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Heidi Van Wieren

 

Born

1973 Holland, MI


Education

1999 M.F.A. Cranbrook Academy of Art, Boolmfield Hills, MI
1996 B.A. Hope College, Holland, MI
1996 Austro-American Institute, Vienna, Austria
1995 Great Lakes College Association New York Arts Program, New York, NY
Internship with Installation Sculptor Margaret Cogswell; Fresco Painter Shawn Delaney and Encaustic PainterHeather Hutchinson


One Person and Two Person Exhibitions

2007 Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY (Solo)
2005 "New Paintings," Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago (Solo)
2003 Klein Art Works, Chicago (Solo)
2002 Trinity Christian Collge Art Gallery, Faculty Exhibition, Palos Heights, IL
2001 Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Installation Project Space, Grand Rapids, MI
"Repeater", Contemporary Art Workshop,Chicago
2000 "A Piece of Home; A Part of Public," Holland Area Arts Council, Installation Project Space, Holland, MI
Butch's Holland, MI (Also 1997 and 1996)


Group Exhibitions

2006 Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
2005 "2005 DePauw Biennial: Contemporary Art in the Midwest," Richard Peeler Art Center, De Pauw
  University, Greencastle, IN
2004 Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago
2002 "Coming to Terms with the Everyday," SoFa Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
"Groundswell Benefit," White Columns, New York, NY
"Full Frontal," Klein Art Works, Chicago
"Chicago Abstract Today," Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey, MI
"Circular," ROCKET Gallery, London
"Abnormal Abstraction: Transcending the Common," Klein art Works, Chicago
"Space," Open End Gallery, Chicago
  "Funky Abstraction," Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, New York, NY
"Blue Blood/Blue Collar," Heaven Gallery, Chicago
2001 "Invitational Holiday Show," Holland Area Arts Council, Holland, MI
"Home Installation," North Park College, Chicago
  "Found," ASAP Gallery, Chicago
"Curators Choice Exhibition and Silent Auction," Around the Coyote, curators: Julia Friedman, Gregory Knight, Chuck Thurow, Chicago
"Around the Coyote," Fall Arts Festival, Chicago
"Publicus," The Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago
Chicago Women's Conference, Invitational Group Show, Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL
2000 Governors State University, Regional Art Faculty Invitational, University Park, IL
Muskegon Museum of Art, Annual Juried Show, Muskegon, MI
The Nines Gallery, Annual Small Format Show, Holland, MI
1999 DePree Art Gallery, Juried Alumni Show, Hope College, Holland, MI
MFA Degree Show, Cranbrook Art Museum, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomflield Hills, MI
"Ball Point Power Bits," Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Art Museum
1997 DMB&B Advertising painting on loan, Troy, MI
1996 "Fear of Open Sea," Four Person exhibition, DePree Art Gallery, Hope College, Holland, MI


Interviews and Reviews

2002 Chicago Public Television, WTTW Channel 11, "Iz it Art," television interview
"Patrick Miceli and Heidi Lynn Van Wieren," New Art Examiner, Kim S. Theriault, March/April, page 72
"Ordinary Objects Take on New Form at UICA Exhibits, Grand Rapids Press, Section C2, Grand Rapids, MI
2001 Chicago Public Television, WTTW Channel 11, Art Beat, "Around the Coyote Curators Choice," television interview
2000 The Holland Sentinel, "Artist Draws Inspiration from Everyday Items," feature article, C1, Holland, MI
Mac-TV, "Macatawa Magazine," television interview, Holland, MI
1998 "Out Line," Cranbrook Academy of Art Alumni Newsletter, featured image, "In Search of Meaning, winter page 9 


Honors

2001 "Curator's Choice Exhibition and Silent Auction," Around the Coyote, Chicago
1998 "Merit Scholarship," Cranbrook Academy of Art
1996 "Herman Miller Award," Hope College
"Van Tamelin Award," Hope College