In addition to working on independent projects and commissions,
Heather is a Cryptic Artist. Cryptic is a Glasgow based internationally-
renowned producing art house, presenting today's most imaginative,
innovative artists whilst also nurturing the creative talent of tomorrow.
Education:
2013 - 2015 Master of Fine Art at the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland. Master of Fine Art,
1st class with distinction
1997-1999 Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland. B.A. (Hons) Fine Art Drawing and Painting
Awards & Residencies:
2020 October - le Cargo residency with Interstices, Caen, France with Alex Augier
2020 Hope Scott Trust grant
CANCELLED due to Covid 19 -: 2020 La Muse en Circuit Residency – Alfortville, France with Alex Augier
2020 Cove Park Residency
2019 Cove Park Residency, Cryptic
2018 Cove Park Residency, Cryptic
2017 British Council Residency, Makassar, Indonesia. Tanahindie Studios
2017 Cryptic : Cove Park Residency, Scotland
2016 Creative Scotland, Open Project Funding, with Simon Harlow
2016 Cryptic : Cove Park Residency, Scotland
2015 Bram Stoker Award, Glasgow School of Art, MFA Degree Show
2013 & 2014 Hope Scott Trust Scholarship
2012 Glasgow Life Visual Arts Grant
Exhibitions:
09/2020 - Mutek with Amplify Digital Arts Initiative
CANCELLED due to Covid 19 - 08/2020 Scotland - Primordial Waters // Thu 21 - Sun 24 May // The Scottish Maritime Museum, Irvine
CANCELLED due to Covid 19 - 04/2020 Montreal - Nearer Future // Fri 17 April // Printemps écossais, Place des Arts, Montréal
Rescheduled due to Covid 19 - 05/2020 Scotland - Primordial Waters // Thu 21 - Sun 24 May // The Scottish Maritime Museum, Irvine
Postponed due to Covid 19 - 06/2020 Ukraine - Construction Festival. Dnipro, Ukraine Nearer Future & Primordial Waters // Thu 4 - Sun 7 June // Center for Contemporary Culture
CANCELLED due to Covid 19 - 10/2020 Recurrence with Alex Augier PREMIERE- Sonica London, Kings Place – London, UK
CANCELLED due to Covid 19 - 10/2020 Primordial Waters with Alex Smoke - Sonica London, Kings Place - London, UK
10/2019 Primordial Waters, Sonica 2019, Tramway Glasgow. with Alex Smoke
10/2019 Do Not Disturb | The Permanence of Fragility, Below the Blanket, Sonica 2019. Tramway, Glasgow.
9/2019 Breaking Reverie, Sheffield, England. Sensoria Festival
07/2019 Do Not Disturb | The Permanence of Fragility, Below the Blanket, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
9/2018 Breaking Reverie, Dumfries: DMC Launch, the stove network
02/2018 Nearer Future at Sonica, London. King's Place. A Cryptic commission
11/2017 The Imperfection of Memory, a collaborative work with Colin Broom, played live by Maxwell Quartet
Commissioned by Enterprise Music Scotland
10/2017 Nearer Future, Sonica, Cryptic. Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow
08/2017 Nearer Future, Edinburgh Art Fair. Cryptic/Sonica & the Institut François Écosse
02/2017 Spectra Festival of Light, Aberdeen
06/2016 Hidden Door Festival, Edinburgh
04/2016 Cryptic Nights, in association with Cove Park. CCA, Glasgow
04/2016 Glasgow International, The Briggait, Glasgow. with Simon Harlow
11/2015 Pluck Projects, University College Cork, Ireland
06/2015 Glasgow School of Art Degree Show, Glue Factory, Glasgow
05/2014 Glasgow School of Art MFA Interim Show
04/2014 Group MFA Show, Old Hairdresser's Glasgow
11/2013 Bring Your Own Beamer, Whisky Bond, Glasgow
11/2012 Solo exhibition, New Work: Heather Lander, Platform, The Bridge, Easterhouse
06/2011 The Queen is Dead, Glasgow School of Art
03/2011 The Chalet at the Collins Gallery, Glasgow
Reviews, texts & talks:
11/2019 Sonica Talk: Everyday Objects, Magic and AlchemyThe Lighthouse
11/2019 Review of Primordial Waters, Sonica. The Fountain.
11/2018 Gallina Walls - Breaking Reverie in Dumfries
11/2017 The Scotsman, Sonica review featuring Nearer Future
08/2017 INSPIRING ART EXHIBITIONS AT THE EDINBURGH ART FESTIVAL
09/2017 Katherine Aly - Nearer Future review
08/2017 The Sunday Herald, Jan Patience. Nearer Future
04/2016 Cusp Magazine, review Materials and Duration 1.2
04/2016 Plato's Cave in the CCA. Interview, Gareth Vile, Subcity radio. Cryptic Nights
03/2016 The List, Cryptic Nights
11/2015 Pluck Projects, New Work from Glasgow
09/2015 Glasgow City Arts
07/2015 MFA Degree Show Review
A bit about my practice:
Our perception of our physical reality, and how phenomena such as illusions and technology can alter this, has been the focus of my artistic practice for some time. How we recognise and keep hold of realty in a world that is working towards complete virtual immersion is the question my work investigates. The nature of, and the relations between, magic, illusion, reality and the virtual are central to my practice and my thought processes in the studio. The idea of the physical versus the virtual drives my studio practice as the need to understand the differences, and similarities, between these is a constant objective.
I’m interested in how humans in our technological age continue to respond to our physical landscape and my practice looks at how we perceive this reality in a world centred around illusionistic systems. This idea has come to increasingly integrate the recognition and appreciation of the landscape, and our relationship to the natural world. I want the work to instigate thoughts about the importance in not losing sight of our responsibilities to protect our environment and all that inhabit it.
I have been creating three dimensional video installations in collaboration with different sound artists for the past five years. In addition to creating the video, an important part of this work is the manipulation and recreation of the idea of the screen - finding new ways to build sculptural projection surfaces that can be viewed from multiple angles. Using materials such as glass, mirror, acrylic, smart film, mist, water and more, I create the sculpture which is specifically designed to be projected onto and create an illusion with the moving image and light. The video I create is specific to that particular sculpture, and together they give the audience a room saturated by the installation, which they can move about in and see multiple visual perspectives of the work.