Gene Simmons. Paul Stanley. Ace Frehley. Eric Singer. The members of KISS appear frequently in Heather Copus’ densely layered work.
Jon Baker. Frank Poncherello. Sergeant Joseph Getraer. Captain. Benjamin Pierce. Trapper John McIntire. Major Margaret Houlihan. The character from classic 70s dramadies, like CHiPs and M*A*S*H also make appearances in her text-based works.
Heather’s work walks the tightrope between obsessive fandom and the exploration of the meaning hidden within popular culture’s idioms.
// Heather’s available work //
exhibition history
Into the Brightness: Artists from Creativity Explored, Creative Growth & NIAD // Oakland Museum of California // May 2023
Empty Kind Of Full, organized by Tara Neuffer // NIAD Online Exhibition // May 2023
Search Engine organized by Diego Leclery // NIAD Online Exhibition // January 2023
Subtle Sweetness organized by Jamie Walsh // NIAD Online Exhibition // January 2023
NIAD is for music lovers organized by Xiomara Rosales // NIAD Online Exhibition // December 2022
NIAD Ink: 35 Years of Prints organized by Andrés Cisneros-Galindo // Online Exhibition // December 2022
What’s Cookin’?! ,organized by Terri Moore // NIAD Gallery Exhibition // November 2022
Feeling Language, organized by Kate Laster // NIAD Gallery Exhibition // October 2022
Quiet, organized by Matthew Pawlowski // NIAD Online Exhibition // April 2022
Can’t Be Shook, organized by Alex Gartelmann // NIAD Online Exhibition // April 2022
DESIRE DESIRE, organized by Diego Leclery // NIAD Online Exhibition // April 2022
Superbloom, organized by Erin McCluskey Wheeler // NIAD Gallery Exhibition // April 2022
Mini Mural Gallery // SFMOMA // August 2021
Every Sing, organized by Jesse Malmed // NIAD Online Exhibition // July 2021
Draw Your Letters, organized by Danny Floyd // NIAD Online Exhibition // February 2021
SPEED, organized by Patrick Reed // NIAD Online Exhibition // January 2021
Watch TV With Me, organized by Zach Ozma // NIAD Online Exhibition // September 2020
Let’s Do The Time Warp Again, organized by Boyang Hou // NIAD Online Exhibition // September 2020
Holiday Gift Guide #5, organized by Dawline-Jane Oni-Eseleh // NIAD Online Exhibition // December 2021
Force Fields and Atmospheres, organized by Matthew Pawlowsi // NIAD Online Exhibition // October 2019
One Of These Things Twice // organized by Margaret Tedesco NIAD Art Center 2019
L’Amérique N’Existe Pas // organized by Matthieu Morin Art Et Marges Museum Brussels 2019
Hailing From Parts Unknown // organized By Curtis Turner May 2019
The Genre Leaps // organized by Margaret Tedesco NIAD Art Center 2018
The Fourth Dimension, organized by Marja Galpin van der Loo // NIAD Art Center 2017
Handbills // NIAD Art Center 2017
The Letraset Drawings // NIAD Art Center 2017
Fiction v. 2 // NIAD Art Center, Yali’s Cafe Stanley Hall Berkeley; Raygun Projects Australia; Ox-Bow School of Art Michigan June 2017
Creature Feature // organized by John Casey NIAD Art Center 2017
Shantae Robinson + Heather Copus // NIAD Art Center 2016
Rock And Roll Over Again: The KISS Drawings of Heather Copus // NIAD Art Center 2015
Telling It Slant // organized by Courtney Eldridge Richmond Art Center 2015
City In Motion // NIAD Art Center 2014
press
Making Handmade Books Blog: Telling It Slant (2015, July)
San Francisco Chronicle: “City In Motion”: NIAD Artists Create Urban Environment (2014, May)