I am incredibly honored to say I’m a 2023 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Digital/Electronic Arts! I'm so happy to be among this amazing group and to be part of a program that has supported artists of all disciplines across New York State for 38 years. Thank you New York Foundation for the Arts! Full details at nyfa.org/blog. … [Read more...]
Wave Farm Board Appointment
I'm honored to be serving on Wave Farm's board beginning on July 1, 2023! Wave Farm's mission: Wave Farm is an international transmission arts organization driven by experimentation with the electromagnetic spectrum. We cultivate creative practices in radio and support artists and nonprofits in their cultural endeavors. Based in New York’s Upper Hudson Valley, Wave Farm … [Read more...]
Far Sighted at The Shirley Project Space, Brooklyn, NY, June 15 – Sept 10, 2023
Far Sighted is an exhibition by interdisciplinary artist and science enthusiast, Heidi Neilson. Neilson has a nuanced way of investigating our relationship with satellites through her art practice. The conceptually-driven artworks pull the viewer into the world of satellites with intelligence, beauty and understated humor. Far Sighted shows us satellites as compelling machines … [Read more...]
SUVI SUNS Pratt Institute Foundation Lab Art+Science Visiting Artist Exhibition
HEIDI NEILSON: SUVI SUNS Foundation Lab Art+Science Visiting Artist Exhibition March 9 - May 9, 2023 Heidi Neilson's window installation and new riso edition SUVI SUNS launches in the Foundations Lab, 401 Main Building. This exhibition is the culmination of Heidi's workshop and talk as Lab visiting artist in Fall 2022. Join us to celebrate, and take home a beautiful print … [Read more...]
Here GOES Radiotelescope
Here GOES Radiotelescope, 2020. Heidi Neilson & Harry Dove-Robinson. Satellite dish with sculptural seating, electronics, software. On long-term view at Wave Farm, Acra NY. Here GOES Radiotelescope is an artist-run DIY ground station receiving the satellite GOES-16's faint, data-dense GRB transmission, and is one of only about 15 independent civilian stations to do so. … [Read more...]