Heather Kehoe

BIOGRAPHY

Heather Kehoe is a multidisciplinary research-based artist. Her current practice is centred around using embroidery as a research method and rhetorical device. Her work recalls embroidery’s complex legacy as a tool used to train women in the Western feminine ideal, as well as it’s more recent re-deployment in feminist art spheres and DIY culture. Heather graduated from the University of Calgary with a BFA Honours in Visual Studies. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and institutions throughout Alberta, including Arts Commons, cSpace King Edward, Calgary Central Library, the Alberta Craft Council, and Casa. She is currently based out of Lethbridge.