Heather Bentz
Education
MFA, Painting, Montana State University
BFA, Printmaking, Pennsylvania State University
Click link to see a short film about my process: Plant Pop Film
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Sahaurita Public Library, Sahaurita, AZ
2024 Joel D. Valdez Library, Tucson, AZ
2023 Joy In the Making, Project Space, Tohono Chul, Tucson, AZ
2022 Big Wall, Big Art, City Hall Lobby, Glendale AZ
2021 1Art, Monsoon Wish & Artifactual, Tucson, AZ
Upper Link Gallery, Fantastical Joy, Tucson International Airport, Tucson, AZ
2020 Surrounding Pleasure, Space Gallery, Denver, CO
2019 Slow Painting, Sand-Reckoner Micro Gallery, Tucson, AZ curated by Conrad Wilde Gallery
2015 Work & Play, Osmosis Art & Architecture, Niwot, CO
2009 Process Preserved, Turman Larison Contemporary, Helena, MT
Color, Line, Structure, Sola Café, Bozeman, MT
Quiet Frenzy, Ecce Gallery, Emerson Center for the Arts, Bozeman, MT
Collages and works on paper, A&E Architects, First Friday Art Walk, Missoula, MT
2008 Accumulated Response, Helen E. Copeland Gallery, Bozeman, MT
2007 Black Desks and Cigarette Packs, Renne Library, Bozeman, MT
2004 Recent Works, Bozeman Public Library, Bozeman, MT
2003 Plein Air Paintings, Art Plus Gallery, Reading, PA
Recent Paintings, O’Brien’s Restaurant, Bozeman, MT
Select Works, Leaf and Bean, Bozeman, MT
2002 Desserts and Tea Cups, Sweet Pea Café, Bozeman, MT
2001 Various Aspects, Private residence, Bozeman, MT
Two-Person Exhibitions
2021 Fantastical Joy, along with David Adix Go Figure, Sunshine Shop Tucson
2016 Kathrine Lovell Gallery, Tiverton, MA with Monica Shinn
Open Studio with Alix Christian, Boulder, CO
2010-2014 Selected Works with Anthony Miraglia, Dean’s Gallery, UMass Dartmouth
2008 An Exhibit of Recent Works, DeWeese Gallery with Ralph Weigman, Bozeman, MT
2007 Collaborations, Emerson Center for the Arts, collaboration with Caleb Taylor,
Bozeman, MT
2007 Systems & Repetition, Waller-Yoblonsky Gallery, collaboration with Caleb Taylor,
Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 Untitled Gallery, (re) collections Spring Invitational, Tucson, AZ
40 for 40, Tohono Chul 40th Anniversary Invitational, Tucson, AZ
2024 Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Juror: Natasha Becker
Soiree, Sunshine Shop, Tucson
2021 Dia de los Muertos, Tohono Chul, Tucson, AZ, curated by James Schaub
2020 Rocky Mountain Biennial, Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, CO,
Juror: Leah Ollman
2019 Tucson Welcome, Sunshine Shop, Tucson, AZ curated by Patricia Katchur
2018 Patternality, Republic Plaza, Denver, CO, Juror: Andra Archer
Distractions, Art 3 Gallery, Manchester, NH
Uncommon Thread 2018, Big Fork Art and Cultural Center, Big Fork, MT
2017 Chasing Ghosts II, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR
2017 Juried Exhibition, Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens GA
Juror: Harry H. DeLorme, Jr.
