NetWorks Rhode Island and the Chazan Collection Exhibition, WaterFire Arts Center (2024) Bio:
Tayo Heuser was born in Washington D.C., and grew up in North, East and West Africa and Europe. She received her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, RI and Masters degree from Vermont College in Montpelier, VT. Currently, she lives and works in Providence and Mallorca.
Heuser’s works are included in the collections of the Phillips Collection Museum, the Hammer Museum, the Rhode Island School of Museum, the Weatherspoon Museum N.Carolina, the American Embassy in Jeddha, Saudi Arabia, the Leeds Foundation, the Werner Kramarsky Collection, Duke Energy Art Collection, the Progressive Art Collection, Fidelity Investments art collection, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Liberty Mutual, amongst many other public and private collections.
Original NetWorks Catalogue Bio:
Tayo Heuser’s father was in the diplomatic corps; she was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up attending French schools in Europe and Africa. She came to the Rhode Island School of Design, pursued post-graduate study there and obtained her MFA from Vermont College. Originally a painter, but becoming known for sculpture, Heuser today has immersed herself in a meditative world of exquisite, minimalist ink drawings on paper that has been stained, coated with organic materials, and then burnished. Heuser finds her abstract compositions akin to poetry rather than prose. She has exhibited her work nationally and internationally, with a recent exhibition at the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. She teaches at Roger Williams University.
Source: NetWorks 2011-2012 Catalogue
Inks on hand burnished paper, 82 x 37.5 in.
Credits:
Video: Richard Goulis
Music: “Grey Light, Green Lily,” by Julian Shore (Filaments 2012)
Other media:Dieu Donné video courtesy of The Phillips Collection “Intersections, Contemporary Art Projects”
Tughra and Calligraphy Images courtesy of Mohamed Zakriya
Produced by: Joseph A. Chazan, M.D.
Additional resources:
Artist’s website: tayoheuser.com
Highlighting the work of selected artists who have played vital roles in shaping the contemporary visual arts community in Rhode Island. This collection of brief video portraits provides a window into the lives, practices, and cultural contributions of professional artists.
