Sally Heller

Sally Heller (born 1956) is an American artist. She uses everyday materials to make large installations that are often site-specific.[1][2][3]

Sally Heller
Born	Sally Heller 1956 New Orleans, Louisiana
Education	BA University of Wisconsin, MFA Virginia Commonwealth University
Known for	painting, collage, installation
Website	sallyheller.com

Art

• 1993 Trains of Thought, Grand Street IND subway station, New York[4]
• 2004 Hanging by a Thread, installation, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans[3][5]
• 2005 Calamitrees, installation, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, Massachusetts[6][7]
• 2005 Material Minutiae, installation, Richard E. Peeler Art Center, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana[8]
• 2006 Stumped, installation, Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, Georgia
• 2007 Up/Rooted, installation and photographs, Gallery Bienvenu, New Orleans, LA[9]
• 2008 Bloom 'n Doom, Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, Ohio[10][11]
• 2008–2017 Scraphouse, New Orleans: installation of public sculpture funded by the Joan Mitchell Foundation, New Orleans [12][13][14]
• 2009 In the Thicket of It, installation, Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia[15][16][17]
• 2010 A Siren’s Call, installation, Museum of Science and Art, Baton Rouge, Louisiana[18]
• 2012 Lewdicrous, installation, The Front Gallery, New Orleans[19][20]
• 2014 Linked, outdoor public work, New Orleans[21]
• 2016 Orange Alert, installation, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia[22]
• 2016 Second Story, metal site-specific sculpture in a private park in St. Rosa, LA[23]
• 2017 Lawndale, installation, The Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society, Houston, Texas[24]
• 2017 Mind Over Mayhem, installation, Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee[25]

Life

She was born in New Orleans, Louisiana where diverse cultural rituals and the landscape of the region would be influential in her later work. While immersing herself in art at the University of Wisconsin department of art, she studied painting with Victor Kord. During her graduate studies at Virginia Commonwealth University she began creating structures with alternative materials such as chicken wire, plastic objects and painted wood and also worked with Peter Saul as a studio assistant. In 1980 she began her career as an artist in New York City. There in addition to setting up her own studio and art practice she worked for the Robert Miller gallery. At the same time she exhibited her work in groups exhibitions in and outside New York City and also curated and wrote reviews. In 1996 she moved with her daughter Isabelle Meyers to New Orleans where she is based today.

References

1. "Sally Heller - Louisiana Life - Spring 2008 - New Orleans, LA". www.myneworleans.com. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
2. "Guests". Art Index TV. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
3. Laurie, Delk (October 2004). Heller|last=Delk|first=Laurie|date=October 2004|website=sallyheller.com|archive-url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/585da31920099ed775fae1ed/t/5ad7da1b8a922d956d87d4dc/1524095527525/Sculpture+Magazine+2004.pdf|archive-date=July 2018 "Saly Heller" Check |url= value (help). Sculpture: 71.
4. "www.nycsubway.org: Artwork: Trains of Thought (Andrea Gardner and Sally Heller)". www.nycsubway.org. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
5. Bookhardt, D. Eric. "Silent Conversations". Gambit. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
6. "Displaced by Katrina, Sally Heller Writes of DePauw in New Issue of Art in America - DePauw University". DePauw University. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
7. Sally Heller (December 2005). Calamitrees. Art in America, page 49
8. https://www.depauw.edu/files/resources/sally-heller.pdf
9. "Sally Heller | Up-Rooted". Issuu. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
10. "Art museum announces spring semester exhibitions". Retrieved 2018-03-26.
11. Kemp, Jack R. (Spring 2008). "Sally Heller". Louisiana Life.
12. "New Orleans' Public Art Scene Is Wild and We Have The Map". Curbed New Orleans. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
13. Lilly, Wei (Feb 1, 2009). "New Orleans Report: Deliverance The Biennial" (PDF). Art in America: 43–49.
14. "Toward a New New Orleans". Newsweek. 2008-04-26. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
15. "In The Thicket Of It: Sally Heller, Whitespace, 10/2009". www.mutualart.com. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
16. "Press". whitespace gallery. 2011-05-05. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
17. Kemp, John R (December 2011). "Sally Heller". Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities: 36.
18. "Exhibition: Siren's Call: An Installation By Sally Heller With Karoon Davajian at Louisiana Art And Science Museum in Baton Rouge, LA 06-19-2010". www.americantowns.com. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
19. "July 14- August 5, 2012". The Front. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
20. Bookhardt, D. Eric. "Review: New works at the Front". Gambit. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
21. "Sally Heller Makes Connections in New Orleans - Burnaway". burnaway.org. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
22. Bomb, Pelican. "Under Construction: Sally Heller at the Galleries at Moore". Pelican Bomb. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
23. "'Second Story' is new chapter in Katrina resilience – Via Nola Vie". www.vianolavie.org. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
24. "Sally Heller - Words & Music". Words & Music. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
25. "Sally Heller: Mind Over Mayhem - Exhibitions". locatearts.org. Locate Arts. Retrieved 2018-03-20.