I am an active dreamer and when I wake up every day, I have to find a way to connect to the earth again.
I use collage art to process my human experience.
My goal is to upcycle & reuse as much as possible and saving items from the landfill is a big motivation for me. My art materials are comprised of items from yard sales, thrift stores, second-hand home repair stores, and things gifted to me before getting thrown away. I do not custom print any images and only use what I find to create new works of art. I rely on the energy of the universe to dictate the images/words I find and am inspired to create works that invoke a range of emotions.
Each work of art is original and unique - I do not copy or reprint any of my completed works.
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Heather Stearns
2021
Solo Exhibition, Becoming Another, Fifteen Twenty Three Gallery, Hartford, VT
Group Exhibitions: Monsters, Black Meadow Gallery & Tattoo, Randolph, VT
Calling from the Moonlight, AVA Gallery & Art Center, Lebanon, NH
Bizarre Art Bazaar, Fifteen Twenty Three Gallery, Hartford, VT
2022
Group Exhibitions: Stick with Love, AVA Gallery & Art Center, Lebanon, NH
The Blue Show, Black Meadow Gallery & Tattoo, Randolph, VT
All the Feels, The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, Burlington, VT
Why Can’t One Girl Change It, AVA Gallery & Art Center, Lebanon, NH
The Eyes Have It, Aplomb Contemporary Gallery, Dover, NH
MUD Show, Artistree Community Arts Center, Pomfret, VT
Fool Me Once, The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, Burlington, VT
Light & Shade, Las Laguna Art Gallery (online), Laguna Beach, CA
The Thing with Feathers, AVA Gallery & Art Center, Lebanon, NH
2022 Member Exhibition, The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, Burlington, VT
As We Tilt Toward the Sun, AVA Gallery & Art Center, Lebanon, NH
Unbound, Vol. X, Artistree Community Arts Center, Pomfret, VT
Fireflies and Freeze Tag, AVA Gallery & Art Center, Lebanon, NH
30th Annual Art Hop, The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, Burlington, VT
Stronger Together, White Rive Craft Center, Randolph, VT
Ghosts, Black Meadow Gallery & Tattoo, Randolph, VT
Local Color, Artistree Community Arts Center, Pomfret, VT
Dark Matter, The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, Burlington, VT
Small Works, Artistree Community Arts Center, Pomfret, VT
Holiday Exhibition & Sale, AVA Gallery & Art Center, Lebanon, NH
Small Works & Large Works, The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, Burlington, VT
2023
Solo Exhibition: Culinary Collage, Woodbelly Pizza, Montpelier, VT
Group Exhibitions: Unconditional, AVA Gallery & Art Center, Lebanon, NH
All the Feels, The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, Burlington, VT
MUD Show, Artistree Community Arts Center, Pomfret, VT
Black & White Exhibit, Library Arts Center, Newport, NH
Trash to Treasure, Mosaic Art Collective, Manchester, NH
Bloom! Exhibition, AVA Gallery & Art Center, Lebanon, NH
2023 Member's Show, The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, Burlington, VT
an assemblage of breaths, AVA Gallery & Art Center, Lebanon, NH
Layers of Identity: A Visual Exploration, Mosaic Art Collective, Manchester, NH
Juried Regional Exhibit, Library Arts Center, Newport, NH
UNBOUND, Vol. XI, Artistree Community Arts Center, Pomfret, VT
Kolaj, Grist Mill Studios, East Calais, VT
The Art of The Book, The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, Burlington, VT
South End Art Hop, The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, Burlington, VT
Local Color, Artistree Community Arts Center, Pomfret, VT
Cursed, Black Meadow Gallery & Tattoo, Randolph, VT
2024
Group Exhibitions: MUD Show, Artistree Community Arts Center, Pomfret, VT
HOME Exhibit, Library Arts Center, Newport, NH
2024 Member's Show, The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, Burlington, VT