Megan Heeres
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Megan Heeres: Tending Time Exhibition Description | View additional images on Artsy 
Tending Time
2023 
Angle of Repose (Mound Mapping)
2023
Forever Forest
2023
Somewhere… Else
2023
Forever Forest
2023
Forever Forest
2023
Stacks On Stacks
2023
Stacks On Stacks
2023
Forever Forest (Sculptural Planter)
2023
Forever Forest (Sculptural Planter)
2023
Forever Forest (Sculptural Planter)
2023
Stratum, Series (Homage to Mark Bradford)
2023
Stratum, Series (Homage to Mark Bradford)
2023
Stratum, Series (Homage to Mark Bradford)
2023
Hey Cuties!
2023               
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Megan Heeres: Tending Time Exhibition Description | View additional images on Artsy
Tending Time
2023
Angle of Repose (Mound Mapping)
2023
Forever Forest
2023
Somewhere… Else
2023
Forever Forest
2023
Forever Forest
2023
Stacks On Stacks
2023
Stacks On Stacks
2023
Forever Forest (Sculptural Planter)
2023
Forever Forest (Sculptural Planter)
2023
Forever Forest (Sculptural Planter)
2023
Stratum, Series (Homage to Mark Bradford)
2023
Stratum, Series (Homage to Mark Bradford)
2023
Stratum, Series (Homage to Mark Bradford)
2023
Hey Cuties!
2023
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Megan Heeres: Tending Time View images Matéria is pleased to present Tending Time, a solo exhibition of all new works by Detroit-based artist Megan Heeres. “A slab of concrete with its aggregate rock and lime, is a slice of earth’s ancient history from a timescale that we can barely comprehend. The Japanese knotweed plants, all around Detroit, grow at a break-neck pace that can take down a 50-year-old tree in a matter of a few months. I create handmade paper pulp from plants, a deliberate and repetitive process that forces me to slow down. Neighborhoods in Detroit are contending with a new sense of time, as development that didn’t exist a decade ago is moving in and moving quickly, changing the places people have come to know.” In Tending Time, Heeres explores these different timescales through materiality and form. The works in the exhibition are a reflection of the time she has spent at the gallery and the site that surrounds it. Heeres engages in the act of tending as she gathers materials from the site and pays attention to the forms they may become. In the resulting works, she intends to honor the energy–-derived from both earthen and human efforts–that have shaped and have been shaped by a place. Heeres wants visitors to experience joy and wonder, and perhaps, to imagine a different future for how we live in our places with nature and one another. A native Michigander, Megan Heeres returned home from the West Coast in 2007 to study at Cranbrook Academy of Art where she earned her Master of Fine Art in 2009. Megan has been involved in the Detroit arts community as an advocate, volunteer, and teacher, all roles she plays currently with her Invasive Paper Project. She participates in projects locally and nationally, most recently at the Max M. Fisher Center in Detroit and the Salina Art Center in Kansas. Megan has been an artist-in-residence at the Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences, the Michele Schara Residency at the Brightmoor Makerspace, the Ragdale Foundation, the Women’s International Study Center and the Santa Fe Art Institute. |
Megan Heeres: Tending Time View images Matéria is pleased to present Tending Time, a solo exhibition of all new works by Detroit-based artist Megan Heeres. “A slab of concrete with its aggregate rock and lime, is a slice of earth’s ancient history from a timescale that we can barely comprehend. The Japanese knotweed plants, all around Detroit, grow at a break-neck pace that can take down a 50-year-old tree in a matter of a few months. I create handmade paper pulp from plants, a deliberate and repetitive process that forces me to slow down. Neighborhoods in Detroit are contending with a new sense of time, as development that didn’t exist a decade ago is moving in and moving quickly, changing the places people have come to know.” In Tending Time, Heeres explores these different timescales through materiality and form. The works in the exhibition are a reflection of the time she has spent at the gallery and the site that surrounds it. Heeres engages in the act of tending as she gathers materials from the site and pays attention to the forms they may become. In the resulting works, she intends to honor the energy–-derived from both earthen and human efforts–that have shaped and have been shaped by a place. Heeres wants visitors to experience joy and wonder, and perhaps, to imagine a different future for how we live in our places with nature and one another. A native Michigander, Megan Heeres returned home from the West Coast in 2007 to study at Cranbrook Academy of Art where she earned her Master of Fine Art in 2009. Megan has been involved in the Detroit arts community as an advocate, volunteer, and teacher, all roles she plays currently with her Invasive Paper Project. She participates in projects locally and nationally, most recently at the Max M. Fisher Center in Detroit and the Salina Art Center in Kansas. Megan has been an artist-in-residence at the Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences, the Michele Schara Residency at the Brightmoor Makerspace, the Ragdale Foundation, the Women’s International Study Center and the Santa Fe Art Institute. |
