The work of Heather Hutchison (born 1964) is an inquiry into light and transparency. She is captivated by the movement of natural light and its play on surfaces. Her process is informed by close observation and contemplation in nature. Her hand built, shadowboxed works are considered light sculptures or paintings.
Not formally trained, her education as an artist began while traveling with her family throughout California, Oregon, and Arizona. Then, in the early 1980’s, she began to work with ambient light in earnest in the San Francisco Bay Area. She continued to do so after relocating to New York City in 1986.
Heather Hutchison has exhibited at The Brooklyn Museum, Montclair Art Museum, The Smithsonian Institution, The Knoxville Museum of Art, and in the Corcoran Biennial. Upcoming is Painting in Color, at the Currier Museum (2026). Her work is in the collections of The Brooklyn Museum, The Hammer Museum, and The Smithsonian Institution. She has received grants from the Gottlieb Foundation, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Anonymous Was A Woman, and NYFA.Her work has been discussed in The New York Times, Artnews, Art in America, The Brooklyn Rail, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and other fine publications and media.
