Claire Heidinger is a Toronto-based visual artist with a BFA from OCAD University, specializing in Drawing and Painting, and Art History. Investigating a visual fetishism created by the gaze, she creates large-scale oil paintings and experiments with food produce in expanded painting. Claire’s practice is dependent on heavy research, motivated by diasporic sentimentality, identity, and accessibility. Currently investigating cross-cultural trade between East and West, the historical transposition of media in ceramics and painting, inspiring Claire to bring forth a contemporary practice that depicts characters in reflection of western iconography in order to regain the sovereignty of the gaze. ---For more of her work, visit Claire Heidinger at www.claireheidinger.com and @notyourclaire on Instagram.---Visit the Virtual Gallery here: https://artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/en/exhibition/5543348/common-collective-claire-heidinger-natia-lemay