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Heather Horton
Heather Horton
	Heather Horton painting at an easel
Born	27 April 1974 (age 50); Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Education	McMaster University, B.A.; Sheridan College
Alma mater	McMaster University
Known for	Painting, Illustration
Notable work	February 2005 (2005); Danielle, Rising (2015); From Pangea (2016)
Style	Contemporary
Movement	Figurative
Elected	Ontario Society of Artists; Federation of Canadian Artists; Society of Canadian Artists
Patron(s)	David Blackwood; Patricia Hurd

Background

Heather Horton was born and raised in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from McMaster University, and then graduated from the Interpretive Illustration program at Sheridan College. She joined the Abbozzo Gallery in Toronto in 2004, and she has had numerous solo and group exhibitions since. In 2007, she was the profile artist for an episode of The Artist’s Life^[1], a television series produced by Bravo! Canada. She lived in the Yukon Territory from 2013 until 2015 when she returned to Burlington.

Heather's work can be found in private and corporate collections in Canada, The United States, Germany, and The United Kingdom. The Government of Ontario's permanent art collection includes her 2008 painting Jade, Waiting^[2], and a selection of her paintings is in the collection of the Canadian Embassy in Ankara, Turkey.

Eight of Heather's paintings were used as set pieces in Paul Feig’s film A Simple Favor (film). Production Designer Jeffery Sage said that “her quiet images of women in solitude provided an interesting point-of-view in the house of the troubled Emily” ^[3]. Emily, a portrait of Blake Lively, was painted by Heather as a commission specifically for the film and inserted digitally during post-production^[4].

Style and Critical Reception

Heather is a contemporary artist of the figurative art style. She uses oil paints on canvas or wood with a traditional approach to brushstrokes, tone, and composition to portray modern subjects, usually in isolation. Common themes of her work are aloneness, internal states, and personal contemplation, often with the subject distorted by being underwater, or behind clear plastic curtains, to emphasise the sense of alienation. She also paints still lifes, portraits, and landscapes — in her words, "natural people/objects in natural surroundings… environments that are special to them, with minimal posing and no pretense". ^[5].

David Balzer wrote in the September 2017 issue of Toronto Life Magazine “what is outside Horton’s scenes seems as important as what is in them; subjects often register an unrepresented disturbance, or gaze longingly away from the viewer”.

Associations and Professional Organizations

2007 Elected to the Ontario Society of Artists
2003 Elected to the Federation of Canadian Artists
2002 Elected to the Society Of Canadian Artists

Select Awards

2006 Honorable Mention, Society of Canadian Artists' 39th Annual Juried Show, Toronto, ON
2006 First Prize, Artworks Oakville 7th Annual Juried Show, Oakville, ON
2006 Mike Randall Family Award, Artworks Oakville 7th Annual Juried Show, Oakville, ON
2003 Best In Show Award, "Water", Etobicoke, Ontario (Society of Canadian Artists)
2003 Silver Medal, Interpretive Illustration, Sheridan College, Oakville, ON

Select Solo Exhibitions

2018 Selected Paintings, The Dime Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2016 What Dreams May Come, Abbozzo Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2014 Sea Change: Recent Paintings, North End Gallery, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory
2012 Surfacing: New Paintings, Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville, Ontario
2011 An Aesthetic Voyage, Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville, Ontario
2009 Newfoundland Portraits, Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville, ON
2007 Passages, Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville, ON

Select Group Exhibitions

2019 2019 Twitter Art Exhibit, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
2018 Come Back With A Warrant, Seattle, Washington
2017 2017 Twitter Art Exhibit, Stratford-Upon-Avon, England, United Kingdom
2016 Brushes with Cancer, Revel Fulton Market, Chicago, Illinois
2016 Go Figure, Abbozzo Gallery, Toronto, ON
2014 Christmas Underground, Arts Underground, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory
2012 The Trans Canada Highway Through Time, Garden Court, Canadian Currency Museum, Ottawa, ON
2010 International Women’s Day Group Exhibition, Canadian Embassy Official Residence, Ankara, Turkey
2008 Explorations in Realism, Loch Gallery, Calgary, AB
2008 OSA In The GTA, Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville, ON
2007 The Ontario Society Of Artists New Members Exhibition, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON
2007 White, Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville, ON
2003 CO-OP on Scollard, Yorkville, Toronto, ON

