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Adrienne Heinrich
Statement and BIO
ADRIENNE HEINRICH
STATEMENT
Adrienne Heinrich lives and works in Murrysville, PA. She was named Artist of the Year by the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts in 2002. Her 5 room exhibition included sculpture and installation. She has been an artist-in-residence in many schools and universities in PA, usually creating a permanent installation with the students during a two week time period.
Her one person exhibitions have included shows in the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, the Westmoreland Museum of Art, and Gallery 10 in Washington DC. Her work has been in group exhibitions in Venice, Pistoia, Prato, and Florence, Italy and in NYC. In addition to exhibiting paintings at Chiz Gallery, she will create an installation at the new Artlington Arts Center near DC in September, and be part of a group installation at a gallery in Prague, Czech Republic, in June. An exhibition at AIR Gallery is scheduled for 2006, Her work was recently shown in the FiberArts International in NYC at the Museum of Art and Design. That exhibition travels to Seattle next.
Site-specific installations include Domestic Issues/Abuse of Power, with Connie Merriman at Gallery 937 in Pittsburgh, Seton Hill College, and Somerset Art Center: Transcendence at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art: Persistent Voices at the PCA: PATBUS Project, poetry on 800 buses in Pittsburgh: Grandmothers, at Three Rivers Arts Festival in Pittsburgh: and Preparation for the Waking at McDonough Museum of Art in Youngstown, OH.
She has received grants from the PA Council on the Arts and the Mid Arlantic Arts Foundation, and been awarded prizes at 5 Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Annuals at the Carnegie Museum of Art.
Her work is in the permanent collections of the Carnegie Museum of Art, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, and the Contemporary Museum of Art in Montecatini, Italy. Her work is also in the collections of over 60 corporate and private collections.BIO
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
A.I.R Gallery, national member, 511 W 25th St, NYC, NY 10001
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, (Past President, Chair of Exhibits, Outreach Chair)
Artist in Residence, Pa. school districts, 1990-2004
Carnegie Mellon University, Adjunct Assistant Professor, 1994, 1999
Seton Hill College, Adjunct Assistant Professor, 2000
SITE SPECIFIC INSTALLATIONS:
2000 ILLUMINATA, collaborative installation, AAP Gallery, Pgh PA & AIR Gallery, NYC
1999 DOMESTIC ISSUES/ ABUSE OF POWER, collaborative installation, Gallery 937, Pittsburgh PA & Seton Hill College, Greensburg, PA, Laurel Arts, Somerset, PA, with Connie Merriman
1997 TRANSCENDENCE, Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, PA
1997 INTERIORS; PERSISTENT VOICES, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh
1996 VOICES OF THE HOUSE, Laurel Arts Center, Somerset, PA
1996 PATBUS PROJECT, Poetry on 800 Pittsburgh Buses, & performance
1996 A DREAM WITHIN A DREAM, Gallery 10, Washington DC
1995 CRADLE OF SOULS, Heeschen Gallery, Meadville Council on the Arts
1994 GRANDMOTHERS, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh
1994 PREPARATION FOR THE WAKING, McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown, Ohio
1992 STATIONS: Georgetown University, Fine Arts Gallery, Wash. D.C.
1991 BREATH IS WHITE CRYSTAL: University Gallery, Frick Fine Arts Building, Univ. of Pitts.
1990,'89,'88 MISTRESS OF THE HOUSE OF LIFE: AAP Gallery, Pittsburgh, Center for the Arts and Gallery 10,
Washington D.C. and AIR Gallery, New York City, N.Y., IUP, Indiana, Pa.
1988 THE LIBERATION OF EVE: Perspectives from Pennsylvania, Carnegie Mellon University
1990,'89,'88 SETTLEMENT SITE 20th CENTURY A.D.: A collaborative installation at the Painted Bride,
Phila. Pa. and the Artcenter, Carrboro N.C. and at Birmingham Loft, Pitts. Pa. with J. Pratt.
1987 ALTARS AND SHRINES: A collaborative outdoor installation on the Chatham College
campus, Pittsburgh. By M. Cable, A. Heinrich, J. Pratt
1986,'85 PRIMAL WHISPERS: A collaborative installation by D. Forman, A. Heinrich, J. Pratt,
University Art Gallery,Henry Clay Frick Fine Arts Building, University of Pittsburgh, and
"Rituals, Rites and Relics", Foundry Gallery, Washington D.C.and Edinboro University of Pa.
