Biography

Heather Olker is a Brooklyn-based multimedia artist and educator driven by feminist, psychological and political concerns. She is a Master of Fine Arts graduate from the Photography, Video and Related Media program at the School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, where she was awarded the Alice Beck-Odette scholarship and a full-time assistantship grant.

Heather earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and Advertising from DePaul University, Chicago, IL, and has a professional background in applied psychology. In addition, she created three photographic series related to gender, feminism and sexuality during her time as an undergraduate. The last of this series is an intersection of feminism and advertising that has continued through her current practice which encompasses a variety of mediums: photography, video, drawing, collage, installation and performance.

The artist has participated in group shows at SCOPE Art Show, Miami, FL, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, Culture Lab LIC, Queens, NY, New Apostle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, and Frank Juarez Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, and has been published in Kolaj Magazine and The Journal for New and New Media Photography: In the In-Between.