EDUCATION
1997 Queen’s University, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Honours, Kingston, ON, Canada
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2020 Waterloo-Region Arts Fund, Good Family Foundation, Dancing Within Our Worlds
2020 Digital Originals Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, Dancing Within Our Walls
2019 Quest Art Prize, Finalist, Midland, Ontario
2018 Bombay Sapphire International Artisan Series, Ontario Semi-Finalist
2017 Bombay Sapphire International Artisan Series, Ontario Semi-Finalist
2016 28th Annual Waterloo Region Arts Awards, Visual Arts Nomination
2016 34th Annual Bernice Adams Memorial Awards, Visual Arts Category Nomination
2013 Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2012 Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2011 Emerging Artist Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2010 Honourable Mention, Mixed Media, 9th Annual Juried Exhibition, Cambridge, ON
2002 Purchase Award: Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, City of Toronto
2001 Exhibition Assistance, Ontario Arts Council
2000 Kitchener-Waterloo Art Award, Leading Edge Category, Visual Arts
1998 Bernice Adams Bursary
1997 Queen’s University Printmaking Award, Andre Bieler Prize
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Portals Into Our Time-Kept Places, Cambridge Centre for the Arts, Cambridge, ON
2011 What do you know?, Williams Mill Art Gallery, Halton Hills, ON
2010 Building From Within, Paula White Diamond Gallery, Waterloo, ON
2009 Old Buildings with New Ideas, Harbinger Gallery, Waterloo, ON
2009 Industrial Works, Petroff Gallery, Toronto, ON
2005 Selection of Work, xcartrestoration, Toronto, ON
2004 Recent Works, Foti Gallery, Collingwood, ON
2002 New Works, KOR Gallery, Kitchener, ON
2002 Wood, Paper, Paint, Wyndham Gallery, Cambridge, ON
2001 Sentinels of the Past, Harbingers of the Future, KOR Gallery, Kitchener, ON
2000 Mysteries of Perception, Walper Gallery, Kitchener, ON
1999 Memories, KOR Gallery, Kitchener, ON
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND FAIRS
2019 Quest Art Prize Finalists, Midland Centre for the Arts, Midland, ON
2018 Memories of Utopia, NEO Architecture, Kitchener, ON
2018 Bombay Sapphire Artisan Exhibition, Artscape Sandbox, Toronto, ON
2017 Bombay Sapphire Artisan Exhibition, Onlyonegallery, Toronto, ON
2017 Outside the Box, Pop-Up Art Exhibition, The Walper Hotel, Kitchener, ON
2017 Architectural Digest Design Show, Pier 94, NY, NY, USA
2016 Connect 2016, Cambridge Centre for the Arts, Cambridge, ON
2016 Architectural Digest Design Show, Pier 94, NY, NY, USA
2015 Connect 2015, WalterFedy, Kitchener, ON
2015 Architectural Digest Design Show, Pier 94, NY, NY, USA
2014 Architectural Digest Design Show, Pier 94, NY, NY, USA
2013 Architectural Digest Design Show, Pier 94, NY, NY, USA
2012 Designing Greenwich, The Loading Dock, Stamford, CT, USA
2012 Architectural Digest Design Show, Pier 94, NY, NY, USA
2011 32nd Annual Insights Juried Exhibition, Wellington County Museum, Fergus, ON
2011 New York Art Expo, Pier 94, NY, NY, USA
2011 New 8, Gallery 8, Salt Springs Island, BC
2011-2008 The Artist Project Toronto, Queen Elizabeth Building, Toronto, ON
2009 One of a Kind Visual Art Gallery, Direct Energy Centre, Toronto, ON
2009 Urban Immersions, Deer Path Art Gallery, Lake Forest, Illinois, USA
2009 Recent Work, Campbell House Museum, Toronto, ON
2009-2001 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillip’s Square, Toronto, ON
2008 One of a Kind Visual Art Gallery, Direct Energy Centre, Toronto, ON
2008 The Artist Project Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2003 1st kwag biennial, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, ON
2003 Inside Art, Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, ON
2003 Best Of, First Canadian Place Gallery, Toronto, ON
2002 Window of Opportunity, Petroff Gallery, Toronto, ON
2001 From the Tree of Life, Petroff Gallery, Toronto, ON
2000 Quota, KOR Gallery, Kitchener, ON
SELECTED COLLECTIONS and PUBLIC INSTALLATIONS
5 Penn Plaza, NY, NY
The Onyx Chelsea, NY, NY
The Castle, University of Pennsylvania, PA
The City Reliquary Museum, Brooklyn, NY
The Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, ON
City of Toronto, Public Art Collection, Toronto, ON
Kitchener City Hall, Courtesy of Peter Lerner, Kitchener, ON
Isherwood and Associates, Mississauga, ON
Langdon Hall, Cambridge, ON
St. Mary’s Hospital Foundation, Kitchener, ON
Private Collections in Canada, the United States and Europe
PRESS and PUBLICATIONS
2021 CBC Radio Interview: Artists Receive Digital Originals Grants from Canada Council, Jackie Sharkey
2021 Terry Pender, Dancing Among the Ruins, Kitchener-Waterloo Record, 02/06
2019 Cai Sepulis, Inviting Perspectives; the Mesmerizing World of Artist Heather Kocsis, Toque Magazine, The Handcrafted Issue
2019 Terry Pender Artists Among Us: Heather Kocsis Draws Energy from Pop-Up Art Show, Kitchener- Waterloo Record, November 11
