(b. 1970, US)
heatherLhalpern@gmail.com
Education
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Lane Community College, Eugene, OR
American River College, Sacramento, CA
Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA
Shasta College, Redding, CA
Workshops/Private Instruction
Drawing (still life, landscape, cityscape, figure)
Painting (watercolor, acrylic, oil, pastel, encaustic)
Printmaking (intaglio, relief, planographic)
Ceramics (throwing, hand-building, sculpture)
Stained Glass, Fused Glass
Fibers (sew, quilt, knit, crochet, weave, macrame)
Residencies
Print Arts Northwest Emerging Printmakers Residency Program, Portland, OR
Teaching/Tutoring/Mentoring
Lane Arts Council, Design Apprenticeship Program, Eugene, OR
Lane Community College, Continuing Education, Eugene, OR
Whiteaker Printmakers, Eugene, OR
Print Arts Northwest, Portland, OR
Oregon Supported Living Program, Eugene, OR
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Impact Report, Springfield City Hall Gallery, Springfield, OR
2022 (Untitled), Café Soriah, Eugene, OR
2022 (Untitled), Karin Clarke at The Gordon Gallery, Eugene, OR
2017 (Untitled), Oregon Art Supply, Eugene, OR
2017 (Untitled), 1200 Valley River Center, Eugene, OR
2017 (Untitled), Noisette Pastry Kitchen, Eugene, OR
2016 (Untitled), PRN Gallery, Riverbend Hospital, Springfield, OR
2016 (Untitled), PRN Gallery, Campus Hospital, Eugene, OR
2016 (Untitled), Out On A Limb, Eugene, OR
2015 (Untitled), Rye!, Eugene, OR
2014 (Untitled), Perk, Eugene, OR
Duo Exhibitions
2022 Halpern & Hamilton, Laurel Fisher Gallery, Eugene, OR
Group Exhibitions
2023 Out Of Our Minds, Eugene Public Library, Eugene, OR
2022 Emerald Print Exchange Exhibit, Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR
2022 Farmers Market [invitational artists], Karin Clarke at The Gordon Gallery, Eugene, OR
2022 Mother’s Day at Maude’s, Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR
2022 PAN at 40: Printmaking from Print Arts Northwest, Hillsboro Public Library, Hillsboro, OR
2021 PAN at 40: Printmaking from Print Arts Northwest, Rogue Gallery & Art Center, Medford, OR
2021 Emerald Print Exchange Show, Karin Clarke Gallery, Eugene, OR
2021 Awagami International Miniprint Exhibition, Yoshinogawa City, Tokushima, Japan
2021 Mayor’s Art Show, Karin Clarke at The Gordon, Eugene, OR
2021 Object Afterlife Art Challenge, MECCA/OSLP Lincoln Gallery, Eugene, OR
2021 Expressions West, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
2021 January Print Artists’ Show, Guardino Gallery, Portland, OR
2020 Catharsis, Fresno Printmakers’ Guild, Fresno, CA
2020 The Oregon Landscape, Karin Clarke Gallery, Eugene, OR
2020 Emerald Print Exchange Show, Emerald Art Center, Springfield, OR
2020 Conversations: Reflections of 14 Women Artists, Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR
2020 January Print Show, Guardino Gallery, Portland, OR
2020 Unbound Sketchbook, Lane Arts Council, Sparrow Studios, Eugene, OR
2019-20 Human/Nature: As Within/So Without, Antoinette Hatfield Hall, Portland, OR
2019 Holiday Show & Sale, Whiteaker Printmakers, Eugene, OR
2019 Emerald Print Exchange Exhibit, Sequoia Gallery, Hillsboro, OR
2019 Emerald Print Exchange Exhibit, Emerald Art Center, Springfield, OR
2019 Salon Art Party, Moss Hollow Gallery, Eugene, OR
2019 Print Arts Northwest Exhibition, Olympic Mills Commerce Center, Portland, OR
2019 Visual Narratives, Multnomah Art Center, Portland, OR
2019 Object Afterlife Art Challenge, MECCA, Eugene, OR
2019 WhitPrint Members Exhibit, Out On A Limb, Eugene, OR
2019 So Small, Lincoln Gallery, Eugene, OR
2019 Love Notes, 5th Street Market, Eugene, OR
2019 Ordinary & Extraordinary People, Rose Center for the Arts, Longview, WA
2019 January Print Show, Guardino Gallery, Portland, OR
2018-19 Print Arts Northwest Exhibition at Portland Community College, SE, Portland, OR
2018 Holiday Show & Sale, Whiteaker Printmakers, Eugene, OR
2018 Emerald Print Exchange Exhibit, Out On A Limb, Eugene, OR
2018 Emerald Print Exchange Exhibit, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
2018 Emerald Print Exchange Exhibit, Multnomah Art Center, Portland, OR
2018 So Small, Lincoln Gallery, Eugene, OR
2018 Modes in Print; Making Art, Jazz and History, Josephy Center for Arts & Culture, Joseph, OR
2018 Currents: Air, Water & Occupants, Whiteaker Printmakers, Eugene, OR
2018 Object Afterlife Art Challenge, MECCA, Eugene, OR
2017 Holiday Show & Sale, Whiteaker Printmakers, Eugene, OR
2017 Untitled, La Buca, Portland, OR
2017 Emerging Printmakers Residency, Print Arts Northwest, Portland, OR
2017 Awagami International Miniprint Exhibition, Yoshinogawa City, Tokushima, Japan
