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ARTIST BIO

Portland, Oregon
Born 1959, Springfield, Ohio

Photo courtesy of Jake ShiveryHeidi Kirkpatrick is a fine art photographer and educator based in Portland, Oregon.

Throughout Kirkpatrick's career her work has explored the female figure, family narratives and contemporary issues of being a woman. Kirkpatrick combines film positives with found objects such as vintage children's blocks, books, mahjong tiles, and tins, to create intimate photo-based objects that explore themes of family, history, love and loss. During the Oregon summers, Heidi makes cyanotypes in her backyard studio that address similar issues. Kirkpatrick creates unique cyanotype works with vintage clothing and linens using personal possessions and specimens from her garden. Kirkpatrick's most recent work, titled "Family Service", again addresses love and loss. Kirkpatrick creates unique ceramic pieces on vintage plates and platters using family imagery of those who came before her.

Kirkpatrick has exhibited widely over the last twenty years and her work is held in numerous private and public collections including The Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire, United Kingdom; The Harry Ransom Center, Austin, Texas; Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas; Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, Ohio; The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Louisiana; Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado; OHSU Corporate Collection, Portland, Oregon. Heidi was selected for the Photolucida Critical Mass Top 50 in 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014, and was recognized with the solo show award in 2012. Heidi's work was also selected for LensCulture Emerging Talent Awards Top 50 in 2014.

Kirkpatrick is represented by G Gibson Projects, Seattle, Washington and Dina Mitrani Gallery, Miami, Florida.

 
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 Handmade and Heartfelt, Dina Mitrani Gallery, Miami, FL
 
2014 Lost and Found, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
  Lost and Found, RayKo Photo Center, San Francisco, CA
 
2013 Lost and Found, Critical Mass Solo Show Award, Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, CO
  Under Glass, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
  Object, Wall Space Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
 
2011 Discoveries, Panopticon Gallery, Boston, MA
 
2009 Gray Area, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR
  Stories, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
  Retrospective, LightBox Gallery, Astoria, OR
 
2008 Sum of the Parts, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
 
2007 Gray Area, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR
  Lost and Found, Chambers Gallery, Portland, OR
  Souvenirs, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
 
2005 Botanical Photograms, Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, OR
 
2004 A Kiss, Standard Arts Window, Curated by Eva Lake, Portland, OR
  Girlie-Women as Objects, Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, OR
  Women, Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH
 
2003 From My Window Seat, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
 
2002 New Street Photography, Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, OR
 
2000 Modern Goddess, Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, OR
 
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
 
2024 Photo/Object, Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, SC
 
2023 Altered Images, juried online exhibition, curated by Lisa Volpe, for The Center for Fine Art Photography
  Touching Magic: Scenes from an Enchanted Wilderness, Slow Exposures, Zebulon, GA
  Palimpsest, juried online exhibition, curated by Angel O’Brien, for Analog Forever Magazine
 
2022 Time, juried online exhibition, curated by Michael Kirkchoff, for Analog Magazine Forever
 
2021 Processing Narratives, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO
The Mark and the Memory, curated by Ryann Casey, JKC Gallery, Trenton NJ
 
2020 A Yellow Rose Project, curated by Meg Griffiths and Frances Jakubek, The Front, PhotoNola, New Orleans, LA
Outside In: Contemporary Landscape, Art Lives Here Objects-Denver Art Museum, Focus Points, Denver, CO
The Altered Image: Women Telling Stories by Combining Photography with Mixed Media, Dina Mitrani Gallery, Miami, FL
Winter Blues, Contemporary Cyanotypes, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
Sculptural Photography, juried online exhibition, curated by Lynn Bierbaum for Analog Forever Magazine
2019 Quadraphotique, Roll Up Gallery, Portland, OR
Tribe, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel-By-The-Sea, CA
 
2018 Tribe, Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Murmuration, VAE, Click Photography Festival, Raleigh, NC
Shelter, Gallery 51, MCLA, North Adams, MA
Pacific Northwest Photography Viewing Drawers, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
 
2017 Small Works, Center for Fine Art Photography, curated by Kat Kiernan, Fort Collins, CO
Sleight of Hand, VAE, Raleigh, NC
 
2016 Handmade III, Anzenberger Gallery, Vienna, Austria
Altered Narratives, City Gallery, Charleston, SC
Subject to Change, Candela Gallery, Richmond, VA
 
