About

Heather Carisch is an American artist based out of Los Angeles innovating a new methodology combining painting, printmaking, and macrophotography. Her work has been included in multiple museum exhibitions, including the Brownsville Museum of Fine Arts in Brownsville, Texas in 2017; The Yellowstone Art Museum in Billings, Montana in 2011 and 2010; the Holter Museum of Art in Helena, Montana in 2007; and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2007 and 1997. In 2016 her work was awarded best-in-show by Jenna Jacobs, curatorial manager for the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, and in 1996, as part of an exhibit juried by Fiona Ragheb, curator of the Guggenheim, her work was featured in the New York Times. Among the many public and private collectors of Carisch’s work is the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota; the Huntington Medical Research Institute in Pasadena, California; Bill and Melinda Gates; and Gerard Cafesjian.

Carisch studied at the Studio Art Centers International and holds a B.A. in Art and Business from Western State College University, where she was a three-time All-American alpine racer and NCSA Alpine National Champion. She studied beneath world-renowned glass blower Dale Chihuly and installation artist Donald Lipski, and began experimenting with printmaking techniques and developing her own form of artistic expression while working at a gallery in downtown Minneapolis’s Kenwood neighborhood.

Carisch’s new body of work comprises of layered, gestural compositions incorporating bold colors and fluid lines. Her current methodology, originated in 2011 after she began preserving the Plexiglass used for monoprints, admiring their informality in design, combines painting and printmaking techniques with the application of macrophotography. It’s a process of meditative movement inspired by Carisch’s synergistic relationship with nature, as evidenced by a former collection that drew upon Hookipa, a famous surf spot off the coast of Maui, and focuses the viewer’s gaze on patterns and textures normally too obscure for the naked eye. Her world of brushstrokes and color offers the viewer a more intimate understanding of mimesis.

Experience

Born in LaCrosse, Wisconsin
Lives and works in Los Angeles, California

Education

1990
Studio Arts Center International
Florence, Italy

1989
Western State College University
Gunnison, Colorado, BA Art, BA Business

Solo Exhibitions

2023
Huntington Medical Research Institute
Pasadena, California

2022
Huntington Medical Research Institute
Pasadena, California

2016
Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Karyn Mannix Contemporary
East Hampton, New York

2013
Printhaven Press
Bozeman, Montana

2011
Yellowstone Club, Betsy Swartz Fine Art
Big Sky, Montana

2006
Moana Fine Art
Big Island, Hawaii

2004
“The Shaman”, Red Raven Gallery
Big Sky, Montana

2002
Gallatin Gateway, Printhaven Press
Bozeman, Montana

1999
Marquee Place, Rodica
Wayzata, Minnesota

1992
Common Grounds, Denver Art Company
Denver Colorado

The Gallery
Wayzata, Minnesota

Blanc de Blanc
Wayzata, Minnesota

Stella Geels, Denver Art Company
Denver, Colorado

1991
The Gallery
Wayzata, Minnesota

Collections

University of St. Thomas
St. Paul, Minnesota

Huntington Medical Research Institute
Pasadena, California

Carlson Company
Wayzata, Minnesota

First Bank
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Bill Gates, Yellowstone Club
Big Sky, Montana

Park National Bank
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Dorsey + Whitney LLP
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Marquee Place
Wayzata, Minnesota

Gerard Cafesjian, GLC Enterprises
St. Paul, Minnesota

Selected Biography

2020
“The Art of Science” Conversation with CEO Julia Bradsher and artist Heather Carisch
Huntington Medical Research institute Video | September

2016
“Desert Sunset” Palm Springs Fine Art Fair
Karyn Mannix Contemporary | February

“Spectrum, Laura Korman Gallery”
Artslant | September

“Spectrum, Laura Korman Gallery”
Artillery Magazine | November

2015
“Top Honor: Best in Show”
The Monthly, pls 7-10 | February

2012
“On Trend” Tea Stylist
World Tea Expo | June

2010
“The Cello” Lost Angeles Modern Auctions
Gerard Cafesjian Collection | May

2004
“Mayan Archetypes”
Printhaven Press | October

2002
“In the Studio”
Bozeman Daily Chronicle | August

1998
“Art From the USA”
Jerusalem Post | September

1996
“Works that Create and Hold Energy”
The New York Times | November

1995
“Twenty Years in Florence Venti Anni a Firenze”
IL Retorno

1993
“The Opera”
La Fayette Art Association | March

1992
Denver Art Company
Denver Post | June

1991
“Galleries and Antiques”
Where Twin Cities | August

“Digging for Truth”
Manhattan Arts International | August

Awards

“Best in Show”
The Crow Show, curated by Jenna Jacobs, Curatorial Manager of the Museum of Contemporary Art
San Diego, 2015

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024
San Diego Museum of Art, Spring Exhibition
San Diego, California

2018
Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Arts
Los Angeles, California

Electron Salon, Los Angeles Center for Digital Arts
Los Angeles, California

2017
Brownsville Museum of Fine Art
Brownsville Texas

Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Arts
Los Angeles, California

2016
Laura Korman Gallery
Santa Monica, California

Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Arts
Los Angeles, California

Spectrum, Laura Korman Gallery
Santa Monica, California

2015
The Raven, The Side Door
San Diego, California

Postcards from The Edge, Luring Augustine
Manhattan, New York

2012
Tea and Art, The World Tea Expo
Las Vegas, Nevada

2007
ANA 35 Exhibition, Holter Museum of Art
Helena, Montana

Kimo Gallery, Mauna Lani
Big Island, Hawaii

2003
Red Raven Gallery
Big Sky, Montana

2002
Gallatin Gateway, Printhaven Press
Bozeman, Montana

2001
Printhaven Press
Bozeman, Montana

Jane Brattain Brest Center
Wayzata, Minnesota

The Avenue
Westport, Connecticut

2000
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Minneapolis, Minnesota

1998
Beall Park Art Center
Bozeman, Montana

Rockport Art Center
Rockport, Texas

1997
“Art in Bloom”, Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Minneapolis, Minnesota

1996
Mills Pond House, Smithsonian Arts Council
St. James, New York

1995
Conservatorio Di Santa Maria Degli Ageli
SACI, Florence, Italy

1994
“Art from the USA”, Gray Gallery
Tel Aviv, Israel

New York Art Expo, Aurora Fine Art
Manhattan, New York

1993
Dolly Fitterman Fine Art
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Lafayette Art Association
Lafayette, Louisiana

1992
Lafayette Club
Minnetonka Beach, Minnesota

Common Grounds, Denver Art Company
Denver, Colorado

“Tuti Qui”, Anderson Ranch
Snowmass Village, Colorado

Stella Geels Gallery, Denver Art Company
Denver, Colorado

Blanc de Bland
Wayzata, Minnesota

1991
Marquee Place
Wayzata, Minnesota

American Heart Association
Minneapolis, Minnesota

studio

Carisch Studios
Los Angeles, CA

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