Shooting Gallery Project Space presents Sex in Suburbia by Andrea Heimer.
In Sex In Suburbia Andrea Joyce Heimer continues her exploration of the suburban experience, this time focusing on the ways in which sexuality affects a neighborhood. Part allegory part autobiography, Heimer's crudely rendered characters enact scenes of heartbreak, physicality, and the emotional claustrophobia that develops in a tightly woven suburban upbringing.
Heimer is a self taught painter known for drawing inspiration from the neighborhood mythos of her childhood home in 1980s Great Falls, Montana. Adopted as an infant and plagued by lifelong clinical depression, Heimer struggled early-on with feeling disconnected from her family and community. Her sense of isolation only increased with age, but by then she'd found that her keen observation skills enabled her to combat her loneliness. Through quietly observing the lives around her, Heimer was able to piece together neighborhood tales of madness, conspiracy, and love, often substituting her own theories into any missing pieces of the story. The result was a kind of vicarious living that allowed her to feel connected to those around her. With regards to this background, many of the subjects Heimer paints are partially inspired by real people and events.
Heimer's paintings live in private collections in the US and abroad, including the collection of musician Paul Simon. Heimer was recently one of three finalists for the Seattle's prestigious Neddy Award in the painting category and has just completed a month-long artist residency in Berlin.
Shooting Gallery Project Space presents Sex in Suburbia by Andrea Heimer.
In Sex In Suburbia Andrea Joyce Heimer continues her exploration of the suburban experience, this time focusing on the ways in which sexuality affects a neighborhood. Part allegory part autobiography, Heimer's crudely rendered characters enact scenes of heartbreak, physicality, and the emotional claustrophobia that develops in a tightly woven suburban upbringing.
Heimer is a self taught painter known for drawing inspiration from the neighborhood mythos of her childhood home in 1980s Great Falls, Montana. Adopted as an infant and plagued by lifelong clinical depression, Heimer struggled early-on with feeling disconnected from her family and community. Her sense of isolation only increased with age, but by then she'd found that her keen observation skills enabled her to combat her loneliness. Through quietly observing the lives around her, Heimer was able to piece together neighborhood tales of madness, conspiracy, and love, often substituting her own theories into any missing pieces of the story. The result was a kind of vicarious living that allowed her to feel connected to those around her. With regards to this background, many of the subjects Heimer paints are partially inspired by real people and events.
Heimer's paintings live in private collections in the US and abroad, including the collection of musician Paul Simon. Heimer was recently one of three finalists for the Seattle's prestigious Neddy Award in the painting category and has just completed a month-long artist residency in Berlin.
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