Company: Scopic Studios
Website: www.heileson.com
Thom Heileson Resume
206 216 0924
heileson@pobox.com
www.thomheileson.com
Education
1998 Master of Fine Arts in Photography
University of Washington, Seattle
1992 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography
University of Oregon, Eugene
Selected solo exhibitions
2008 Ghost space. Luis De Jesus Seminal Projects, San Diego
2006 Substrata. SOIL Gallery, Seattle
2004 Site map. Gallery4Culture, Seattle
Scend (v2). Video/sound exhibition, Capitol Hill Arts Center, Seattle
Selected group exhibitions
2008 SOIL at Aqua Art Miami. Aqua Hotel, corresponding with Art Basel Miami Beach
e4c. 4Culture, Seattle
SOIL@SOIL. SOIL Gallery, Seattle
Please Ring Bell, 13th Annual Photographic Competition Exhibition.
Juried exhibition, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle
The Engine Room. Curated exhibition as part of Artopia, Seattle
2007 Aqua Art Miami Wynwood with Luis de Jesus Seminal Projects, Miami
Sensoria. SOIL Gallery, Seattle
Groundtruthing. SOIL Gallery, Seattle
Investigations in Black and White. Counterpoint Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
In Focus: Seattle Galleries. SAM Gallery, Seattle
2006 SOIL at Aqua Art Miami. Aqua Hotel, corresponding with Art Basel Miami Beach
Opolis: Photo/videographic meditations on the urban environment.
Two-person exhibition with Salvatore Panatteri. SOIL Gallery, Seattle
Wired Forest. Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, Washington
Façade. Invitational exhibition, SOIL Gallery, Seattle
2005 SOIL at Aqua Art Miami. Aqua Hotel, corresponding with Art Basel Miami Beach
SOIL 1995>2005: A Retrospective Exhibition. SOIL Gallery, Seattle
2005 New Age Old. Invitational exhibition, Sandpoint Gallery, Seattle
Coupling II: Closest Point of Union. Invitational exhibition,
Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA), Seattle
Blessed/Cursed. Invitational exhibition, Newspace Center for Photography,
Portland, Oregon
2004 Moving Digital. Invitational exhibition, 1506 Projects, Seattle
Northwest Biennial: Buildingwise. Juried exhibition, Tacoma Art Museum,
Tacoma, Washington
Flashpoint. SOIL Gallery, Seattle
2003 Verge. Site-specific exhibition commissioned by Sand Point Arts & Culture
Exchange, Sand Point Magnuson Park, Seattle
2002 Scend. Featured video/sound installation, Commencement Art Gallery, Tacoma
2001 Video screening: "Mal.informal." Electronic Arts @ 291, 291 Gallery, London
Beyond Novelty: Artists Using Digital Imaging Now. Invitational exhibition,
Henry Art Gallery, Seattle
1998 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle
Reviews/publications
2008 Robert L. Pincus, “’Ghost Rider & Friends.” The San Diego Union-Tribune,
March 6, 24.
Alexandra Savvides, “Wyndel Hunt / Thom Heileson: Unit of Selection.”
Cyclic Defrost Magazine, July 19.
2007 One Shot, Visual Codec, Seattle.
2006 Fionn Meade, “Thom Heileson.” SOIL 2006, 14-15.
2005 Katie Kurtz, “Thom Heileson.” SOIL Artist-Run Gallery, 1995 > 2005, 36-37.
Andrew Engelson, “Coupling.” Seattle Weekly, May 4.
2004 Katie Kurtz, “Remains of the Day.” The Stranger, December 16, 40.
Suzanne Q. Beal, “Flashpoint.” Artdish, www.artdish.com.
Selected awards
2006 City Artists Projects Award, City of Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs
2001 Grand Gold Award, Interactive Multimedia, CASE (Council for Advancement and
Support of Education): University of Washington Campaign for the Arts CD-ROM
Public collections
King County Public Art Collection
Online portfolio located at: www.thomheileson.com
