Curriculum Vitae

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 “Fish, Fly, Fur”, Worthington Yards, Cleveland, Ohio
 
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

Hilton Hotel, Akron, OH

PNC Bank, Pittsburgh, PA

Ronald MacDonald House, Akron, OH

Summa Health Systems, Healing Arts Collection, Akron, OH

The Standard Building, Cleveland, OH

University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH
 
Glick Tower, Metro Hospital, 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