Heather Gordon is a North Carolina–based artist who makes paintings and drawings rooted in structure, pattern, and chance. She lives and works in Knightdale (NC), where her studio practice centers on building visual systems that slowly unfold through repetition and constraint.

Much of Gordon’s work grows out of an early familiarity with problem‑solving and systems thinking, developed through growing up around analytical work and structured environments. That way of thinking continues to inform how she approaches relationships, balance, and how complex forms can emerge from simple rules. She often describes her paintings as a kind of mapping that traces interactions, rhythms, and fields of connection rather than physical places.

Her work has been exhibited widely across the Southeast and throughout the United States, in museums, contemporary art centers, and site‑specific public contexts. She has also developed interdisciplinary, time‑based collaborations with choreographer Justin Tornow that translate her two‑dimensional systems into spatial and performative environments through movement and sound.

Her work continues to evolve through sustained studio practice, research, and interdisciplinary exchange.

Heather Gordon, photo credit : Warren Hicks