Born:
1937
Woodstown, NJ
Education/Training:
1970-78
Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
1984
Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, OH, B.A. Cum Laude
1987-92
Instituto de Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
1994
Wolf Kahn Workshop, Portland, ME
Selected Exhibitions and Awards:
2021
Invitational Show “Women of the Archive”, Judson Manor, Cleveland, Ohio
Juried Show, “Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana Regional Show”, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
2011-2020
52 weeks, 52 Works, Baldwin Wallace College, Berea, Ohio
2020
Juried Show, “Identity: Things”, Valley Art Center, Chagrin Falls, Ohio
“49th Annual Juried Show”, Valley Art Center, Chagrin Falls, Ohio
Invitational Show “Navigating the Pandemic”, Summa Health Center, Akron, Ohio
2019
Solo Show, “Tell Me a Story”, Howsen Galley & Overlook Dining Room, Judson Park, Cleveland, Ohio
Invitational Show, Artists Exhibit, Bornstein Gallery in Beachwood, Ohio and Moses Gallery in Westlake, Ohio
“Affordable Art Fair”, NYC represented by HS Gallery
2018
Solo Show, “Tangible Moments: The Legacy of Lee Heinen”, AAWR Moreland Courts, Cleveland, Ohio
Juried Show, Butler Institute of American Art Midyear, Youngstown, Ohio
Juried Show, “New Masters”, Wasmer Gallery, Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, Ohio
Juried Show, “The 9th Annual May Show” at Lakeland CC, Kirtland, Ohio
Juried Show, “New Now Show” , AAWR, Cuyahoga County Community College, Cleveland, Ohio
Juried Show , “Identity: People”, Valley Art Center, Chagrin Falls, Ohio
Juried, “52weeks, 52works”, Baldwin Wallace College, Berea, Ohio
2017
Awarded an Ohio Individual Artists Award for Excellence 2017
Juried Show, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Invitational Show, “Women of the Western Reserve” AECOM
Penton Media Bldg Cleveland, OH
Solo Show “Revisiting the Family Album” The Gathering Place, Beachwood, OH
Juried Show “VAC 46th Annual Juried Show,” Chagrin Falls, OH
Invitational Show “Trees, Trees, Trees” Cleveland, Botanical Garden
Participated in “Constant as the Sun,” Liz Maugins MOCA Exhibit
2016
Juried Show, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown Ohio
Solo Show, “Pop Art 2016” Shaker Historical Society, Shaker Hts., OH
Juried Show, “ New Now” Tri C Corporate Collage Gallery, Cleveland
Invitational Show, “Nature as Muse” Cleveland Botanical Garden
2015
Invitational Show “ Majority Rising” AAWR, Cleveland, OH
Invitational Show, Beachwood Community Center, “Not Just Pretty Pictures” Beachwood, OH
Duo Show, Audrey & Harvey Feinberg Gallery, Cleveland Heights, OH
2014
Juried Show, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH, Honorable Mention
Juried Show, “The New Now” Tri C Corporate College Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Juried Show, “Textures and Patterns, AAWR, Cleveland, OH
2013
Solo Show “Recent Work” Humphrey Atrium Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Juried Show Annual juried show, Butler Institute of American Art; Youngstown, OH, Honorable Mention
The Bold Award at “The Bold Expressions Show” Northern California in Sacramento, California
“Holiday Invitational” Harris Stanton Gallery, Akron, OH
2011
Duo Show, “Introspection” Harris Stanton Gallery, Akron, OH
Juried Show, “Looking Inward” Artists Archives of the Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH
2010
Solo Show, “Earthly Delights” Kakoon Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2007
Duo Show, “A Bite of Art” Audrey & Harvey Feinberg Gallery, Cleveland Heights, OH
2006
Duo Show, “Bark & Bite” Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, OH
Solo Show, “The Secret Life of Trees” Collectors Gallery, Raleigh, NC
