RÉSUMÉ
ROBERT CHASE HEISHMAN
born Des Moines, Iowa
currently lives and works in Kansas City, Missouri
EDUCATION
2005-2008
Kansas City Art Institute, B.F.A. (Photography); B.F.A. (Art History)
2003-2005
Johnson County Community College / Overland Park, Kansas
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2010
GOAL (aftermath) / "You're Such A Good Sport" exhibition, curated Michael Schonhoff / Paragraph Gallery / KC, MO
2009
EXCERPTS / "End of an Era: Polaroid Exhibition" / Center Gallery / Wichita, KS
The Death of An Art Project / "For Better or Worse" / SpiderBug / Nightengale Theater / Chicago, IL
PAINTING IS EASY! / w/ Girl James / "Eyes To The World" / group exhibition / Paragraph Gallery / UCP / KC, MO
GOALS series / "Infostructure" / group exhibition / Dan Lough Gallery / KC, MO
2008
Still life series / "NEW WORKS" / group exhibition / Johnson County Community College / OP, KS
(OVER) / "Compendium: The Survival Kit Edition" / book / KC, MO
"WIND / MIND" / solo exhibition of Still life and GOALS series / The Writerʼs Place / KC, MO
2007
GOAL #11 / "Benefit of the Doubt" / group exhibition / Ronald Feldman Fine Arts / NY, NY
GOAL #5 / "Slop, Swap & Shop" / group exhibition / The Project Space / KC, MO
GOAL #17 and GOAL # 11 / group exhibition / Untitled 2003 Gallery / KC, MO
2006
The Death of an Art Project / group exhibition / Media Discharge Event / KC, MO
photography (breath word) [for Jeff Eaton] / group exhibition / Untitled 2003 Gallery / KC, MO
AUM / "Chemically Digital" / group exhibition / Untitled 2003 Gallery / KC, MO
RE:representation / group exhibition / Untitled 2003 Gallery / KC, MO
Scrap / w/ Experimental Documentary Group of Kansas City / Westport Coffee Shop / KC, MO
ONE / w/ sculptor Tex Jernigan / Kansas City Art Institute Lawn / KC, MO
+/- / group exhibition / Untitled 2003 Gallery / KC, MO
2005
See You (blip) / w/ Jón Þór Birgisson, Alex Somers & Shawn Old / Media Discharge Event /KC, MO
ETC (three Brailleographs) / "To A, to B, to See" / group exhibition / Untitled 2003 Gallery / KC, MO
[...] like wind (entering three windows) / group exhibition / Untitled 2003 Gallery / KC, MO
SPECIAL COMMISSIONS
2004
BA BA TI KI DI DO / Sigur Rós / Geffen Records
2003
Split-Sides / décor artist / Merce Cunningham Dance Company / Brooklyn Academy of Music / Brooklyn, New York / tours world-wide in current MCDC repertory
GRANTS
2009
Inspiration Grant / for work on My Falcon Crest / ArtsKC Fund / Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City
COLLECTIONS / DONATIONS
2009
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art / Photography Collection / KC, MO
2007
Chez Bushwick / Ronald Feldman Fine Arts / New York, New York
Human Rights Campaign / 2007 Art Auction / Chicago, Illinois 2005
Human Rights Campaign / 2005 Art Auction / Washington, D.C. 2003
Trevor Carlson / private collector / New York, New York
PUBLIC TALKS & EVENTS
2009
Let's Paint Tv / Performance with John Kilduff as promotion for My Falcon Crest / Project Space / KC, MO
No Requests, Please / Serenading performance of singing love songs / Arts Incubator / KC, MO
Paul Shortt Invitational / Fishtank Performance Space / KC, MO
SLIDESHOW / Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art / KC, MO
2008
Artist talk / Contemporary Conversations program series / Organized by UMKC / The Writerʼs Place / KC, MO WIND / MIND: night of readings / KC Visual Artists share their creative writing / The Writerʼs Place / KC, MO
2007
Thesis Presentation / Kansas City Art Institute: Irving Amphitheater / KC, MO
2005
Post-performance talk w/ Merce Cunningham and Trevor Carlson / Lied Center of KU / Lawrence, Kansas
2003
Conversations of Cunningham symposium / Columbia College / Chicago, Illinois
SELECTED MEDIA REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS
2008
“Whatʼs In A Frame? Experiments In Photography” / Review Magazine / KC, MO
“Robert Heishmanʼs Still life series” / i heart photograph / Online Blog
“Music as Muse” / KKFI FM 90.1 program / Hosts Maria Vasquez Boyd & Mark Manning / KC, MO
“Robert Heishman Hosts A Night of Readings” / The Pitch / KC, MO
2006
“Art Begets Art” / Kansas City Star / KC, MO 2005
“Robert Heishman on ʻSplit-Sides” / KCUR FM 89.3 / KC, MO
2004
“Through the pinhole; KC Photographer sets designs for ballet” / Kansas City Star / KC, MO
“A Dance Encounter” / Lawrence Journal World / Lawrence, Kansas
2003
“Double or Nothing; Merce Cunningham goes rock” / The New Yorker / NY, NY
“Next Wave Reviews. Roll the Dice, Crank the Amp, and See What Happens” / The New York Times / NY, NY
RESIDENCIES / SPECIAL PROGRAMS
2008-now
Art Through Architecture program / KC, MO
2008-2009
Urban Culture Project / artist-in-residence program / Charlotte Street Foundation / KC, MO
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born Des Moines, Iowa
