heidi maddess bfa, mfa
EDUCATION
| 2009 | San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA USA Masters of Fine Arts Degree with Honours |
| 2000 | Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design (ECIAD), Vancouver BC Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree |
| 2000 | Okanagan University College, Kelowna BC Liberal Arts Academic Electives |
| 2000 | ECIAD, Vancouver BC Visual Arts Major – Diploma of Fine Arts |
| 1999 | Edinburgh College of Art and Design, Edinburgh SCOTLAND Selected for Exchange |
AWARDS
| 1997 | Anne Eyford Memorial Scholarship |
| 1996 | Anne Eyford Memorial Scholarship |
| 1996 | Topham Brown Memorial Scholarship |
| 1996 | Vernon District Scholarship – Category of Art |
| 1996 | Vernon Secondary Alumni Scholarship |
COLLECTIONS
Public collections - the Embassy of Canada in Iceland and the City of Salmon Arm
Private collections - throughout Canada, USA, Iceland, Japan, Switzerland, Scotland and France
UPCOMING SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
| 2009 | Vernissage MFA Thesis Exhibition. Fort Mason, San Francisco CA USA |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 2009 | Synchronicity. Queen Elizabeth Theater Mezzanine Gallery, Vancouver BC |
| 2007 | Memories Persist. Gallery Fourteen, New Westminster BC |
| 2006 | Icelandic Whispers. Kootenay Art Gallery, Castlegar BC |
| 2006 | Fate Must Find Someone to Speak Through. Summerland Art Gallery, Summerland BC |
| 2006 | The Experience Is Most Truthful. Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon BC |
| 2006 | Wisdom is Welcome, Wherever it Comes From. SAGA Public Art Gallery, Salmon Arm BC |
| 2005 | Fire & Ice. Maple Ridge Art Gallery. Maple Ridge BC |
| 2004 | Icelandic Inspirations. Columbia Street Studio Gallery, Vancouver BC |
| 2004 | For All That Was Given. Delgan Gallery, Akureyri ICELAND |
| 2003 | Icelandic Whispers. SIM Gallery, Reykjavik ICELAND |
| 2003 | New Works, Vertigo Gallery. Vernon BC |
| 2003 | Reflections of Japan. Armstrong Public Art Gallery, Armstrong BC |
| 2003 | Internal Comforts. Rapunzels, Vernon BC |
| 2002 | Internal Comforts. Rapunzels, Vernon BC |
| 2001 | Recent Inspirations. The Verve, Vernon BC |
| 2001 | Ingest & Digest. Bean Scene, Vernon BC |
| 1999 | Landscapes of the Interior. ECIAD Student Services, Vancouver BC |
| 1999 | Memoirs of a Tree Planter. Connections, Vernon BC |
| 1999 | Memoirs of a Tree Planter. Vernon Art Gallery – Outreach, Vernon BC |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2008 | Dualities. Swell Gallery, San Francisco CA USA |
| 2008 | S P A C E S. Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco CA USA |
| 2008 | The Texture of Space. Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco CA USA |
| 2007 | Often I shoot myself. Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco CA USA |
| 2007 | Rituals. Swell Gallery, San Francisco CA USA |
| 2007 | Semblance. Swell Gallery, San Francisco CA USA |
| 2007 | Chow Fun. Swell Gallery, San Francisco CA USA |
| 2007 | Connecting With Intimate Scapes. Place des Arts Gallery, Vancouver BC |
| 2006 | Fall Forward. North Okanagan Artists Alternative, Vernon BC |
| 2006 | Reflections on human habitation. Swell Gallery, San Francisco CA USA |
| 2004 | Members Show. Vertigo Gallery, Vernon BC |
| 2004 | Postcard. Columbia Street Studio, Vancouver BC |
| 2003 | Defining Abstraction. Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon BC |
| 2003 | Red. North Okanagan Artists Alternative, Vernon BC |
| 2002 | V Day – Until the Violence Stops. Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon BC |
| 2002 | V Day – Until the Violence Stops. Performing Arts Centre, Vernon BC |
| 2002 | Blue. North Okanagan Artists Alternative, Vernon BC |
| 2002 | Three. North Okanagan Artists Alternative, Vernon BC |
| 2002 | North Okanagan Open Juried Show. Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon BC |
| 2002 | DIVA Collective. The Art Ark, Kelowna BC |
| 2001 | Small Matters. Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon BC |
| 2001 | Art Market. North Okanagan Artists Alternative, Vernon BC |
| 2001 | Domestic Pageantry. North Okanagan Artists Alternative, Vernon BC |
| 2000 | Starving Artist Show. Independent, Vernon BC |
| 2000 | Exotic-Erotic. Headbones Gallery, Vernon BC |
| 2000 | North Okanagan Open Juried Show. Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon BC |
| 2000 | ECIAD BFA Graduation Exhibition. ECIAD, Vancouver BC |
| 1999 | Xchange. ECIAD Concourse Gallery, Vancouver BC |
| 1999 | Painting + Drawing Exhibition. Edinburgh College of Art & Design, Edinburgh SCOTLAND |
| 1999 | North Okanagan Open Juried Show. Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon BC |
| 1998 | Collections International. St. Petersburg State Academy of Art and Design RUSSIA |
| 1998 | North Okanagan Open Juried Show. Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon BC |
