EDUCATION
1983
M.F.A., Ceramics; New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
1981
B.F.A., Ceramics; Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
1979
Honours Diploma; Sheridan College School of Craft And Design, Mississauga, Ontatio
EXPERIENCE
2005,2001,1989
Instructor, Penland School of Craft, North Carolina
2004
Presenter, Gulgong Ceramic International, Australia
2003
Artist-In-Residence, University of Canberra, Australia
Instructor, Peter's Valley, New Jersey
2000
Artist in Residence, International Ceramic Studio, Kecskemet, Hungary
1999
Visiting Artist, Watershed Center For The Ceramic Arts, Maine
Curator, ‘Past Present’, York Quay Gallery I, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
Instructor, Haystack School of Craft, Maine
1999, 1990, 1988
Instructor, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Ontario
1997
Artist-In Residence, Jinro International Ceramic Art Workshop, Korea
1996
Visiting Artist, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan
1995
Instructor, Art Fundamentals, Sheridan College , Oakville, Ontario
1994-1995
Visiting Instructor, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC
1992
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, NS
Artist-In-Residence, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
1987
Resident, Europes Keramisch Werkcentrum, Holland
Artist-In-Residence, Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta
1986
Artist-In-Residence, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
1983
Visiting Instructor, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia
AWARDS (selected)
2004
Bavarian State Award, Modern Masters Exhibition, Munich, Germany
2003
Special Award, 2nd World Ceramic Biennale, Korea
2002
Canada Council ‘A’ Grant
1996
Saidye Bronfman Award for Excellence in Canadian Craft
1995
Judges Commendation, Fletcher Challenge International, Auckland, New Zealand
Judges Award, The 4th Ceramic International, Mino, Japan
1994
Award of Merit, Fletcher Challenge International, New Zealand
Le Prix D’Excellence, National Biennial of Ceramics, Trois-Rivieres, Quebec
1993
Award of Merit, Fletcher Challenge International, New Zealand
Bronze Medal, International Ceramic Invitational, Taipei
1988
Le Prix D’Excellence, National Biennial of Ceramics
1984
Prix Pierre Legros, National Biennial of Ceramics
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
(C-Catalog, T-touring)
2009, 2006
David Kaye Gallery, Toronto
2008, 2003, 2000, 1999
Galerie Elena Lee, Montreal
2005
Gallery Carla Koch, Amsterdam (w/ Wouter Dam)
2005, 2001
Gallerymateria, Phoenix
2004
Galerie B-15, Munich, Germany
2004, 2002, 1999
Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York City
2002
Ute Stebich Gallery, Lenox, Massachusetts
2000
York Quay Gallery, ‘Selected Works, 1989-1999’, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
1999, 1995, 1991, 1988, 1984
Prime Gallery, Toronto
1989-91
Burlington Art Centre, 'Objects of Sight, 1979-1989’ (C,T)
1991, 1982
Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto
1990
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax
1986
Hopkins Hall Gallery, Ohio State University,
1984
Anna Leonowens Gallery, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax
COLLECTIONS (selected)
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu
Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan
Mint Museum of Art & Design, Charlotte
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum of Contemporary Arts and Design, New York
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull
Art Gallery, Victoria, Australia
Winneipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa
Imperial Oil, Toronto
Museum Het Kruithuis, Netherlands
Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto
Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, Ontario
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax
Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto
Longhouse Foundation, New York
Hongik University, Seoul
World Ceramic Center, Icheon, Korea
Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan
Raphael Yu, Toronto
Montreal Museum of Fine Art, Montreal
Frank Nievergelt, Zurich
Frank Steyaert Museum, Ghent
Marc Grainer, Washington
Auckland Museum, New Zealand
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton MA
UBS Bank, Toronto
External Affairs Canada
Jack Lenor Larsen, Long Island
Karen Johnson Boyd, Wisconsin
WORKSHOPS AND LECTURES (selected)
Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, China
The Pottery Workshop, Hong Kong, Shanghai
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design, Vancouver, BC
Seika University, Kyoto, Japan
Kansas City Art Institute, Missouri
Ehwa Women's University, Seoul, Korea
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, NS
Memorial University, Cornerbrook, NF
Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
Museum of Civilization, Hull, QC
Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield, MI
Camberwell College of Art, London, England
Penland School, NC
Banff Centre, AB
University of California, Long Beach
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
University of Arizona, Tucson
NCECA, Charlotte, NC
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2009
Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Canadian Pavillion, 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 Centre For The Ceramics Arts, Maine
