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COLLEEN
HESLIN
Born: Toronto, 1976
colleenheslin@gmail.com
(1)604-734-0716
157 east cordova street
vancouver, british columbia
v6a 1k7/canada
SELECTED CLIENTS & PUBLISHED WORK
BIO
Colleen Heslin lives and works in Vancouver BC.
After graduating from Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design in 2003 she has been exhibiting painting and photography and working as a freelance photographer.
In 1999 Colleen opened an Artist Run Centre called The Crying Room in Vancouver BC, which has hosted over 50 exhibitions by various emerging artist up to present. Currently
the space is used for studio production with an exterior mural space that changes monthly(ish) - with a fully archived website on the horizon.
CV
EDUCATION
2003 Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design, Photography Major, Vancouver BC, BFA
SELECTED
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 COUNTRY HORSE AND WAGON Pentiction Art Gallery, Pentiction BC
2007 TOO MANY WORDS Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver BC
2006 DEFINING SPACES Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby BC
DON'T STOP BELIEVING Antisocial Gallery, Vancouver BC
HEARTPOUNDER
upcoming,
Hotcake Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2005 PLACED AND FOUND, Access Gallery, Vanouver BC
2004 THE HOME SHOW, curated by Roy Arden, Concourse
Gallery, Van, BC
SAME DIFFERENCE, The Crying Room, Van, BC
FASHION AGAINST ART, curated by Melinda Santillan, On The Corner, Van,
BC
2003 30th ANNIVERSARY, The Contemporary Art Gallery,
Van, BC
THIS SIDE UP, slide shows, curated by Nyla Raney, Blinding Light Cinema!!,
Van, BC
2002 LOST IN HOLLYWOOD, curated by Orange Corporation,
SFU Contemporary Art Centre, Vancouver, BC
2001 SUMMER 7, curated by Stacey Malysh, Gallery 83,
Vancouver, BC
BAND-AID, The Crying Room, Vancouver, BC
2000 2nd ANNUAL VANCOUVER UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL,curated
by Alex Mackenzie and jury Blinding Light Cinema!!, Van, BC
PUBLICATIONS
AND REVIEWS
2006 Arsenal Pulp Press,
cover illustration for spring catalouge , Vancouver BC
2005 Only Magazine "Placed
and Found", by Alan Hindle, December 1, Vol.2 NO.26 Issue 38, Vancouver
BC
Ripe Magazine "The
Green Issue", full page colour image, Summer Issue
TABLET Magazine Cover image, May 2005, issue 99, Seattle WA
Vancouver Magazine,
"Best of the City", Best Tiny Gallery - The Crying Room, pg. 33, Jan/Feb
2005
The Only Magazine,
“The Future of the Crying Room”, interviewed by Curtis Grahauer,
April 1-7, 2005, Vol.2 No.13 Issue #25, page. 11, Van. BC
02003 The Vancouver
Sun “Creativity Unclogged”, by Michael Scott, Saturday, May
17, 2003
Woo Magazine Photographs - 4 images of winter urban landscapes (2 pages) Winter Issue (January/February), Vol.1, No.2, 2003 ,Van. BC
2001 Georgia Straight Weekly, “Air of Innovation is Circulating on Pender”, Christopher
Brayshaw, Review of exhibition at Gallery 83, September, Van. BC
WRITTEN
PUBLICATIONS
2005 Aspect magazine, audio commentary for two videos by Toni Latour, "Smile"
and "Robin Red Breast"
2004 "David Young: Hhead, I Like Canada and Canada Likes
me, and Yellow Diablo VS. 1980
Camero". A catalogue essay for David Yonge's exhibition at YYZ, Toronto
ON.
2004 "PERCHED", postscript on the work of Toni Latour
at Artspeak, Vancouver BC
2003 "Photographs from a fan Boy's Camera", a catalogue
essay on Ryan Quast's
exhibition at the Crying Room; an artist run centre, SWARM Sept. 2003, Van BC
AUCTIONS
2004 Artspeak, fashion show fundraiser, Van, BC
Contemporary Art Gallery, "Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt
your cold, cold heart"
Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design Graduation Auction, Van, BC
Access: Artist Run Centre, Van, BC
Helen Pitt: Artist Run Centre, Van, BC
2003 The Contemporary Art Gallery 30th Anniversary Auction,
Van, BC
Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design Graduation Auction, Van, BC
2002 Tracey Lawrence Gallery, food bank fund-raiser, Van, BC
2001 Blinding Light!! Auction, Van, BC