2018
HEATHER DEWEY-HAGBORG
Born in Philadelphia, PA (1982). Lives and works in New York City.
Dr. Heather Dewey-Hagborg is a transdisciplinary artist and educator who is interested in art as research and critical practice. Her controversial biopolitical art practice includes the project Stranger Visions in which she created portrait sculptures from analyses of genetic material (such as hair, cigarette butts, or chewed up gum) collected in public places.
Heather has shown work internationally at events and venues including the World Economic Forum, the Daejeon Biennale, and the Shenzhen Urbanism and Architecture Biennale, the Van Abbemuseum, Transmediale and PS1 MOMA. Her work is held in public collections of the Centre Pompidou, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Wellcome Collection, and the New York Historical Society, among others, and has been widely discussed in the media, from the New York Times and the BBC to Art Forum and Wired.
Heather has a PhD in Electronic Arts from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She is a visiting assistant professor of Interactive Media at NYU Abu Dhabi, an artist fellow at AI Now, an Artist-in-Residence at the Exploratorium, and is an affiliate of Data & Society.
She is also a co-founder and co-curator of REFRESH, an inclusive and politically engaged collaborative platform at the intersection of Art, Science, and Technology.
NEWS
What Is Hospitality in an Era of Crises?
February 16, 2023
Biodesigned
May 5, 2020
Design Shows Take On the Future. And It’s Not Pretty.
The New York Times
January 21, 2020
This Artist’s Medium Is DNA, and Her Current Project Is a Love Virus
The Observer
August 5, 2019
New York Galleries: What to See Right Now
The New York Times
July 31, 2019
An Unlikely Marriage of Science and Art
Hyperallergic
July 27, 2019
Artforum Critics' Pick: Heather Dewey-Hagborg, At the Temperature of My Body
Artforum
July 24, 2019
Heather Dewey-Hagborg: At the Temperature of My Body
The Brooklyn Rail
July 9, 2019
An Artistic Exploration of Love, DNA, and Biohacking
GARAGE
July 8, 2019
Heather Dewey-Hagborg on Intimacy and Biotechnology
Musée Magazine
July 5, 2019
Art Out: Heather Dewey-Hagborg's At the Temperature of My Body
Musée Magazine
June 27, 2019
Being Human: A New Science and Art Exhibit Opening in London in September
Forbes
May 28, 2019
A Becoming Resemblance catalog
Fridman Gallery published A Becoming Resemblance on the occasion of Heather Dewey-Hagborg's first solo exhibition with the gallery, featuring works created in collaboration with Chelsea E. Manning. The illustrated catalog includes
essays by curator Roddy Schrock, Heather Dewey-Hagborg and Dorothy R. Santos.