About Me:
In the early 1990s, rock n' roll worked its dark magic to influence a young painter in Florida by the name of Heidi Calvert to take a step back from the easel and embrace a medium more accessible to capturing the essence of the moment at hand: photography. While she had long seen painting as the serious pursuit of her artistic expression, she found that taking pictures of bands performing live on stage was a natural extension of the sensibilities she had honed as a painter. While it took a while for her to connect what she saw as a hobby to a potential career in the arts, she opened her eyes to the possibility of sharing her unique visions with the world on a full-time basis. Instead of resigning herself to a future dictated by the agendas of others, Heidi decided that she would forge her own path while enjoying herself along the way. Fueling this spark of ambition was Heidi's passionate, obsessive nature. Already possessing the creative ingredients necessary to succeed as an artist, enhancing her technical prowess with the equipment she'd need for her chosen vocation was the first logical step forward. Further education would begin at a local community college in 1993, earn her a Chairman's Merit Scholarship for photography, and take her all the way to the School of Visual Arts in her dream location, New York City, in 1998. Though unforeseen hard times in the big city worked to discourage Heidi from her enthusiasm, she refused to be so easily daunted. Heidi knew her therapy would be found through her art, and a resulting photo shoot produced erotic, stunning images of a "bluegirl" thanks to the use of infrared film. Overcoming this rough patch in her life inspired her to start bluegirl Productions with in 2000, and the momentum continues. Her work has matured through stages focused on music, fashion, and erotica into a darker style that incorporates its evolution into a form of its own. Now, based primarily in Los Angeles (with bi-coastal tendencies exhibiting themselves from time to time when she's able to get back to New York), Heidi spent the past eight months working out of New York City, and the previous two years in Hollywood curating shows and events in a delightful gem of an art studio and gallery in the heart of Hollywood she magically converted from its ancient, cockroach-infested sweatshop past life. Dubbed Bluespace, the multipurpose half-storefront, half-bunker celebrated its rebirth with its first show, "Alive!", in August, 2004, and has been an exciting nexus of the bizarre and extreme (even in famously jaded Hollywood) up until it's close in early 2006. The revered ghost of Andy Warhol, it is hoped, smiles on Heidi's continuation of the art-party freak menagerie tradition. So there you have it. bluegirl Heidi Calvert, photographer and curator of all that's carefree and bizarre to be found on both coasts and in-between, continues to carve out a bright future for herself in the International Art Scene. Keep an eye on this one. -Robert Glen Fogarty, 2005 (http://www.hargh.com/shigolch)
Interests:
Art in many media from photography to music to living, breathing art (some favorites: Warhol, Avedon, Mapplethorpe, Witkin, Giger, Harring, Basquiat, Pollock, Helmut Newton, Dianne Arbus, Leee Black Childers, Anton Perich), Rock n' Roll photography, Heavy Makeup, Dandyism, my queens, the desert, traveling, LA, NYC, glamour, haute couture, glitter, champagne, vegetarianism, MUSIC, dancing, tattoos, wigs, long fingernails, high heels, platforms, fishnet, hello kitty, pink, and of course BLUE, kitty cats, earl grey & peppermint teas, espresso, yoga, meditation, swimming, hiking, making an impact on and a difference in the artworld!
Favorite Music:
Adam Ant, Adult, Air, The Alarm, Alien Sex Fiend, GG Allin, Marc Almond, Tori Amos, Aphex Twin, Arcadia, B52s, Bad Religion, Basement Jaxx, Bauhaus, Beastie Boys, Beatles, Beborn Beton, Benny Benassi, Berlin, Bjork, Bloc Party, Blondie, Blur, Bodyrox, Book of Love, Bow Wow Wow, David Bowie, Kate Bush, Butthole Surfers, Cabaret Oscuro, Cabinet of Curiousities, Johnny Cash, Christian Death, the Clash, Client, Cocteau Twins, Concrete Blonde, Cowboy Junkies, The Cramps, Lenny Cravitz, Culture Club, The Cure, Cylab, The Damned, The Dandy Warhols, Dead Can Dance, Dead Kennedys, Depeche Mode, Devils, Dirty Sanchez, Dixie Chicks, Dresden Dolls, Duran Duran, Bob Dylan, Echo and the Bunnymen, Erasure, Felix da Housecat, Fischerspooner, Diamanda Galas, Garbage, Gene loves Jezebel, Gorillaz, Nina Hagen, PJ Harvey, Juliana Hatfield, Haujobb, Head Automatica, Hefner, Human League, IAMX, Interpol, Jane's Addiction, Japan, Jem, Jesus and Mary Chain, Jimmy Eats World, Joy Division, KMFDM, Kraftwerk, Ladytron, John Lennon, Lords of Acid, Lords of the New Church, Love and Rockets, Madonna, Mates of State, Mazzy Star, Ministry, Miss Kittin, Missing Persons, Moby, Morningwood, Morrissey, Peter Murphy, Muse, My Chemical Romance, My Life with Thrill Kill Kult, Mylo, Rick Nelson, New Order, New York Dolls, Nine Inch Nails, Gary Numan, Paul Oakenfold, Peaches, Iggy Pop, Portishead, The Postal Service, Elvis Presley, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Princess Superstar, Psychedelic Furs, Pulp, Armen Ra, Redd Kross, The Ramones, Roxy Music, Sex Pistols, She Wants Revenge, Shiny Toy Guns, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Sisters of Mercy, Skinny Puppy, The Birthday Massacre, The Smiths, Tommie Sunshine, Patti Smith, Social Distortion, Soft Cell, The Sounds, Specimen, T.S.O.L., Tears for Fears, Tegan and Sara, This Mortal Coil, Thompson Twins, Tiga, Tones on Tail, VHS or BETA, Velvet Underground, Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black, Violent Femmes, Butch Walker, Weezer, White Rose Movement, Wolfsheim, Yazoo
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