About
Heather Rattray is a photographer born in Vancouver, British Columbia. She lives and works in Toronto, Ontario, and recently graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Ryerson University School of Image Arts. Her work is primarily lens-based, and her art involves themes of identity, childhood, self-exploration and introspection. She was awarded Ryerson University Library’s First Edition Photobook Book Award in 2018 for her work entitled Unremarkable, and won an Honourable Mention for the Burtynsky Grant in 2019. She has been involved in numerous group exhibitions and held her first solo exhibition, The Virginity Project, in 2017.
Contact
Phone - (604) 307 1226
Email - heather.rattray@ryerson.ca
Education
2019 - Bachelor of Fine Arts - Ryerson University
Exhibitions and Awards
2021 - Ryerson Image Centre Student Gallery - Solo Show (Upcoming)
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 - Bread & Butter - Ryerson University (Group Show)
Publications
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