STEVE HEINEMANN (1957 - ), R.C.A. DIVIDED FLORALS ceramic, 14" x 25.5" x 20" -- 35.6 x 64.8 x 50.8 cm., unsigned Provenance: Galerie Elena Lee, Montreal, QC Note: STEVE HEINEMANN (1957 - ), R.C.A. "Why ceramics? I have come to recognize that clay, as an organic material with a long history of human use, can offer a substantial link to both the natural and cultural worlds, to historical as well as geological time. So to me, the physical facts of soft/hard, surface/form, and inside/outside, suggest diverse opportunities for considering relationships among the seemingly disparate. Connections emerge, linking human activity and natural processes, deliberation and chance, past and present, and what is seen with what is sensed." - Steve Heinemann - Steven Heinemann was born in rural Ontario in 1957 to Hungarian parents. His creative interests took hold in high school, where he discovered clay and began what has become an intense involvement with the medium. While also active in painting and photography, Heinemann went on to study at the Sheridan College School of Craft and Design, where ceramics became his major focus. Upon completion of his studies there in 1979, he went on to receive his B.F.A. in Ceramics from Kansas City Art Institute in 1981(with a bursary from the Ontario Crafts Council), and his M.F.A. in Ceramics from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 1983. Since his first solo exhibition at the Ontario Crafts Council in 1982, Heinemann has exhibited nationally and internationally and his work is represented in numerous public and private collections in Canada and abroad, including the National Museum of History, Taiwan; The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England;The Museum Het Kruithuis, the Netherlands; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Claridge Collection, Montreal; the Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull and the Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa. Heinemann has taught and lectured throughout Canada, the United States, and Europe. In both 1988 and 1994, Heinemann received the Prix d'Excellence at the National Biennial of Ceramics. He is also a two-time recipient of the Merit Award at the Fletcher Challenge International in New Zealand. In 1995, Heinemann received the Judges Award at the Ceramic International in Mino, Japan and in 1996 the prestigious Saidye Bronfman Award for Excellence, Canada's highest recognition of achievement in contemporary craft. In 2001, he was invited into the Royal Canadian Academy of Art. Heinemann maintains a studio in Richmond Hill, Ontario. Selected Corporate, Private and Public Collections Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax Auckland Museum, New Zealand Banff Centre, AB Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, Ontario Camberwell College of Art, London, England Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull China Academy of Art, Hangzhou Claridge Collection, Montreal Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield, MI Ehwa Women's University, Seoul, Korea Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design, Vancouver, BC External Affairs, Canada Frank Nievergelt, Zurich, Switzerland Frank Steyaert Museum, Ghent, Belgium Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Maine Hongik University, Seoul, Korea Imperial Oil, Toronto Jack Lenor Larsen, Long Island Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, China Kansas City Art Institute, Missouri Karen Johnson Boyd, Wisconsin Longhouse Foundation, New York Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK Marc Grainer, Washington Memorial University, Cornerbrook, NF Mint Museum of Art & Design, Charlotte, NC Montreal Museum of Fine Art, Montreal Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam Museum of Civilization, Hull, QC Museum of Contemporary Arts and Design, New York Museum of Fine Arts, Boston National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan NCECA, Charlotte, NC Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, NS OCAD University, Toronto, ON Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto Penland School, NC Raphael Yu, Toronto Rhode Island School of Design, Providence Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester Seika University, Kyoto, Japan Shepparton Art Gallery, Victoria, Australia Stedelijk Museum, Netherlands Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum,Taiwan The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu The Pottery Workshop, Hong Kong, Shanghai UBS Bank, Toronto University Arizona, Tucson University of Nebraska, Lincoln University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB University of California, Long Beach Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB World Ceramic Center, Icheon, Korea Selected Solo Exhibitions 2014 somethingiforgottotellyou, David Kaye Gallery, Toronto, ON 2013 Lacoste Gallery, Boston, MA 2012, 2008, 2003, 2000, 1999 Galerie Elena Lee, Montreal, QC 2011 Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe (w/ Tom Phardel) 2009, 2006 David Kaye Gallery, Toronto 2005 Gallery Carla Koch, Amsterdam (w/ Wouter Dam) 