Education

2008: Master of Fine Arts (Visual Art- Relational Installation) Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ
2008: Dean John I. Bettender Award for Outstanding Graduate Artistic Achievement.
2007: Dedalus Fellowship Nominee

Spring and Fall 2007: Studies in the English and African American Studies departments at Princeton University Princeton, NJ

1998: Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art) Cornish College of the Arts Seattle, WA


Awards

2009: NYFA Fellowship
2006: Emerging Artist Fellowship, Socrates Sculpture Park
2006: Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant for Santa Fe Art Institute
2005: Skowhegan Fellowship


Selected Professional Experience

2008: artist in residence, Whitney Museum Independent Study Program
2008: juror, New York Foundation for the Arts, Photography Fellowship 2008
2007-2008: faculty, Mason Gross School of Art, Rutgers University
2007: Slide Night: Fun With Toys, lecture, Jersey City Museum, NJ
2006: artist in residence, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
2006: artist in residence, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
1998-1999: artist in residence, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA


Selected Group Exhibitions

2009: Whitney ISP Studio Exhibition, Art In General, NY
2008: Archeologies of Wonder, Real Art Ways, CT
2008: 1968: Then and Now, curated by Deborah Willis, NYU Gulf + Western Gallery and in the 8th floor gallery of the Tisch School of the Arts Department of Photography & Imaging
2008: Subpoena, curated by Nico Wheadon, Talman + Monroe Gallery, NY
2008: Bang Bang, Jajo Gallery, NJ
2008: Your Documents Please, Museum of Art and Craft, Itami, Japan traveled to ZAIM, Yokohama, and 2B Gallery, Budapest, and Galeria Z, Bratislava
2008: The Free Art Fair, performance with Pablo Helguera, The Armory Show, NY
2008: Rather Round Table, Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ
2008: Arte ≠ Vida, performance with Raphael Montañez Ortiz, El Museo del Barrio, NY
2008: Neo-Constructivism: Art, Architecture & Activism, Paul Robeson Galleries, Rutgers University, NJ
2007: Memory and Place, curated by Deborah Willis, Institute of African American Affairs at NYU, NY
2007: Mme. Nightingale’s Authentic Expert Face Readings, by Tooth and Comb Social Club, ArtBasel Miami, FL
2007: Material Culture, Longwood Art Gallery, NY
2007: Off Color, Diaspora Vibe Gallery, FL; traveled to Rush Arts and Corridor Gallery, NY in 2008
2007: Sculpture Alumni Invitational, Cornish Main Gallery, Seattle, WA
2007: Strand, curated by Rico Gatson, NYCAMS, NY
2007: Jamaica Flux 2007, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, NY
2007: The Feminine Mystique, Jersey City Museum, NJ 2007: Workspace07, Queens Library Gallery, NY
2007: Intersections, collaboration with Simone Leigh and Roberto Visani, curated by Martin Dust, Abrons Arts Center, NY
2007: All of My Clothes by Tooth and Comb Social Club, collaboration with Judith Hoffman in chapters, Rutgers University, NJ. Pratt Institute, NY.
2007: The New York Armory Show, presented by Socrates Sculpture Park, NY
2007: The Gun Show, curated by Donna Gustafson, Shore Institute for Contemporary Art,NJ
2007: United Black Girls, Rush Arts Gallery, NY
2007: Art In Transit, presented by Santa Fe Art Institute, NM
2006: Black Now, curated by Fred Wilson, Longwood Art Gallery, NY
2006: Gulliver & Friends Make Music, performance with Raphael Montañez Ortiz, Jersey City Museum, NJ
2006: Projects '06, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY 2006: EAF06, 20th Anniversary, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY
2006: Softly Threatening: Artwork of the Modern Domestic, curated by Yoko Ott-Dayton, Bumbershoot, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
2006: Voice, juried by Kara Walker, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI.
2006: Boredom: I Learned It By Watching You, Portland Art Center, Portland, OR
2005: Catalog, Soil Art Gallery, Seattle, WA


Bibliography

The Field Guide to the Rather Round Table. New Brunswick: Lulu Press, 2008.
Jamaica Flux: Workspace & Windows 2007. New York: Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, 2008
Veneciano, Jorge Daniel, ed. Neo-Constructivism: Art, Architecture and Activism. Newark: Paul Robeson Galleries, 2008.
The Feminine Mystique: Contemporary Artists Respond. Jersey City: Jersey City Museum, 2007.
EAF06. Dalton, MA: The Studley Press, Inc, 2007.


Selected Press

“Strand Exhibition.” The Statement Nov. 2007. Winterton, Danielle. “Library gallery charts path from artist’s idea to exhibit.” Times Ledger 26 July 2007.
Caruth, Nicole. "Getting Cozy: A Studio Visit: Heather Hart." ...It Might Be Good 27 Apr. 2007.
Cotter, Holland "United Black Girls." The New York Times. 30 March 2007.
Baker, R.C. "Go Girls." The Village Voice. 15 March 2007.
Saltz, Jerry. "Yurts and Stalagmites: Outdoor sculpture as more than decorative object or propaganda tool." The Village Voice. 11 October 2006. Hackett, Regina. "Bumbershoot: Creepy cakes and tree sweaters are in the limelight." The Seattle P-I. 1 September 2006.
Rodriguez, Bill. "Women's Work." The Phoenix. 22 May 2006.
Van Siclen, Bill. "Kara Walker's 'Voice' at the Art Club is thought-provoking, but uneven show." The Providence Journal. 21 May 2006.
Sawyer Detoni, Meieli. "Out on a Limb- Treesweaters." Thread. 28 April 2006. "Interview with Heather Hart and Meghan Trainor." The Edge. Fall 1999.
"Best of 1999." Seattle Weekly. July 1999.
Hart, Heather. Interview with Shinique Smith. Showcase of Flava Fest Artists . 1996. Channel 33 TV, Seattle.