Invitational Global enterprise Center Show sponsored by AAWR, Cleveland, Ohio
Invitational, Harris Stanton Gallery, Akron, Ohio
Juried, AAWR May Show, Cleveland, Ohio
2005
Juried, Valley Art Center Annual Juried show, Chagrin Falls, Ohio
Invitational, Harris Stanton Gallery, Akron, Ohio
Invitational, Sussex Court Show, Shaker Heights, Ohio
Invitational, “Visual Vibes”, Shaker Hts. Arts Council, Shaker Hts., Ohio
2004
Solo Show, “From Maine to Mexico” Intown Club, Cleveland, OH
Juried, AAWR May Show, Cleveland, Ohio
Invitational, Harris Stanton Gallery, Akron, Ohio
2003
Juried, AAWR May Show, Cleveland, Ohio
Invitational, Hard Hat Gallery, Shaker Heights, Ohio
Juried, Erie Museum of Art Annual Juried Show, Erie, PA
2002
Juried Show, Annual Juried Show, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Duo Show “Mediating Space” AAWR, Cleveland, OH
Awarded Louise J. Kuriansky Award at the Juried Show, “Annual Faber Birren National Color Award,” Stamford, CT,
2000
Duo Show, “An Inner Light” Cleveland Play House Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Juried, “National Midyear Juried Show” Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
Invitational, CIA sponsored show at Country Inn at Walden, Aurora, Ohio
1998
Duo Show, “Landscapes”, Cleveland Play House Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
1996
Invitational Show, “Landscape, Landscape, Landscape,” Brenda Kroos Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
Invitational Show, “Up in the Air” Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH
1995
Solo, “Recent Work”, Humphrey Atrium Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
1994
Invitational, Instituto de Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Solo, “Recent Work”, Intown Club, Cleveland, Ohio
Collections
Bank of America, Wilmington, DE
BF Goodrich, Charleston, NC
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH
Dorsey & Whitney, Minneapolis, MN
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH
Fairmount Minerals, Cleveland, OH
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, OH
Glidden House, Cleveland, OH
Google, Inc., Dublin, Ireland
PNC Bank, Pittsburg, PA
Ronald MacDonald House, Akron, OH
Summa Health Systems, Healing Arts Collection, Akron, OH
The Standard Building, Cleveland, OH
University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH
Bibliography:
2020
CAN Journal article — Winter 20-21 “Lee Heinen Interior Worlds” by Megan Alves
2020 Virtual Studio Tour of my studio presented by AAWR
2018
“American Family Album” pub Cleveland, OH
“8th International Painting Annual,” pub Manifest, Cincinnati, OH
2017
“Body Language (I am Not a Camera,”) by Douglas Max Utter pub Blurb
2014
“The Archives Speaks,” pub Artists Archives of the Western Reserve
2011-2021
“52 Weeks, 52 Works,” Academy Graphics Communication, Inc.
2012
“The Glidden House at University Circle Collection”
2006
“Bark & Bite,” essay by Roger Welchans, pub Ursuline College
1997
“The Best of Flower Paintings,” North Light Books
1996
Jewish News review of Brenda Krooz Landscape Show
1995
The Plain Dealer, Landscapes, Town and Country Jan 28, 1995
1994
The Sun Press, profile by Jeffrey Hentosz
1992
Chagrin Valley Times, profile by Barbara Christian
Art Related Public Services and Presentations:
2019
AAWR Board Of Directors, Secretary
2007-2017
Gallery Chairman at the Intown Club, Cleveland, OH
2015
Presentation about my work ay Ohio Governor’s Spotlight Award Reception
2012-present
AAWR Board of Directors, Cleveland, OH
Peer Review Committee, Nominating Committee, and Legacy Committee, Artists Archives of the Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH
2011
AAWR Panel Discussion “Looking Inward” Exhibition, Cleveland, OH
1975-1997
Orange Community Arts Council Board, Pepper Pike, OH