2017 So Small, Lincoln Gallery, Eugene, OR
2017 Members’ Show, Emerald Art Center, Springfield, OR
2017 Zone 4 All, New Zone Gallery, Eugene, OR
2017 Object Afterlife Art Challenge, MECCA, Eugene, OR
2016 Eugene Biennial, Karin Clarke Gallery, Eugene, OR
2016 Holiday Show & Sale, Whiteaker Printmakers, Eugene, OR
2016 So Small, Lincoln Gallery, Eugene, OR
2016 Members’ Show, Emerald Art Center, Springfield, OR
2016 Object Afterlife Art Challenge, MECCA, Eugene, OR
2015 Holiday Show & Sale, Whiteaker Printmakers, Eugene, OR
2015 Small Pleasures, Jacob’s Gallery, Eugene, OR
2015 So Small, Lincoln Gallery, Eugene, OR
2015 The Last Picture Show: Exceptional Contemporary Prints by 5 NW Women, The Gallery At The Watershed, Eugene, OR
2015 Winter Invitational, The Gallery At The Watershed, Eugene, OR
2015 Print!Eugene, The Gallery At The Watershed, Eugene, OR
2015 Object Afterlife Art Challenge, MECCA, Eugene, OR
2014 The City As I See It, The Gallery At The Watershed, Eugene, OR
2014 Landscapes, The Gallery At The Watershed, Eugene, OR
2014 The Elegant Nude, The Gallery At The Watershed, Eugene, OR
2014 Print!Eugene, The Gallery At The Watershed, Eugene, OR
2014 So Small, Lincoln Gallery, Eugene, OR
2014 Object Afterlife Art Challenge, Materials Exchange Center for the Community Arts, Eugene, OR
2014 Connection, The Gallery At The Watershed, Eugene, OR
2013 Members’ Show, Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR
2013 Selected Works, David Joyce Gallery, Eugene, OR
2013 Object Afterlife Art Challenge, Materials Exchange Center for the Community Arts, Eugene, OR
2013 Small Works, The Gallery At The Watershed, Eugene, OR
2012 Self-Portrait Project, Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Object Afterlife Art Challenge, Materials Exchange Center for the Community Arts, Eugene, OR
Other
2021 ArtSpark, Lane Arts Council, Eugene, OR
2019 Artist Card Extravaganza, Karin Clarke Gallery, Eugene, OR
2019 Plein Air Painting, Art & The Vineyard, Eugene, OR
2019 Cascade Print Exchange XIII, Corvallis, OR
2019 Emerald Print Exchange II, Eugene, OR
2019 ArtSpark, Lane Arts Council, Eugene, OR
2019 ShelterCare, Eugene, OR
2018 Cascade Print Exchange XII, Corvallis, OR
2018 Emerald Print Exchange I, Eugene, OR
2018 Awagami MiniPrint, Japan
2018 Shedd in the Woods, Eugene, OR
2018 Figure Drawing live model, Art & the Vineyard, Eugene, OR
2018 ArtSpark, Lane Arts Council, Eugene, OR
2018 ShelterCare, Eugene, OR
2017 Cascade Print Exchange XI, Corvallis, OR
2017 Figure Drawing live model, Studio Without Walls, ArtCity, Eugene, OR
2017 Figure Drawing live model, Art & the Vineyard, Eugene, OR
2017 Shedd in the Woods, Eugene, OR
2017 Still Life Painting, ShelterCare Benefit, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, OR
2017 Print Exchange Project, Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Print Exchange Project, Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Figure Drawing live model, Art & the Vineyard, Eugene, OR
2016 Mentorship Show, Lincoln Gallery, Eugene, OR
2015 Drawing selected for hardbound book, Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn Art Library,
Brooklyn, NY
2015 Print Exchange Project, Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Mentorship Show, Lincoln Gallery, Eugene, OR
2015 Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Create!Eugene Plein Air Paintout, Eugene, OR
2014 9’x12’ Chalk Art, ChalkFest!, Springfield, OR
2014 Print Exchange Project, Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Sketchbook selected for tour, Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY
Installations
2019 Synchronized Swimmers, ArtCity Rain Play, Eugene, OR
2021 Field of Squares, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
2022 Field of Squares, Bagwell Gallery at Pellissippi State CC, Knoxville, TN
Awards
2021 Honorable Mention — Expressions West, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
2021 Honorable Mention — Awagami International Miniprint Exhibition, Yoshinogawa City, Tokushima, Japan
2020 1st Place & Notable Recognition for Excellence Awards — Catharsis, Fresno Printmakers’ Guild, Fresno, CA
2019 Director’s Choice Award — Object Afterlife Art Challenge, MECCA, Eugene, OR
2012 Arts Ambassador’s Choice award — Object Afterlife Art Challenge, Materials Exchange Center for the Community Arts, Eugene, OR
Art Management
2017-Present Board President, Fine Arts Brigade, Eugene, OR
2015-Present Executive Director, Whiteaker Printmakers, Eugene, OR
2017-2021 Board of Directors, Print Arts Northwest, Portland, OR
2017-2019 Board of Directors, Emerald Art Center, Springfield, OR