Alexander Heilner

Along the Colorado

Hey L.A. Friends! ALONG THE COLORADO will be opening at the Diana Berger Gallery in Walnut, CA next Thursday. When this show originated at the Nevada Humanities Council in Las Vegas this summer, curator Sapira Cheuk included my recent aerial videos from Nevada and Arizona. This iteration will feature a bunch of my still photographs ...Read More

Back in the Air, Over Utah

Huge thanks to LightHawk for getting me in the air again this weekend. I was able to photograph the Colorado River through its most remote (and beautiful) section, from Moab to Lake Powell. Photos will be added to “Draining the Colorado” shortly. Specific thanks to pilot extraordinaire Kelly who flew up from Taos for the ...Read More

Check Out My Billboard in Brooklyn

My photograph of the Coachella Canal is featured on a billboard as part of #iamwater2022, a public art project hosted by @ecoartspace and @ourhumanitymatters. Nearly a dozen artworks are displayed on billboards around New York City, and mine can be seen over Empire Boulevard in Brooklyn, just a block east of Prospect Park and the ...Read More

The 2021 Daegu Biennale

Selections from Draining the Colorado and The New Arctic are currently featured in the 8th DAEGU BIENNALE, in Daegu, South Korea, which runs through early November. Many of the exhibitions and works are centered on the growing environmental crises faced by communities worldwide, so it is an honor to have my work selected for exhibition ...Read More

A Deep Dive Into the Colorado River Basin

After more than a year of staying close to home, it was terrific to get back to photographing in the Southwest. I’ve been traveling around Arizona and neighboring Nevada, as well as bits of California and Utah. While I was there, Lake Mead dropped to its lowest level on record, which seemed poetic, as I ...Read More