Riis Beach: In Reverberation

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About the artist:

Heather Renée Russ (she/they) is a multidisciplinary artist working across experimental photography, installation and bio art. Her practice incorporates queer femme signifiers and organic materials to explore queer ecologies, displacement and climate grief, while centering queer joy and systems of care. Russ comes from a rich history of organizing in underground art scenes. She co-directed Lair Fera, a queer collaborative space in Brooklyn. In San Francisco she co-produced Club Feral, a raucous mutual aid queer nightclub. The experience of stewarding spaces for queer artists in ever-shifting environments informs her work.

In New York, Russ has exhibited at NARS Foundation, Field Projects, Elijah Wheat Showroom, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, Wassaic Project, Underdonk, Flux Factory, State University of New York (SUNY) Old Westbury and in Every Woman Biennial at Pen+Brush. Russ has also exhibited at NADA Miami with Paradice Palase, Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum (Cal State Long Beach), IMT Gallery (London) and SoMos (Berlin), Russ has participated in residencies at NARS Foundation, Wassaic Project, MASS MoCA, ChaNorth, TransBorder Art and Vermont Studio Center and received the Powerhouse Arts Subsidy Award in 2026. She is currently a member of the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts (EFA) Studio Program in Manhattan.