Heather Palecek
Three Bridges, NJ
heather.palecek@gmail.com
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Education
2008 BA in Photography and Fine Arts Education, Montclair State University, NJ
Accolades
2022 Honorable Mention and Purchase Award, Mercer County Photography Juried Exhibit
2021 Honorable Mention, Layered Light Juried Exhibit
2021 Guest on The Real Photo Show Podcast
2019 Guest on The Lensless Podcast, Episode 79
2019 Jurors Choice Award, Mercer County Photography Juried Exhibit
2018 3rd Place Best in Show, Lovely as a Tree Juried Exhibit
2018 Runner Up Best Photography in Show, Ellarslie Open 35 Juried Exhibit
2017 Honorable Mention, Mercer County Photography Juried Exhibit
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2023 Squash ‘Em!, Unbound Visual Arts Arthaus Gallery, Boston, MA (solo)
2022 Squash ‘Em!, Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT (solo)
2022 Exhibition of Cyanotypes, Well Design, Mendham, NJ (duo)
2021 Still Resisting [Convenience], Romano Gallery, Blairstown, NJ (solo)
2021 Resist Convenience, JKC Gallery, Trenton, NJ (solo)
2019 August First Fridays, Base Camp, Trenton, NJ (duo)
2014 Tales of the Trail, Love Life Gallery, Warwick, NY (solo)
Select Juried and Curated Group Exhibitions
2024 Visible Traces, The Hutchins Gallery, Lawrenceville, NJ
2024 Time and Space, Unique Photo, Philadelphia, PA
2024 This is Photography, Unique Photo, Philadelphia, PA
Jurors: Jason Chen and Katie Tackman
2023 The Art of Handmade Photography, Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro, VT
Juror: Dale Rio
2023 A Pinelands Portrait: Art of the Pine Barrens, Stockton University Art Gallery, Galloway, NJ
Curated by Kate Ogden and Ryann Casey
2023 Luminous Elsewheres, Westbeth Gallery, NYC, NY
Curated by Karen Fitzgerald, Deborah Barlow, and Alison Cuomo
2023 Muestra Internacional Fotografía Estenopeica, El Portal Teatro Cultural Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Curated by Ruth Rodriguez
2023 Traces, The Gallery Space, Rahway, NJ
Curated by Lawrence Cappiello
2023 NJ Pinhole Club Member Exhibit, Unique Photo, Philadelphia, PA
2022 Mercer County Photography, Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ
Juror: Amie Potsic (Honorable mention and Purchase award)
2022 Lux et Libera: Philly Edition, The Halide Project, Philadelphia, PA
Curated by Dale Rio
2022 Spliced Connections, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Jamaica, NYC, NY
Curated by Juan Hinojosa
2022 Divine Feminine, Passage Theater, Trenton, NJ
Curated by Lank
2022 Muestra Internacional Fotografia Estenopeica, exhibited at FotoMaiz in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, and Centro de Investigacion Fotografia “La
Luz” in Monterey, Mexico
Curated by Ruth Rodriguez
2022 Pinhole Exhibition, The Halide Project, Philadelphia, PA
2022 100% Plant Based, Trenton Social, Trenton, NJ
2022 XIII Semana de la Fotografia Estenopeica, Oaxaca, Mexico
2022 Scene 2, Passage Theater, Trenton, NJ
2021 Layered Light: Contemporary Pinhole Photography, Light Art Space Gallery, Silver City, NM (juried)
2021 215/610 CONTEMPORARY, The Gallery at DCCC, PA (juried)
2021 Covid-Topia, Artworks, Trenton, NJ
2021 Memories in Artifacts, Analog Forever Magazine, online
2020 Everything is Different Now, Stay Home Gallery, Paris, TN
2020 50 years of Inspiration and Impact, George Segal Gallery, Montclair, NJ
2019 December First Fridays, Base Camp, Trenton, NJ
2019 December First Fridays, The Mill Hill, Trenton, NJ
2019 Mercer County Photography, Silva Gallery of Art, Pennington, NJ (juried)
2019 Art All Day, The Mill Hill, Trenton, NJ (Featured Artist for Trenton Photo Club)
2019 Ellarslie Open 36, Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ (juried)
2019 X Semana de la Fotografia Estenopeica, Oaxaca, Mexico
2018 Lovely as a Tree, D&R Greenway Land Trust, Princeton, NJ (juried)
2018 Ellarslie Open 35, Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ (juried)
2018 Kind Creatives, Cathedral Hall, Jersey City, NJ
2017 Mercer County Photography, Silva Gallery of Art, Pennington, NJ (juried)
Teaching Experience
2010-present Full Time Photography Teacher, Montgomery High School, NJ
2021-present I teach a variety of analog photography workshops at The Halide Project, Philadelphia, PA
2022 “Beyond Pinhole”, Pinhole Photography Class, Experimental Photography Festival, Spain
2021 Pinhole Photography Workshop, Unique Photo, Philadelphia, PA
2021 Intro to Solargraphy Workshop, Sponsored by Isles, inc., Trenton, NJ
2019 Solargraphy Workshop with “STEM for girls”, Randolph Middle School, NJ