About

Heather Rattray is a queer, neurodivergent photographer born in Vancouver, British Columbia. They live and work between Vancouver and Toronto, Ontario, and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Toronto Metropolitan University School of Image Arts in 2019. Their work is interdisciplinary, blending object, image, and text to create multidimensional pieces involving themes of identity, childhood, self-exploration and connection to the natural world. They have exhibited work in both group and solo shows on a local and international scale, and won an Honourable Mention for the Burtynsky Grant in 2019 for their self-published book “98 Ways to Say ‘Very Good’”. They are currently enrolled at York University as an MFA Candidate in the Visual Arts program.

Contact

Phone  -  (604) 307 1226

Email  -  hrattray@yorku.ca

Education

2024 - Master of Fine Arts Candidate - York University 

2019 - Bachelor of Fine Arts - Toronto Metropolitan University

Exhibitions and Awards

2022 - MMXXII Graduate Exhibition, Gales Gallery - Group Show

2022 - Things That I Know, Things That You Know, The Image Centre Gallery - Solo Show

2022 - Culture, Doré Art Collective - Online Exhibition & Group Show

2022 - Kitchen, Fabricated Gallery - Online Exhibition & Group Show

2020 - Don't Smile, Family Frames - Online Exhibition & Group Show

2020 - Artspace TMU Gallery, 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 - Toronto Metropolitan University Table

2018 - Contact Award Nominee - Toronto Metropolitan University

2018 - First Edition Photobook Award Winner - Toronto Metropolitan University

2018 - Fragments Third Year Show - Toronto Metropolitan University (Group Show)

2017 - Gallery 310 - Toronto Metropolitan University (Solo Exhibition)

2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019 - Maximum Exposure - Toronto Metropolitan University (Group Show)

2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 & 2020 - Bread & Butter - Toronto Metropolitan University (Group Show)

Publications

2022 - VOSTOK Magazine - Issue 32, Featured Artist & Contributor 

2022 - Feels Magazine - Issue 17, Contributor 

2022 - Soft Quarterly - Issue 6, Contributor 

2022 - Snowman Review - Zine, Contributor

2022 - Creatures Magazine - Contributor

2022 - Visceral 8 Magazine - Vol. 2 Issue 6, Contributor

2022 - Open Minds Winter Quarterly - Contributor

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

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