Heidi Weiss Curriculum Vitae

2011 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Master of Fine Arts, Fiber

2009 Western Michigan University, Master of Arts, Painting

2004 Western Michigan University, Bachelor of Fine Art ,Painting

Group Exhibitions

2024 Call Me When You Get There, Cloudhouse Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI

2024 Faculty Exhibition, Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

2017 Under Pressure!, South Kohrman Gallery, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

2011 Here Here: Graduate Degree Exhibition, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI

2011 Knitted Brows, Lower Kingswood Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

2010 Con/Crescent Poetry and Art Publication Philadelphia, PA

2009 Stay Sick @ Home, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

2009 Notably Unnoticed, Exquisite Corpse Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI

2008 Off the Wall Group Show, Off the Wall Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (catalog)

2008 Group Textiles Show, Exquisite Corpse Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI

2008 Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! , Exquisite Corpse Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI

2007 M.F.A Group Show, DeVries Gallery, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

2005 Kalamazoo Arts Council Group Show, Epic Center, Kalamazoo, MI

2004 Convergence, South Gallery, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

2004 Work Smaller, South Gallery, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo,MI

2003 First Annual Western Michigan University Student Show, The Box Factory, St.-Joseph, MI

Juried Exhibitions

2009 Gwen Frostic School of Art Student Exhibition, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

2007 Nth Degree Juried Show, Off The Wall Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (catalogue)

2007 Self Evident: Contemporary American Self-Portraiture, Morehead State University, Claypool -Young Art Gallery, Morehead, KY(catalogue)

2007 West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo MI

Solo:

2009 Series of Worst Case Scenarios, Exquisite Corpse Artist Collective, Kalamazoo, MI

2009 Master of Arts Thesis Exhibition, DeVries Student Gallery, Frostic School of Art, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

2008 Revisiting, Sprout, Kalamazoo, MI

2008 Sink/Swim, Sense Design, Inc., Ferndale, MI

2008 Sink/Swim, Kingscott and Associates, Inc., Kalamazoo, MI

2007 Paintings, Delandré Gallery, Allegan, MI

2006 Local Portrait Series, Bell’s Eccentric Café, Kalamazoo, MI

2006 New Paintings, Acorn, Kalamazoo, MI

2005 New Paintings/Different Cities, Tromblay Salon, Kalamazoo, MI

2004 B.F.A Thesis Exhibition, Rotunda Gallery, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

2023 Visiting Artist, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

2022- present Instructor of Record, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

Object Drawing, Drawing Studio, Figure Drawing, Introduction to Painting, Special topics: Murals

2012- present Owner, Spruce Interiors, Kalamazoo, MI

Interior color and project consulting, painting, faux finishes and murals.

2012 Instructor, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI

Special topics in Fiber Arts, Printmaking, and Drawing.

2011 Teaching Artist, Education for the Arts, Kalamazoo, MI

Certified Aesthetic Educator through Lincoln Center Institute

Division of Kalamazoo Regional Education Service Agency.

2010 Instructor, Cranbrook-Kingswood School, Bloomfield Hills, MI

Workshop instructor, Embroidery from photographs.

2010 Tutor, Catapult Learning, LLC, Detroit, MI

Assistant to summer school Reading, Writing, Math, and Enrichment program at Wilkins Elementary School, Detroit Public Schools

2008-2009 Art Instructor, Kalamazoo Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Center Kalamazoo, MI

Self determination based projects.

2008-2009 Studio Member and Curator, Exquisite Corpse Gallery Kalamazoo, MI

Creating artwork along with providing exhibition and promotional services to local emerging artists and businesses. Curatorial list available upon request.

2008 Instructor of Record, Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI

Introduction to Painting

2008 Assistant, James and Louis Richmond Center for the Visual Arts, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

Assistant to the Director of Exhibitions.

2007-2008 Teaching Assistant, Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI

Introduction to Painting, Form and Surface, Form and Space.