ABOUT
Heather Rattray (they/them) is a queer interdisciplinary artist based in Tkaronto/Toronto. They blend object, image, and text to create multidimensional pieces involving identity, self-exploration, and connection to the natural world. Their MFA thesis (2024) was funded by a Canada Graduate Scholarship from SSHRC. They hold a BFA in Photography from Toronto Metropolitan University (2019) where they won the First Edition Photobook Award and an Honourable Mention for the Burtynsky Photobook Grant. Rattray has exhibited their work at the Image Centre, Gallery 44, Special Projects Gallery, and Artspace TMU, and they have been featured in publications across Canada, the US, and abroad.
CONTACT
Phone - (604) 307 1226
Email - hrattray@yorku.ca
EDUCATION
2024
Master of Fine Arts - York University
2019
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography - Toronto Metropolitan University
AWARDS, GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2023
Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship (SSHRC)
Ontario Graduate Scholarship (Offered)
2020
Annual Open Summer Marathon Long List Nominee, BEERS Gallery London
2022
Domestic Master’s Fellowship, York University
2019
Dean’s Honours List, Toronto Metropolitan University
Burtynsky Grant Honorable Mention, Contact Photography Festival
Contact Photography Festival Award Nominee, Toronto Metropolitan University
2018
First Edition Photobook Award Winner, Toronto Metropolitan University
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Parameters of Spooning: In the Site of Possibility, Special Projects Gallery, Toronto ON
2022
Things That I Know, Things That You Know, The Image Centre, Toronto ON
2019
Things That I Know, Things That You Know, Gallery 310, Toronto ON
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
The Next Wave, Gales Gallery, Toronto ON
2022
MMXXII, Gales Gallery, Toronto ON
Bread & Butter, Artspace TMU, Toronto ON
2020
Bread & Butter, Artspace TMU, Toronto ON
Family Frames, Don’t Smile Gallery, Online
She Unfolds, Artspace TMU, Toronto, ON
Salon 44, Gallery 44, Toronto ON
Starry Night, Gallery 576, Toronto, ON
2019
Bread & Butter, Artspace TMU, Toronto ON
Photos Need Friends, PAL Gallery, Provo UT
Maximum Exposure 24, Gallery 310, Toronto ON
2018
Maximum Exposure 23, TMU Image Arts, Toronto ON
For My Friends, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto ON
ART FAIRS
2019
Edition Photo Book Fair, Toronto Metropolitan University Table, Toronto ON
2018
Edition Photo Book Fair, Toronto Metropolitan University Table, Toronto ON
PUBLICATIONS & BOOK WORKS
2024
Parameters of Spooning: In the Site of Possibility, York University Library, Thesis Paper
2022
Winter Quarterly, Open Minds Magazine (Featured Artist)
Spring/Summer Issue, Vostok Magazine (Featured Artist)
2021
Forms of Grief, Cool Customer Zine (Contributor)
Talk Talk Talk, AROUND Magazine (Featured Artist)
Discussion #58, Fiiiirst Magazine (Featured Artist)
Junk Mail, VOID Magazine (Contributor)
2020
Elements, Lunatics Project (Contributor)
Canadian Artists Issue, Poth Magazine (Featured Artist)
Open Theme (Summer), F-Stop Magazine (Contributor)
Summer Issue, Subjectiv Magazine (Contributor)
Still Life, F-Stop Magazine (Contributor)
2019
98 Ways to Say “Very Good”, Self-published Book Work
Anniversary Issue, RAD Magazine (Featured Artist)
Function 20, Function Magazine (Contributor)
N ̊--3, Kaleidoscope Magazine (Featured Artist)
2018
Unremarkable (set of 3), Self-published Book Work
Spotlight, The Continuist (Contributor)
Function 19, Function Magazine (Contributor)
Sugar Cubes (set of 3), Self-published Book Work