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"Andrea Joyce Heimer: No Name That I Know Of"February 14-May 25, 2025
Andrea Joyce Heimer (b. 1981) uses artmaking to explore unknowns. Her own closed adoption has informed her artistic practice, which seeks to reconstruct her origin story from fragments. With layers of expressive detail and occasional dark humor, the artist paints autobiographical scenes depicting recollections of her upbringing in rural Montana. Much of Heimer’s work addresses themes of loneliness and belonging, revealing her struggles with isolation and otherness during key developmental milestones.
Heimer draws inspiration from the visual storytelling found in Greek black-and-red figure pottery, medieval illuminated manuscripts, global pictographic art, and contemporary craft movements. Her stage, rendered with a cast of people, animals, and fictitious beings, shines a spotlight on complex human interactions—often confronting intimate, embarrassing, or painful realities. Infused with the dreamlike imagery of a child’s escape into fantasy, many of the artist’s narratives chronicle experiences of tenderness in a jarring world. Heimer’s confessional titles place us at the intersection of her personal memories and the poignant moments we all share.
The MAC gratefully acknowledges major sponsor First Interstate Bank for its generous support of Andrea Joyce Heimer: No Name That I Know Of.
Detail: When I Am Restless But Cannot Leave, I Think Of Nothing But Migration, Migrations Of All Kinds, How The Need To Go Away Is Engrained, Natural–Impossibly Heartbreaking., 2022, acrylic on panel, 80 x 60 in (203.2 x1 52.4cm). Image courtesy of the artist and Megan Mulrooney.
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2316 W 1st Ave, Spokane, WA, United States, Washington 99201
