Erik Madigan Heck is one of the most sought-after photographers working today, attracting collaborations and commissions from fashion and cultural icons such as Comme des Garçons, Gucci, Nike, and The Metropolitan Opera. He is praised for his talent to use color as a poetic medium, transforming each image into a vivid narrative that speaks to the emotional resonance of photography.

The tapestry marks a creative evolution in Heck’s artistic journey. This body of work infuses his love of painting and textile arts into his fashion sensibility. Inspired by the ambient light of Edgar Degas, patterned interiors of Edouard Vuillard and Gustav Klimt, and rich textures of antique tapestries, this series is a romantic exploration of color and form.

Widely collected in both private and public collections, his work is held by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The flowing, lyrical design in Heck’s newest monograph, The tapestry (2024), presents more than one hundred and eighty photographs in a richly colorful and immersive new collection that spans photography, fashion and broader spectrum of visual art. This will be Heck’s third solo exhibition with the gallery, and he will be joining us for the opening reception.