JESSICA HEIN
Jessica Hein works within a drawing-based practice that is informed by experiential, interdisciplinary, and process based methods. Her work explores the mediated experience of our environment—through memory, the body, technology, time, or distance. Whether she is working with a laser cutter, digital mapping software, or the choreography of her own body movements, the translation of an idea, memory, or experience is central to her work. Jessica studied visual art at NSCAD University and received her Master of Visual Studies (Studio) at the University of Toronto in 2013. She lives in Toronto.
EDUCATION
2013
Master of Visual Studies (Studio), University of Toronto
2009
Bachelor of Fine Art, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design
2002
Bachelor of Arts, University of Guelph
SELECTED EXHIBITION RECORD
2016
In Every Direction McLaren Art Gallery, Barrie, ON (two-person exhibition)
2015
5e Biennale du dessin, Musée des beaux-arts de Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, QC
2014
Polynomial 2014: Colleen Wolstenholme and Jessica Hein, p|m Gallery, Toronto, ON (two-person exhibition)
Juried Group Show, curated by Chai Duncan, Latcham Gallery, Stouffville, ON
Drawing 2014, John A. Baird Gallery, Toronto, ON
There and Back Again, Doris McCarthy Gallery, Toronto, ON
2013
The Colour of There from Here, University of Toronto Art Centre, Toronto, ON
(solo exhibition)
2012
The Happening, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
2011
Launch Exhibition, Meghan Fish Contemporary Art + Projects, Halifax, NS
2010
Contemporary Visual Art Award: Shortlist Exhibition, Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax, NS
Ranters, Ravers and Raconteurs, Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax, NS
President’s Art Bank Exhibition, Port Loggia Gallery, Halifax, NS
2010, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
Group Exhibition, Seeds Gallery, Halifax, NS
2009
In These Veins, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS (solo exhibition)
The New Drawing Show, The Khyber Institute of Contemporary Art, Halifax, NS
2007
Freedom from Constraint, Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax, NS
RESIDENCIES
2015 Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto Island, ON
COLLECTIONS
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Halifax Regional Municipality, Halifax, NS
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2015
Ontario Arts Council Grant, Emerging Artist
2014
Ontario Arts Council Grant, Spotlight North Collective
2013
MVS Award, University of Toronto
2012
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Award
Ontario Arts Council Grant, Spotlight North Collective
2011/12
University of Toronto Fellowship
2010
Charlotte Wilson-Hammond/Visual Arts Nova Scotia Award
HRM Contemporary Visual Art Award: Short-list
2010
Starfish Art Award: Short-list
2008/09
Nova Scotia Talent Trust Scholarship
2007/08
McInnes Cooper Centennial Scholarship
PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS
2013
van der Avoird, Renée. The Colour of There from Here, review, Magenta Magazine, Summer 2013, Vol. 4, No. 2
Paoli, Julia. Momentus Movement, catalogue essay, UTAC
2010
MacNeill, Keltie. Ranters, Ravers & Racontours, catalogue essay, Eyelevel Gallery
ARTIST PRESENTATIONS AND LECTURES
2015
Artist Talk, UTAC, Toronto, ON
2014
Artist Talk, Toronto Friends of the Visual Arts, Toronto, ON
2013
Conference Presentation, Living on the Outside, International Conference on the Arts in Society, Budapest, Hungary
UTAC, The Colour of There from Here, Toronto, ON
2012
University of Toronto, Visuals Strategies, Toronto, ON
2010
Fine Arts Work Centre, Provincetown, Mass., USA
2009
Anna Leonowens Gallery, In These Veins, Halifax, NS
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2013-15
Lecturer, Studio Program, Department of Arts, Culture and Media, University of Toronto Scarborough, ON
2012
Instructor, Visual Studies Program, Department of Art, University of Toronto
2011
Teaching Assistant, Visual Studies Program, Department of Art, University of Toronto
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2014-15
Project Coordinator, Cities for People, Musagetes, Guelph, ON
2013-14
Associate Editor, The International Journal of Social, Political and Community Agendas in the Arts, Arts in Society
Associate Editor, The Arts Collection, Common Ground Publishing
2012-14
Artist Lead, Spotlight North Collective, project funded by the Ontario Arts Council, Sudbury, ON
2012
Curatorial Research and Production Intern, Musagetes, Guelph, ON
2011
Curator and Editor, Living on the Outside, exhibition and catalogue launch, Artists on Elgin, Sudbury, ON
2010-11
Researcher and Manuscript Editor, The Last Art College by Garry Neill Kennedy, published by MIT Press, 2012
2007-10
Writer and Editor, University Relations, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS
2007-09
Archives and Collections Assistant, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
2007
Curator, Girl Spoken: from pen, brush and tongue, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS, and Fleishman Gallery, Toronto, ON
Co-editor (with H. Holland and C. Kauppi), Girl Spoken: from pen, brush and tongue, published by Second Story Press
SELECTED CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2011
Hein, J. Living on the Outside. Exhibition. Artists on Elgin, Sudbury, ON
2007
Hein, J. Girl Spoken: From Pen, Brush and Tongue. Exhibition and book launch
• Fleishman Gallery, Toronto, ON
• Anna Leonowens Gallery, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS
2005
Hein, J., Holland, H. Making Her Mark. Exhibition. Art Gallery of Sudbury, Sudbury, ON