Annette Heully, an internationally exhibited artist, earned her MFA from California State University at Long Beach with an emphasis in Fiber. She received her BA from San Francisco State University with an emphasis in Textiles. She was the Artist in Residence at the Llewellyn Gallery in New York, and a recipient of the Marilyn Werby Scholarship. She was the School of Art nominee for the Bergeron Award for Distinction in the arts. She has over 20 years weaving experience, which not only include her artistic career but production weaving for fashion and interior designers. She has taught in many different forms from workshops, private clients, and at the university level. She currently lives and works in her home town Ojai, California.
annetteheully@mac.com
Work:
In my work there is an intersection between the animate and inanimate as well as references to the body and landscape. I am interested in how over time, seemingly inanimate forms slowly shift, settle, change and become animate. Although the results are not always immediate, our environment and body have a great effect on each other. Over time physical wounds heal into scars, feelings of loss are soothed by time, tides rise and fall, and paths are made as we walk. These phenomena are just as prevalent externally as they are internally. I am interested in this intersection and how the beauty, synchronicity and poetics of life can be transformed into a visual, spatial and material experience.
Video Work:
My videos discuss situations in women’s lives that are difficult to speak about openly. I crochet hand puppets that are used to perform silent vignettes. The playful and humorous nature of the soft puppets creates an inviting and comfortable space for addressing hard issues. The vignettes explore the topics of, vulnerability, domestic violence, love, loss, and the nature of being a woman.
CV:
Education
MFA: Studio Art – Fiber California State University Long Beach 2015
BA: Studio Art – Textiles San Francisco State University 2009
Awards and Residencies
2018 Artist in Residence, Llewellyn Gallery, Alfred State University, NY
2014 Marilyn Werby Scholarship
The School of Arts Nominee for the Bergeron Award for Distinction in the Arts
Artist Talks
2018 Alfred State University, NY
2014 Craft In America Center, Los Angeles
California State University Long Beach Spring Fiber Sculpture class
2013 California State University Long Beach Fall Fiber Sculpture class
California State University Long Beach Fall Weaving class
Teaching
2021
Marysville CA, Painting & Sculpture Outpost, Netting Workshop
2018
Ojai CA, Cattywomaps, Macrame Plant Hangers
Ventura CA, Wooden Nickle, Frame Loom Weaving Workshop
New York, Alfred State, Paper weaving and plaiting Workshop
New York, Alfred State, Netting Workshop
New York, Alfred State, Photoshop Color Separations Workshop
New York, Alfred State, Moon Puppet Workshop
Ojai CA, Private Weaving Lessons, Rigid Heddle Loom
Ojai CA, Cattywompas, Friendship bracelet Class
2017
Huntington Beach Art Center, Weaving demo/class
Ojai, Cattywompas, Macrame Plant Hanging Class
Ojai, Cattywompas, Teaching Assistant for Intro to Macrame class under Sally England
2014
Long Beach State University, Frame Loom Workshop
2013
Long Beach State University, Frame Loom Workshop
Long Beach State University, Teaching Assistant for Weaving Class under Carol Shaw-Sutton
2008
San Francisco State University, Teaching Assistant for Textile Class under Barbara Shapiro
Exhibitions
2022
Ojai Jail Arts Initiative, The Basic Premise, Ojai, CA
Relief or Regret, Dab Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Art in the time of Corona, H Gallery, Ventura, CA
2021
Tricksters & Transformation, Helms Bakery, Los Angeles, CA
Small Works in Flux, Flux Art Space, Long Beach, CA
Hand to Machine: A Metamorphosis, Textile Resource LA, Los Angeles, CA
Applied Practice, Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
Sound Pedro, Angles Gate, San Pedro, CA
Caught in a Wormhole: VavNet, Flux Art Space, Long Beach, CA
Spindly, Painting and Sculpture Outpost, Marysville, CA
2019
Latent Ability, Dab Art Gallery, Ventura, CA
Looming Shelter, Makersville/ Desert X, Palm Desert ,CA
2018
Some Other Spring, Private Collector, Ontario,Canada
First Friday, Pacific Wonderland Gallery, Ventura, CA
California Girls, The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Drink Me, Dab Art Gallery, Ventura, CA
Some Other Spring, Llewellyn Gallery, Alfred, NY, *Solo Show
Platform, Los Angeles, CA
Music for your Eyes, OCCCA, Orange County, CA
2017
FAIR, Brickell City Center, Maimi, FL
PUMP, The Packard Building, Long Beach, CA
Looming Spaces,Huntington Beach Art Center,Huntington Beach
Neighborhood Girls, The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Feminist Video Art Festival 3,The Situation Room, Los Angeles,CA
Resident Artist, Dove Biscuit Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Stitch Fetish 5, The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Create Or Die, Dove Biscuit Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Resident Artist, Dove Biscuit Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Stitch Fetish 4, The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Comedy & Tragedy, The Experiment Comedy Gallery,Brooklyn, NY
2015
Angles Add Dimension, She and Her Pop Up, Long Beach, CA
Exhibition Encore, Dutzi Gallery, Long Beach, CA *Solo Show
sight/site/cite, Werby Gallery, Long Beach, CA *Solo Show
Stitch Fetish 3, The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Insights, University Art Museum, Long Beach, CA
2014
Body Conscious, Craft in America Center, Los Angeles, CA
Insights, University Art Museum, Long Beach, CA
Bring Your Own Beamer, EXPO Arts Center, Long Beach, CA
VavNet, Dutzi Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Micro-Miniatures, Werby Gallery, Long Beach, CA
MFA Biennial, City of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, CA
2013
Interface: Fashion/Art/Antifashion, Gatov Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Sound Systems, Werby Gallery, Long Beach, CA
A LOT: Art Truck, Long Beach Arts Month, Long Beach, CA
Advancement Show, Gatov Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Weight of Change, Dr. Maxine Merlino Gallery, Long Beach, CA *Solo Show
Insights, University Art Museum, Long Beach, CA
2007
A Tribute to Vivienne Westwood, De Young Museum, SF, CA
Systems Unit Repeat, Martin Wong Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006
Salon De Refuse, Martin Wong Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Press
2022 Ojai Vortex
https://www.theojaivortex.com/home/ojai-jail-arts-initiative
2022 Ojai Valley News
2021 Angeleno
https://mlangeleno.com/celebrating-textiles-throughout-southern-california
2019 Palm Springs Life Magazine
https://www.palmspringslife.com/desert-x-parallel-projects/
2019 Desert Sun
2018 Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/fashion/la-ig-charlotte-stone-20180322-htmlstory.html
2018 WHERE Los Angeles
2018 WWD
Charlotte Stone to Enter Retail at Platform
2017 Fiber Art Now
http://fiberartnow.net/portfolio/excellence-in-fibers-2017/
2017 Daily 49er
http://www.daily49er.com/artslife/2017/10/10/csulb-graduates-strive-to-advance-women-in-the-arts/
2017 Daily 49er
http://www.daily49er.com/artslife/2017/10/09/long-beach-gets-pumped-up/
2016 Mr X Stitch
http://www.mrxstitch.com/stitchgasm-to-adore-and-adorn-by-annette-heully/
2016 Bust Magazine
Irenebrination
http://irenebrination.typepad.com/irenebrination_notes_on_a/2016/02/hms-stitch-fetish-4.html
2016 Irenebrination http://irenebrination.typepad.com/irenebrination_notes_on_a/2015/02/stitch-fetish-3-hive-gallery.html
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