EDUCATION
2007 MFA, Photography and Media California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2004 BA, University of California, Irvine (Dean’s Honor List)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009
HITO, Sandroni Rey Container, Sandroni Rey Gallery, Los Angeles
Heather Rasmussen, Women in Photography, wipnyc.org, November, New York, NY
ship happens, Light & Wire Gallery, Los Angeles
2007
Transport, Transform, Thesis Exhibition, D300 Gallery, Cal Arts. Valencia, CA.
2006
Santas and Sailors, Lime Gallery, Cal Arts. Valencia, CA.
EXHIBITIONS
2011
Curious Silence, The Brand Library Art Gallery, Glendale, CA, Curated by Renée Martin and Heather Rasmussen (forthcoming)
2010
Outside the Project, with Workspace & RAID Projects, Curated by Jessica Minckley. (forthcoming)
2009
Sign/Co-Sign, Light & Wire Gallery at Miami Basel, Miami
Lustige Gruppenausstellung MIT Party, Gallery 533, Los Angeles, CA, Curated by Lucrecia Roa and Ulrich Wulff
Light & Wire Gallery @ Circus Gallery, Circus Gallery, Hollywood, CA
Curious Silence, SOIL, Seattle, WA, Curated by Renée Martin and Heather Rasmussen
2008
Anonymous Drawings N.9, Berlin, Germany
Disastrous: Heather Rasmussen, A Solo Show, Sea and Space Explorations, Los Angeles
Salty Dog Bites the Hand, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA. Curator Allan Sekula.
Some indispensable concepts for understanding this beautiful exhibition, The
Confederacy of Creative Ephemera, Circus Gallery, Los Angeles. Curator Jessica Minckley.
2007
Fast Forward, Brentwood Country Mart, Brentwood, CA. Curator Simon Watson.
For Ever, MFA Graduate Show, 915 Mateo, Los Angeles
>>/<<, D300 Gallery, Cal Arts. Valencia, CA.
Transport, Transform, Solo Thesis Exhibition, D300 Gallery, Cal Arts. Valencia, CA.
2006
MFA Mid-Res Show, Lime Gallery, Cal Arts. Valencia, CA.
Greater LA MFA (GLAMFA), Cal State Long Beach, Long Beach, CA.
Santas and Sailors, Solo Exhibition, Lime Gallery, Cal Arts. Valencia, CA.
2005
The Territorial Imagination, L-shape Gallery, Cal Arts. Valencia, CA.
2004
Open Show 2004, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, Curator James Elaine, Hammer.
or , Banning Community Center, Wilmington, CA.
Undergraduate Select Exhibition, UC Irvine. Irvine, CA.
Unhand me Ruffian, Senior Group Exhibition, UC Irvine. Irvine, CA.
Callow v.2, undergraduate select, UC Irvine. Irvine, CA.
Callow v.1, undergraduate select, UC Irvine. Irvine, CA.
PUBLICATIONS
Schmidt, Petra, Unfolded, Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel, September 2009, p.130-131 + cover
Artist editioned catalog, Heather Rasmussen: ship happens, Los Angeles, March 2009
Exhibition catalog, Anonymous Drawings N.9, Blutenweiss, Berlin, Germany, December 2008
WEB PRESS
Gallery 533 Studio Report: http://www.fivethirtythree.org/index.php?/studio-report/heather-rasmussen/
Artforum Diary: http://www.artforum.com/diary/id=23643
Iheartphotograph: http://iheartphotograph.blogspot.com/2008/09/heather-rasmussen.html
Facimilie Magazine: http://www.facsimilemagazine.com/2007/05/index.html#heather
Broowaha blog: http://newyork.broowaha.com/article.php?id=1458
Awol blog: http://awolanarch.blogspot.com/2007/07/shlep-and-scrimmage-fashion-and.html