Holding Pattern, Space Gallery, Denver CO
Resist! The Art of Disruption, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2016 Small Works, Dedee Shattuck Gallery, Westport, MA
DADA Centennial, Ontological Museum, Santa Fe, NM
Determined Line, The Narrows Center, Fall River, MA with Alyn Carlson, Teresa Cole,
Isabel Mattia & Alia Pialtos
2015 Inside/Outside, Art 3 Gallery, Manchester, NH
Edges & Curves, Haggus Society at Julie Montenegro State Farm, Los Angeles, CA
On Edge: Outrageous Possibilities, Edge Gallery, Denver, CO Jurors: Sandra Phillips &
Cecily Cullen
2014 Small Works, Dedee Shattuck, Westport, MA
Art Stable Gallery, Westport, MA
SouthCoast Artists Tour Open Studios, Westport, MA
Buoy the Winter Blues, Dedee Shattuck Gallery for Westport River Watershed
Alliance, Westport, MA
2013 SouthCoast Artists Tour Open Studios, Westport, MA
New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford Harbor In New Light, New Bedford, MA
2012 Landscapes (Oct), Summer Show (June), Judith Klein Gallery, New Bedford, MA
CVPA Faculty Exhibition, University Gallery, UMass Dartmouth
2011-2013 Chancellor’s Showcase, Foster Administration, UMass Dartmouth
2011 New England Collective II, Galatea, Boston, MA, Juror: Joanne Mattera
Relations, Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI
2010 Space Gallery, Denver, CO
Art from Detritus, Purelight Gallery, Turners Falls, MA
The Things I Dream About Project, Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY
Phantom Art Walk, Butte, MT
2009 The Sketchbook Project, Art House Gallery, Atlanta, GA; Museum of Contemporary Art DC Washington, DC; Chris’ Jazz Café, Philadelphia, PA; Loconia Gallery,
Boston, MA; Antena Gallery, Chicago, IL; Soulard Art Market, St. Louis, MO; 3rd
Ward, Brooklyn, NY; Museum of Design Atlanta, Atlanta, GA; Chicago Art Source
Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008 Ciao Gallery, Wilson, WY
9x12 Works on Paper, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX
Flourish, Danforth Gallery, Livingston, MT
Holter Museum Art Auction, Helena, MT
2007 Ana 35 “mini”, Dean’s Gallery, College of Arts and Architecture, Montana State
University, Bozeman, MT
Ana 35, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT, Juror: Willem Volkersz
18th National Drawing & Print Exhibition, Gormley Gallery, College of Notre Dame,
Balto., MD
Domesticity, Pilgrim Congregational Church, Bozeman, MT
2006 Fireborn, Melvin Art Studios, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
Graduate Exhibition, Helen E. Copeland Gallery, Montana State University,
Bozeman, MT
Heather Bentz and Kate Chandler, Waller-Yoblonsky Gallery, Montana State
University
Montana State University Graduate and Undergraduate Exhibition, Emerson Center Bozeman, MT
2005, 2006 MSU Graduate student exhibition, Dean’s Gallery, College of Arts and
Architecture, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
2005 Finished/Unfinished, Waller-Yoblonsky Gallery, Montana State University,
Bozeman, MT
2004 Raptor Festival, Bozeman Public Library, Bozeman, MT
1999-2002 Sweet Pea Festival of the Arts, Festival artist, Bozeman, MT
Professional
2022 Site Santa Fe, Panelist, Gen-erate Program, Santa Fe, NM
2020 Author, The Runaway Sock, Amazon
2019- Corporate and private art placement and licensing via Art Consultants Liz Graham,
Denver, Makewest, Denver, Leslie Ann Wigon, NY
2010-2014 Assistant Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts, University Massachusetts
Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA
2002-2010 Assistant Dean, College of Arts and Architecture, Montana State University,
Bozeman, MT
Coordinator, President’s Fine Arts Series, Montana State University, Bozeman
1997-2002 Founder and president, WINDBREAK Outdoor Blankets, Bozeman, MT
1991-1997 Non-profit development consultant, Bozeman, MT
1988-2006 Free-lance illustrator and artist, Bozeman, MT
1986-1988 Secretary of National Council, World Wildlife Fund, Washington, DC
1983-1986 Development officer for major gifts, World Wildlife Fund, Washington, DC
1982 Development officer for major gifts, National Museum for Women in the Arts,
Washington, DC
1980 Assistant to director, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service,
Washington, DC
Teaching
2016 Instructor, process and water media, Garage Studio, Boulder, CO
2009 Adjunct Instructor, Montana State University, School of Art
Instructor, Montana State University, College of Arts and Architecture
2007 Instructor, Montana State University, School of Art
Guest instructor, Montana State University, School of Art
2003-2007 Instructor, Bozeman Public Library, Bozeman, MT, watercolor workshops
2001-2005 Artist in Residence, Morning Star Elementary, Bozeman, MT
2003 Artist in Residence, Longfellow Elementary, Bozeman, MT
2000-2001 Artist in Residence, Hawthorne Elementary, Bozeman, MT
Residencies, Awards & Grants
2023 First Place, Rhode Island Watercolor Society, Negative Spaces, Juror: Kelly McCullough
2022 Public Art Award, InFlux Cycle 10, City of Glendale, Glendale, AZ
2017 Ucross Foundation Artist Residency, Clearmont, WY
2007 Travel grant to DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA, Gee’s Bend Quilts,
Montana State University Division of Graduate Education
2001 Honorable Mention, Sweet Pea Festival of the Arts Juried Exhibit, Juror: Martha
Rotella 1997
First Place, State of Montana, Outstanding Business Plan for WINDBREAK,
Outdoor Blanket Company
1988 First Place, watercolor, Lititz Outdoor Art Festival, Lititz, PA
1986 Artist Residency, Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes Park, CO