Heather Couch is an Assistant Professor of Art at Palm Beach Atlantic University. Heather works in sculptural ceramics and mixed media installation, producing gallery exhibitions as well as smaller sculptural and decorative objects. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, and can be found in both private and public collection including the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum.
Education:
BA Sculpture Union University
MFA Ceramics Arizona State University 2015
Recent solo or curated small group exhibitions:
2020
* When We See Further: Marina Font, Heather Couch, Renee Rey, Terre Rybovich, curated by John Loscuito and Anica Sturdivant, Wasmer Gallery of Art, Florida Gulf Coast University, Ft Myers FL
* Knowing, on What Grounds, Fresh as Fruit Gallery, Deland FL
* A Repeated State of Falling, Unleashed Art Fair/Vision 2020 hosted by Art Synergy, West Palm Beach FL
2019
* Modified Position, The Box Gallery, West Palm Beach FL
* Informed Precarity, Tauni De Lesseps Gallery, Palm Beach Atlantic University
* Rough Estimations, Interdisciplinary Research Conference, Palm Beach Atlantic University
2018
* A Pleasant Frailty, Talon Gallery, Northland Pioneer College, Show Low AZ
Artist Statement:
I create sculptures and installations that are composed with the material language of clay, wood, and wool to form spaces that reflect the drama and comforts of everyday narratives of uncertainty. Mass and line play in casual balance, forming moments of tension and overlap that der ... view more »
Heather Couch is an Assistant Professor of Art at Palm Beach Atlantic University. Heather works in sculptural ceramics and mixed media installation, producing gallery exhibitions as well as smaller sculptural and decorative objects. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, and can be found in both private and public collection including the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum.
Education:
BA Sculpture Union University
MFA Ceramics Arizona State University 2015
Recent solo or curated small group exhibitions:
2020
* When We See Further: Marina Font, Heather Couch, Renee Rey, Terre Rybovich, curated by John Loscuito and Anica Sturdivant, Wasmer Gallery of Art, Florida Gulf Coast University, Ft Myers FL
* Knowing, on What Grounds, Fresh as Fruit Gallery, Deland FL
* A Repeated State of Falling, Unleashed Art Fair/Vision 2020 hosted by Art Synergy, West Palm Beach FL
2019
* Modified Position, The Box Gallery, West Palm Beach FL
* Informed Precarity, Tauni De Lesseps Gallery, Palm Beach Atlantic University
* Rough Estimations, Interdisciplinary Research Conference, Palm Beach Atlantic University
2018
* A Pleasant Frailty, Talon Gallery, Northland Pioneer College, Show Low AZ
Artist Statement:
I create sculptures and installations that are composed with the material language of clay, wood, and wool to form spaces that reflect the drama and comforts of everyday narratives of uncertainty. Mass and line play in casual balance, forming moments of tension and overlap that derive from stories as simple as understanding a new place and as difficult as reconciling ideologies.
Using the language of abstraction allows me creative freedom, as I waver between working from and working to. One decision affords the next, and the not-quite-functional meets the almost-accidental to form a series of quiet gestures. The work stems from personal narratives, but I intentionally make decisions that are intuitive and experimental, leading to compositions that are rhythmic and playfully awkward. The feeling of moving through is more important than arriving, and process is here given the pedestal. In the words of Wallace Stevens – So it is to sit and balance things / to and to and to the point of still.
Please don’t hesitate to contact for exhibition opportunities: heathercouch.artist@gmail.com
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