Focusing on human impact on the environment, my work is a documentation of the forever changing elements in the natural topography of our landscape. I recreate geographic patterns that I find, and then layer them to make up a new series of abstracted terrain. This morphing of forms combines imagery such as computer generated weather systems, topographic map lines, animal migration patterns, cellular structures, networking graphs, water movement patterns, lichen on boulders, rock formations, and other natural phenomena. I am interested in the constant recurrence of these patterns and find similarities in their elements. The intertwining of the geometric and organic forms becomes an important part of my process. We are constantly building and evolving with technology, yet we are craving the natural world at the same time. The transformation of the environment and the effects of climate change deeply influence my work.

Education

M.F.A. 2003 Painting University of California, Berkeley

B.F.A. 2000 Painting Sonoma State University

Solo Exhibitions

2021 Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2019 J GO Gallery, Park City, UT, “Heather Patterson New Work”

2018 Art BASEL Miami Beach represented by Muriel Guepin Gallery, New York, NY 2018

Muriel Guepin Gallery, “Patterns”, New York, NY (two-person exhibition)

Santa Rosa Junior College, “Blue”, Petaluma, CA (three-person exhibition)

2017 Walker Fine Art, “Heather Patterson- New Work”, Denver, CO

BRECKcreate, “Charted Territory”, Breckenridge, CO2017 Walker Fine Art, Denver, CO

2016 JGO, Park City, UT (two-person exhibition)

Denver International Airport, “Abstract Landscape Colorado”, Denver, CO

2015 Walker Fine Art, “Heather Patterson- New Work”, Denver, CO

2013 Western Colorado Center for the Arts, “Elemental”, Grand Junction, CO

2012 Good Citizen Gallery, “Deconstruct”, St. Louis, MI

Johnson Art Gallery, “Repetition”, Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction, CO

2011 Tercera Gallery, Palo Alto, CA

2010 Susan Street Fine Art, Solana Beach, CA (two-person exhibition)

2007 LXS, Carson City, NV

Bristlecone Gallery, Carson City, NV

2006 Hang Gallery, San Francisco, CA, (two-person exhibition)

2005 Metro Gallery, Reno, NV

2004 Main Gallery, Reno, NV

Hang Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Foyer Gallery, Lake Tahoe, CA

2000 Mesh Gallery, Sebastopol, CA

Group Exhibitions

2020 Walker Fine Art, “Land Lines”, Denver, CO

2019 SLATE Contemporary, “Introductions”, Oakland, CA

Arvada Center, “Abstractions”, invited by Michael Paglia, Art Critic, Arvada, CO

Sonoma State University Art Gallery, “40th Anniversary Alumni Show”, Invited by

Michael Schwager and Bob Nugent

2018 Arvada Center, “In Sight: On Site- Murals”, invited by Colin Parson, Arvada, CO

J GO Gallery, “Summer Sol”, Park City, UT

Walker Fine Art, “Natural Occurrences”, Denver, CO2017

Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN

J GO, "Massively SMALL", Park City, UT

Roseark, West Hollywood, CA

2016 Cumberland Gallery, “Introductions”, Nashville, TN

San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design, “Beyond the Pour II: The Creative Process”, San Francisco, CA

Arvada Center, “Art of the State”, Jurors: Gwen Chanzit, Michael Chavez, Colin Parson, Denver, CO

JGO, “Massively SMALL”, Park City, UT