Ronald Feldman Gallery | Kelly Heaton

Kelly Heaton

Kelly Heaton

The Beekeeper, 2015

Biography

Kelly Heaton (b. 1972) is an American artist who examines the impact of electronics on modern civilization. Trained in art and science, Heaton uses her engineering background to explore psychology, the human-machine relationship, and our increasing separation from nature. Her early work contains functional circuits that give a "machine life" dimension to her art by reacting to the viewer with sound, light, and movement. Her recent practice is characterized by layers of imagery that portray human identity in the digital age. She combines high-tech and luddite themes, as well as electronic and static media, to offer her audience a deeper understanding of contemporary culture. Heaton's work also reminds us to stay connected with nature lest our dependence on technology be our demise.

In addition to her studio practice, Kelly Heaton is an inventor, a self-taught perfumer, and founder of The Virginia Perfume Company.

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Dec 23, 2016

Creators Group Show To Save the Bees, Art and Activism Cross-Pollenate

Oct 18, 2015

Hyperallergic Group Show The Honeybee as Artistic Messenger

Sep 28, 2015

Artsy Group Show Artist Explores the Phenomenon of Colony Collapse Disorder

Oct 22, 2012

Creative Capital Group Show In Focus: Kelly Heaton's "The Parallel Series"

Exhibitions

Oct 2023 – Feb 2024 Group Show Airspace

Jun 18 – Jul 18, 2019 Group Show Summer 2019

Jun 11 – Aug 23, 2018 Group Show Reprise: Summer Show 2018

May 23 – Aug 17, 2017 Group Show Art on the Front Lines

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Kelly Heaton

Hilary Clinton (the big shock), 2017

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Hilary Clinton (the big shock), 2017

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Donald Trump (the big hack), 2017

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Spent Flower, 2015

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Weeds, 2015

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Smells Like Weeds (Queen of Hungry Spirits), 2015

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Colony Collapse, 2015

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Shamanic Bee, 2013-15

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Cloudy Honeybees, 2013

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Sunny Honeybees, 2013

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The Holy Spirit, 2012

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The Tree of Life & Death (Loberg), 2005-2010

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Beginning, 2005

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N-Trophy, 2000-2003

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De-Star Spangled Banner, 2002-2003

Pollination, 2015

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Pollination, 2015

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Pollination, 2015

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Pollination, 2015

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Pollination, 2015

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The Parallel Series, 2012

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The Parallel Series, 2012

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The Parallel Series, 2012

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Pollination, 2015

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Pollination, 2015

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Pollination, 2015

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Pollination, 2015

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The Parallel Series, 2012

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The Parallel Series, 2012

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The Parallel Series, 2012

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Ronald Feldman Gallery has been at the frontier of contemporary art since 1971. The gallery is located in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City and exhibits performance, photography, new media, film, painting, drawing and sculpture.