In The Studio With Heather bird harris

Photograph via the artist

New Orleans, Lousiana-based artist Heather Bird Harris takes over the Contemporary Creatives’ Instagram and gives a behind-the-scenes look at her daily routine at the studio, processes, and current inspirations.

Heather Bird Harris paints tonal landscapes that reflect the history of land. Using found pigments from the land itself, her work explores parallels between humanity and nature, including our past and present relationship to the land. 

Heather graduated from Skidmore College in 2009 with a degree in Art History and Studio Art.  She has worked closely with artist Oliver Herring to host three iterations of his relational works, “Task Parties,” and has also participated in the Turnaround Arts program through President Obama’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities. As an educator, Heather also writes anti-racist history curriculum for schools in Louisiana, which is a lens that deeply informs her art. 

She has participated in multiple exhibitions in New York and Louisiana, and her paintings and commissions have been sold to collectors across the US and Canada.

Heather lives in New Orleans with her partner Josh and their two babies, Jade and Hazel.

Bio from artist’s website. Follow her process, practice, and new works on Instagram here.
 

Celebrating the creative process in its entirety - the imperfect, the unfinished, the works in progress.

The IN THE STUDIO project started in 2021 by The Contemporary Creatives as Instagram takeover project, with over 50+ artists from 15 different countries participating in the first year. In 2022, the IN THE STUDIO project opened the platform to a short video submission format opening the project up to non-English speaking, and non-verbal artist communities. If you are interested in submitting a video or taking over the Contemporary Creatives Instagram for 24 hours, drop us a note!