About

Victoria Mara Heilweil is a feminist, lens-based artist and independent curator.Heilweil’s artwork has been exhibited nationally, including the de Young Museum,Institute of Contemporary Art San Jose, Jonathan Carver Moore Gallery, Robert V.Fullerton Art Museum, University Art Gallery at California State Chico, and theMinneapolis Photo Center. Her photographs are included in collections at CornellUniversity, Center for Photography at Woodstock, San Francisco Arts Commission,San Francisco Main Library and CMPC/Sutter Health Van Ness Hospital.She hasreceived grants from the Puffin Foundation, Palo Alto Public Art and San Francisco ArtsCommission.Over the past two decades, Heilweil has curated 19 exhibitions in the greater Bay Area.She is also the founder and curator ofPantiesinaTwist, a feminist photo zine thathighlights women photographers.Victoria Mara Heilweil was awarded a Masters of Fine Arts from California College ofthe Arts