Drew Heitzler
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Drew Heitzler (born 1972) is an American artist best known for his film and video work. Heitzler lives and works in Venice, California.[1]
Heitzler was born in Charleston, South Carolina. He received his BA from Fordham University in New York City in 1993. Heitzler studied at the Slade School in London before receiving an MFA in studio art from Hunter College in New York in 2000. In 2002, he was an artist-in-residence at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Madison, Maine. Heitzler lived and worked in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn before relocating to Los Angeles in 2004. Heitzler's first film, Subway Sessions, was screened at Anthology Film Archives in 2002. His film TSOYW, made in collaboration with Amy Granat and Olivier Mosset was included in the 2008 Whitney Biennial.[2] Additionally, his work was included in the 2010 California Biennial at the Orange County Museum of Art and has been included in exhibitions and screenings at MoMA PS1, SculptureCenter, LA><ART, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, The Hammer Museum, Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, Kunsthalle Zurich, Zachęta National Gallery of Art in Warsaw, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Swiss Institute Contemporary Art New York and Centre Georges Pompidou. In 2008 Heitzler's video Sailors, Mermaids, Mystics was included in the New York Underground Film Festival. Heitzler is represented by Marlborough Chelsea in New York and Blum & Poe in Los Angeles.[3][4]
