Heather Wakefield

Heather Wakefield:
I am a conceptual artist. I have been making images and sewing since I was small. I forget I do it, really, it is second nature. I have a wonderful studio named 'the Satellite Art Station' that has a menagerie of fun little textures, bits and fragments scattered about. I can loose track of time out there - a day or a week. It is is a timeless magic place. I make art in a multitude of mediums. I get into building worlds, sometimes surreal, often narrative. I use whatever medium is necessary to bring the image in my mind to life. My most used mediums are: Photography, art fashions, drawing, painting and fine art photo portraiture (with a fashion edge). My work is largely figurative, and feminine 2 or 3 dimensions. It speaks to inner experience- often philasphocal, emotional, surreal or mystic, ritualistic, but not always, and often grapples with meaning, femininity and beauty. I have a sculptural and sketchy orientation to my work. I like when you can walk around it for viewing. Even in my gallery and field displays I prefer the walk around interactive approach.
I have designed outfits for performers, and for special events such as the opera audience and enjoy the theater and people who are in the arts. I have...

Hampshire College
The California College of Arts and crafts
JFKU

Harmony Festival Creative Director
Earth Dance
Oregon Country Fair
2014 Counter Culture Gallery