Carol Heft

Carol Heft is an accomplished artist, educator, and curator based in New York City. With a career spanning several decades, she combines a deep passion for artistic exploration with an unwavering commitment to inclusive and interdisciplinary education. Her work, which encompasses painting, drawing, and mixed media, reflects a lifelong fascination with the interplay of form, texture, and narrative.

A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design (B.F.A. in Painting) and recipient of the Florence Leif Award for Outstanding Senior Painter, Carol has exhibited extensively in solo and group shows both nationally and internationally. Highlights include exhibitions at Blue Mountain Gallery in New York, Palacky University in the Czech Republic as a Fulbright Specialist, and curated projects in Italy. Her work is held in prominent public and private collections across the U.S. and Europe.

Carol's teaching experience is equally distinguished, having served as a lecturer and adjunct professor at institutions like Muhlenberg College, St. Joseph’s University, and Northampton Community College. Her workshops and classes are informed by her belief in the transformative power of art to connect diverse cultures and ideas.

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EDUCATION
• Rhode Island School of Design (RISD): B.F.A., Painting; Florence Leif Award for Outstanding Senior Painter (1976)
• Hunter College: M.Ed.
• Madison Art School: Studied under Robert Brackman, N.A.

Solo Exhibitions
2024 Blue Mountain Ballery, Discord and Mercy, Paintings and Drawings, NYC
2021 Blue Mountain Gallery, Pathos, Paintings and Drawings, NYC
2017 Blue Mountain Gallery, Figure Drawings, Carol Heft, New York, NY
2016 Blue Mountain Gallery, New Work, Carol Heft, New York, NY
2014 Dakota State University Gallery, Carol Heft, New Work, Madison SD
2014 Matera, curator Pino Nicolletti, Carol Heft, Small Works, Mattera Italy.
2013 Blue Mountain Gallery, “A Window That Shows Me the Moon”, NYC
2012 University of South Carolina, Etherredge Art Center, Aiken, SC
2011 LaDuca Gallery, Carol Heft, Landscape Drawings, Easton, PA
2011 Gallery on the Green, Carol Heft, Figure Drawings, Pawling,NY
2011 New Arts Center, Recent Work, 580 8th Avenue, NYC, NY March 1-26
2010 Blue Mountain Gallery, Deconstruction and Synthesis, “Bits and Pieces”
2008 Blue Mountain Gallery, “Ensemble” 530 W. 25th Street, NY, NY 2004
2005 Blue Mountain Gallery, Carol Heft, New Work, 530 W. 25th Street, NY, NY 2004 Fairleigh Dickinson University, Carol Heft, Drawings, Teaneck, NJ
2003 Blue Mountain Gallery, Carol Heft, Drawings and Paintings, New York, NY
2002 Washington Art Assoc, , Drawings and Paintings, Washington Depot CT
2000 Dubois Gallery, "Pu...