Heather Rattray, Carving Stool, Carved Folding Maple Camp Stool with Woven Reed Top, 2025. Design credit: Gabe Strand. Image courtesy of the artist.

Heather Rattray

Artist / Spring 2026

Biography

Heather Rattray is a queer interdisciplinary artist and educator based in Toronto. They blend object, image, and text to create multidimensional pieces involving identity, self-exploration, and connection to the natural world. Their MFA thesis (2024) was funded by a Canada Graduate Scholarship from SSHRC, and they hold a BFA in photography from Toronto Metropolitan University (2019). They have exhibited and been featured in publications across Canada and abroad, including the United States. They currently teach in the media arts program at McMaster University and work as the multimedia production technician at the University of Guelph.