CV Heidi Schaefer
Selected Exhibitions
2022 The Portrait Art Exhibit, Gallery 1313, Toronto, Canada
2020 Drawing 2020, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto ,Canada
2012 As Is:With Love, Contact Photography Festival, Toronto Canada
2011 Parallel Visions, Espacio Enter Canarias, Spain and Carnival of e-Creativity, India
2011 Unfolding Sequences, XSpace, Montreal Canada
2011 Ospite Inatesso, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2010 Light Night Leeds Met Gallery, Leeds UK
2010 Natural. Disaster, The McIntosh Gallery at Western, London, Canada
2009 Old Wars New Wars, Leeds Met Gallery, Leeds, UK (Solo)
2009 Elevation, Stantec Window Gallery Toronto Canada (solo)
2008 Symposium of the Local with P10, Castlefield Gallery, UK
2006 Might and Mane, BLOCspace, Sheffield UK (solo)
2006 Distance, Galerie 5020, Salzburg, Austria
2006 Mean Momma, Lennox Contemporary, Toronto, Canada.
2005 On the shelf, Compartment, Manchester, UK
2005 You get what you get, Akau Inc Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2005 She forgot, Akau Inc. Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2005 Members Show, S1 Artspace, Sheffield, UK
2005 Sweet Shit, Lennox Contemporary, Toronto, Canada
2004 Corabbleation, Surface Gallery, Nottingham, UK
2004 Repartee, S1 Artspace, Sheffield, UK
2002 Hey Presto, Site Gallery, Sheffield, UK
2002 Unser Schmuckstück, Monbijou Park, Berlin (with K. Gottschalk)
2001 Neither here nor there, Main Gallery, Sheffield Hallam University (solo)
Residencies/commissions
2011 AA2A Residency, Huddersfield University, UK
2007/9 TestBed Commission, Leeds Met University Gallery, UK
2007/8 AA2A Residency, Salford University, UK
2007 TestBed residency, Leeds Met University Gallery, UK
2005 Residency based in Toronto, Canada
2002 Kunsthochschule Berlin – Weissensee, Germany
Publications/writing
2010 Cross Borders pub by Literature Across Frontiers.
2009 Animal Vegetable Mineral in On Site no. 22 WAR.
2006 I like your silence, essay in Parks and Culture exhibition catalogue
2004 Repartee, essay in exhibition publication
2004 Fantastic Cities, edited by Lucy Harrison, KIAD
Curating
2011 This is the Place It Is twenty+3 projects, Manchester, UK
2010 Universal Shipping Box twenty+3 projects, Manchester, UK
2009 Tania Ursomarzo, twenty+3 projects, Manchester, UK
2009 Josef Pludhar twenty+3 projects, Manchester, UK
2009 Johannes Zits, twenty+3 projects, Manchester, UK
2008 Christine Stoddard, twenty+3 projects, Manchester, UK
2008 Anachron Gen, twenty+3 projects, Manchester, UK
2007 Paul Donald, twenty+3 projects, Manchester, UK
2007 Michelle Johnson, twenty+3 projects, Manchester, UK
2007 Kerstin Gottschalk, twenty+3 projects, Manchester, UK
2007 Katherine Dain, twenty+3 projects, Manchester, UK
2006 Cheryl Sourkes, twenty+3 projects, Manchester, UK
2004 Repartee, S1 Artspace, Sheffield, UK
2004 Corabbleation, Surface Gallery, Nottingham, UK
Essays
Jessica Wyman, Might and Mane, Exhibition catalogue
Sharon Kivland/ Emma Cocker, Distance, Exhibition catalogue
Pil and Galia Kollectiv, Real enough for you? for ‘Old War New War’ exhibition
Grants and Awards
2010 Arts Council England Grant for Universal Shipping Box project
2006 Arts Council England Grant for Might and Mane exhibition
2006 Arts Council England Grant for Distance exhibition
2005 Arts Council England for residency in Canada
2004 Start up bursary from Yorkshire Artspace
2004 Inspiral grant for mentoring and publicity
2004 Arts Council England for Repartee exhibition
2004 Arts Council England for Corabbleation project
Art related positions
2009/11 Board member Contemporary Art Manchester
2006/08 Board member S1 Artspace, Sheffield,
2003/05 Company Secretary and studio holder at S1 Artspace, Sheffield
Professional qualifications
2003 BA Fine Art: (First Class Honours) – Sheffield Hallam University, UK
2000 Foundation Studies Art and Design – Stockport College, UK