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Heather Benning
Born1980
Humboldt, Saskatchewan
NationalityCanadian
EducationBFA, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (2004); MFA, Edinburgh College of Art (2009)
Known forLarge-scale, site-specific installations.
Notable workThe Dollhouse (2007-2011) Canada Council Art Bank.[1]The Death of the Dollhouse: Fire #2 (2013) SaskArts Board Permanent Collection[2]
Awards30 BELOW – winner
2010 Lieutenant Governor's Award – SaskArts Board
[3]
Websitewww.heatherbenning.ca

Heather Benning (born 1980) is a Canadian visual artist, sculptor and photographer.[4][5] She is known for her large-scale, site-specific installations created in natural environments in remote locations[6][7][8] and her gallery-based installations.[6]

Biography[edit]

Heather Benning was born in Humboldt, Saskatchewan in 1980.[5] She began her education at the University of Saskatchewan in the Fine Arts Program (2002).[3] She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (2004) and a Master of Fine Arts at the Edinburgh College of Art (2009).[9]

Career[edit]

After completing her BFA in Scotland, she worked as a foundry technician at Powderhall Bronze in Edinburgh and for several Scottish sculptors. She currently lives and works in Swift Current, Saskatchewan.[10][11] Benning has exhibited in solo and group shows nationally in Canada (Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia and Manitoba) and internationally (Germany, France, Scotland, England, Spain & the USA) since the early 2000's.[12]

Benning's The Dollhouse (2007) was a site specific installation located in the Prairie region near Sinclair, Manifoba. The large-scale project took her approximately 18 months to return the old farmhouse to a version of its former self from the 1960's era, when it had been deserted. She replaced the roof and worked her way throughout, down to the furnishings of the old relic. She removed the North facing wall and replaced it with plexiglass.[13] Benning documented The Dollhouse project with photographs and the 1st edition hard cover book titled, the dollhouse was released in 2012, which included her photographs and an essay by Sheri Benning.[9] The Dollhouse (suite of 30 photographs) presenting the transformation of the degraded home.[14] The Dollhouse (installation) was available for viewing by the public in 2007 until its destruction in 2013. When it was discovered that the foundation was no longer sound, the relic was destroyed by fire. This event too was documented by Benning in a series of photographs[9] as well as in a film, The Dollhouse (2013) a film collaboration that was co-written, co-directed, and co-produced with Benning and Chad Galloway.[7] The Dollhouse (film) was screened at 23 film festivals in 16 countries.[12]

Benning was recipient of the 2010 30 BELOW Lieutenant Governor's Award at the Saskatchewan Arts Board Sixth Annual Lieutenant Arts Awards ceremony.[3][15] She was nominated for a Sobey Art Award in 2010[16] and was among the 25 semifinalist long listed[17] from five regions across Canada. She was chosen as one of five to represent the Prairies and the North[18] [19]

Benning's A Prairie Gothic: Let Our Fields Be Broader, But Our Nights So Much Darker was a gallery-based installations. This exhibition/tour included four bodies of work and The Dollhouse (film), presenting images of a passing era from a rural Prairie life.[6]

Archives & Collections[edit]

  • Select photographs from The Dollhouse (2007-2011) installation are included in the Canada Council Art Bank.[1]
  • Select photographs are included in the Saskatchewan Arts Board Permanent Collection: The Death of the Dollhouse: Fire #2 (2013) Kodak Endura digital C-print.[2]
  • Select art work was added to the Permanent Collection at the Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery in 2016.[20]
References[edit]
  1. ^ a b Gessell, Paul (19 November 2018). "Investing in Art". www.gallerieswest.ca. gallerieswest. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b "10 Works from our Permanent Collection". www.saskartsboard.com. Saskatchewan Arts Board. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "2010 Lieutenant Governor's Arts Awards Recipients". www.saskartsboard.com. Saskatchewan Arts Board. 2010. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Heather Benning's art featured in new exhibit". www.cbc.ca. CBC. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Artist/Maker name "Benning, Heather". www.app.pch.gc.ca. Government of Canada. 21 Aug 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  6. ^ a b c "Past Exhibitions - Heather Benning, A Prairie Gothic: Let Our Fields Be Broader, But Our Nights So Much Darker". www.mannartgallery.ca. Mann Art Gallery. 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  7. ^ a b "The Dollhouse". www.nsi-canada.ca. National Screen Institute. 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  8. ^ Sandals, Leah (8 August 2014). "Supersizing Prairie Gothic: The Art of Heather Benning". www.canadianart.ca. Canadian Art. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  9. ^ a b c "Heather Benning". Telephone Booth Gallery. Telephone Booth Gallery. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  10. ^ "Foundational Mentorship: Traveling Mentor". www.carfac.sk.ca. CARFAC. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  11. ^ "Heather Benning". www.saskartists.ca. SaskArtists. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  12. ^ a b "Heather Benning & Tim Moore: Roadside Attractions". www.skroadsideattractions.com. Dunlop Art Gallery. 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  13. ^ "Heather Benning: The Dollhouse". www.aap.cornell.edu. Cornell AAP Architecture Art Planning. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  14. ^ "Heather Benning: The Dollhouse". www.canadianartnews.concordia.ca. Canadian Art News. 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  15. ^ "The Sixth Annual Lieutenant Governor's Arts Awards 2010". Leader-Post. www.newspapers.com. 3 September 2010. p. B7. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  16. ^ "Sobey Art Award - Past Awards". www.gallery.ca. National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  17. ^ "Sobey Art Award announces 2010 longlist". www.nationalpost.com. National Post. 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  18. ^ www.cbc.ca, 15 April 2010. "25 contemporary artists vie for Sobey Art Award". CBC. Retrieved 22 June 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  19. ^ Smulders, Marilyn (16 June 2010). "Two NSCAD alumni make Sobey Art Award shortlist". www.nscad.ca. NSCAD University. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  20. ^ "New Acquisitions - MJM&AG Permanent Collection". www.mjmag.ca. Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery. Retrieved 27 June 2019.


Category:1980 births Category:Living people Category:20th-century Canadian women artists Category:21st-century Canadian women artists Category:Canadian photographers Category:Canadian installation artists

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