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Megan Heeres: Landscapes for Later View description | Visit our Artsy page to purchase works 
Landscapes for Later
Installation view
Landscapes for Later
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Landscapes for Later
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Parking Lots and Forests 1
2021
Parking Lots and Forests 2
2021
Plant Moon
2021
Keeping it Together
2020
Cottonwood Quiet
2020
Taking up Space
2020
Stop. Start. Stop. #1
2020
Stop. Start. Stop. #2
2020
Stop. Start. Stop. #3
2020
“The Rhythm of Rust”
2021
Stop. Start. Stop. #5
2020
Stop. Start. Stop. #6
2020
Stop. Start. Stop. #7
2020
Stop. Start. Stop. #8
2020
Stop. Start. Stop. #9
2020
Desert Walk #1
2020
Desert Walk #2
2020
Desert Walk #3
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Megan Heeres: Landscapes for Later View description | Visit our Artsy page to purchase works
Landscapes for Later
Installation view
Landscapes for Later
Installation view
Landscapes for Later
Installation view
Parking Lots and Forests 1
2021
Parking Lots and Forests 2
2021
Plant Moon
2021
Keeping it Together
2020
Cottonwood Quiet
2020
Taking up Space
2020
Stop. Start. Stop. #1
2020
Stop. Start. Stop. #2
2020
Stop. Start. Stop. #3
2020
“The Rhythm of Rust”
2021
Stop. Start. Stop. #5
2020
Stop. Start. Stop. #6
2020
Stop. Start. Stop. #7
2020
Stop. Start. Stop. #8
2020
Stop. Start. Stop. #9
2020
Desert Walk #1
2020
Desert Walk #2
2020
Desert Walk #3
2020
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Megan Heeres 
The More We Get Together
Installation overview
The More We Get Together
Detail of installation in progress with participation of audience
The More We Get Together
Installation overview
The More We Get Together
Detail of installation in progress
The More We Get Together
Detail of installation in progress
The More We Get Together
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The More We Get Together
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The More We Get Together
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Megan Heeres
The More We Get Together
Installation overview
The More We Get Together
Detail of installation in progress with participation of audience
The More We Get Together
Installation overview
The More We Get Together
Detail of installation in progress
The More We Get Together
Detail of installation in progress
The More We Get Together
Detail
The More We Get Together
Detail
The More We Get Together
Detail of installation in progress |
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Megan Heeres 
In Time Between
Handmade book with stitching, ink, collage and vinyl on plywood tables
How I Go (Factories and Farewells)
2012
Reverse Rainbow
2012
Reverse Rainbow
2012
Reverse Rainbow
2012
How I Go (Factories and Farewells)
2012
How I Go (Factories and Farewells)
Detail
How I Go (Factories and Farewells)
Detail
Home.Home. Grown
Dye, handmade funnels, pump, found ladder, plywood and time
Home.Home. Grown
Dye, handmade funnels, pump, found ladder, plywood and time
Home.Home. Grown
Detail
Home.Home. Grown
Detail
Home.Home. Grown
Detail
Home.Home. Grown
Detail
In Time Between
Handmade book with stitching, ink, collage and vinyl on plywood tables
In Time Between
Handmade book with stitching, ink, collage and vinyl on plywood tables
In Time Between
Detail
In Time Between
Detail
A Lengthy Lunar
2012
A Lengthy Lunar
2012
A Lengthy Lunar
Detail
A Lengthy Lunar
Detail
Beat Blocks
Fabric, glass blocks, LED lights and sound sensor
Beat Blocks
Fabric, glass blocks, LED lights and sound sensor
Beat Blocks
Detail
Beat Blocks 4
Detail
Beat Blocks
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Megan Heeres
In Time Between
Handmade book with stitching, ink, collage and vinyl on plywood tables
How I Go (Factories and Farewells)
2012
Reverse Rainbow
2012
Reverse Rainbow
2012
Reverse Rainbow
2012
How I Go (Factories and Farewells)
2012
How I Go (Factories and Farewells)
Detail
How I Go (Factories and Farewells)
Detail
Home.Home. Grown
Dye, handmade funnels, pump, found ladder, plywood and time
Home.Home. Grown
Dye, handmade funnels, pump, found ladder, plywood and time
Home.Home. Grown
Detail
Home.Home. Grown
Detail
Home.Home. Grown
Detail
Home.Home. Grown
Detail
In Time Between
Handmade book with stitching, ink, collage and vinyl on plywood tables
In Time Between
Handmade book with stitching, ink, collage and vinyl on plywood tables
In Time Between
Detail
In Time Between
Detail
A Lengthy Lunar
2012
A Lengthy Lunar
2012
A Lengthy Lunar
Detail
A Lengthy Lunar
Detail
Beat Blocks
Fabric, glass blocks, LED lights and sound sensor
Beat Blocks
Fabric, glass blocks, LED lights and sound sensor
Beat Blocks
Detail
Beat Blocks 4
Detail
Beat Blocks
Detail |
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