Maybe you will explain to me about my birthday, maybe other children were born that day and animals too. Sometimes I dream about the other children. In the dreams we are trying to help each other.
2018
Andrea Heimer
Ferndale, Washington
Artworks shown are selected from works submitted by the artist in their grant or residency application. All works are copyright of the artist or artist’s estate.
About Andrea Heimer
Andrea Joyce Heimer (b. 1981, Great Falls, MT) lives in Ferndale, WA. She earned an MFA from the New Hampshire Institute of Art and has taught illustration at the Oregon College of Art and Craft (Portland) and Emily Carr University of Art and Design (Vancouver). She has lectured at Massachusetts College of Art and Design (Boston), Cornish College of the Arts (Seattle), and was a 2019 visiting critic for the New York Academy of Art. Her work has been covered in outlets including Art in America, The New York Times, The New Yorker, and New American Paintings. Heimer is represented by Nino Mier Gallery in Los Angeles.
Program Participation
Painters & Sculptors Grant, 2019
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I make narrative paintings, largely on the subject of loneliness. I am an adoptee whose records were sealed at birth, meaning I wasn't permitted access to my own biographical information. In the absence of even basic knowledge of my background, storytelling becomes an important outlet.”