2015 Comforts of Home, Panopticon Gallery, Boston, MA
  Critical Mass Top 50 Exhibition, curated by Becky Senf, GuatePhoto Festival 2015, Antigua, Guatemala
  Diffusion Exhibition, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
  Depth of Field: RfotoFolio Group Exhibition, Art Intersection, Gilbert, Arizona
  Five Alchemists: Contemporary Photographers Explore 19th-Century Techniques, Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS
 
2014 Currents 2014, juried by Roy Flukinger, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
  LensCulture Emerging Talent 2014, Valid Foto Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
  2014 Shanghai International Photography Festival, Shanghai, China
  INFOCUS, Juried Exhibition of Self-Published Photobooks, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
  Image: Constructed::Constructed Image, Gray Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
  Well Read: Visual Explorations of the Book, Photo Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
  Photolucida Critical Mass Top 50, Corden Potts Gallery, San Francisco, CA and Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
 
2013 Unconventional Photography, curated by Yan Li and Blue Mitchell, 2013 Lishui International Photographic Culture Festival, Lishui, China
  Under the Wings of Artemis: The Crossroads of Scholarship and Art, Curated by Lauren Dudley, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
  Photolucida Critical Mass Top 50, Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL
  Historical Processes/Contemporary Visions, Dina Mitrani Gallery, Miami, FL
  OFF THE PLAIN: Contemporary Northwest Photography, Curated by TJ Norris, Place, Portland, OR
  Blue Sky's Pacific Northwest Photography Viewing Drawers, juried selection, Portland, OR
  New Directions 2013: Beautiful My Desire, juried by Ann Jastrab, wall space gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
  Box Squared, juried by Kim Aram of BLINK, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
 
2012 Homage to Elles, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
  Odd Works, juried by Russell Lord, New Orleans Photo Alliance Gallery, New Orleans, LA
  New Southern Photography, Recent Acquisitions, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
  Center Forward 2012, juried by Hamidah Glasgow and Ann Jastrab, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO and Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco, CA
  Summer Group Exhibition Extravaganza, Panopticon Gallery, Boston, MA
  Push, Educator's Exhibition, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
  Undressing Room, Froelick Gallery, Juried Exhibition, Portland, OR
  UnBound, Candela Gallery Invitational Exhibition, Richmond, VA
  Blue Sky's Pacific Northwest Photography Viewing Drawers, juried selection 2012, Portland, OR
  Photolucida Critical Mass Top 50, curated by Darius Himes, Photo Center NW, Seattle, WA, Newspace Photo Center, Portland, OR and RayKo Photo Center, San Francisco, CA
  Precious Things, Jennifer Schwartz Gallery, Atlanta, GA
  New Directions 2012, Crossing Territories/Arte Factum, juried by Debra Klomp Ching, Wall Space Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA and Seattle, WA
 
2011 Small Works, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
  Welcome to My World: Artists Take on the Globe, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR
  40th Anniversary Exhibition, Panopticon Gallery, Boston, MA
  Assemblage, curated by Leo Michelson, Annie Meyer Artwork Gallery, Portland, OR
  20th Anniversary Exhibit, Part II: Painting, Drawing + 3D, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
 
2010 Photo Alchemy, National Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Alternative Process Photography by Laura Moya of Photolucida, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR
  Two of a Kind, Curated by Leo Michelson, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
  Blow Up, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
  Carnival, curated by Chris Bennett, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR
  Blue Sky's Pacific Northwest Photography Viewing Drawers, juried selection, Portland, OR
 
2009 Contemporary Pluralism, Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH
  Expanded Narrative: The Photographic Image in Mixed Media Constructions, curated by Marjorie Hirsch, Archer Gallery, Vancouver, WA
  Photo+Book, National Juried Exhibition of Self-Published, On-Demand Photo Books, juried by Christopher Rauschenberg, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR
 
2008 Tieton: Off the Page, Book Arts Exhibition, Tieton, WA
  Resurrection, A New Look at Old Photographic Processes, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR
  Secrets and Lies, National Juried Exhibition of Artists Books, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR
 
2007 Photo+Construct, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR
 
2006 Bestiary, Froelick Gallery, Juried Exhibition, Portland, OR
 
2005 First Person, Froelick Gallery, Juried Exhibition, Portland, OR
  Gallery Artists, Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, OR
  PCNW Permanent Collection, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
  The Curated Collection, Trimet Interstate MAX, Public Art Project, Portland, OR
 
