ARIZONA ARTIST NOMINEE
Heather Green
Heather Green’s book-based installations come from intensive, deeply researched, collaborative, multiyear projects working with scientists, scholars and community members. Her stories are focused on a small headland in the Gulf of California in Sonora, Mexico, where her Tucson-based family has had a cabin throughout her life. The headland has the third-largest tidal range in North America and is a sparsely populated wetland complex, which is gradually showing the impact of human encroachment and climate change. A starting point for many of Green’s projects is her fascination with tides, which enable fleeting traces of human and animal activity which get washed away with each cycle. Tidal Timespace, the newest work, features an accordion book of photographs taken every three minutes from the same spot in the shallows capturing this magical natural phenomenon, The book is paired with small plaster casts of the mudflats at low tide which capture the patterns inscribed by animals and sculpted by the movement of water and tides. Green has a spectacular affinity for materials and pairs her letterpress, relief and inkjet printed books with other elements to build out the story. Often there are additional books in the installation, some bilingual, which visitors can handle and go deeper into scientific and cultural archives, quirky stories and hard data. Green’s installations focus on the specifics of the site in order to recreate the experience of it.
Website: HeatherGreen-Art.com
Heather Green speaks at WOMEN TO WATCH 2027 MEET THE ARTISTS EVENT January 21, 2026 | Phoenix Art Museum
An art installation featuring multiple small, round mirrors with clock faces on a white wall, with a white display case holding scrolls or rolled items in the foreground and three metallic pendant lights hanging from the ceiling.
Four glass tanks with metal frames containing various samples of rock and mineral deposits on display in an art gallery or museum.
A scientific display case with a cylindrical object that appears to be a lunar or planetary sample, covered in dust and surrounded by a transparent glass or plastic housing with metal framing, set on a white pedestal in a museum exhibit.
A vintage round mirror with a tarnished metal frame mounted on a wall, reflecting some text.
Empty art gallery room with a long wall featuring a horizontal line of faint sketches or prints, several wall-mounted shelves with open books, and a table with an open book on it. Soft ceiling lights illuminate the room.
Exhibit with ancient manuscript on a black display table and a hanging translucent scroll with text on a white wall.
Open notebook with handwritten notes placed on a glass table with graphic design of a desert landscape underneath, mounted on a wall.
An open book with text in Spanish on a dark table in front of a window
Two hardcover books or photo albums titled "Isle of Sauromalus" with dark blue textured covers and landscape images on the covers, placed on a white surface.
Art exhibit featuring white textured panels mounted on a wall, accompanied by a geometric sculpture with diamond shapes on a metal frame.
A photo of a metal display table with samples of marble and stone in various shades of gray, beige, and green, with textured and polished surfaces, set against a white wall with some white textured artwork hanging on it.
Display of glass tiles with ocean and beach patterns on a metal stand in an art gallery.
A textured white sculpture mounted on a wall, with each panel featuring different abstract impressions and patterns.
Three stacks of CD cases inside a rectangular box, viewed from above, with the cases arranged vertically.
An art gallery displaying a wall with a large collection of framed photographs or artworks, a spool of material on a stand, and glass display cases with various items inside.
A black box on a small table with a caution message to take only one card and to fold across perforation before tearing. Next to it, a display with a sheet of paper containing handwritten notes, maps, and typed information about fish, localities, dates, and subjects.
A collage of six images showing various objects and texts. The top row features a fish collection card, a map labeled 'Locus: La Cholla', and a text document about a 1950 experience at a cabin with a stamp marked '1950'. The bottom row displays two printing plates labeled 'Painting Wall' with numbered boxes and a diagram of a building's floor plan, and a diagram titled 'Vitrines' with numbered sections.
A painting of a rustic shoreline scene with a small house and a boat.
Map of La Cholla site showing a blue-green trailer with a red interior and boat, Cholla Bay fishing camp, Pelican Point, boat launching area, tidal flats, and Roca del Toro with an elevation of 405 feet.