1983 MOAT/TRACING: Three Rivers Arts Festival. Outdoor sculpture collaboration by six artists
SELECTED AWARDS AND HONORS:
2002 Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Artist and Communities grant
2002 Designated as ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2002, Pgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh PA
2002 SOS Grant, PA Council on the Arts, & 1999
1999 President's Award, AAP Annual, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh PA
1999 Identified as a USA Millennium Artist, Mid Atlantic Arts Council
1999 Mellon Bank Award, Persad AIDS Exhibition, Carnegie MOA
1998 Special Exhibition, Award winners of 87th AAP Annual, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
1997 Buncher Family Foundation Award, AAP Annual, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
1996 Tillie S. Speyer Memorial Award, AAP Annual, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
1996 Westmoreland Museum of American Art Exhibition Award, AAP Annual, Carnegie Museum
1996 Lee Atkyns Memorial Award, Purchase Award, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art
1996 Designated as a MASTER ARTIST, Pittsburgh, PA
1995 PA Council on the Arts Fellowship, Interdisciplinary Arts
1994 Iron, Glass, Steel, Aluminum & Paint, Gallery 937, Pittsburgh, Juror's Award
1993 Three Rivers Arts Festival, Juror's Discretionary Award, Sculpture, Pittsburgh PA.
1992 Carnegie Museum of Art Purchase Award, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh PA.
1992 Jurors Award, AAP Annual, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh PA.
1991 Visual Arts Fellowship-Sculpture, Pa. Council on the Arts
1990 Juror's Award, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Finest Crafts
1989 Sculpture Biennial 1989, University of Texas, Honorable Mention
1987 Highlight Award, Sculpture, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh
1986 Katz Foundation Award, Associated Artists Annual, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA.
1982 Award, Three Rivers Arts Festival Juried Arts Exhibit
1979 Mrs. George L. Craig Award, Associated Artists Annual, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pgh, PA
ONE PERSON EXHIBITS:
2002 Artist of the Year Exhibition, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh PA
2002, '96, '89 Gallery 10, Washington D.C.
1999 Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, @ Ligonier, @Johnstown, @Altoona, PA
1998 Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, PA
1996, 1994 Studio Z, Pittsburgh
1991 Georgetown University, Fine Arts Gallery, Wash., D.C.
1990 Kipp Gallery, Indiana University of Pa.
1988 Associated Artists Gallery, Pittsburgh Pa.
1987 Gallery G, Pittsburgh, Pa.
1980 Associated Artists Gallery, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts.
1979 Blue Sky Gallery, Murrysville, PA.
SELECTED GROUP INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS:
2004 FiberArts International, Museum of Arts and Design, NYC
2004 condition:human, AIR Gallery, NYC
2004 FYR Gallery, Florence, Italy
2003 Beyond New York, AIR Gallery, NYC, (1988-2003)
2001 Cultural Exchange -Italy: Venice, Pistoia, Montecatini, Prato
2001 Sculpture Now, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
2001 Gallery 10 at Washington Square, Washington DC
2001 8 Sculptors at Washington Square, Washington DC (and 2003)
