Heather Abshire

My work transforms internal chaos into visual order, offering a ritualized response to my anxiety and introspection. Through colorful figures, abstracted structures, and dreamlike forms, I reassemble fragments of personal experience to explore mental health, femininity, and human nature. The mix of visual elements acts as both symbols and scaffolding, supporting structures for narratives that are both deeply personal yet broadly resonant. Each piece becomes a means to manipulate the chaos and convey a story, an attempt to reshape emotion into meaning and give form to the unseen.

Marywood University - BFA - 2014

London Independent Study - 2012

Rome Independent Study - 2013

Solo Exhibitions:

2024 - Carrie Able Gallery - Escape Route - Brooklyn, NY

Group Exhibitions:

2024 - Visionary Projects - Cool Off - New York, NY

2023 -BAU Gallery - Reprise - Beacon, NY

2023 - The Factory LIC - ActionReaction - Long Island City, NY

2023 - The Painting Center - The Painting Center Benefit 2022-2023 - Artsy

2022 - Carrie Able Gallery - "Here Resides Fantasy" - Brooklyn, NY

2022 - Culture Lab LIC - Affordable Art Fair - Long Island City, NY

2021 - Atlantic Gallery - LIC Atlantic Fall Showcase - New York, NY

2021- Saatchi Art -The Other Art Fair Brooklyn - Brooklyn, NY

2021 - "LIC-A Artists 2021 Showcase - Online

2020 - Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition - "Wide Open II" - Brooklyn, NY

2020 - Plaxell Gallery - "Spring Exhibition" - Long Island City, NY

2020 - Site:Brooklyn - "Gesture and Motion" - Brooklyn, NY

2019 - Citi Community Cases - Court Square - Long Island City, NY

2019 - Plaxall Gallery - "Creative Mosaic" - Long Island City, NY

2019 - Site:Brooklyn - "The Freedom of Abstraction" - Brooklyn, NY

2019 - Atlantic Gallery - "LIC @ Atlantic" - New York, NY

2019 - Upstream Gallery - "Small Works Exhibition" - Hastings-on-Hudson, NY

2018 - Plaxall Gallery - "Yours and Always Only Your...