heather protz (hhprotz)

Heather Protz, artist, educator and explorer, resides in Las Vegas, Nevada and Santa Fe, New Mexico, creating art ranging from documentary work to large-scale conceptual pieces. Protz works on location, photographing with a variety of image-making tools, from toy camera to smart phone to professional digital camera, her artistic vision adapting to the device and location encountered. Recent works include composite panoramas depicting undulating, rhythmic, and colorful abstractions transforming cityscapes from the mundane to the urbane. Protz earned her BFA from The University of Akron and her MFA from Ohio University. Her fine art photography is regularly exhibited around the country. In 2001, Protz received an Ohio Arts Council Fellowship, and in 2009, a Nevada Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship. This latter fellowship resulted in an invitation to participate in Panorama, a show currently traveling throughout Nevada into 2016.