Heather Day
Heather Day | |
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 Heather Day photographed in 2017. | |
| Born | |
| Education | Maryland Institute College of Art |
| Style | Abstract expressionism |
| Website | http://www.heatherday.com/ |
Heather Day is an American visual artist and entrepreneur based in San Francisco, California.[1][2]
Career
Heather Day grew up in Hawaii and along the East Coast of the United States.[3][4] She graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2012 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Painting.[5] Following graduation, she moved to San Francisco to expand her studio practice.[6][7] Early in her career and after her graduation, she was outspoken about her use of social media for the promotion of the arts which was not common at that time.[5]
Work
Day considers her work a form of visual storytelling, where each painting acts as a page to a larger story about “risk and comfort.”[8] Citing the lines and textures of nature, travel, music and the depth of the color blue as her main sources of inspiration, Day works primarily with paint and non-traditional materials on canvas. She also works in both interior and exterior murals[9] and experimental sculpture. Day painted a commissioned mural at the Dropbox office in Seattle, conveying movement and creating her own canvas by painting over existing design elements such as a moose head sculpture.[10]
Aside from working with traditional painting materials, Day used her process to create the world's first augmented reality art for Facebook Camera in collaboration with Facebook's Applied Machine Learning group.[11]
Using her social media platform as a vehicle for community discussion, Day addresses feminism, current political events and their impacts on the community, and entrepreneurship.[12]
Together with product manager Michelle Wei, Day co-founded a culinary-art startup company called Studio Table.[13][14] Studio Table started in Day’s studio space in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco.[14]
Her work is included in the collection of the Fort Wayne Museum of Art.
References
- ^ Design&Trend (2015-05-18). "Heather Day Interview: Abstract Painter Explains How Henri Matisse And Travel Have Inspired Her Work [EXCLUSIVE]". Design & Trend. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
- ^ "Modern Abstract Paintings by Heather Day - Design Milk". Design Milk. 2014-08-28. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
- ^ Hamada, Jeff (2015-05-28). "San Francisco-Based Artist Heather Day". www.booooooom.com. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
originally from Hawaii
- ^ "Heather Day, Painter". LISA SAYS GAH. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
- ^ a b "The Digital Wheel: Heather Day On Keeping Art First". Juxtapoz Magazine. October 22, 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
- ^ Smith, Marina (2015-07-22). "Inside the Vibrant Life of Painter Heather Day". 7x7 Bay Area. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
- ^ "Revisiting Heather Day in the Studio – Tappan". www.tappancollective.com. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
- ^ "Inside An Artist's Streamlined Work-Live Loft". Lonny. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
- ^ "Flax Oakland Mural Heather Day". flaxart.com. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
- ^ "Dropbox Seattle Mural by Heather Day at Dropbox Seattle, Seattle". www.wescover.com. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
- ^ Nieva, Richard. "Inside Facebook's plan to turn the world into the MoMA". CNET. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
- ^ "Heather Day — She Explores: Women in the outdoors". She Explores: Women in the outdoors. 2016-10-16. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
- ^ "San Francisco Artist Launches Dinner Series in Her Studio". PA Eats. 2016-09-28. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
- ^ a b McDowell, Maghan (2018-03-08). "Soho House's SF dinner draws creative tech types". SFGate. Retrieved 2019-01-03.