dot Miami/Art Basel Miami, Artexpo New York, Los Angeles Art Show.
Statement
My work is influenced by my ecological and social surroundings focusing on the ideas of place. I use nuances of color and texture to generating a platform for observation and awareness. Recently I have been interested in working directly with my surroundings by placing my work in public or bucolic like spaces where it can be affected by natural elements and social interactions: rain, sun, theft, vandalism etc. I find this ingredient of suspense or lack of control inspiring. It seems to add a depth to my work that I was looking for, an area to explore where limits are not easily met.
These explorations tie back into the underline concept of my work which is place; the actual place on this earth where I stand, my place on the time line of history. The idea of place has always fascinated me, even as a child and since having my own child the idea of place has become a fore thought to my days. Trepidation for the future ecological and social surrounds that my son will live in, run through my mind and spill out in my work.
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