Through a transdisciplinary practice verging on sculpture, performance and video, Lu Heintz engages feminist ethics of care, labor, and technology. Heintz’s artistic practice has grown out of DIY spaces, collectives, community organizing and intersectional care webs. They have received awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, Sustainable Arts Foundation and the Mellon Foundation. Exhibitions include the RISD Museum (RI); Metal Museum(TN); Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts (TX); Strano Film Fest (IT); and Wedding Cake House (RI). Heintz is an Assistant Professor of Open Media in the Department of Fine Arts at Brandeis University. Areas of focus include gender justice, affect, performance studies, and feminist economic perspectives. Heintz has contributed essays to Book Marks (Pressing Concern Books: NY, 2020), Repair: Sustainable Design Futures (Routledge: London, 2023), Event Scores by Artist-Parents (Rooftop Ins.: Hong Kong, 2023) and Document (Are.na: NY, 2025).