Heather Mawson
Adjunct Faculty
BFA, University of Texas at El Paso; MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art
As an interdisciplinary artist, I use labor and time-based mediums as a way to underscore the repetition that is embedded in our daily lives. I am specifically interested in the conflation of consumerism and politics in mass communication. Process as a means of transformation is always at the forefront of my studio practice. Through a breakdown of familiar objects, prolonged performance, and repetition of materials, I investigate these objects and actions in order to question where the system ends and the individual begins. Through the process of collecting, transforming and organizing images and materials found within our day-to-day lives, I am attempting to locate and understand the construction of U.S. current ideologies, the paradigms it shapes, and the ways that those systems affect and create personhood.
Professional Experience
Adjunct professor at Wayne State University (since 2019) and College for Creative Studies in the Foundations Department. Started working with Visitor Services at Cranbrook Art Museum in 2016 and is now the Lead Supervisor for visitor engagement.
Significant Publications, Presentations and Exhibitions
Exhibitions include: ROY G BIV Gallery (Columbus, OH), Indianapolis Art Center (Indianapolis, IN), Front Space (Kansas City, MO), Ann Arbor Art Center (Ann Arbor, MI), Stroboskop Art Space (Warsaw, Poland), Fjord Gallery (Philadelphia, PA), Rubin Center for Visual Art (El Paso, TX)