Education
2020 Master of Fine Arts, Printmaking, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
Certificate in Collegiate Teaching
2013 Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania
2012 Certificate in Printmaking, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA)
Residencies
2023 Artist in Residence, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
Artist in Residence, Directangle Press, Bethlehem, NH
2021 Resident Artist, Dear Artists With Anxiety (DAWA), Virtual
2018 Apprentice, The Fabric Workshop & Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Artist in Residence, Art Splash Family Studio, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2016 Artist in Residence, Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, Otis, OR
Artist in Residence, Art in the Open, Philadelphia, PA
2015 Fob Fellow, Second State Press, Philadelphia, PA
2014 Fob Holder, Second State Press, Philadelphia, PA
Curatorial Experience
2023 Re-Imagining Conservation: From the Ground Up, Swale House, Governors Island, NY
Re-Imagining Conservation: From Many Viewpoints, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole, WY
2022 Re-Examining Conservation: Questions at the Intersection of the Arts & Sciences, Cohen & Atrium Galleries, Brown University, Providence, RI
2019 Land // Fill // Land, Gelman Gallery, RISD Museum, Providence, RI
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Providence Community Herbarium, The Wurks, Providence, RI
2023 Quadrats of Growth, Overlap Gallery, Newport, RI
Prints & Quilts by Heather McMordie, Block Island International Airport, Block Island, RI
2019 Patterns Belowground // Patterns Aboveground, University City Arts League, Philadelphia, PA
Select Group Exhibitions
2024 Blue, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
2023 People and the Planet, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC
2022 The Newport Biennial, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
Works on Paper, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Long Beach Island, NJ
Infinity on the Horizon, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA
2021 Submergence: Below the Surface with Orca & Salmon, Jack Straw Cultural Center, Seattle, WA
Urban Wildlife: Learning to Co-Exist, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole, WY
2020 Graduate Thesis Exhibit, RISD Museum, Providence, RI
A Friend for the End, Paperback Gallery, Warren, RI
Flourish, Brooke Lanier Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
Up, Over, and Through, Cerulean Arts Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2019 Land // Fill // Land, Gelman Gallery, RISD Museum, Providence, RI
Small World, ArtSpace 1241, Philadelphia, PA
Grad Print Biennial, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI
2018 77th Annual Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Woodmere, PA
Art in the Open: Selections from 2010 - 2018, City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
In, Around and Through: Navigating Spaces, NoBA Art Space, Bala Cynwyd, PA
2017 A Starling in Shadow, Cerulean Arts Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Making in Place, Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Philadelphia, PA
Spatial Relations, River Street Gallery, New Haven, CT
Small Sculpture, City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
2016 All You Need Is Paper, ArtSpace 1241, Philadelphia, PA
Light, Shadow, & Time, Old Print Gallery, New York, NY
2015 A Print in Time, City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Daybreak, WP Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Artists in the Garden, PAFA at Morris Arboretum, Morris Arboretum, Philadelphia, PA
2014 International Juried Exhibition, New Ground Print Workshop & Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Traditions of Excellence, Governor's Residence, Harrisburg, PA
2013 Contemporary Printmaking, Old Print Gallery, Washington, DC
Distant Voices, Washington Printmakers Gallery, Silver Spring, MD
72nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Woodmere, PA
2012 111th Annual Student Exhibition, PAFA Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2nd National Exhibition of Intaglio Prints, National Arts Club, New York, NY
2011 110th Annual Student Exhibition, PAFA Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2010 National Small Works Exhibit, Washington Printmakers Gallery, Silver Spring, MD
Teaching Experience
2020 - Present
Adjunct Lecturer, Visual Art Department: Brown University, Providence, RI
2023 Adjunct Lecturer, Arts & Creative Industries: Bryant University, Smithfield, RI
2022 - 2023
Critic, RISD Printmaking, Providence, RI
2020 Instructor of Record, Printmaking Department: RISD, Providence, RI
Presentations & Publications
Crosby, Colyer. “Stitch & Stay Awhile: Heather McMordie”. 5 December 2022. Providence Arts & Letters. https://pcgalleries.providence.edu/pal/stitch-and-stay-a-while/
McMordie, Heather. "Marsh Senses". October 2020. Presented in Discussion: Symbiogenesis at the 5th Annual Urban Soils Symposium hosted virtually by the NYC Urban Soils Institute; RUDN University, Moscow, RU; and TreePeople LA.
McMordie, Heather and Peter Stempel, “"Returning the artist to the field: Utilizing printmaking’s multiplicity, mediation and materiality for enhanced science communication". Interalia Magazine. July 2020. https://www.interaliamag.org/articles/heather-mcmordie-and-peter-stempel-returning-the-artist-to-the-field-utilizing-printmakings-multiplicity-mediation-and-materiality-for-enhanced-science-communication/
“RISD Thesis Show Digital Publication”. June 2020. https://publications.risdmuseum.org/risd-grad-show-2020-printmaking/heather-mcmordie
Awards & Grants
2024 RISCA Make Art Grant, Providence, RI
Salomon Curricular Mini-Grant: Brown University, Providence, RI
2023 Interlace Project Fund: Providence, RI
2020 Interlace Fund: Providence, RI
West Bay Foundation Materials Award: RISD, Providence, RI
Salomon Curricular Mini-Grant: Brown University, Providence, RI
2019 Grad Commons Grant: RISD, Providence, RI
2013 Stella Drabkin Memorial Award: American Color Print Society, Philadelphia, PA
2012 The Print Center Prize: PAFA, Philadelphia, PA
2011 Wickersham Purchase Prize for Lithography: PAFA, Philadelphia, PA
Huldah Bender Kerner Scholarship: PAFA, Philadelphia, PA
Collections
Anthropologie Clothing Stores
Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA), Patron Print, Philadelphia, PA
PAFA Print Department, Philadelphia, PA
Second State Press, Philadelphia, PA