2018 Valerie Hill, Artist Reflects Work of a Master Architect, Kitchener-Waterloo Record, 08/15
2018 Lisa Mesbur, Building Connections, Insight: The Art of Living, Spring Issue, Sotheby’s Canada.
2017 Geoff Guich, Creator: Heather Kocsis, Creator Series, July, Video
2017 Alison Garwood-Jones, The Wilfull Project, Documentary Series
2014 Jennifer Gough, Culture Soup, CKWR, Radio Interview, 04/05
2013 Jesse Brass, Stories: Making Art Toronto Documentary Series, Brass Bros. Film
2013 Gil Haddi, Carved Cityscape Dioramas, TrendHunter Art & Design, 03/14
2013 David Fritz, AD Design Show, Heather Kocsis, WNEP-TV16, 03/28
2013 Yuka Yonada, AD Design Show, Inhabitat, 03/26
2011 Debra Usher Artist to Collect, Arabella, pgs. 230-237
2010 Barbara Aggerholm, Bringing Buildings to Life, Grand Magazine, Fall Issue
2010 Craig Musselman The Talent Next Door
2009 Mark Savel, Old Buildings + Art at the Petroff, Savel Blogs, 08/08
2009 Adam Livingston, Heather Kocsis, TruLife Magazine, Issue 7
2008 Artist Travels from Canada to Capture Stadium Before Demolition
2008 CBS Early Morning Show, Yankee Stadium featured, Interview, 08/16
2003 Eric Volmers, The Way She Sees It, Eric Volmers, The Cambridge Reporter, 05/25
2002 Marshall Ward, Kocsis’ Back Alley Blues, Marshall Ward, Echo Newsweekly, Vol.6
2002 Robert Reid, Kocsis’ Unique Perspective Draws You To Her Back Alley, KW Record, 05/29
2002 Valerie Hill, Artist Captures St. Mary’s Hospital in Wood, Kitchener-Waterloo Record, 01/29
2001 Steve Lindt, Artist Captures Memories of Aging Factories, Kitchener-Waterloo Record, 05/16
2001 Xavine Bryan, Visual Artist Feels Right At Home, Kitchener-Waterloo Record, 06/05
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
CARFAC, Present
PROFESSIONAL and TEACHING ACTIVITIES
2020 Guest Speaker, Art During Covid and Collaborations, ArtsPay, Kitchener-Waterloo
2020 Juror, Habitat for Humanity Waterloo Region Juried Show and Sale (Post-poned)
2019 Arts Awards Waterloo Region Academy Member
2019 Guest Speaker; Creative Entrepreneurship; Wilfrid Laurier University
2014 Artist in Residence, Accelerator Centre, Waterloo, ON, July-December
2013 Panel Speaker, “Crossing the Border”, BOX14 Art Exhibition, Kitchener, ON
2013 Studio Instructor, Cambridge Centre of the Arts, Cambridge, ON
2002 Studio Instructor, Cambridge Library and Galleries, Cambridge, ON
1999-2003 Printmaker-in-Residence, KOR Gallery and Studios, Kitchener, ON
1999-2003 Gallery Installer, Community Outreach Programs, KOR Gallery and Studios
1998 Gallery Assistant, Cambridge Library and Galleries, Cambridge, ON
1998 Engramme Printmaking Studio, Residency, Quebec City, Quebec
1997 Gallery Docent, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, ON