Heidi Holmes' practice begins with symptoms that develop within a body and then exist outside of a body as material. These symptom-to-material installations encompass reconstruction, sculpture and atmosphere and reference domestic decoration, medicine, bodily functions, aging and feminist theory. Recent exhibitions have included a reimagining of a hot flush through a collection of cooking pots continuously boiling water and an ode to lubricant through an installation that repeated wet and dry gestures. Currently, the symptom-materials in these works reflect the conditions of Menopause, inclusive of hormone-withdrawl Menopause and Perimenopause. Formerly, these materials were determined by the annals of failed fertility and childlessness.
Australian visual artist Heidi Holmes (she/her) has a BFA(Hons) from (VCA) The University of Melbourne and an MFA from Emily Carr University of Art + Design. Holmes has exhibited internationally in solo and curated exhibitions and was recently featured in Angela Balzano's book, To do away with the family, From abortion to post-human relationships, published by Meltemi Press. Holmes is a current member of Power Plant's esteemed Emerging Artist Network in Toronto,