| 1998 | What is Print? ECIAD Concourse Gallery, Vancouver BC |
| 1997 | North Okanagan Open Juried Show. Vernon Art Gallery, Vernon BC |
| 1997 | First Year Exhibition. ECIAD Concourse Gallery, Vancouver BC |
| 1997 | Beyond Borders Juried Exhibition. Western Washington University, Bellingham WA USA |
| 1996 | District Scholarship Exhibition. Kalamalka High School, Vernon BC |
RESIDENCIES
| 2004 | Gil Society Akureyri Artist Residency, Akureyri, ICELAND |
| 2003 | SIM artist Residency, Reykjavik, ICELAND |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
“Art Education and life after”, CEC Network Turkey Magazine Publication, January 1, 2009
“Winter-show has Fire & Ice”, NewsTrove.com, January 9, 2005 “Fire & Ice”, The Fraser Valley Guide, January 5, 2005
“Coming to the Maple Ridge Art Gallery in January...” The Bugal, December 29, 2004
“Iceland through an artist's eyes”, Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News, December 22, 2004
“Christmas comes to the gallery”, The Vernon Morning Star, December 6, 2001
“Driven to Abstraction”, The Vernon Sun Review, October 28, 2000
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
| 2008 | Teaching Assistant, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA Drawing (Senior level – Random Order + Chance) Selected as the teaching assistant for visiting instructor Brad Brown (Senior Drawing – Play, Random order + Chance) Researched pertinent artists with visual slide presentation, disseminated scheduling and project information, and co-facilitated intensive critiques. This senior level undergraduate drawing course consisted of one fourth year undergraduate and six graduate students from various disciplines of new-genre, photography, painting and drawing. |
| 2007 | Teaching Assistant, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA Drawing (Senior level – Narrative Drawing) As Teaching Assistant for Caitlin Mitchell-Dayton I engaged with students daily to discuss their conceptual framework and their visual articulations through project driven drawing. This senior level Narrative Drawing course was within undergraduate studies with three graduate students registered. When the instructor was absent I facilitated critiques, which included both undergraduate and graduate students. |
| 2002-03 | Assistant English Teacher – Kaizu Senior High School, Japan English – Oral communication (instructor of record) Teaching High School English (ESL) in Japan required overcoming many communication barriers. Presentations for the classroom and school assemblies were necessary. While teaching I assessed students’ abilities, researched, devised and implemented educational lesson plans, which resulted in high student interest for learning English. |
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
| 2009 | BC Council of International Education, Vancouver BC Workshop: Engaging the Millenials |
| 2008 | Kwantlen Park Secondary, Surrey BC Workshop: Careers in the Arts and Fine Arts Education |
| 2008 | Whatcom Museum of History of Art, Bellingham WA USA Workshop: Careers in the Arts and Fine Arts Education |
| 2007 | Lord Byng Health, Career + Planning Conference, Vancouver BC Workshop: Careers in the Arts and Fine Arts Education |
| 2007 | Bellevue College Admissions Night, Bellevue WA USA Workshop: Advising the Visual and Performing Artist Pathway to Education |
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND ACTIVITIES
| 2008 | Selected member of CIS Council for Higher Education Canada committee |
| 2008 | Selected leader of sub committee for CIS-CHEC update to communication material |
| 2008 | Selected adjudication member for the One World Scholarship for study in BC, Irving K Barber-BC Scholarship Society + Victoria Foundation |
| 2008 | Selected sub committee member for CIS-CHEC scholarship adjudication |
| 2008 | WES International Credential Evaluation workshop, Vancouver BC |
| 2008 | Effective Leadership – Emily Carr University |
| 2007 | Supervisory Skills The Basics, Simon Fraser University |
| 2007 | Supervisory Skills Recruitment and Selection of Staff, SFU |
| 2006 | WES International Credential Evaluation Workshop, San Francisco US |
TECHNICAL ABILITIES
| Print media | Digital scanning, out-print/print ready document preparation |
| Software | Adobe Creative Suite; Photoshop, In Design, Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat Professional, Power Point, Excel, Word, Colleague and PeopleSoft student data collection on Apple MAC and PC |
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL
| North/South America | USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Panama, Columbia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Peru, Port of Spain, Dominican Republic, Venezuela |
| Europe | Scotland, Ireland, England, Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, Turkey |
| Asia | Japan, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia |