Heidi Fowler's assemblages and collages are all constructions within a series she has entitles "Detrimorphose." These works examine the power of brokeness and redemption. Each piece gives new life to that which has been cast aside. Her artwork combines everyday objects such as plastics, junk mail, plastic grocery bags, old computer parts with traditional art materials.
Simultaneously, her work explores the tension between the beauty of creation and the priorities of man. She hopes to inspire a greater consciousness and creativity towards what can be reused, repurposed and upcycled.
Fowler is a recipient of the 2009-2010 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship Grant, was awarded second place in the 2009 Bethesda Painting Awards and received the 2007 Franz and Virginia Bader Fund Grant. Her work has been included in a wide variety of private, corporate and public collections including the University of Virginia, DC ArtBank, and Dominion Resources.
She has had solo exhibitions at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art in Virginia Beach, VA; Greater Reston Arts Center in Reston, VA and Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA. Her artwork has been exhibited in numerous venues including the US Embassy Kyiv, Ukraine, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA; American University Museum at Katzen Arts Museum, Washington, DC, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C.; Riddenhof Martin Gallery, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA; North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC; McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA and the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA. Heidi Fowler currently lives and works in Manassas, VA.