Heather Baumbach

Artist Statement
My studio practice explores the complexity of my relationship with the physical body, skin, and the cloth that covers it while expressing cultural concepts of gender, domesticity, and craft. By cultivating a sensitivity to materials and an attentiveness to narrative, I manipulate hand-dyed textiles, creating meaning through sculpted layers, openings and folds. My work frequently highlights themes of acceptance and rejection, drawing attention to both the hidden and the exposed.

Bio
Heather Baumbach’s work is inspired by her community, her travels, and the beauty of everyday life. She enjoys working with her hands, creating works notable for their deft finish and tactile nature. Raised in Allentown, PA she has lived in the Huntsville, AL area for the past 20 years. Her visual art has been exhibited at The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, The Wiregrass Museum of Art, The Georgine Clark Alabama Artists Gallery, Lowe Mill Arts, and The Charles W. and Norma C. Carroll Gallery at Marshall University. In addition to art shows in Alabama, she has participated in juried festivals and exhibitions in Tennessee, Georgia, Kentucky, Florida, West Virginia and Missouri. She also holds over 25 years of design and production ex...

BFA in Costume Design from UNCSA
MFA in Visual Art from Lesley University

Solo Exhibitions
The Gadsden Museum of Art, Gadsden AL (upcoming, 2026)
seam/seem, Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan AL (2022)
Modulate, Alabama Women’s Caucus for the Arts Gallery, Huntsville, AL (2022)
First Light, 3rd Floor East Gallery, Lowe Mill Arts, Huntsville, AL (2020)
Home, The Little Green Store and Gallery, Huntsville, AL(2019)
Running in Tight Circles, Ramp Gallery, Lowe Mill Arts, Huntsville, AL (2018)

Two Person Exhibitions
Though Entry is Barred Gadsden Museum of Art, Gadsden, AL(2023)
Submerge Bells Gallery, Dothan, AL(2023)

Selected Group Exhibitions
Submerge, Collaborative works w/ Elizabeth Rennie, Bells Gallery, Dothan, AL (2023)
“Transient Bodies” exhibition, Revolve Gallery, Asheville, NC (2023)
Is it me? Trolley Barn Gallery, Poughkeepsie, New York (2023)
ArtFields, Lake City, SC (2022 exhibition award, 2023)
(EM)power (EM)brace (EM)body, Online Exhibition, Surface Design Association (2022)
Future Tense, Online Surface Design Association Juried Student Exhibition (2021)
Remembering Together: Marking Lives Covid, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA (2021, catalog)
Bridging the Gap: Postcards of The All Nation of Art, A.I.R Gallery Brooklyn, NY (2019)
ECHOES: A response to objects in th...