About
Heather Rattray is a queer photographer born in Vancouver, British Columbia. She lives and works in Toronto, Ontario, and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Ryerson University School of Image Arts in 2019. Her work is primarily lens-based, and her art involves themes of identity, childhood, self-exploration and introspection. She exhibited work in both group shows and solo shows on a local and international scale, and won an Honourable Mention for the Burtynsky Grant in 2019.
Contact
Phone - (604) 307 1226
Email - heather.rattray@ryerson.ca
Education
2019 - Bachelor of Fine Arts - Ryerson University
Exhibitions and Awards
2022 - Ryerson Image Centre Student Gallery - Solo Show (Upcoming)
2020 - Don't Smile, Family Frames - Online Exhibition & Group Show
2020 - Ryerson Artspace, She Unfolds - Group Show
2020 - Gallery 44, Salon 44 - Group Show
2020 - Gallery 576, Starry Night - Group Show
2019 - Feature Shoot Emerging Photography Award Contender - Group Show & Grant
2019 - BEERS Annual Open/Summer Marathon 2020 Long List - Solo Show
2019 - PAL Gallery Photo Open - Group Show
2019 - Burtynsky Grant Honourable Mention - Contact Festival
2018 & 2019 - Edition Photo Book Fair - Ryerson University Table
2018 - Contact Award Nominee - Ryerson University
2018 - First Edition Photobook Award Winner - Ryerson University
2018 - Fragments Third Year Show - Ryerson University (Group Show)
2017 - Gallery 310 - Ryerson University (Solo Exhibition)
2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019 - Maximum Exposure - Ryerson University (Group Show)
2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 & 2020 - Bread & Butter - Ryerson University (Group Show)
Publications
2022 - Open Minds Quarterly - Contributor (Upcoming)
2021 - AROUND Magazine - Issue 80, Featured Artist & Contributor
2021 - VOID Magazine - Contributor
2021 - Cool Customer - Issue 3, Contributor
2021 - Fiiiirst - Contributor
2020 - Poth Magazine - Issue 1, Featured Artist
2020 - Lunatics Project - Issue 5, Contributor
2020 - Subjectiv Journal - Summer Publication, Contributor
2020 - F-Stop Magazine Still Life - Issue 99 & 101, Contributor
2019 - Feels Magazine - Issue 9, Featured Artist
2019 - Kaleidoscope Magazine - Featured Artist
2019 - RAD Magazine - Featured Artist
2018, 2019 - Function Magazine - Featured Artist
2018 - The Continuist - Featured Artist
Self-Published Books
2018 - 98 Ways to Say Very Good
2018 - Sugar Cubes - Set of 3
2017 - Unremarkable - Boxed Set of 3