COLLEEN HESLIN
Born: Toronto, 1976
colleenheslin@gmail.com
(1)778-558-6077

157 east cordova street
vancouver, british columbia
v6a 1k7/canada

SELECTED CLIENTS & PUBLISHED WORK

• ARITZIA
• HUNT AND GATHER BOUTIQUE
• ERIN TEMPELTON BOUTIQUE
• HELEN PITT GALLERY
• ARTSPEAK GALLERY
• ALIBI ROOM
• REPORT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE
• REPORT ON SMALL BUSINESS MAGAZINE
• TABLET MAGAZINE
• CAPRICIOUS MAGAZINE
• WOO MAGAZINE
• 1/0 MAGAZINE
• DOSE MAGAZINE
• ONLY MAGAZINE
• RIPE MAGAZINE
• PURPOSE WEBMAGAZINE

BIO
Colleen Heslin lives and works in Vancouver BC.
After graduating from Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design in 2003 she has been exhibiting and featured in on-line and published magazines as well as 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 with a focus on emerging artists. Currently The Crying Room maintains a curated exterior mural space and online interviews and studio visits with emerging artists. www.thecryingroom.com

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EDUCATION
2003 Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design, Vancouver BC, BFA

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 I SEE WATER, LES Gallery, Vancouver BC

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 BEFORE AND AFTER, Olympic Exhibition, curated by Sophie Brodovitch, Queen Elizabeth Theater, Vancouver BC
NO SEX NO LIFE, cuated by Lucas Soi, Vancouver BC
THE CHEAPER SHOW NO.9, cuated by Lisa Giroday, Vancouver BC
2009 TAKE YOUR TIME SFU Gallery, curated by Bill Jeffries, Burnaby BC
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
2003 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
2009 Les Gallery Auction, Vancouver BC
2004 Artspeak, fashion show fundraiser, Vancouver, 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, Vancouver, BC
Access: Artist Run Centre, Vancouver, BC
Helen Pitt: Artist Run Centre, Vancouver, BC
2003 The Contemporary Art Gallery 30th Anniversary Auction, Vancouver, BC
Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design Graduation Auction, Vancouver, BC
2002 Tracey Lawrence Gallery, food bank fund-raiser, Vancouver, BC
2001 Blinding Light!! Auction, Vancouver, BC

COLLECTIONS
2008 Simon Fraser University, Vancouver British Columbia (Can)
2003 The City of Vancouver, (Donald MacPherson & Landon Mackenzie), Vancouver BC (Can)
1995 Bealart, London, Ontario (Can)