Biography

Heather Lee Birdsong (b. 1984 in Spring Valley, Nevada) is an artist based in Portland, Oregon since 2005. Birdsong received a BFA in Intermedia from the Pacific Northwest College of Art in 2011. Collections housing her work include the Visual Chronicle of Portland, Oregon; Ella Strong Denison Library, Scripps College; Albert Solheim Library, Pacific Northwest College of Art; and Southern Graphics Council International. Birdsong is the recipient of a Career Opportunity Program grant from the Oregon Arts Commission (2026) and three individual artist grants from the Regional Arts and Culture Council (2023, 2022, 2014). She was a member of Carnation Contemporary, an artist-run exhibition space, from 2022 through 2024 and was an artist-in-residence in Print Arts Northwest's Emerging Printmakers Program in 2012. In addition to her fine art practice, she works as a freelance graphic designer, editor, and arts administrator.