Heather Rowe

on sabbatical academic year 2024–25

Heather Rowe is a New York-based artist who received her MFA from Columbia University. She has exhibited in numerous museums and galleries including PS1/MoMA; the Indianapolis Museum of Art; UMMA/University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI; D’Amelio Terras, New York; Galerie Zink, Berlin, Germany; Ballroom Marfa, TX; White Columns, New York; Artists Space, New York; and James Cohan Gallery, New York. In 2008, her work was featured in the Whitney Biennial. Other projects include Socrates Sculpture Park, NY (2013), Only in Your Way at DiverseWorks (2017) and Construction House at the Providence College Galleries (2020). In 2022, she presented work in conversation with Christina Ramberg at Heroes Gallery, New York. Rowe will be included in the MassArt Museum’s exhibition The Myth of Normal: A Celebration of Authentic Expression in October 2023. Her work has been featured and/or reviewed in numerous publications such as: Artforum, Modern Painters, The New York Times, Art in America, The New Yorker, Flash Art and Art Review among others. Prior to joining the Sculpture faculty at RISD, Rowe taught at various institutions including Harvard University, Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania, Cooper Union, Rutgers University and Brooklyn College.