BIO

Kate Brooks-Heinimann is an artist and art educator on Lekwungen Territory (Victoria, BC). Kate teaches art at Vancouver Island School of Art, McTavish Academy of Art and in the Sooke and Victoria School Districts. Since 2016, her work has been exhibited throughout British Columbia and Alberta and she has completed multiple artwork commissions within Canada and the United States. 

Kate was awarded scholarships to Parks Canada’s Art in the Park Artist Residency, and the Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts Mentored Studio Residency.  She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Emily Carr University of Art and Design and previously completed her Certificate of Visual Arts at the Vancouver Island School of Art. Following her studies at Emily Carr, Kate went on to receive her pubic school art teacher certification in 2020.

Kate’s work is influenced by a deep affection for learning about nature and a desire to share her discoveries about it with others. She strives to have her work be a creative visual form that spreads awareness about environmental issues while also highlighting nature’s beauty. When not in her studio or teaching art, Kate spends her time growing a garden, surfing and learning about nature.

 
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EDUCATION
2021 // BEd (Art Education), University of Victoria, BC
2016 // BFA (Visual Arts), Emily Carr University, Vancouver, BC
2013 // Certificate of Visual Arts, Vancouver Island School of Art, Victoria, BC
 
EXHIBITIONS
Upcoming
Stay tuned!
Past
2024 // Slideroom Gallery, Victoria, BC
2023 // Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria, BC
2022 // Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria, BC
2022 // Solo Exhibition, Saanich Municipal Hall, Saanich, BC
2022 // Fort Commons, Vancouver Island School of Art, Artists for Ukraine: Fundraiser, Victoria, BC
2022 // Tillicum Mall, Saanich, BC
2021 // Port Moody Art Gallery, Art 4 Life Exhibition, Port Moody, BC
2021 // TD Art Gallery Paint-In (Virtual), Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC
2021 // Saanich Municipal Hall, Saanich, BC
2021 // Sweetpea Loves You Pop-up Exhibition, Four Corners Community Collective, Victoria, BC
2020 // Solo Exhibition, Rockslide Gallery, Victoria, BC
2019 // Pop Up Art Exhibition, Fjällräven, Victoria, BC
2018 // Donation Exhibition, Victoria Arts Council, Victoria, BC
2017 // Art in the Park Exhibition, Kelowna Rotary Centre for the Arts, Kelowna, BC
2017 // Art in the Park Exhibition, Peachland Art Gallery, Peachland, BC
2017 // Art in the Park Exhibition, The Port Moody Arts Centre, Port Moody, BC
2017 // Art in the Park Exhibition, The Akokiniskway Gallery, Rosebud, AB
2016 // Art in the Park Exhibition, Revelstoke Art Gallery, Revelstoke, BC
2016 // Culprit Community Event, Culprit Coffee, Vancouver, BC
2016 // The New Salon Show, The Concourse Gallery, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC
2015 // The Media Gallery, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC
2013 // Slide Room Gallery, Vancouver Island School of Art, Victoria, BC

COMMISSIONED WORK

2023 // Private Commission, oil on canvas, Jordan River, BC
2022 // Private Commission, watercolour on paper, Cumberland, BC
2021 // Private Commission, watercolour on paper, Victoria, BC
2020 // Private Commission, watercolour on paper, Victoria, BC
2019 // Private Commission, watercolour on paper, Victoria, BC
2019 // Private Commission, watercolour on paper, Victoria, BC
2019 // Private Commission, watercolour on paper, Victoria, BC
2018 // Business Commissions, Chalkboard Illustrations, Ashtanga Yoga, Victoria, BC
2018 // Private Commission, watercolour on paper, Vancouver, BC
2018 // Business Commission, Hatha Hikes, Digital, Portland, OR
2016 // Business Commission Trade, pen and ink on paper, Sunday Feel Jewelry Co., Winnipeg, MB
2016 // Business Commissions, acrylic on wood, Vines Art Festival, Vancouver, BC
2016 // Business Commission, poster illustration, watercolour and ink on paper, Vines Art Festival, Vancouver, BC
2016 // Live Painting, acrylic on canvas, The Woods Studio Auction Party for the Planet, Vancouver, BC
2015 // Business Commissions, Anatomical Drawings, coloured pencil on paper, Mark Finch and Associates, Vancouver, BC

RESIDENCIES / SCHOLARSHIPS / AWARDS
2017 // Scholarship, Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts, Mentored Studio Residency with Susan Low-Beer, Metchosin, BC
2016 // Art in the Park Residency by Parks Canada and the Revelstoke Art Gallery, Glacier National Park, Revelstoke, BC
2016 // Full scholarship,  Art in the Park Residency, Provided by Parks Canada and Revelstoke Art Gallery, Glacier National Park, Revelstoke, BC
2016 // Nomination for the BMO 1st Art! Invitational Student Art Competition, Vancouver, BC

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
2022 - Oil Painting Workshop, OPUS Art Supplies, Victoria, BC
2021 - ongoing // Painting Workshops, McTavish Academy of Art, North Saanich, BC
2021 // Painting Image + Writing About Painting and Relationships, Until Magazine Issue 8 (https://indd.adobe.com/view/dec261aa-d285-4296-91a1-b5f7a73245c4), Victoria, BC
2020 // Pollinators Mural, Reynolds Secondary School, Victoria, BC
2020 // Painting Demonstration, Opus Art Supplies, Victoria, BC
2019 // Co-Curator, Community Art Project, Waste Land: A Climate Anxiety Haunted house, Victoria, BC
2019 // Botanical Drawing Workshop, Fjällräven, Victoria, BC
2016 // Live Painting, Earth Day Eve: Party for the Planet, The Woods Studio, Vancouver, BC

DONATIONS
2018 // Illustration Donation, Land Trust Alliance of British Columbia, Victoria, BC
2018 // Online Auction, Tiny House Warriors Auction for Action
2016 // Colouring Book Illustration Donation, ink on paper, Island BluePrint Co. Ltd., Victoria, BC

PRESS
Waste Land Climate Anxiety Haunted House
- https://www.martlet.ca/waste-land-a-climate-anxiety-haunted-house/
- https://creativelyunited.org/waste-land-climate-anxiety-haunted-house-brings-new-art-form-to-victoria/
- https://thenewtwenties.ca/articles/wastelandhauntedhouse
- https://www.vicnews.com/community/video-artists-students-create-climate-anxiety-haunted-house-in-home-to-be-demolished/
- https://www.globalnomadsart.com/blogs/news/wasteland-climate-anxiety

Art in the Park
- https://www.revelstokemountaineer.com/revelstoke-visual-arts-centre-hosts-art-in-the-park-reception-nov-4/