Borders and Boundaries

Heather Stivison: Borders and Boundaries was a solo exhibition at Pleiades Gallery, 547 W 27th St., NYC, 10001, June 11-July 6, 2024.
It featured interdisciplinary works exploring both current and historical issues of migration and border wars. In addition to artist talks in the gallery, this exhibit was enhanced by special programs that related to the narratives in the exhibition including guest speaker and a poetry reading.

A new installation of these works is planned for October 4 - November 16, 2026
at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, 36 Madison Avenue, Madison, NJ 07940

Other. 20x30. Graphite on Archival Paper.

Not My Problem. 20x30. Graphite on Archival Paper.

Landscape of Fear. 20x30. Graphite on Archival Paper.

No Way Out. 20x30. Graphite on Archival Paper.

Strangers in a New Land. 55x 33 inches, charcoal, chalk, barbed wire on reclaimed wood

Traces. 49 x 33 inches. charcoal and chalk on reclaimed wood.

Oil Sketch: Her Inheritance. 48x97 inches. Oil on Raw Canvas. Unframed.

Where Sabbath Once Was Sweet. 22× 16, Ink, Pencil, Acrylic, on archival paper and Mylar.

Collateral Damage. 22× 16, Ink, Pencil, Acrylic, on archival paper and Mylar

If You Prick Us, Do We Not Bleed? 22× 16, Ink, Pencil, Acrylic, on archival paper and Mylar

Out of Sight, Out of Mind. 22× 16, Ink, Pencil, Acrylic, on archival paper and Mylar

Long Hours, Hard Work, 1920. 17.5 x 24 x 1.5 inches.

Cotton threads stitched on linen blend fabric, polyester batting, ink, needles, pins,
and historic immigration ephemera reprinted on cloth.

Out of Reach. 30x24 inches.

Cotton threads on linen blend fabric printed with digitally altered photographs, metal rabbit fencing, wood, battered glass and metal jewelry case, metal chains, and old metal keys.

Other. Graphite on Archival paper. 20×30 inches
Winner of
Elizabeth Morse Genius Foundation Medal of Honor
for Works on Paper
by the National Association of Women Artists

Works from this series have also been shown in:

Social Justice at Gallery X, New Bedford, Massachusetts;
NHAA Biennial, Portsmouth, New Hampshire;
FALL OF FREEDOM: Freedom of Expression, a Women’s Caucus for Art (WCA) national online art exhibition;
When in the Course of Human Events…, at the Bristol Art Museum, Bristol Rhode Island;
National Association of Women Artists, Inc. 136th Annual Members Exhibition, Leonovich Gallery, New York, New York.

Installation Views

Six drawings of fences

Four drawings from the Ukraine Series

Graphite drawings of barriers

Oil Sketch

Textile and metal object works

Opening night

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EXHIBITION-RELATED PROGRAMMING:

Art & History in the Gallery

On Saturday, June 15, 2024, Award Winning Historian and Author Tyler Anbinder joined Heather Stivison in a dialogue on City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New York

Click to view the recording

Read an
interview about the creation of this series of works published in CONSEQUENCE FORUM
or download the text-only version

View the
two-minute video on the creation of Her Inheritance oil painting

Download the
Artist Statements on the individual works

Ekphrasis! Poets Respond to Art in the Gallery

Poets submitted original works, written in response to artworks on view and presented them in a poetry reading on Saturday, July 6, 2024.

Winning poets included: Colin Bell of East Sussex, UK; David Burr of Maplewood, New Jersey; Diana Cole of Warren, Rhode Island; James Cronin, of Westport Massachusetts; Giles Edgerton of Brooklyn, New York; Farah Faizi of Poughkeepsie, New York; Mary-Jane Grandinetti of Passaic, New Jersey; Dana Hunter of Montclair, New Jersey; Elizabeth Levine of Wayne, New Jersey; and Julianne Valdepenas of Parkville, Maryland.

Click to view the recording