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HEATHER LAYTON
(585) 755-6819
EDUCATION
2002 M.F.A. Painting, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
1997 B.F.A. Art Education, 2-D Design, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
summa cum laude
EXHIBITIONS
2009Artist Residency and Exhibition, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (solo, scheduled)
Repressed: May Day IV, Gallery 55, Richmond, VA (juried)
When the Gods Prayed Back II, Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, NY
(solo)
2008 Thank You For Everything, Bruises and Bumps, Firehouse and Wiseman Gallery,
Rogue Community College, Grants Pass, OR (solo)
I Know It Happened and It Happened Like This, Public Installation, George
Eastman House and International Museum of Film and Photography,
Rochester, NY (solo, with community volunteers)
Borderlands, SSCC Art Gallery, South Seattle Community College, Seattle, WA (juried)
Word of Mouth, Aesthetics Technology Lab, Ohio University, Athens, OH (juried)
Trading Spaces, SUNY Binghamton Art Gallery, Binghamton, NY (juried)
2007 I/We Case Studies, SCAD, Defoor Art Center, Atlatnta, GA (juried)
Last Gasp, Washington Gallery at the Washington School of Photography, Bethesda, MD
2006 Hearing Aids and Other Personal Prosthetics, Union Gallery, University
of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (two-person exhibition)
(sub)Urban Homicide, Public Intervention Performance Project,
Rochester, NY (solo)
Hearing Aids II, Towers Art Gallery, SUNY Brockport, Brockport, NY
(two-person)
Conversations With Saints, Hartnett Gallery, University of
Rochester, Rochester, NY (solo)
2005 When the Gods Prayed Back, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
Un(Bound), Rochester Contemporary, Rochester, NY (juried)
The Joys of Oral Fixation, Rochester Contemporary Lab Space,
Rochester, NY (solo)
Appendix, Rochester Contemporary, Rochester, NY
Redux, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2004 Too Much Attention, Not Enough Food, The Gallery at the Art & Music
Library, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY (solo)
Dialogues, Rochester Contemporary, Rochester, NY
Mass Media, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Text and Texture, Center at High Falls Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
2003 Pretty in Pink Polka-Dot Queens, Nazareth Academy, Rochester, NY
(solo show and performance collaboration)
Letter to Robin, Artisan Works, Rochester, NY (permanent installation)
13 paintings acquired as part of the Elizabeth Collection, Rochester, NY
BIG, Center at High Falls Art Gallery, Rochester, NY (invitational)
2002 Where are the Best Paintings in Rochester? Center at High Falls Art
Gallery, Rochester, NY (invitational)
M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Samuel Dorsky Museum, New Paltz, NY (solo)
From Springtime to Nuclear Invasion, public performance, New Paltz, NY
PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS
2008 “Violence Memorial Installed on Eastman Lawn”, Rachel Ward, WXXI, February 21, 2008
“Violence Monument grows in Rochester”, Associated Press, WCAX-TV Vermont,
February 22, 2008
“GEH Exhibit Sends Social Message”, Jim Aroune, RNEWS, February 20, 2008
“Eastman House Hosts Violence Vigil”, Yevette Collins, RNEWS, March 6, 2008
“Violence Vigil Held on Eastman Lawn”, Rich Turner, RNEWS, March 7, 2008
“Penfield Artist Creates a tower of remembrance”, Nicole Lee, Democrat and Chronicle,
February 19, 2008
“A Penfield Artist Creates One Tower to Memorialize Lives of Mnay”, Nicole Lee,
Democrat & Chronicle, February 20, 2008
“Tower Symbolizes pain, hope”, Alan Morrell, March 6 and 7, 2008
Editorial Column, Mark Hare, Democrat & Chronicle (scheduled)
Interview for “Homicidez”, a documentary film (in production)
“Memorial will Honor Lives Ended by Violence”, Jane Flasch, CW Rochester,
WHAM 13 News, February 7, 2008
2007 Horizon, Badr Al-Jahwary and Younis Al-Harrasi, Muscat, Oman, Issue 103
2006 “Mapping the Murders,” Tim Louis Macaluso, City Newspaper, Vol. 35,
No. 38, June 14, 2006.
Living Sculpture and Performance Art, self-published catalog
There’s Nothing Wrong: Drawings, Paintings, and Interventions by
Heather Layton, self-published catalog
When the Gods Prayed Back, a self-published book on Mexican ex-votos
“Kaganovich and Layton create ‘Hearing Aids and Other Personal
Prosthetics,’” Julie Lawrence, review by OnMilwaukee.com, Jan 24, 2006
“NOIZE 24/7 +ONE: Who to See and Where to See ‘Em,” C.G., The
Shepherd Express, Milwaukee, WI, January 26, 2006
2005 Measuring the Ocean in Inches, fictional novel, (under review)
2004 “City’s Choice”, City Newspaper, Rochester, NY, November 17, 2004
INVITED TALKS AND INTERVIEWS
2008 “(sub)Urban Homicide: The Real Effects of a Fictional Scenario”, College Art
Association conference, Dallas, TX, February 21, 2008 (scheduled)
Panel Discussion with Will Yurman and Juliana Muniz, George Eastman House
and International Museum of Film and Photography, February 7, 2008
Televised Interview, Jane Flasch, WHAM 13 News, February 7, 2008
2007 “Color Theory”, public talk, University of Rochester, December 4, 2007
“Borderless: Translating Hope”, artist talk, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat,
Oman, March 20, 2007
2006 “(sub)Urban Homicide”, series of four public talks as part of “Reality
Tours”, sponsored by SUNY Brockport in collaboration with the Social
Welfare Action Alliance, October 21-22, 2006.
Artist Talk, Towers Fine Art Gallery, SUNY Brockport, September 28, 2006.
“(sub)Urban Homicide”, television segment interview, reporter Joylynn
Whitfield, CBS/WROC, October 18, 2006
“(sub)Urban Homicide,” feature segment interview, Chris Coffey,
reporter, Channel 10 RNews, June 11, 2006.
Artist Talk, Union Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Jan 27, 2006.
“Conversations With Saints,” Channel 10 RNews television interview,
February 19, 2006.
2005 Guest Speaker, From Chickens to Miracles: Contemporary Mexican
Ex-voto Painting, Office of Special Programs, University of Rochester
Guest Speaker, Contemporary Watercolor, Office of Special Programs
Guest Speaker, Adolescence and Pop Culture, Warner Graduate School of
Education, University of Rochester
GRANTS AND HONORS
2008 Lillian Fairchild Award
2007 Department nomination for the G. Graydon and Jane W. Curtis Award for Non-
Tenured Faculty Teaching Excellence
2006 Department nomination for the G. Graydon and Jane W. Curtis Award for Non-
Tenured Faculty Teaching Excellence
2005 S.O.S Grant, NYFA in collaboration with the Arts and Cultural Council
for the Greater Rochester Area
2002 Graduate Research and Creative Projects Grant Award
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Senior Lecturer of Art (2006-present)
Courses:
Introductory Painting
Concepts in Introductory Painting: Extending the Autobiography
Advanced Painting
Introductory Drawing
Concepts in Introductory Drawing: Storytelling/Myth/Metaphor
Performance Art and Social Intervention (Advanced)
Markings, Methods, and Materials (Advanced)
Introductory Visual Production
Senior Studio and Seminar I and II
Studio Coordinator (2004-2006)
Visiting Assistant Professor (2004-2005)
Adjunct Faculty (2003-2004)