Heather Baumbach
3 Maple Tree Lane SW
Huntsville, AL 35824
Born: 1976 Allentown, Pennsylvania
Lives and Works: Madison, Alabama
Education
2023 MFA in Visual Arts, Lesley University College of Art+Design, Cambridge, MA
2000 BFA in Costume Design, University of North Carolina School of the Arts
1994-1996 Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Solo Exhibitions
2025
TBD The Gadsden Museum of Art, Gadsden AL (upcoming)
Frame of Reference, North Gallery, Lowe Mill Arts, Huntsville, AL
2022
seam/seem, Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan AL
Imagined Landscapes, Featured Artist, The Little Green Store & Gallery, Huntsville, AL
Modulate, ALWCA gallery wall, Huntsville, AL
2020
First Light Third Floor East Gallery, Lowe Mill Arts, Huntsville, AL
Home Featured Artist, The Little Green Store and Gallery, Huntsville, AL
2019
Featured Artist, Mountain Valley Arts Council, Guntersville, AL
2018
Running in Tight Circles, Ramp Gallery, Lowe Mill Arts, Huntsville, AL
Pop-up, 3rd Floor West Gallery, Lowe Mill Arts, Huntsville, AL
Two Person Exhibitions
2023
though entry is barred Gadsden Museum of Art, Gadsden, AL
Submerge Bells Gallery, Dothan, AL
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
Roots and Wings MassMOCA, North Adams, MA
2024
Ascend Gallery RAG, Gloucester, MA
Every Fiber Bells Gallery, Dothan Alabama
ArtFields Lake City, SC (catalog)
Made/Making Kansas City Kansas Community College, Kansas City Kansas
2023
Visceral Bonds Vandiver Gallery, Anderson, SC
Call and Response Lowe Mill, Huntsville AL, Mezzanine Gallery UNCW, Wilmington, NC
Is it me? Trolley Barn Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
ArtFields Lake City, SC
Transient Bodies Revolve Gallery, Asheville, NC
Thesis Exhibition Lunder Arts Center, Lesley Art+Design, Cambridge, MA
2022
(EM)power (EM)brace (EM)body, Surface Design Association, Online
Labor of Love, ALWCA traveling Juried Exhibition, Lowe Mill, Wilson Hall UAH, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
Future Tense, SDA Juried Student Exhibition, Online
ArtFields, Lake City, SC (catalog), exhibition award
2021
Remembering Together: Marking Lives Covid, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA (catalog)
Future Tense, SDA Juried Student Exhibition, Charles W. and Norma C. Carroll Gallery, Marshall University, Huntington, WV
Embracing Art XIX, Juried exhibition, Carnegie Visual Arts Center, Decatur, AL
2020
80/20 ALWCA Juried Exhibition, North Gallery, Lowe Mill, Huntsville, AL (catalog)
2019
Bridging the Gap: Postcards of The All Nation of Art, Women’s Caucus for Art Members Perspective Exhibition, A.I.R Gallery Brooklyn, NY
UNBOUND: Breaking the ties that bind us to the things that no longer serve us. ALWCA Exhibition, 3rd Floor East Gallery, Lowe Mill Arts, Huntsville, AL (catalog)
Alabama Women’s Caucus for Art Member Showcase, Mountain Valley Arts Council, Guntersville, AL
200 Years of outRAGEous, Ramp Gallery, Lowe Mill, Huntsville, AL
2018
ECHOES: A response to objects in the Wiregrass Museum of Art’s permanent collection. ALWCA, Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, AL (catalog)
2017
Bearing(s): The act of bringing forth. ALWCA member showcase, University of North
Alabama, Florence, AL (catalog)
Represent: ALWCA member showcase, The Georgine Clarke Alabama Artists Gallery,
Alabama State Council on the Arts in Montgomery, AL
Curatorial
2025
Subtle Force, Union Grove Gallery, The University of Huntsville, Huntsville, AL (upcoming)
2024
Ply Third Floor West Gallery, Lowe Mill Arts, Huntsville, AL
My Monster Neighborhood Thrift Store, Huntsville, AL
2020
80/20 North Gallery, ALWCA, Lowe Mill Arts, Huntsville, AL (catalog)
Awards/Grants/Fellowships/Scholarships
2023 ArtFields Southeastern Partnership Award-Solo Exhibition, The Wiregrass Museum of Art
2021 MFA Visual Arts Dean’s Scholarship, Lesley University College of Art+Design
Bibliography
Print Media
Gregg Parker, “Baumbach’s designs in exhibition at Wiregrass Museum of Art” Madison
Record, October 18, 2022.
