Mira Hecht

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Mira Hecht is a DC-based artist that uses layering techniques to create shapes that reflect universal and subjective understandings of form. She holds a BA from American University in Washington, DC and an MFA in Painting from the San Francisco Art Institute. Mira is represented by Addison Ripley Fine Art in Washington, DC and Page Bond Gallery in Richmond, VA. Her work has been selected for public collections such as Microsoft, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, and the City of Emeryville, CA. 

Born Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Education

MFA, Painting, San Francisco Art Institute
BA, Psychology/Painting, American University, Washington DC
Corcoran School of Art, Washington DC

 

SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022
Addison Ripley Fine Art, “Mirror of the Floating World”, Washington, DC

2019
Addison Ripley Fine Art, “Knocking on the Moonlit Door”, Washington, DC

2016
Addison Ripley Fine Art, “in snow , blossom”, Washington, DC

2014
All Things Vanish, Addison / Ripley Fine Art, Washington, DC

2013
Spheres of Influence, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA

2009
Close to Home, The Ralls Collection, Washington, DC

2004-2005
Full Circle, The Ralls Collection, Washington, DC

 

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022
Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art, “Forecast”, Reston VA

2022
George Mason Exhibitions, “Cast/Recast”, Arlington VA

2021
BlackRock Center for the Arts, “INK IT: Contemporary Print Practices”, Germantown MD

2021
Page Bond Gallery, “WONDER WOMEN”, Richmond VA

2021
Addison Ripley Gallery, “40 & 40”, Washington DC

2021
Target Gallery, “Hypothesis”, Alexandria VA

2021
Page Bond Gallery, “Poets”, Richmond VA

2020
Page Bond Gallery, “20 20 25”, Richmond VA

2019
Corcoran School of Arts and Design at GWU, Transformer Auction, Washington D.C.

2019
McLean Project for the Arts, “Strictly Painting”, McLean VA

2019
Joan Hisoka Gallery, “Alchemical Vessels”, Washington DC

2018
ADL, Artworks, Washington DC

2017
The Athenaeum, “Glow”, Alexandria VA

2017
Addison Ripley Fine Art, “This and That”, Washington DC

2017
Page Bond Gallery, “Sunscreen”, Richmond VA

2016
Page Bond Gallery, “Group Show”, Richmond VA

2015
Addison Ripley Fine Art, “Pop Up”, Washington, DC

2015
Page Bond Gallery, “Shimmer”, Richmond, VA

2015
Faculty Show, Corcoran School of Art, Washington DC

2014/2016
Art in Embassies, Exhibition US Embassy, Beirut, Lebanon

2013
Page Bond Gallery, “Concerning Line”, Richmond, VA

2012
Small Works from Seven Schools, Sarah Silberman Gallery, Rockville, MD
Group Show of Gallery Artists, Ralls Collection, Washington, DC
Concerning Line, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA

2011
Illuminate, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
Circular Motion, The Judy Saslow Gallery, Chicago, IL.
20 Years, 20 Artists, The Ralls Collection, Washington DC

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2020 – present  Advanced Studio Practice and Painting

2010-2020  Corcoran School of Art and Design at GW University, Washington DC, Adjunct Faculty, Painting

2000-2001
Painting/San Francisco Art Institute

1999
Painting/Teaching Assistant, San Francisco Art Institute

 

SELECT PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Columbia Place Hotel, Columbia, MD
Capital One Bank, Richmond, VA
Marriot Marquis Hotel, Washington DC
PricewaterhouseCoopers, McLean, VA
Microsoft Corporation, San Francisco, CA
The City of Emeryville, Emeryville, CA

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2022
Mark Jenkins, “The Unity of Circles amid melting and melded colors”, TheWashington Post, October 9, 2022, E5

2021
Studio Visit, Open Studio Press, Boston, MA, Vol.49

2019
Mark Jenkins, “Summer Shows”, The Washington Post, August 9, 2019

2016
Mark Jenkins, “Ambient’art that demands to be seen”, The Washington Post, Nov.27

2016
Holly Mazar-Fox, “Refresh and Repeat”, DC Modern Luxury, October Issue

2016
Studio Visit , Open Studio Press, Boston, MA, Vol. 34

2011
Stephen May, ARTnews, Summer Issue, pg. 129

2009
Stephanie Miller, ARTnews, September, pg. 122
John Blee, The Georgetowner, May 6, pg. 20

2008
Studio Visit, Open Studio Press, Boston, MA, Vol. 5, pg. 68

2005
Dawson, Rebecca, The Washington Post,  Friday February 4, pg. 44

2002
Zimmer, William, When Humble Materials Interact, The New York Times,Sunday June 9, pg.11

2001
Pincus, Robert L., Color Charts, The San Diego Union Tribune, Aug 16, pg.48
Britten, Dawna, Five New Voices Speak,  Downtown News, San Diego, CA, Aug. 23, pg.11

“Spirit is a circle whose circumference is nowhere and whose center is everywhere”.
– St. Augustine

The circle is a vast and mysterious form filled with potential.  It is the form of forms: the bearer of the dynamic unfolding of life.

A signifier of organic life and the soul, each circle is hand drawn, perfect in its imperfection, inspiring me to try again. The straight line is representative of coordinates in space and universal energy.

Color unfolds organically, without constraint, allowing every work in the series to have a feeling tone of it’s own.

My process, a time consuming one, consists of layering opaque and transparent oil paint, wet onto dry. I use this process of layering, flatness of form and color to create a sense of depth, pattern and movement in the work.

Inspired by my own contemplative practice and glimpses of perfection within the mind’s eye, each painting is meant to be a small gesture of exaltation, pointing to joy, connection and wholeness.