HEATHER DRAYZEN
hdrayzen@gmail.com
Born 1985, San Antonio, Texas
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York
SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2025 Towards the Sun, My Pet Ram, New York, NY [Solo]
2024 Between Us, with Joshua Drayzen, The Middle Room Gallery, Los Angeles, CA [Two-Person]
2024 The Way Home, My Pet Ram, New York, NY [Solo]
2023 as long as you want, with Julia Blume, My Pet Ram, New York, NY [Two-Person]
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Prisma Art Prize, Museum Palazzo Merulana, Rome, Italy [Forthcoming]
2026 Trading Cards III, Curated by Watercolor Society and Field of Play, The Active Space, Brooklyn, NY
2025 Interisland, University of Hawai'i Art Gallery
2025 Wildflowers, Massey Klein Gallery, New York, NY
2025 Ethereal, EDJI Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2025 The Art of the Educator, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2025 NY4LA, Fundraiser Exhibition, hosted by My Pet Ram, Entrance Gallery, Below Grand, and Beverley's, New York, NY
2025 Tell Me Another Story, Curated by Heskin Projects, 1GAP Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2024 A Line to You, Curated by Christian Rogers, NOON Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2024 Hot Bod, Basket Books & Art, Houston, TX
2024 Collect Bean, Presented by Marlee Katz Snow, Online
2024 Ecphoric Wonderland, Curated by Whitson Ramsey, AUTOMAT Collective, Philadelphia, PA
2023 Platform x David Zwirner, Presented by My Pet Ram, New York, NY / Online
2023 In the Middle With You, Curated by Shannon Rae-Fincke, The Middle Room Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023 One to the Next, Curated by Catherine Haggarty, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2023 Departure, Thierry Goldberg, New York, NY
2023 Breathless, Curated by James Bolton, Myriam Choir Galerie, Paris, France
2023 Empathy and Alchemy, The Living Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2023 Trove, Flat File, Presented by Deanna Evans Projects, Online
2022 Reflected Existence, with Manifold Global, Moravian University's Payne Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
2022 Revelations, Visionary Art Collective, Juror: Victoria J. Fry, Online
2022 Finding a Memory, Curated by Erika B. Hess, I Like Your Work, Piano Craft Gallery, Boston, MA
2022 Prince Street Gallery 14th Annual Juried Show, Chelsea, NY, Guest Juror: Anne Harris
2022 At the Party, Curated by Jane Lawrence, I Like Your Work, Online
2022 Through Mossy Ways, Curated by Marcela Florido, I Like Your Work Spring Exhibition, Online
2022 The Female Gaze, Manifold Global, Online
2022 70th St.: An Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, Colnaghi New York, New York, NY
2021 THE BIG SHOW!, My Pet Ram, New York, NY
2021 "Have You Eaten?", The Yard: Williamsburg, Curated by Sonja John
2021 30th Annual Juried Show, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY, Guest Juror: Clintel Steed, Online
2021 Mirror in the Dark, Visionary Art Collective, Curated by Jumana Williams, Online
2021 People Places Things: Project Gallery V, Guest Juror: Samantha Rippner, Online
2021 One in a Year, The Painting Center, New York, NY, Online
RESIDENCIES, AWARDS & RECOGNITION
2026 Jentel Artist Residency, Banner, WY [Forthcoming, July 2026]
2026 Prisma Art Prize, 18th Edition — 1st Prize Winner, Rome, Italy
2025 Hafnarborg Residency, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
2023 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2023 The Hopper Prize, Finalist
2022 NYC Crit Club, Plum Line Residency, Top 5 finalist, selected by Brigitte Mulholland
2021 NYC Crit Club, Plum Lime Residency, Top Top 20 finalist, selected by Lauren Marinaro
2021 Scholastic Golden Educator Residency, finalist, $1,000 Golden Paint Certificate
WRITING
2023 "Hannah Antalek's crystal ball: Magical and disconcerting", Two Coats of Paint, Online [Contributing Writer]
2023 "Jan Dickey: Both Sides Now", Two Coats of Paint, Online, May 2023 [Contributing Writer]
2023 “To You: By Frank O’Hara and Me”, The Spectacle, Issue No. 11, Spring 2023 [Contributing Writer and Artist]
PUBLICATIONS & PRESS
2025 “Heather Drayzen: Painting as Faith ", Review by Lucas Moran, Two Coats of Paint, Online, October
2025 Interview with Brainard Carey, Yale Radio, October
2025 "Filling in the Blank", Interview and Studio Tour with Sam Blank, Season 1, Episode 3
2024 "always happy to see you", Interview with Jan Dickey, Whitehot Magazine, June 5, 2024
2024 Interview with Gideon's Bakery, May 2024
2023 Interview with Canvas Rebel Magazine, Online, April
2023 Interview with Hopper Prize, Online
2023 "as long as you want, at My Pet Ram", Review by Jenny Zoe Casey, Two Coats of Paint, Online
2023 ArtMaze Magazine, Double Volume Edition 30–31, Editorial Selection, Print
2023 Studio Visit Feature, Victoria J. Fry, New Visionary Magazine, Issue 5
2022 Interview, Chapter 89 Magazine, Online
2022 The Spectacle, Issue No. 10, Winter 2022, Print
2022 I Like Your Work Fall Exhibition Catalog, Curated by Erika B. Hess, Print and Online
2022 Visionary Art Collective Visionary Visits, Episode 3, Online
2022 I Like Your Work Summer Catalog, Curated by Jane Lawrence, Print and Online
2022 I Like Your Work Spring Exhibition Catalog, Curated by Marcela Florido, Print and Online
2022 Art Maze Mag, Issue 26, Editorial Selection, Print
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2026 Field of Play, Curator/Member, Brooklyn, NY
2025 Artist Talk, My Pet Ram Gallery, New York, NY
2025 Artist Talk, 1GAP Gallery with Heskin Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2024 Artist Talk, Trans-cen-der Art, Equity Gallery, New York, NY
2022 The Works Membership Program, Artist/Member, Online
2022 Crit Connection, Artist/Member, Online
2021–23 Netvrrk, Artist/Member, Online
2021 Artist Talk, Manifold Global, Online
2008–Present Art Teacher, NYC Department of Education, New York, NY
COLLECTIONS
In the Collection of Beth Rudin DeWoody, The Bunker Artspace, Palm Beach, FL
EDUCATION
2008 MAT, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2007 BFA, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
CONTINUING EDUCATION
2023 Ceramics and Drawing, Hunter College, New York, NY
2022 Ceramics and Drawing, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2020–23 New York City Crit Club, Brooklyn, NY
2016–20 Continuing Education Portrait Painting with John Parks, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY