Heather Sincavage

I mind to be human and all I do is just simple (and complicated) searching of life. Teaching myself and others how to live. To live otherwise. To live better.

-Milan Knizak

I spent an early part of my career enveloped in creating allegorical narratives about ‘searching.’ These pieces became invented mythologies that were developed as a coping mechanism for hardship, abuse, and struggles with identity. In retrospect, the work was layered in a facade that avoided the harsh side of being human. Facing the reality of why I made work, I have focused on stripping down the facade and simplifying the questions I am asking and how I approach them. I have distilled what I do into two questions: Who am I? and How do I define that existence? My work looks to analyze the Self and define its function of Being.

This analyzation is defined by action and the Self is usually represented in the act of making a vessel (or circle). I don’t ever identify as an artist who is defined by the medium they use but rather someone who creates around the concept they are exploring. So the end result includes simples tasks such as drawing a perfect circle, bundling clothing, or splitting a tree. Depending on the piece, the viewer is left to vi...

EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts; School of Art, University of Washington; Seattle, Washington; 2000
Bachelor of Fine Arts; Tyler School of Art, Temple University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 1995

Extended Education
2015 The Art of Consciousness; Workshop with Ernesto Pujol and Lama Satem Drolma; Wonderwell Mountain Refuge; Springfield, NH

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions

2015 Bearing Witness (solo); Edwards Center for Art and Dance Main Gallery; Bowdoin College; Brunswick, ME
2014 Breath on a Mirror (solo); Pullen Gallery, University of Maine at Presque Isle
2012 H(squared): recent work of Hyrum Benson and Heather Sincavage; Reed Fine Art Gallery; University of Maine at Presque Isle
2011 Iniciar (solo); Croft Art Gallery; Waco, TX
Architect’s Daughter and the Seamstress (solo); Galeria Calvo y Mayayo; Zaragoza, Spain
2009 Heather Sincavage: Curator Showcase (solo); Asociacion de Venecinos o San Jose, Zaragoza, Spain
2008 Releasing Butterflies (solo); Gallery 908; Reading, PA



Group Exhibitions
2015 26th Annual Invitation Small Works Salon; New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA
2014 How We See Her; Foundry Art Centre; St. Louis, MO
Take Me With You; John Michael Kohler Arts Center; Sheboygan, WI
2013 Generations IX; Red/Pink Show; A.I.R. Gallery; Brooklyn, NY
8th Street Bridge Turns 100, invitational exhibition; Gallery at Penn State Lehigh Valley, Center Valley, PA
Side Show; Heiska Historical Homestead; Hameenkyro, Finland
2012 ...