Select Juried Exhibitions

2018 Members Exhibition, Ontario Society of Artists, Todmorden Mills, Toronto, ON
2016 Pandamonium, World Wildlife Fund Canada, Toronto, Ontario
2012 Celebrating 140 Years, The Ontario Society Of Artists, Aurora Cultural Centre, Aurora, Ontario
2008 I-Am-A-Heather Exhibition, Future Tenant Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2007 Celebrating The Season, Society of Canadian Artists, Rainbow Market Square Gallery, Toronto, ON
2006 Small, Smaller, Smallest, Miniature Show, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, British Columbia
2006 39th Annual National Open Juried Exhibition, Society of Canadian Artists
2006 4th Annual International Painting On The Edge Exhibition, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2005 Art Fusion Traveling Exhibition, Gainsborough Galleries, Calgary, Alberta, and Federation Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2004 2nd Annual International Painting On The Edge Exhibition, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2004 Federation of Canadian Artists Juried Figurative Exhibition, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2004 Dimples, Wrinkles, and Folds, Federation of Canadian Artists, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2003 Society of Canadian Artists Members Juried Exhibition, The Hummingbird Centre For The Performing Arts, Toronto
2003 About Love, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2003 Love, 2nd Annual Miniature Exhibition, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, ON

Select Publications and Media

2018 Heather Horton : A Painter for Life, Gently Does It Podcast episode 118 with John Dalton ^[6]
2018 “Top Ten”, Art and Antiques, May 2018
2018 “A Simple Favor”, Art Department, Lionsgate Entertainment
2017 Toronto Life Magazine, Review by David Balzer
2016 “Master Painters of the World”, International Artist Magazine^[7], August/September issue
2015 Author Image for Brief Candle in the Dark (“Portrait of Richard”), Richard Dawkins’, Random House/Penguin UK
2013 "Canadian Artists For The Poor" Calendar, “Gayle, Snowshoeing” Featured
2013 CBC North Radio, Interview with Dave White^[8]
2012 Cover Art (“David’s Studio, Sunset”) for “Sonnets From The Labrador”, by Samuel Peralta, Windrift Press
2007 The Artist’s Life (Series 3), TickleScratch Production, Bravo! Canada
2007 Cover Art for “V Cuisine: The Art of New Vegan Cooking”, by Angeline Linardis, Whitecap Books
2006 Ascent Magazine, Timeless Books

Academic Background

2002 Interpretive Illustration, Sheridan College, Oakville, ON
1999 Art Fundamentals Program, Sheridan College (with Honors), Oakville, ON
1997 Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON

References

^ "Heather Horton - The Artist's Life (Series 3)". Moving Images Distribution. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
^ "Archives of Ontario : Government of Ontario Art Collection". Government of Ontario Ministry of Government and Consumer Services. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
^ "A Simple Favor - Set Design Decor Photos". Apartment Therapy. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
^ Harris, Hunter. "Blake Lively on Her Nude Vagina Portrait in A Simple Favor: 'It Was a Lotta Crotch'". Vulture. New York Magazine. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
^ "Soothing Paintings of a Swimmer Gliding Through the Water". My Modern Met. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
^ "Heather Horton : A Painter for Life". John Dalton — gently does it... John Dalton. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
^ "International Artist Magazine" (110). August 2016: 78–81. Retrieved 16 January 2020. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ "Heeding the Call of the Yukon". CBC North. Retrieved 16 January 2020.

[1] "Heather Horton - The Artist's Life (Series 3)". Moving Images Distribution. Retrieved 16 January 2020.

[2] "Archives of Ontario : Government of Ontario Art Collection". Government of Ontario Ministry of Government and Consumer Services. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

[3] "A Simple Favor - Set Design Decor Photos". Apartment Therapy. Retrieved 16 January 2020.

[4] Harris, Hunter. "Blake Lively on Her Nude Vagina Portrait in A Simple Favor: 'It Was a Lotta Crotch'". Vulture. New York Magazine. Retrieved 29 January 2020.

[5] "Soothing Paintings of a Swimmer Gliding Through the Water". My Modern Met. Retrieved 21 January 2020.

[6] "Heather Horton : A Painter for Life". John Dalton — gently does it... John Dalton. Retrieved 5 January 2020.

[7] "International Artist Magazine" (110). August 2016: 78–81. Retrieved 16 January 2020. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[8] "Heeding the Call of the Yukon". CBC North. Retrieved 16 January 2020.

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