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Heather Benning (born 1980) is a Canadian visual artist, sculptor and photographer. She is known for her large-scale, site-specific installations created in natural environments in remote locations and her gallery-based installations.

Biography
Heather Benning was born in Humboldt, Saskatchewan in 1980. She began her education at the University of Saskatchewan in the Fine Arts Program (2002). She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (2004) and a Master of Fine Arts at the Edinburgh College of Art (2009).

Career
After completing her BFA in Scotland, she worked as a foundry technician at Powderhall Bronze in Edinburgh and for several Scottish sculptors. She currently lives and works in Swift Current, Saskatchewan. Benning has exhibited in solo and group shows nationally in Canada (Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia and Manitoba) and internationally (Germany, France, Scotland, England, Spain & the USA) since the early 2000's.

Benning's The Dollhouse (2007) was a site specific installation located in the Prairie region near Sinclair, Manifoba. The large-scale project took her approximately 18 months to return the old farmhouse to a version of its former self from the 1960's era, when it had been deserted. She replaced the roof and worked her way throughout, down to the furnishings of the old relic. She removed the North facing wall and replaced it with plexiglass. Benning documented The Dollhouse project with photographs and the 1st edition hard cover book titled, the dollhouse was released in 2012, which included her photographs and an essay by Sheri Benning. The Dollhouse (suite of 30 photographs) presenting the transformation of the degraded home. The Dollhouse (installation) was available for viewing by the public in 2007 until its destruction in 2013. When it was discovered that the foundation was no longer sound, the relic was destroyed by fire. This event too was documented by Benning in a series of photographs as well as in a film, The Dollhouse (2013) a film collaboration that was co-written, co-directed, and co-produced with Benning and Chad Galloway. The Dollhouse (film) was screened at 23 film festivals in 16 countries.

Benning was recipient of the 2010 30 BELOW Lieutenant Governor's Award at the Saskatchewan Arts Board Sixth Annual Lieutenant Arts Awards ceremony. She was nominated for a Sobey Art Award in 2010 and was among the 25 semifinalist long listed from five regions across Canada. She was chosen as one of five to represent the Prairies and the North

Benning's A Prairie Gothic: Let Our Fields Be Broader, But Our Nights So Much Darker was a gallery-based installations. This exhibition/tour included four bodies of work and The Dollhouse (film), presenting images of a passing era from a rural Prairie life.

Archives & Collections

 * Select photographs from The Dollhouse (2007-2011) installation are included in the Canada Council Art Bank.
 * Select photographs are included in the Saskatchewan Arts Board Permanent Collection: The Death of the Dollhouse: Fire #2 (2013) Kodak Endura digital C-print.
 * Select art work was added to the Permanent Collection at the Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery in 2016.