MIRA HECHT
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MIRA HECHT Available Work 2023
MIRA HECHT, Knocking on the Moonlit Door, 2018 [Cover]
Mira Hecht Artist Statement “Spirit is a circle whose circumference is nowhere and whose center is everywhere”. – St. Augustine The circle is a vast and mysterious form filled with potential. It is the form of forms: the bearer of the dynamic unfolding of life. A signifier of organic life and the soul, each circle is hand drawn, perfect in its imperfection, inspiring me to try again. The straight line is representative of coordinates in space and universal energy. Color unfolds organically, without constraint, allowing every work in the series to have a feeling tone of it’s own. My process, a time consuming one, consists of layering opaque and transparent oil paint, wet onto dry. I use this process of layering, flatness of form and color to create a sense of depth, pattern and movement in the work. Inspired by my own contemplative practice and glimpses of perfection within the mind’s eye, each painting is meant to be a small gesture of exaltation, pointing to joy, connection and wholeness.
Opposite Page - Mira Hecht, in her studio | Photo credits: Greg Powers
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Infinite Connections Series, 2021 - present Gouache, graphite and collage on paper 12 x 9 inches each $750 each 6
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Ink Dark Moon, 2018 Oil on canvas 65 x 52 inches $10,000 8
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Knocking on the Moonlit Door, 2018 Oil on canvas 65 x 52 inches $10,000 10
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Constellation, 2018 Oil on canvas 24 x 21 inches $3,700 12
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Wheels of Light Series, 2016-2018 Pastel on paper 8 x 8 inches each $400 each 14
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Silence, 2016 Oil on canvas 40 x 36 inches $6.500 16
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Breath After Breath, 2018 Oil on canvas 40 x 36 inches $6,500 18
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Blazing World Series, 2014-2016 Acrylic on board 10 x 8 inches each $650 each 20
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Apogee, 2021 Oil on canvas 40 x 36 inches $6,500 22
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Song of One Taste, 2016 Oil on canvas 32 x 28 inches $5,500 24
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Gently down the stream...merrily, merrily, 2013 Oil on canvas 36.5 x 40 inches $6,500 26
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Unwind/Path Series, 2015-2016 Acrylic on panel 20 x 16 inches each $1,500 each 28
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Behold, 2016 Oil on canvas 40 x 30 inches $6,000 30
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Untitled #9, 2012 Oil on canvas 84 x 56 inches $18,000 32
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One Blue Sentence, 2012 Oil on canvas 60 x 48 inches $10,000 34
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Pattern Recognition, 2012 Oil on canvas 60 x 48 inches $10,000 36
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Mira Hecht Abbreviated CV Lives and works in Washington, D.C. EDUCATION MFA, Painting, San Francisco Art Institute BA, American University, Washington DC Corcoran College of Art and Design, Washington DC SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2022 Addison Ripley Fine Art, “Mirror of the Floating World”, Washington, DC 2019 Addison Ripley Fine Art, “Knocking on the Moonlit Door”, Washington, DC 2016 Addison Ripley Fine Art, “in snow , blossom”, Washington, DC 2014 Addison Ripley Fine Art, “All Things Vanish”, Washington, DC 2013 Page Bond Gallery, “Spheres of Influence”, Richmond, VA 2011 The Judy Saslow Gallery, “Circular Motion”, Chicago, IL 2009 The Ralls Collection, “Close to Home”, Washington, DC 2004-2005 The Ralls Collection, “Full Circle”, Washington, DC SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2022 Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art, “Forecast”, Reston VA 2022 George Mason Exhibitions, “Cast/Recast”, Arlington VA 2021 BlackRock Center for the Arts, “INK IT: Contemporary Print Practices”, Germantown MD 2021 Page Bond Gallery, “WONDER WOMEN”, Richmond VA 2021 Addison Ripley Gallery, “40 & 40”, Washington DC 2021 Target Gallery, “Hypothesis”, Alexandria VA 2021 Page Bond Gallery, “Poets”, Richmond VA 2020 Page Bond Gallery, “20 20 25”, Richmond VA 2019 Corcoran School of Arts and Design at GWU, Transformer Auction, Washington DC 2019 McLean Project for the Arts, “Strictly Painting”, McLean VA 2019 Joan Hisoka Gallery, “Alchemical Vessels”, Washington DC 2018 ADL, Artworks, Washington DC 2017 The Athenaeum, “Glow”, Alexandria VA 2017 Addison Ripley Fine Art, “This and That”, Washington DC 2017 Page Bond Gallery, “Sunscreen”, Richmond VA 2016 Page Bond Gallery, “Group Show”, Richmond VA 2015 Addison Ripley Fine Art, “Pop Up”, Washington, DC 2015 Page Bond Gallery, “Shimmer”, Richmond, VA
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2015 Faculty Show, Corcoran School of Art, Washington DC 2014/2016 Art in Embassies, Exhibition US Embassy, Beirut, Lebanon 2013 Page Bond Gallery, “Concerning Line”, Richmond, VA 2012 Sarah Silberman Gallery, ”Small Works from Seven Schools”, Rockville, MD 2012 Washington Studio School, “Faculty Show”, Washington, DC 2012 The Ralls Collection, “Gallery Artists”, Washington DC 2011 Page Bond Gallery, “Illumination”, Richmond, VA 2011 The Ralls Collection, “20 Years, 20 Artists”, Washington DC 2010 The Ralls Collection, Gallery Artists, Washington, DC SELECT PUBLIC COLLECTIONS Columbia Place Hotel, Columbia, MD Capital One Bank, Richmond, VA Marriot Marquis Hotel, Washington DC PricewaterhouseCoopers, McLean, VA Microsoft Corporation, San Francisco, CA The City of Emeryville, Emeryville, CA
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MIRA HECHT AVAILABLE WORK 2023
Catalog Design Registrar Rachel Crawford Opposite Page Constellation (Detail), 2018
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