2003 Factories and Toys, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
  Pacific Northwest Photography NOW, Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA
  Celebrating Women in the Arts Northwest Women Photographers, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY
 
2022 Time, Analog Forever Group Exhibition, by Michael Kirchoff, August 14
Portland no. 4: Heidi Kirkpatrick, One Twelve Publishing, June 7, 20220
 
2021 Analog Forever Magazine, interview by Niniane Kelley, pgs44-61
Family Service, Diffusion X, One Twelve Publishing, p93,142
Chasing the Light, What Will You Remember, guest curated by Karen Haas, October 20
 
2020 Focusing in Isolation, Oregon Artswatch, by Pat Rose, June 10
Celebrating Women's History Month, One Twelve Publishing, by Blue Mitchell, March 31
Winter Blues: Contemporary Cyanotypes at Center for Photographic Art, DON'T TAKE PICTURES, by Kat Kiernan, March 25
Winter Blues: Contemporary Cyanotypes at Center for Photographic Art, LENSCRATCH, by Aline Smithson, March 14
 
2019 The Diffusion Tapes, Tape #3: Heidi Kirkpatrick, 52-minute podcast by Blue Mitchell, Feb. 11
Tribe, The CPA Video Archives, Center for Photographic Art, Jan. 5
Tribe, Exhibition catalog published by Center for Photographic Art, MagCloud, 64pgs
 
2018 Tribe at the Fox Talbot Museum in Lacock, UK, LENSCRATCH, by Aline Smithson, June 8
 
2017 Cabinet of Curiosities, Diffusion IX, p8, 13, 116
 
2016 Sweet Tidings (image), Oxford American, Fall Issue 94, p29
Handmade and Heartfelt at Dina Mitrani Gallery, Miami New Times, by Neil Vasquez, March 17
LENSCRATCH States Project: Oregon, LENSCRATCH, by Aline Smithson, January 25 - http://lenscratch.com/2016/01/heidi-kirkpatrick-the-states-project-oregon/
 
2015 Alex Mar's Journey Into the Occult, by Caitlin Love, Oxford American, Fall Issue 90, October 29
Evoking Memory with Heidi Kirkpatrick, Rfotofolio, February 11
Shattered (cover image), Picture Sentence, September 30, p24
The Matter of Light, Diffusion Annual, Editor's Invitational, p40
 
2014 Vignettes, Heidi Kirkpatrick: Lost and Found, Preview Guide to Galleries and Museums, November, p69
  Julie Blackmon and Heidi Kirkpatrick at G. Gibson Gallery, DON'T TAKE PICTURES, October 29
  The Heidi Kirkpatrick Interview, LENSCRATCH, by Aline Smithson, January 15
 
2013 Heidi Kirkpatrick: Lost and Found, Exhibition catalog published by Hamidah Glasgow, HP MagCloud 70pgs
  Art Focus, Interview with Eva Lake, KBOO 90.7 FM, Portland, OR
  Heidi Kirkpatrick, Stories, The Oregonian, Visual Arts Section (image) March 29, p27
 
2012 Heidi Kirkpatrick: Lost and Found, Exhibition catalog published by Hamidah Glasgow, HP MagCloud 70pgs
  Art Focus, Interview with Eva Lake, KBOO 90.7 FM, Portland, OR
  Heidi Kirkpatrick, Stories, The Oregonian, Visual Arts Section (image) March 29, p27
 
2011 In Focus- Heidi Kirkpatrick, underexposed, by Susan Burnstine, December 19
  American Connection, Black and White Photography Magazine, October Issue #129, p22
  Critic's Pick, Griffin Museum of Photography, June 23
  Seeing Outside the Box, Digital Silver Imaging, June 7
  Lots of Talent at Photolucida 2011, Blurberati Blog, April 20
 
2010 Heidi Kirkpatrick, NINE by TEN, by Allison Clark, November 16, 2010
 
2009 Willamette Week Pick, Gray Area, Willamette Week, by Richard Speer, cover spine and p64
 
2008 Picturesque, The Oregonian, by D.K. Row, May, pC2
  D.K.'s Hot Sheet, The Oregonian, May, p39
 
2007 Lost and Found: New Photo-based Works, Preview the Gallery Guide, November, p76
  Shows of Note, The Oregonian, by D.K. Row, October 5, p41
  Focus on Photography, Davis Publications, by Herman Joyner and Kathleen Monahan, p12, p144 and p206
 
