February 22, 2025
From Galleri Urbane:
“Galleri Urbane is pleased to announce our first pop up exhibition for 2025, an ongoing initiative to curate exhibitions in a flexible way, introduce new and emerging artists, and cull from the gallery archives to highlight work from represented artists – allowing for dynamic curatorial conversations. Dallas Artist Makenzie Heinemann kicks off the year with her first solo show at Galleri Urbane, ‘still, slow air’. Heinemann was first introduced to Dallas in our 2024 group show, ‘nature is what we see’.
In ‘still, slow air,’ Heinemann incorporates fiber paste onto wood panels, wherein thick layers of texture oscillate. These small scale scenes have a sense of relief, investigating a variety of scenes – fantastical, mundane; exploring the curiousness of nature. “The main inspiration for my work is in landscape, responding to the colors, composition, and the uniquely special aspects of the reference images I use,” says Heinemann.
Following her 2022 MFA show at Florida State University, Heinemann’s work was mainly focused on large raw canvas works, where water, acrylic, and ink were incorporated into multiplying layers. “My large, raw canvas paintings have been likened to animal hides for the way the images appear to come from within their surfaces,” says Heinemann. “Painting on canvas started to feel boring, and the fiber paintings allowed me to work on a surface that offered more challenge.”
Her subject matter shifts between abstraction and representational scenes of quiet moments found in nature, exploring moments of naturalism and instinctual aestheticism. Although her work often is inspired by art historical reference, it remains not strictly representational, “I’m not thinking about meaning when I create the work; I’m searching for the mysterious magnetism I feel in each scene,” says Heinemann.
Makenzie Heinemann is an Arizona-born, Dallas-based visual artist. She completed her MFA in Studio Art at Florida State University and BFA in Painting at Arizona State University. Her work consists of large paintings on raw canvas and smaller works on paper and paper fibers. Recently Heinemann mounted a solo exhibition at Arts Fort Worth. Following her MFA, she participated in the 33oc residency in Toffia, Italy and presented a solo exhibition at the Blue Heron Nature Preserve in Atlanta. In 2017 she won the Eric Fischl Vanguard Award at Phoenix College. Her painting The High Road was selected by guest curator Njideka Akunyili Crosby. Heinemann currently teaches foundational art courses and maintains a studio practice in Junius Heights.”
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