Selected Works / Exhibitions / Biography / Available Inventory
Jenny Heishman
Born 1971 in Gainesville, Florida
Lives and works in Seattle, Washington
Education
1998 MFA, Ohio University, Athens, OH
1996 Penland School of Crafts, concentration study, Penland, NC
1995 BS Geology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Solo Exhibitions
2012 James Harris Gallery, Seattle, Band Practice
2011 Prole Drift, Seattle, Prop Shop
Vignettes, Seattle, Snake Charmer
2007 Howard House, Seattle. Complexions
2004 Howard House, Seattle, Soft Sport
2001 King County Gallery, Seattle, The Big Picture
SOIL gallery, Seattle, air space
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012 The Hedreen Gallery, Seattle University, Seattle, The Rug Pulled Out From Underneath
Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, My Broken Loom
2011 Prole Drift, Seattle, An Empty Vase, collaboration with Matthew Offenbacher
2010 Sheppard Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno, Every Distance is Not Near 5th Whitstable Biennale 2010, United Kingdom, Shelf, curated by Jim Hobbs
2009 The Helm, Tacoma, Second Peoples
2008 Howard House, Seattle, Light Show for Unesco
2006 Aqua Art, Miami, Skid Road
Friesen Gallery, Seattle, Pilchuck EAiR’s
Arthouse, Austin, TX, New American Talent, traveling exhibit (catalogue)
Howard House, Seattle, New Sculpture Survey
2005 SOIL gallery, Seattle, Hardline Organics Part 1
2004 Howard House, Seattle, Sell Out
1506 Projects, Seattle, Pseudononymous
2003 1506 Projects, Seattle, Dark and Sweet
2002 Consolidated Works, Seattle, Binocular Parallex, curated by Meg Shiffler
Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria, BC, New Poverty
2000 SOIL gallery, Seattle, Plaster: Means/Ends
Grants, Awards, and Residencies
2011 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
Betty Bowen Annual Award, Seattle Art Museum
2010 Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, CityArtist Project Grant
2009 Public Art Network, Americans for the Arts Top 40 public art projects, Water Mover
PONCHO Special Recognition Award, Seattle Art Museum
2006 Artist Trust/WA State Arts Commission, Fellowship Grant
King County 4 Culture, Grant for Special Projects, Seattle
Vermont Studio Center, Full Fellowship, Artist in Residence
2005 Artist Trust, Grant for Artist Projects, Seattle
Pilchuck School of Glass, Stanwood, WA, Emerging Artist in Residence
2000 Atlantic Center for the Arts, FL, Artist in Residence with Charles Ray and Jennifer Pastor
1998 Albert A. Murray Fine Arts Grant
Commissions
2012 Vulcan Inc., public sculpture, corner of Boron and Thomas streets, Seattle, Woodpile
2010 Vulcan Inc., public sculpture, corner of Boron and Republican streets, Seattle, Cabin Corners
Seattle Art Museum, Olympic Sculpture Park, June-Oct., Summer in the Park
2008 City of Seattle, public sculpture, A. B. Ernst Park, Water Mover
Bibliography
2013 Kangas, Matthew, “Jenny Heishman: Band Practice at James Harris Gallery,” art ltd., january/february 2013
2011 Graves, Jen, “Immunity from Borders,” The Stranger, November 2, 2011
Graves, Jen, “Joy and Elusiveness,” The Stranger, Sept. 5, 2011
2010 Graves, Jen, “Trashed, Burned, Abandoned: The Olympic Sculpture Park…,”" The Stranger, June 15, 2010
2007 Graves, Jen, “Heishman High and Low,” The Stranger, Nov. 29, 2007
2006 Kangas, Matthew, “A New Dimension of Young Sculpture Artists,” Seattle Times, July 14
Lippens, Nate, “Art Review,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 28, 2006
2004 Hackett, Regina, “Art Review,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 27, 2004
Beal, Suzanne, “Soft Sport,” Seattle Weekly, September 1-7, 2004
2002 Farr, Sheila, “Alt.Art,” Seattle Times, September 13, 2002
2001 Conner, Jill, “Jennifer Heishman,” Sculpture Magazine, December Vol.20, No.10
Hall, Emily, “Air on the Side of Art,” The Stranger, March 22, 2001
Grant, Adriana, “Air Space,” Art Access, March 2001 Vol.10 No.3