Archipielago, 2000, oil, alkyd/c, 48" x 48"

Heidi Pollard lives and paints in downtown Newark, New Jersey. She grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan and spent formative years sculpting and learning to paint in Vemont and New Mexico. She studied sculpture at the University of Michigan School of Art, Ann Arbor, and painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia.

Pollard has exhibited her paintings in venues across the United States, including: Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia; The Albuquerque Art Museum ; AS 220, Providence, RI; The Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque; and New Mexico State University . Her awards include a New Jersey State Council on the Arts Painting Fellowship, an Aljira Emerge Fellowship 2002 , residencies at Headlands Center for the Arts, the Ragdale Foundation, the Ucross Foundation and the Vermont Studio Center.

As a painter, Pollard is interested in the meaning that arises from the overlap of optically received information with the images, smells and sounds simultaneously brought to mind by words. Along with her diverse approaches to handling paint, Pollard's frictional explorations present confrontations and reconciliations, which are humorous, poignant and complex.