Heather Day is an artist based in California.

Headspace 

56'' X 72'', ACRYLIC, spray paint, and charcoal ON canvas, 2017

ON VIEW AT HASHIMOTO CONTEMPORARY IN SAN FRANCISCO

 

UICA

A MURAL CREATED FOR the urban institute for contemporary art in Grand Rapids, mi

 

JOURNAL

 
Full house last night for my talk with Eben Benson, managing editor @juxtapozmag. Thank you everyone for joining us and for your thoughtful questions. If you missed the talk, you can still watch it @juxtapozmag’s IG stories. @hashimotocontemporary @total_kook_reloaded 📷 @chase.mcbride
My painting “Sing” left the studio today for an exhibition @massmoca. I was invited to play a game of Telephone with a group of remote artists, passing along our respective works anonymously. It all started when curator, Sally Taylor (daughter of James Taylor and Carly Simon) began exploring what dyslexia meant to her and her family. She was ultimately seeking an alternative language through which to create. Like me, Sally’s family found it through art. I was blindly given a poem made by musician, Ben Taylor and asked to interpret the writing. My work was then passed on to another artist, and so on. The work will be on view at the museum through the summer.
A quiet morning alone with my work.
Tomorrow evening @hashimotocontemporary is hosting a gallery talk between me and @juxtapozmag’s senior editor, Eben Benson. We hope you’ll join us! / This event is free and open to the public. Juxtapoz Magazine will also be sharing the conversation live on Instagram. 7:30 pm PST at Hashimoto Contemporary in San Francisco. Link in bio for more info.
@redhongyi came by the studio for a visit and we ended up talking for hours. It was really eye opening to compare our studio practice. Hongyi is working primarily with tea leaves and with my work being mostly acrylic, there’s still quite a bit of overlap with our large scale installations and strenuous process. Be sure to check out her new commission at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco.
I decided not to paint on this short trip to the coast. Instead I brought my sketchbook with me and used it like a view finder- searching for relationships between the work I’ve created and places I’ve been. The wind kind of dictated this composition. / Thanks @tinyatlasquarterly for the fun camping trip.
When I was 16 I dreamt of being a color expert. That one day, I’d know the recipe to any color in the world. Kind of cool to feel like I’m getting closer. Studying color has taught me more about myself and the relationships around me than I ever imagined.