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