currently lives and works in Kansas City, Missouri
EDUCATION
2005-2008
Kansas City Art Institute, B.F.A. (Photography); B.F.A. (Art History)
2003-2005
Johnson County Community College / Overland Park, Kansas
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2010
GOAL (aftermath) / "You're Such A Good Sport" exhibition, curated Michael Schonhoff / Paragraph Gallery / KC, MO
2009
EXCERPTS / "End of an Era: Polaroid Exhibition" / Center Gallery / Wichita, KS
The Death of An Art Project / "For Better or Worse" / SpiderBug / Nightengale Theater / Chicago, IL
PAINTING IS EASY! / w/ Girl James / "Eyes To The World" / group exhibition / Paragraph Gallery / UCP / KC, MO
GOALS series / "Infostructure" / group exhibition / Dan Lough Gallery / KC, MO
2008
Still life series / "NEW WORKS" / group exhibition / Johnson County Community College / OP, KS
(OVER) / "Compendium: The Survival Kit Edition" / book / KC, MO
"WIND / MIND" / solo exhibition of Still life and GOALS series / The Writerʼs Place / KC, MO
2007
GOAL #11 / "Benefit of the Doubt" / group exhibition / Ronald Feldman Fine Arts / NY, NY
GOAL #5 / "Slop, Swap & Shop" / group exhibition / The Project Space / KC, MO
GOAL #17 and GOAL # 11 / group exhibition / Untitled 2003 Gallery / KC, MO
2006
The Death of an Art Project / group exhibition / Media Discharge Event / KC, MO
photography (breath word) [for Jeff Eaton] / group exhibition / Untitled 2003 Gallery / KC, MO
AUM / "Chemically Digital" / group exhibition / Untitled 2003 Gallery / KC, MO
RE:representation / group exhibition / Untitled 2003 Gallery / KC, MO
Scrap / w/ Experimental Documentary Group of Kansas City / Westport Coffee Shop / KC, MO
ONE / w/ sculptor Tex Jernigan / Kansas City Art Institute Lawn / KC, MO
+/- / group exhibition / Untitled 2003 Gallery / KC, MO
2005
See You (blip) / w/ Jón Þór Birgisson, Alex Somers & Shawn Old / Media Discharge Event /KC, MO
ETC (three Brailleographs) / "To A, to B, to See" / group exhibition / Untitled 2003 Gallery / KC, MO
[...] like wind (entering three windows) / group exhibition / Untitled 2003 Gallery / KC, MO
SPECIAL COMMISSIONS
2004
BA BA TI KI DI DO / Sigur Rós / Geffen Records
2003
Split-Sides / décor artist / Merce Cunningham Dance Company / Brooklyn Academy of Music / Brooklyn, New York / tours world-wide in current MCDC repertory
GRANTS
2009
Inspiration Grant / for work on My Falcon Crest / ArtsKC Fund / Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City
COLLECTIONS / DONATIONS
2009
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art / Photography Collection / KC, MO
2007
Chez Bushwick / Ronald Feldman Fine Arts / New York, New York
Human Rights Campaign / 2007 Art Auction / Chicago, Illinois 2005
Human Rights Campaign / 2005 Art Auction / Washington, D.C. 2003
Trevor Carlson / private collector / New York, New York
PUBLIC TALKS & EVENTS
2009
Let's Paint Tv / Performance with John Kilduff as promotion for My Falcon Crest / Project Space / KC, MO
No Requests, Please / Serenading performance of singing love songs / Arts Incubator / KC, MO
Paul Shortt Invitational / Fishtank Performance Space / KC, MO
SLIDESHOW / Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art / KC, MO
2008
Artist talk / Contemporary Conversations program series / Organized by UMKC / The Writerʼs Place / KC, MO WIND / MIND: night of readings / KC Visual Artists share their creative writing / The Writerʼs Place / KC, MO
2007
Thesis Presentation / Kansas City Art Institute: Irving Amphitheater / KC, MO
2005
Post-performance talk w/ Merce Cunningham and Trevor Carlson / Lied Center of KU / Lawrence, Kansas
2003
Conversations of Cunningham symposium / Columbia College / Chicago, Illinois
SELECTED MEDIA REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS
2008
“Whatʼs In A Frame? Experiments In Photography” / Review Magazine / KC, MO
“Robert Heishmanʼs Still life series” / i heart photograph / Online Blog
“Music as Muse” / KKFI FM 90.1 program / Hosts Maria Vasquez Boyd & Mark Manning / KC, MO
“Robert Heishman Hosts A Night of Readings” / The Pitch / KC, MO
2006
“Art Begets Art” / Kansas City Star / KC, MO 2005
“Robert Heishman on ʻSplit-Sides” / KCUR FM 89.3 / KC, MO
2004
“Through the pinhole; KC Photographer sets designs for ballet” / Kansas City Star / KC, MO
“A Dance Encounter” / Lawrence Journal World / Lawrence, Kansas
2003
“Double or Nothing; Merce Cunningham goes rock” / The New Yorker / NY, NY
“Next Wave Reviews. Roll the Dice, Crank the Amp, and See What Happens” / The New York Times / NY, NY
RESIDENCIES / SPECIAL PROGRAMS
2008-now
Art Through Architecture program / KC, MO
2008-2009
Urban Culture Project / artist-in-residence program / Charlotte Street Foundation / KC, MO
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