2000 Spirituality at the Milennium, Harlan Gallery, Seton Hill College, Greensburg, PA
2000 Curators' Choice, Concept Gallery, Pittsburgh
1999 Cultural Exchange, Riva Sinistra Arte, Firenze, Italy
1997 Gallery Chiz: Three Artists, Pittsburgh, PA
1996 Pittsburgh Masters Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA
1996 Made by Hand, curated by J.P.Schwartz, for Nations Bank, Charlotte, NC
1995 Respect, curated by Vicky Clark, of Carnegie MOA, at Space 101, The Brewery
1995 Beyond the 3rd Dimension: Contemporary PA Sculpture, So. Alleghenies Museum of Art
1994 The Goddess for the Nineties, Wayne Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
1994 The Cutting Edge, Gallery 10, Washington DC
1993 Illumination: A Show of Light, 937 Liberty Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
1993 Gender Construction, Creative Arts Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
1992 Hard Choices: Just Rewards II, Touring exhibit of Pa. Council Visual Arts Fellows
1991 A Personal Journey: Women Artists, University Art Gallery, University of Pittsburgh
1990 Points of View, Westminister College Art Gallery, New Wilmington, Pa.
1990 Winterlude, Westmoreland Museum of Art, Greensburg, Pa.
1988 Secrets, Gallery 10 Ltd., Washington D.C.
1988 Perspectives from Pennsylvania, Carnegie Mellon University Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
1988 Evidence of a Third Dimension, Blair Art Museum, Johnstown Art Museum
1987 Sculpture East to West, Laura Paul Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio and Columbus, Ohio
1987 Unlimited Horizons in Public Art, Carnegie Mellon University Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
1986 Sculptors at the Phipps, Phipps Conservatory, Pittsburgh, Pa.
1986 Bowman, Penelec, and Megahan Galleries, Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa.
1985 AAP Exhibit, Andrew Carnegie 150 Birthday Anniversary, Dunfirmline, Scotland.
1985 Invited Painters and Sculptors, Westmoreland Museum of Art, Greensburg, PA.
SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS:
2004 FiberArts International, Society Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh Center for Arts
2004 Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Annual, Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, CMU University,
(1984 through 1999 and 2001@ The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pa.)
2004 Three Rivers Arts Festival Juried Exhibition, Pittsburgh Pa. (l972 through l983, 1987 through 1989, and 1991
through 1993,1995)
1995 Mayfair, Outdoor Sculpture Installations, Allentown, PA
1991 Paperworks, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Pitts. Center for the Arts
1989 Washington Square Sculpture `89, Washington D.C.
1989 Point to Port, University Art Gallery, University of Pittsburgh
1989 Sculpture Biennial, University of Texas, Tyler, Texas
1986 Made in U.S.A., Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
1986 Sculpture and the Sculpted Object, Zoller Gallery, The Pennsylvania State University
1986 63rd Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Museum, Erie Pa.
SELECTED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS :
Contemporary Art Museum, Montecatini Italy Glaxo Smith Kline
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh Elsie Hillman
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art Pittsburgh National Bank
The Heinz Endowments Dravo Corporation
Nemacolin Woodlands Consolidated Coal Company
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Pa Marsh McLennon, IncMiles, Inc.
Price Waterhouse Rolm Corporation
Westinghouse Elevator Division Westinghouse Heating and Cooling Div
James and Company National Valve and Manufacturing
Coopers and Lybrand Kennametal, Inc.
Wesco Development Dimensions International
Ryan Homes Ralph Murovich & Associates
Silvermans Corporation U.S. National Bank
Greensburg Savings and Loan Station WPGH
Amore Construction Company Allegheny General Hospital
Presbyterian University Hospital Washington Federal Savings and Loan
Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad Warner Cable
Westinghouse Transformer Division Wilmar Properties
Carnegie Natural Gas Penn Center Executive Offices
Vista International Holiday Inn, Fort Lee, N.J.
Alcoa Corporation Immaculate Conception Church, Connelsville
Giant Eagle Marcus & Shapera
Oxford Development Orbital
Michael Tomor, director, So. Alleghenies MOA Mitsubishi
RESIDENCIES
Pa. Public Schools: Mother of Sorrows Elem., Joe Walker Elem., Forbes Trail Elem., Franklin Upper Elem., Meadville Jr. High, Seneca Valley Sr. High, McKeesport Schools (Women’s and Family Center), Fox Chapel Country Day Sch., Logan Middle Sch., Westmont Sr High, Bellwood Antis Sr. High, Northstar Sr. High, Foot of Ten Elem, Rockwood Sr. High, Berlin Sr. High, RK Mellon Elem, Latrobe Middle Sch., Shanksville Sr. High, W.P.Kimmel Alternative Sr. High, Altoona, Holy Trinity Elem, Ligonier, Punxutawney Elem, Ebensburg Elem. ArtHouse, Erie
Universities: Indiana University of Pa., Georgetown University, Youngstown State University
PUBLICATIONS
2002 Catalogue: Adrienne Heinrich Artist of the Year
1993 Catalogue statement: BEYOND THESE WALLS, an exhibition by PA prison inmates.
1992 Curator, and Catalogue statement: LEGACIES, a multicultural exhibition
EDUCATION:
1956-1958 Cleveland Institute of Art
REPRESENTED BY: AIR Gallery, NYC, GalleriE CHIZ, PIttsburgh PA, and Gallery 10, Washington DC
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