I am a transdisciplinary artist exploring interconnection, transformation, and the beauty of the unexpected. My process is inherently fluid and intersectional, often blurring the lines between traditional and digital art. I work with and often combine oil and acrylic paint, collage, found object sculpture, circuit-bent photography, animation, code, software, Generative AI, and extended reality. By reimagining traditional forms through experimental techniques, I create works that challenge conventions and reveal unseen connections.
Experimentation and discovery is central to my process. When working digitally, I often treat images and paintings as my palette. I layer, smear, and introduce technological errors (glitches) to animate my static work and craft dynamic interactions between the physical and virtual. Exploring new possibilities and taking risks like this results in a dynamic and ever-evolving body of work that often reveals parallels between nature and technology.
In works like Hope in Action, I merge physical and digital elements to create a visual narrative of holding the collective heart of the World. Through creations like this, I strive to inspire curiosity, resilience, and reflection, highlighting the infinite possibilities that emerge when we embrace the interplay of the traditional and ancestral with innovation and vision.
Artist Statement
About the Artist
Heather Timm is an internationally exhibited transdisciplinary artist based in Seattle. A lifelong artist, Heather took a two-decade hiatus to raise her children and support her family by working in the technology sector. She returned to her traditional art practice during the covid lockdown and it was then that her traditional art practice and technology know-how collided. In 2022, she left her role as a Chief Product Officer to pursue her art practice full-time. Since returning to her practice, she has achieved significant milestones, with her work showcased in galleries and events across five continents.
In 2024, Heather was selected by the United Nations to be showcased at The Summit of the Future and to have her art support the UN Sustainable Development Goals Action Campaign. She is a HUG 100 Photographers to Watch, a prestigious list spotlighting exceptional photographers shaping the future of art and creativity. The list was curated by National Geographic award-winning photographers John Knopf and Michael Yamashita. She was also chosen by Accelerate Art to join their 8th Cohort of Emerging Artists, highlighting artists using blockchain technology, with a showcase in Paris.
Heather's work has been featured at the immersive Lume Studio in New York City. She has spoken on the intersection of AI and the creative process at various venues, including NYU, Internet Archives, Chamber of Progress, and Creative Commons. Her recognition includes being selected from an open call by NFT Now as a Next Up Artist at Art Basel Miami 2023.
Her exhibitions span globally, with notable showcases in Paris, New York, Chicago, Miami, Seattle, Prague, Budapest, Bali, Melbourne, Lisbon, Seoul, Barcelona, Taipei City, Groningen, São Paulo, and Zagreb. She has exhibited at esteemed institutions and galleries such as the United Nations Summit of the Future (NYC), UN SDG Action Awards (Rome), University of Chicago's Media Arts Data & Design (MADD) Center, Grand Palais Éphémère (Paris), IHAM Gallery (Paris), OSHI Gallery (Melbourne), Crypt Gallery (New York), Lume Studio (New York), <imnotArt> (Chicago), Pavilion Carlos Lopes (Lisbon), Weple Gallery (Seoul), MaMa Multimedia Institute (Zagreb), AMPERSAND Studio (Miami), SLS South Beach (Miami), Faena Forum (Miami), and CASA NUA (São Paulo).