Following the Stars to Freedom

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Solo Show - Following the Stars to Freedom - London District Studios April - May 2017

The London District Studios will host “Following the Stars to Freedom” an art exhibition for contemporary Art Nouveau painter Heather Shirin. The opening reception will take place on Friday April 14th, 2017 from 5 – 10 pm at London District Studios located at 8 London Rd in Asheville. The exhibition will run through Tuesday, May 9th. 10% of proceeds from art sales will go to the Human Rights Campaign. Join the Facebook Event!

Following the Stars to Freedom is an intimate experience. This is a visually stunning, passionate and inspiring body of work. There will be over 10 new works never shown before on display!

Now offering Limited Edition Prints of "Netted by the Dancer's Touch". Beautiful 20" x 24" archival print on 100% Cotton Hahnemuhle Paper, made locally in Asheville, NC. Signed by artist Heather Shirin. FREE SHIPPING on unframed Limited Edition Prints within the US. 

Dreamwork Series

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I started a new chapter in my life - the Summer of 2016. So much change is happening. I fell in love with using wood stain on my latest works and decided to name the series after the model, Danielle Miller, the talented designer who owns and operates The Royal Peasantry downtown Asheville NC. She took this photo of herself, and I transformed it into this piece "Dreamwork" as it is work to reach your dreams.

 

 

Keeping You Inside, Reception Friday Oct 3rd

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Opening at Delurk Gallery Friday, Oct 3rd 7-10pm!

Delurk Gallery presents Keeping You Inside, an exhibition of mixed media paintings by Asheville NC artist Heather Shirin. The show will run Oct 3rd through Nov 2nd, with an Opening Reception on Friday, October 3rd, from 7-10pm. Receptions take place during Winston-Salem's Gallery Hop. Gallery is located at 207 W 6th St. Winston Salem NC 27101.

Hide Away for Another Day

40 x 30 
Acrylic and Gold Leaf on Birch Panel

Heather Shirin’s paintings are quiet and reflective portraits of women with other women. The mixed media portraits, mostly large-scale, are painted on deep birch wood panels. Shirin purposely allows the natural beauty of the wood grain to shine through in the skin tones of her female figures. Various fine art papers are used to depict clothing, and elements such as gold leaf and metallic paint give the pieces a highly reflective appearance. Intricate designs add texture and depth to the works, creating modern portraits in a style that is reminiscent of Art Nouveau period pieces.

“I am interested in the relationships that women have with other women - the closeness between sisters, mothers, lovers and best friends,” Shirin says.“I capture the vulnerability, strength and romance that women share when together – using materials that define their beauty and presence…”

Shirin currently resides in Asheville, NC, where she exhibits at several art galleries and teaches Art Nouveau portraiture and mixed media art classes. She received a B.F.A. in oil painting from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and she has studied design at the Museum School of Fine Arts, Boston. Her exhibition history includes NY, MA, PA, NC and now GA. She is a juried member of the National Association of Women Artists.

Holding Tight When We Should Let Go

40 x 30 
Acrylic, 23k Gold and Silver Leaf on Birch Panel

About Heather Shirin

Shirin exhibits at several art galleries and teaches Art Nouveau portraiture and mixed media art classes. She received a B.F.A. in oil painting from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and she has studied design at the Museum School of Fine Arts, Boston. Her exhibition history includes NY, MA, PA, NC and now GA. She is a juried member of the National Association of Women Artists.

Women Painting Women Exhibit at Principle Gallery

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Women Painting Women

Tossed and Turned by Daryl Zang

Tossed and Turned by Daryl Zang

In 2009, artists Alia El-Bermani, Diane Feissel and Sadie Valeri co-founded the blog entitled Women Painting Women. The concept came out of an online discussion detailing how contemporary women artists handle the female figure as a subject. Inspired by these discussions but failing to find a comprehensive online resource cataloguing the work of such artists, the site was started as a way of highlighting underrepresented female artists actively portraying female subjects in the figurative tradition. Since then, Women Painting Women has featured, on the blog, the work of more than 340 figurative painters from around the world and has helped to organize eight exhibitions in galleries in the US and UK.  These efforts continue this year as Principle Gallery in Charleston, SC hosts the 2014 Women Painting Women Juried Exhibition.