NCECA Exhibition, Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Tawan
Bowled Over, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia
2004
Modern Masters Exhibition, Munich, Germany
2003
World Ceramic Biennale, Icheon, Korea (C)
21st Century Ceramics, Columbus College of Art and Design, Ohio (C)
Cheongju International Craft Biennale Invitational, Korea (C)
Facets Of Clay, Macalester College, Minneapolis
2003/2002
Kunst Messe Munchen, Munich, Germany
2002
'Autoportrait', National Biennial, Trois Rivieres, Quebec (C,T
Vessel Invitational 2002, Roberts 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, 96, 94, 90, 88, 86, 84
National Biennial of Ceramics, Trois-Rivieres, Quebec (C,T)
2001
Reunion: Wayne Higby and Graduates of Alfred Uiversity., The Clay Studio, Philadelphia
Earth Works, The Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto (C)
2000
Expo 2000, Hanover, Germany
Summer Exhibition, Galerie Besson, London, England
The Sixth Taiwan Golden Ceramics Awards, Taipei, Taiwan (C)
1999-2000
Canada - Clay Today The George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art (C,T)
1999
Master Teachers / Master Students, Bowling Green State University, Ohio (C)
Sydney Meyer Fund International Ceramics Exhibition, Shepparton, Australia (C)
Ceramics Monthly International Competition, Columbus, Ohio (C)
1998
A Question of Identity, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery (C
1997
JICA International Ceramic Exhibition, Seoul Arts Centre (C)
Four Bronfman Award Winners, Prime Gallery, Toronto
Crichton / Genest / Heinemann, Galerie Elena Lee, Montreal
1996-1999
Transformation: Prix Saidye Bronfman 1977-1996 (C,T) Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
1997, 96, 95, 94
Fletcher Challenge International Ceramics Exhibition Auckland, New Zealand (C)
1996-1997
White on White; Contemporary Canadian Ceramics (C,T), Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario
1995
International Contemporary Artists in Clay, Galerie Vromans, Amsterdam
The 4th International Ceramics Competition, Mino, Japan (C)
1993
Moving The Spirit, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery Waterloo, Ontario (C)
1992
International Invitational Exhibition of Ceramic Art (C) National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan
A Treasury of Canadian Craft, Inaugural Exhibition (C) Canadian Craft Museum, Vancouver, British Columbia
Themes of Immanence, An Aesthetics of Twi-light (C) Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, Ontario
1989
Canadian Excellence in Clay II, Barbara Silverberg Gallery, Montreal, Quebec (C)
1988
Grand Prix Des Metiers D’Art, Montreal, Quebec (C)
Restless Legacies: Contemporary Craft Practice in Canada (C)
Olympic Arts Festival, Calgary, Alberta
1987
Beyond the Object, Saskatchewan Craft Council (C,T)
1986
The Architectural Vessel, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York (C)
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 (C,T)
1983
Art in Western New York, Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York (C)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2009
Ceramics, Art and Perception, Issue 75, Between Shadow and Container, Leopld Foulem
2007
Fusion, Vol.31 No.1, Recent Work by Steven Heinemann, Diana Reitberger
2005
Ceramics, Art and Perception, Vessels for Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Stephanie Gilles
World-Famous Ceramic Artists' Studios, Volume of America (2), Bai Ming
2004
KeramikMagazin, Die Polaritat der Dinge, Stephanie Gilles
2003
The Penland Book Of Ceramics, p.86-88, Tom Spleth et al.
2002
Overseas Contemporary Ceramic Art Classics, p 112-114, Bai Ming
2001
Postmodern Ceramics, p 89-90, Mark Del Vecchio
2000
The Globe and Mail, February 26
Steven Heinemann at York Quay Gallery, Harbourfront, Gillian Mackay
1999
Critical Ceramics (www.critical ceramics.org), feature interview by Forrest Snyder.
The New York Times, F3, September 9; The Latest Thing in Antiquity, Alex Blau.
Nouvel Objet IV, Artists in the World, pp.90-91.
1998
Ceramics, Art and Perception, No. 32, Ideas in Containers, Earl Miller.
Transformation:Prix Saidye Bronfman Award 1977-1996, Canadian Museum Of Civilization
1997
The Globe and Mail, Sept. 20; Clay Comes Alive in Canadian Ceramics, Betty Ann Jordan.
The Globe and Mail, May 17; The Creative Price of Perfection, Blake Gopnik.
Le Devoir, January 25; Formes: Lacheurs Les Meitiers D’Art?, Sophie Gironnay.
1996
Ontario Craft, July/August; Thinking in Clay, Margaret Cannon.
The Globe and Mail, May 22; Turning Earth Into Art, Deirdre Kelly.
The Ottawa Citizen, June 2; There’s Beauty In The Power Of Fine Craft, Nancy Baele.
Fusion, Vol. 20, No.3, Heinemann + The Bronfman, Elizabeth Dingman.
1995
Contact, no. 99; Feature article by Wendy Walgate.
The Globe and Mail, Feb. 18; The Shape Of Contemporary Clay, Kate Taylor.
Ontario Craft, Summer issue; Recent Ceramics, Review by Ann Roberts.
1991
American Ceramics, Vol. 9-3; Review by Ann McPherson.
Fusion; Objects of Sight, Review by Gillian Poulter.
1989
The Globe and Mail, Aug. 22; Potter’s Work Opens A Window To The World, Ann McPherson.
Ontario Craft, Fall issue; Open Territory, Diana Reitberger.
1983
Ontario Craft, Fall issue; The Vessel: A New Spirit, Gloria Hickey.
1982
Ontario Craft, Summer issue; Elusive potter, Hetty Ventura Aaron.
VIDEO
1996
The First Alchemy, Canadian Museum of Civilization, 9:35 min
(C-catalog, T-touring exhibition)
