HEIDI POLLARD

EDUCATION

1994-95 Candidate, M.F.A. in Painting, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Phila., PA.

1985-86 Apprentice / Assistant to Philip Grausman, Sculptor, Washington, CT.

1985  B.F.A., University of Michigan School of Art, Ann Arbor, MI.
Concentrations in Sculpture and Painting; Studies with Louis Marinaro and
Richard Raiselis.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

1998
Close To The Border VII/Cerca De La Frontiera VII, University Art Gallery,
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM.  Jurors: Marysol Nieves,
Curator, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY; Alberto Ruy Sanchez, Director,
Artes De Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.

Ninth Annual Art of Albuquerque, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM.      Jurors: Gail Bird, Native American Fine Craft Artist;  Harmony Hammond, Painter;
David Floria, gallery owner and former Curator, Aspen Museum.

Eighth Annual Traveling Art Gallery, Magnifico! Albuquerque Festival of the Arts,      Albuquerque, NM.
 
Surface/Meaning, 4-person show, Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
 
1997
New Mexico Contemporary, NM State Fair Arts Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
Juror: Louis Grachos, Curator, Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM.

Visibility ‘97, David Loren Bass Gallery, Santa Fe, NM. Jurors: Arlene LewAllen,
Director, Cline LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe; David Chickey, Director,
Allene Lapides Gallery, Santa Fe.

Annual Invitational, 4-person show, Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.

Seventh Annual Traveling Art Gallery, Magnifico! Albuquerque Festival of the Arts,     Albuquerque, NM.

1996
ARTernatives 96, Annual National Exhibition, Space 47, San Luis Obispo, CA.
Juror: Neil Korten, Curator & Director of Exhibitions, L.A. Municipal Art Gallery at     Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA..

Long Beach Arts 93rd National Open, Long Beach, CA.  Juror: Mark Johnstone,
Public Arts Administrator, L.A. Cultural Affairs, former Co-curator, Security Pacific Bank Collection.

New Mexico Contemporary, NM State Fair Fine Arts Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
Juror: Elizabeth Smith, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA.

Navarro Council of the Arts 13th Annual National Juried Exhibit, Warehouse
Living Arts Center, Corsicana, TX.  Juror: David Chon Murray, Artist.

Solo Show, Greensboro Library, Greensboro, VT.

1995 Hoyt National Art Show, Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA.
Juror: Louise Fishman, Painter.

 M.F.A. Candidates Show, Pennsyvania Academy of Fine Arts, Phila., PA.

1990 Two-Person Show, Pyralisk Gallery, Montpelier, VT.

1988 Annual New Talent, 4-person show,Washington Art Association,Washington,CT.

1987 Invitiational Group Show, Chandler Gallery, Randolph, VT.
 

AWARDS
1998 Purchase Award, New Mexico State University Art Gallery, Close to the Border IIV.
1998 Merit Award,  The Art of Albuquerque, Albuquerque Museum.
1996 Special Award, New Mexico Contemporary, Albuquerque, NM.
1987 Best of Show, Chandler Gallery Invitational, Randolph, VT.

RESIDENCIES
1988  Vermont Artists Residency, Sculpture, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT.
 

TEACHING/PRESENTATIONS
1997  Guest Lecturer, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
 

REPRESENTATION
Dartmouth Street Gallery, 3011 Monte Vista NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106;
                                         (505) 266-7751 / (800) 474-7751 / e-mail: www.dsg-art.com.

COLLECTIONS
 New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Open Studios Press, New American Paintings, Western Edition, 1998.

Pulkka, Wesley.  “Surface/Meaning returns gallery to its abstract roots”, Albuquerque Journal, January 18, 1998.

Jarigese, Kim.  Catalogue, Spring 1997, University of New Mexico Division ofContinuing Education, back cover and two interior illustrations.

Pulkka, Wesley.  “Reality is no constant among 4 Dartmouth artists”, Albuquerque Journal, March 16, 1997.

Tobin, Richard. “Review: NM Contemporary”, THE Magazine, April, 1996.
Smith, Elizabeth.  Catalogue, New Mexico Contemporary 1996.