2005 Destination Portland (Image), The Oregonian, by D.K. Row, September 30, p13
 
2004 Girlie and the Cost of Beauty, The Oregonian, by Harvest Henderson, May 28, p25
  First Thursday Impressions, Willamette Week, by Richard Speer, May 12, p59
  Women in Collage and Photography, Dayton City Paper, by Jud Yalkut, March, p13
  Drumstick and DFW to LGA 6/96 (Image), SHOTS Magazine, March, p37 and p40
  The Complexities of Womanhood, Dayton Daily News, by Ron Rollins, February 22, p3
  Photo Finish, Springfield News and Sun, by Andrew McGinn, February 19, p1
 
2003 Art Star, Interview with Eva Lake, KPSU 1450 AM, Portland, OR
  Seattle Weekly Pick, Seattle Weekly, by David Stoesz, March 5
 
2002 A Midsummer Night's View, The Oregonian, by D.K. Row, August 1, p1
  Radar, The Oregonian, by Stan Hall, Arts Week, August 4, p9
 
2000 Picks, The Oregonian, by D.K. Row, Portland, OR, June 1
  Body Images, The Oregonian, by D.K. Row, February 19, Visual Arts
 
1998 Heidi's Got a Holga, Anodyne Magazine, by Linda Knittel, October, p12 and p13
 
1997 Picture This, Willamette Week, by D.K. Row, Portland OR, January, Visual Arts
 
AWARDS
 
2022 Your Daily Photograph Hot 100 of 2022
 
2021 Your Daily Photograph Hot 100 of 2021
 
2014 LensCulture Emerging Talents Top 50
  Photolucida Critical Mass Top 50
 
2013 Photolucida Critical Mass Top 50
 
2012 Photolucida Critical Mass Top 50 Solo Show Award, Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, CO
  Photolucida Critical Mass Top 50
 
2011 Photolucida Critical Mass Top 50
 
2010 Photography Book Now, International Juried Print on Demand Book competition, Blurb Books, Lost and Found, Honorable Mention, Portfolio Category
 
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
 
2020 Co-creator of Cyanotype Creativity Kits, Art Lives Here, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Family, I Keep Coming Back to It, Invitational speaker, The Halide Project at Home, Philadelphia, PA
Summertime Blues by Heidi Kirkpatrick, Invitational speaker, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
 
2019 Everything Becomes a Story, Invitational speaker for the Brown Bag Lunch Talk, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
 
2016 Visiting artist, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
  Region at Large Juror for Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, Portland, OR
 
2015 Artist Talk, Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS
 
2013 Region at Large Juror for Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, Portland, OR
  Invitational speaker for the Portland Photographer's Forum, Portland, OR
 
2012 Lost and Found: Invitational speaker for the Brown Bag Lunch Talks, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
  Invitational Special Collection Artist for Cascade Aids Project Art Auction, Portland, OR
 
2011-
Present
Portland Art Museum Photography Council Secretary of the Board, Portland, OR
 
2010-
Present
Portland Art Museum Photography Council Member, Portland, OR
 
2010 Northwest Territory: Women in Photography, SPE Northwest Conference Panel Discussion, moderated by Julia Dolan, Curator of Photography, Portland Art Museum, Presented by Photolucida at Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR
 
2009-2011 Visiting Artist, Clark College, Photo II, Vancouver, WA
 
1996-2004 Visiting Artist, St. Mary's Academy, Visual Communication Through Photography, Portland, OR
 
1996-1999 Visiting Artist, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Pinhole and Toy Camera Class, Portland, OR
 
1993-1997 Curator, Silver Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, OR
  Darkroom Assistant to John Barna, Head of Photography Department, Portland State University, OR
 
COLLECTIONS
 
  Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Harry Ransom Center, Austin, TX
Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH
Denver Art Museum, Education Collection, Denver, CO
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburg, PA
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
Indie Photobook Library, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
 
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
 
2019-2020 Cyanotype Workshop, The Weston Collective, Seaside, CA
 
2004-2016 Photography Instructor, Northwest Academy, Portland, OR
 
1997-2000 Head of Photographic Education, Safelight Darkroom, Portland, OR
 
1995-1997 Teachers Assistant to Richard Kraft, Basic Photography, Portland State University, Portland, OR
 
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
 
  G. Gibson Projects, Seattle, WA
Dina Mitrani Gallery, Miami, FL