Heather Chontos
Ghosts, 2025, Oil, oil stick, acrylic, and pastel on linen, 55 x 102 x 1 inches
Quicksand, 2024, Portugal, Oil, oil stick, and acrylic on linen, 62 x 49 inches
Dreamspace, 2023, France, Oil stick and oil on antique wooden panel, 25 x 17 x 1. 5 inches
Kaleidoscope, 2023, Oil stick, acrylic, ink, chalk pastel, and watercolor on cotton canvas, 57 x 93.5 x 2 inches (144.8 x 237.5 x 5.1 cm) (Unframed)
Hopeful, 2023, Oil stick, acrylic, oil, ink and pastel on cotton canvas, 77 x 59 inches (195.6 x 149.9 cm) (Unframed)
Growing Season, 2023, Ink, acrylic wash, oil stick and acrylic on cotton canvas, 61.375 x 51 inches (155.9 x 129.5 cm) (Unframed)
Cold Morning Air, 2023, Oil stick, acrylic wash, oil and pastel on cotton canvas, 76 x 58.75 inches (193 x 149.2 cm) (Unframed)
Golden Sun, 2020, Oil stick, acrylic, ink, and oil on jute, 53.75 x 36.5 inches (136.5 x 92.7 cm) (Unframed)
Gallegiante, 2019, Acrylic, oil, oil stick, and ink on linen, 78 x 71 x 2 inches (198.1 x 180.3 x 5.1 cm) (Unframed)
Tresoro, 2018, Oil, oil stick, and acrylic on canvas, 80 x 58 inches (203.2 x 147.3 cm) (Unframed)
Born in Tarrytown, New York, Heather Chontos now lives and works in Portugal's Serra Sao Mamede natural park. From a young age, Chontos harnessed the “power of gestures to create instinctive compositions, combining bold colors, dynamic marks, and organic forms.” The artist received a BA in Art History from the University College London, and has exhibited widely with shows in New Jersey, Florida, Maine, Montana, California, Berlin, Brescia, Barcelona, Namur, London, Paris, and New York.
Education
BA, Art History, University College London, London, England
Exhibitions
2025
LAND, The Finch Project, London, UK
Masters of Symbolic Space, Group exhibition, Tourette, Paris, France
Trove, Artmozphere, The Hague, Netherlands
2024
Encounter, The Finch Project, London, UK
Fugitives, works on paper, antique jute, linen, and wood, Tourette Gallery, Paris, France
2023
Translations, Trio exhibition at Simard Bilodeau Contemporary with Caroline Denervaud and Emma Larsson, Los Angeles, CA
A Time Of Sand, Voltz Clarke Gallery, New York, NY
2022
Aux Sources, Tourrette, Paris, France
Wildflower, Simard Bilodeau Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
2021
SHINRIN-YOKU 森林浴, Carole Korngold, Tourrette, Paris, France
Heads Full Of Poetry, Simard Bilodeau Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
2020
Rosengarten, Voltz Clarke Gallery, New York, NY
Transatlantico, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
Start Somewhere, Voltz Clarke x Penske Projects, Online, August 5th-September 25th
2019
Lontano, The Colony Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL
Hōjōki, Galerie Baull, Berlin, Germany
2018
Weightless, Voltz Clarke Gallery, New York, NY
Artist-in-Residency at Palazzo Monti in Brescia, Italy
2017
SPECTRUM, Gallery East 104th, New York, NY
2016
Departures Collection, 53 Tapioles, Barcelona, Spain
starting point, Rive Gauche Gallery, Namur, Belgium
2015
Solo exhibition, Havens Kitchen, New York, NY
2014
Oceans and Arrows, Corey Daniels Gallery, Wells, ME
2012
dead flower series, Warehouse Gallery, Missoula, MT
2009
Sawkille Gallery, Rhinebeck, NY
2003
Linda Kirkland Gallery, Chelsea, NY
2001
Broken Places, Stephen Lacey Gallery, London, UK
