Heidi Howard is an American artist born, raised, and currently based in Queens, New York. Howard paints portraits, whenever possible, with the sitter in the room. Since 2018 Howard’s practice has expanded to site-specific wall paintings, in- and outdoor sculptures, and collaborative works that examine humans’ relationship to their environments.
Howard has exhibited at many prestigious venues including Wave Hill Garden and Cultural Center, Gaa Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, the Queens Museum, W139, The Hunterdon Museum of Art, and James Cohan Gallery. Howard has been awarded artist residencies including the Terra Summer Residency, Rauschenberg Residency, Carrizozo AIR, and Palazzo Monti. Their work has been discussed in Vogue Magazine, The Paris Review, and The Brooklyn Rail, amongst other publications. Colors make us do vibrant deeds!, Howard’s first monograph, will launch in September 2024 in conjunction with an eponymous solo exhibition at the The LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies at Columbia University.