Heather E. Dunn, Ph.D.

Education: 

Ph.D., 2014, Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts, Visual Arts: Philosophy, Aesthetics, and Art Theory MFA, 2002, CUNY, Queens College, Sculpture MA, 1997, SUNY, Stony Brook University, Major, Art History & Criticism, Minors, Philosophy & Women’s Studies Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, 1992 Apprenticeship in stone carving, masonry & drafting, 1991, The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, NY BFA, 1992, The School of Visual Arts, Sculpture and Art Education 
Publications:
“Political Truth Through the Eyes of New York City Artists” in AICA/e-mag. Oct. 2025. “Street Art, Political Activism, and Surveillance” in The Revolution Will Be Live! Social Practice Art in Turbulent Times, edited by Kristina Olson & Eric Schruers (Routledge Press, 2020) ISBN 978-1-13832-590-6. "Care-Giving, Human Capital, and Genetically Engineered Children in the Twenty-First Century" in "New Maternalisms": Tales of Motherwork (Dislodging the Unthinkable), edited by Roksana Badruddoja (Demeter Press, 2016). ISBN 978-1-77258-000-6. Forty Years of Change: How Genetic Technology Altered Gender Roles, Care-giving, Family Structures, and the Art World http://digitalmaine.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=academic (Dissertatio n 2013) "The Human Genome, Cleve Jones, The Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, & The 1980s," Eye & Mind: The IDSVA Journal of Philosophy, Aesthetics, and Art Theory no. 1 (Spring 2012), http://www.idsva-eyeandmind.org. 

Select Shows: 

2025 40-foot Mural, Flora and Faun, Forest Park, Queens The Truth As I See It, Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, NY (juried) IDSVA Alumni Association, David DuPuy Studios, New York, Ny (juried) Call and Response: Changing the Climate, Shoebox Projects, Los Angeles, CA (online show) 2024 Art is Life, One Art Space, New York, NY (Juried) BMCC Faculty Show, Shirley Fiterman Art Center, New York, NY Parables of the Unknown, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, Jamaica, NY (juried) 2023 SECAC 2023 Juried Exhibition, Try - Me Gallery, Richmond, VA (juried) 2022 Salon Show, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (juried) 2020 Call and Response: Collaboration at a Distance Round 5, Shoebox Projects, Los Angeles, CA (online show) 2019 Blot, Moon Gallery, Mount Berry, GA, (juried) 2016 Divided/Attraction, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA, (juried) 2014 Lessedra Thirteenth World Art Print Annual (Mini Print), Lessedra Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria, (juried)