b.1990
lives and works in Detroit, MI
mawson.heather@gmail.com

Education

2024 Ox-Bow School of Art, SoftCompositions, Saugatuck, MI
2018 MFA Sculpture, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2016             BFA Studio Art, Concentration in Sculpture and minor in Ceramics, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX.

Teaching

2023 - present Assistant Professor of Teaching, Core Studio, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
2025 Co-instructor, Soft Compositions, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
2019 - 2023 Adjunct, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
2022 - 2023 Adjunct, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
2019 Cranbrook Art Museum, Paper Making Workshop, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2018 Create Camp Instructor, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2017                             Ceramics Teaching Assistant, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen, MI
2013 – 2016               Teaching Assistant, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX

Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions

2024 Chronopolitics, Site Works, Russell Industrial Complex, Detroit, MI
2018 A War on Partying, Collaboration with Chelsea Flowers, Front Space, Kansas City, MO
2016                   Old, New, Borrowed, Blue, Glass Gallery, El Paso, TX
2015                   Impressions, Glass Gallery, El Paso, TX

Group Exhibitions

2026 Ceramics x Fiber, NCECA, Boyer Campbell Building, Detroit, MI

2025 Drawing Resistance, Woman Made Gallery, Online Exhibition
2025 Common Threads, The Bells Gallery, Dothan, AL

2024 The Artist Must Take Sides, Swords into Plowshares, Detroit, MI
2024 phone, wallet, KEYS, Coco Hunday, Tampa, FL

2023 Community Power, Swords into Plowshares, Detroit, MI
2023 Faculty Exhibition, Wayne State University Art Department Gallery, Detroit, MI
2023 Immigrant Centuries, A.I.R. Gallery, New York City, NY

2022 It’s All About the Benjamins Baby, Public Pool, Detroit, MI
2022 Roy Presents, ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, OH

2020 WSU Faculty Exhibition, Online Exhibition, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
2020 Pen Pal, Stone House Art Gallery (SHAG), Charlotte, NC
2020 Art from the Heartland, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
2020 Full House, Localhost Gallery, Online Exhibition

2019 Odd’s and Ends, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI

2018 A Hopeful Gesture, Stroboskop Art Space, Warsaw, Poland
2018 Object Permanence, Fjord Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2018 Graduate Degree Exhibition, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2018 Self Storage Space, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

2017 Shoot, Guichelaar Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2017 Faculty and Staff Exhibition, Interlochen, MI
2017                Live, Laugh, Love, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2017          Nasty Women; Binders of Them, Cave Gallery, Detroit, MI
2017         Found Object Show, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

2016                   Annual Juried UTEP Student Art Exhibition, Stanlee & Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts, El Paso, TX

2015                   UTEP Student Exhibition, Glassbox Gallery, El Paso, TX
2015                   Narratives in Clay, Glass Gallery, El Paso, TX

2014                   Same Day Delivery, Collaborative Instillation, Glass Gallery, El Paso, TX
2014                   The Top Drawer, Juried Group Show, Glassbox Gallery, El Paso, TX
2014                    Is There Wi-Fi, Pop up Gallery, Chalk the Block, El Paso, TX
2014                    Group Show Curated by Adrian Esparza, Loft Light Studio, El Paso, TX
2014                    Annual Juried UTEP Student Art Exhibition, Stanlee & Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts, El Paso, TX
2014                    Seven Paths to Creating Beauty, Crossland Gallery, El Paso, TX
2014                    All Female Art Show, Honeyguide Gallery, El Paso, TX

2013                    Annual Juried UTEP Student Art Exhibition, Stanlee & Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts, El Paso, TX

2012                    Annual Juried UTEP Student Art Exhibition, Stanlee & Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts, El Paso, TX

Service to Discipline

2025 - present                   Chair, Board Member, Swords into Plowshares, Detroit, MI
2022 - present                   Archive & Collections Committee, Swords into Plowshares, Detroit, MI

2023                   Artist Residencey Advisor, Swords into Plowshares, Detroit, MI

2022                   Volunteer, Allied Media Conference, Detroit, MI

2018                   ‍ Space Space Space: un-conference on alternative pedagogy &  self-organizing, Bloomfield Hills, MI

2014                    Panza Llena Corazon Contento, Ceramic Fundraiser, El Paso, TX