Featured website and social media artist, Women’s Caucus for Art, November 2022
“Spotlight: Mountain Valley Arts Council hosts Heather Baumbach in November” The
Reporter, Sand Mountain, November 5, 2019
Gregg Parker, “Baumbach’s Painting Shows Everyday Beauty” Madison Record, December
23, 2015
Gregg Parker, “Baumbach’s Art Reaches Theatre, Church and Festivals across Southeast”, Madison Record, July 24, 2014
Radio/Television
Arielle Stroman, Interview, “Art Talks, Heather Baumbach”, Halcyon Year, December 1, 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLZXOdn4_7U
Simply Southern, Interview with Jim Allen, Television, Season 4, episode 15, July 8, 2018 , https://simplysoutherntv.net/season-4/
“Samantha Brown’s Places to Love, Huntsville, AL” Season 1 episode 105, Lowe Mill Segment, https://samantha-brown2018.com/episodes/season-1/huntsville-alabama/
Kate Lochte, “Baumbach’s Art Captures the Beauty of Everyday Life & Comes to
Lowertown” WKMS Radio, Murray State NPR, Murray, KY, May 11, 2015 https://www.wkms.org/arts-culture/2015-05-11/baumbachs-art-captures-the-beauty-of- everyday-life-comes-to-lowertown
Public Collections
(4) Large scale works, The Lodge at Gulf State Park, a Hilton Hotel, Gulf Shores, AL 2018
(33) 5”x7” Song Birds, The Cabins at Gulf State Park, Gulf Shores, AL 2018
Red Cow, Large scale lobby installation, REO Fund 2 LLC, Atlanta, GA 2017
Television, Film, and Theater Design and Production Experience
Costume Design
The Antelope Party-UAH ’24)Romeo and Juliet and The Winter’s Tale-Huntsville Shakespeare (’24)The Antelope Party, Dracula-UAH (’24) As You Like It, Love’s Labour’s Lost-Huntsville Shakespeare (’22) Our Town, Dido and Aeneas, Everyman-UAH (’21), She Kills Monsters, Virtual Realm-UAH (’20). Temp Odyssey- UAH (’20). La Cage Aux Follies-UAH (’19). Trojan Women-UAH (’19). Porch Creek Courage -Fantasy Playhouse Children’s Theatre (FPCT) (’19). Freedom Riders-FPCT (’19). The Tempest-Huntsville Shakespeare (’19).The Laramie Project-UAH (’15). New Country- Cherry Lane Theatre NYC (’15). A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream-UAH (’15). The Never- Ending Story-FPCT (’14). Peter and the Wolf, Mr. Bear Squash You All Flat, Carnival of the Animals-The Huntsville Symphony Orchestra and FPCT Young People’s Concert (’14, ‘16). Steel Magnolias-Renaissance Theatre (’03). She Loves Me, A Midsummer Night’s Dream- Roanoke Island Festival Park, Manteo, N.C. (’00). Two Paths-independent short film directed by Michael Sloane(’01).
Assistant to the Costume Designer
Boris, independent AFI short film (’01), Win Ben Stein’s Money, That’s my Bush (’00-’01, Comedy Central) You Don’t Know Jack Carsey-Werner Productions (’00-’01 ). Into the
Woods, UNCSA (’97).
Cutter/Draper
The Complete Works of Shakespeare Abridged-UAH (’22) As You Like It, Love’s Labour’s Lost-Huntsville Shakespeare (’22) Our Town, Dido and Aeneas, Everyman-UAH (’21), She Kills Monsters, Virtual Realm-UAH (’20). Temp Odyssey-UAH (’20). La Cage Aux Follies- UAH (’19). Trojan Women-UAH (’19). Porch Creek Courage -Fantasy Playhouse Children’s Theatre (FPCT) (’19). Freedom Riders-FPCT (’19). The Tempest-Huntsville Shakespeare (’19).The Laramie Project-UAH A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream-UAH (’15). The Never- Ending Story-FPCT (’14). Peter and the Wolf, Mr. Bear Squash You All Flat, Carnival of the Animals-The Huntsville Symphony Orchestra and FPCT Young People’s Concert (’14, ‘16). A Time for Singing, Lo Frate 'Nnamorato, Little Dorrit, Die Fledermaus, The Time of Your Life, Ring Around the Moon, Summer Folk, Romeo and Juliet, Dead Souls-North Carolina School of the Arts (’98-’00)
Teaching and Lectures
2023-Present
Part Time Instructor in Theater and Art, The University of Alabama Huntsville, including:
3D Design, Soft Sculpture, Costume Design, Costume Fundamentals, Elements of Theatrical Production, Theater Appreciation
2023
Artist Talk, Lesley University College of Art+Design, Cambridge, MA
2022
Artist Talk, The Wiregrass Museum of Art
Visiting Artist Workshop Improvised Fiber Sculptures, The Wiregrass Museum of Art
2020-2022
Part Time Lecturer, The University of Alabama Huntsville
2020
Keynote Speaker, Randolph School, National Art Honors Society Induction
Related Professional Activity
2023-present Zero Space Collective Member
2022-2024 Membership Committee member, Surface Design Association
2021-present Member, Costume Society of America
2021-present Member, Surface Design Association
2018, 2022 Member, Southeastern Theatre Conference
2017-present Member, Alabama Women’s Caucus for the Arts
2019 Membership Chair, Alabama Women’s Caucus for the Arts