2005, 2001 Gallerymateria, Phoenix, AZ 2004 b-15, Munich, Germany 2004, 2002, 1999 Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY 2002 Ute Stebich Gallery, Lenox, Massachusetts 2000 Selected Works, 1989-1999, York Quay Gallery, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON 1999, 1995, 1991, 1988, 1984 Prime Gallery, Toronto 1989, 1991 Objects of Sight, 1979-1989, Burlington Art Centre, ON 1991, 1982 Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto, ON 1990 Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax 1986 Hopkins Hall Gallery, Ohio State University, Columbus 1984 Anna Leonowens Gallery, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax Selected Group Exhibitions 2015 Continuum of Innovation: Haystack Clay Selects, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA 2013 The Bowl, Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, Oregon 21st Century Modern, University of Texas, San Marcos 2012 Summer Exhibition, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, England New World: Timeless Visions, IAC Members Exhibition, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe Legends, Watershed Center for Ceramic Art, Maine, USA 2010 Inside Out, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis 2009 Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Canadian Pavilion, Korea Borgenicht, Currier, and Heinemann, Lacoste Gallery, Massachusetts 2007 OBJECToronto, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto Form + Abstraction, Lacoste Gallery, Massachusetts 2006 From the North; Canadian Ceramics Today, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia Scripps College 62nd Ceramic Annual, Claremont, California Minimal/ist, Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA 2005 Sounding Architecture, Watershed Center For the Ceramic Arts, Maine NCECA Exhibition, Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan Bowled Over, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia 2004 Modern Masters Exhibition, Munich, Germany 2003 World Ceramics Biennale, Icheon, Korea 21st Century Ceramics, Columbus College of Art and Design, Ohio Cheongju International Craft Biennale Invitational, Korea Facets Of Clay, Macalester College, Minneapolis 2003, 2002 Kunst Messe Munchen, Munish, Germany 2002 Autoportrait, National Biennial, Trois-Rivieres, Quebec Vessel Invitational 2002, Robert Wesleyan College, Rochester, New York Ceramic Modernism, Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto The Legacy of Innovation, A Tribute to Ken Ferguson, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City 2002 1996, 1994, 1992, 1990, 1988 1986, 1984 National Biennial of Ceramics, Trois-Rivieres, QC 2001 Reunion: Wayne Higby and Graduates of Alfred University, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia Earth Works, The Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto 2000 Expo 2000, Hanover, Germany Summer Exhibition, Galerie Besson, London, England The Sixth Taiwan Colden Ceramics Awards, Taipei, Taiwan 2000, 1999 Canada - Clay Today, The George R. Gardener Museum of Ceramic Art 1999 Master Teachers / Master Students, Bowling Green State University, Ohio Sydney Meyer Fund International Ceramics Exhibition, Shepparton, Australia Ceramic Monthly International Competition, Columbus, Ohio 1998 A Question of Identity, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery 1997 JICA International Ceramic Exhibition, Seoul Arts Centre Four Bronfman Award Winners, Prime Gallery, Toronto, Ontario Crichton / Genest / Heinemann, Galerie Elena Lee, Montreal, Quebec Transformation: Prix Saidye Bronfman 1977-1997 1996-1999 Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec 1994-1997 Fletcher Challenge International Ceramics Exhibition, Auckland, New Zealand 19996-1997 White on White: Contemporary Canadian Ceramics Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario 1995 International Contemporary Artists in Clay, Galerie Vromans, Amsterdam, Netherlands The 4th International Ceramics Competition, Mino, Japan 1993 Moving The Spirit, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario 1992 International Invitational Exhibition of Ceramic Art, National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan A Treasury of Canadian Craft, Inaugural Exhibition Canadian Craft Museum, Vancouver, British Columbia Themes of Immanence, An Aesthetics of Twi-light, Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, Ontario Canadian Excellence in Clay II, Barbara Silverberg Gallery, Montreal, Quebec 1988 Grand Prix Des Metiers D'art, Montreal, QC Restless Legacies: Contemporary Craft Practice in Canada, Olympic Arts Festival, Calgary, Alberta 1987 Beyond the Object, Saskatchewan Craft Council 1986 The Architectural Vessel, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York 1985 The Kansas City Art Institute's First Century, Nelson Museum, Kansas City, Missouri 1984 Raku and Smoke North America, American Craft Museum, New York, New York 1983 Art in Western New York, Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York Selected Links stevenheinemann.com The Canadian Encyclopedia Raphael Yu on Steve Heinemann
