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Rae Heller was born and raised in West Windsor, NJ and currently lives in Brattleboro, VT. Rae graduated from Simmons College with a BA in Arts Administration and Art. Whether on canvas, quilts, or ceramic tiles, Heller’s work focuses on pattern, play, and process. Heller hopes to create work with sustainability in mind, whether masking tape, or scrap fabrics, all by-products of the art making process become new ways to create. The balance of precision and play is a constant. When not making art, Heller works as an American Sign Language Interpreter, plays canasta and other team sports, and gardens.

You can find Rae's quilted wares at The Joinery in Shelbourne Falls, MA.

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Education

2013 Northern Essex Community College, Certificate in Deaf Studies: ASL Interpreting, Haverhill, MA

2011 Simmons College, Bachelor of Arts, Summa Cum Laude, Double Major Art and Arts Administration, Minor in Cinema and Media Studies, Boston, MA

Residencies

2024 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

Group Exhibitions

2023 The Quilt Show, Looky Here Gallery, Greenfield, MA

2022 Wearable Art: An Exhibition in Celebration of Mika Hornyak, Brookline Arts Center, Brookline, MA

2010 Boston University PRC Exhibition, Boston, MA

2008 The Streets, Juried group exhibition at the Kingston Gallery, Simmons Student Curated Show, Boston, MA

Solo Exhibitions

2019 Untitled, Focus Real Estate, Jamaica Plain, MA

2018 Untitled, JP Centre Yoga Studio, Jamaica Plain, MA

Art Markets

2023 Vermont Craft Council Open Studio Tour, Brattleboro, VT

2022+2021 Jamaica Plain Open Studios, Jamaica Plain, MA

2011 SoWa Market, Boston, MA

Institutional Collections

2011 Roma, Mixed media on paper, Simmons College, President’s Collection, Boston, MA

Awards

2011 Nominee, Julia Myerson Trustman Fellowship, Boston, MA