2024
Furniture Design Short Course, Central Saint Martins University, London UK
Jenna-Katheryn Heinemann is a New York City–based artist who completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Arts at Concordia University in 2020. Working primarily in sculpture, she explores form through material and composition, focusing on ceramics, wood, and metal. Her practice draws on critical theory to investigate alternative kinship structures, engaging viewers through abstract forms that prompt questions about identity, memory, and history. Her current work centers on themes of migration, colonial dynamics, and memory, particularly examining her family’s emigration from Suriname under Dutch colonial rule to Canada. With relatives spanning three continents, she seeks to create new family heirlooms that are both functional and metaphorical. These sculptures act as archives, preserving familial histories while exploring the relationship between memory and material. Her work has been exhibited across Canada, and in May 2025 she completed a residency at the Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center in Denmark.
EDUCATION
2020
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Majoring in Studio Arts (Honors of Distinction), Concordia University, Montréal QC
RESIDENCIES AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2024
Guldagergaad Ceramic Research Residency, Skælskør DK
2019
Committee Member, Concordia Ceramics Student Association (CCSA)
2018
Committee Member, Concordia Ceramics Student Association (CCSA)
2016
Super 8 Film Course / 35mm Film Course, Film and Video Arts Society of Alberta (FAVA)
AWARDS & GRANTS
2024
Arts Abroad Residency, Canada Council for the Arts
Individual Arts Grant: Visual Artist, BC Arts Council
2019
Special Project Grant, Fine Arts Student Alliance (Concordia University)
2018
Travel Grant, LOGIQ
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024
10 By 10 | 10 Par 10, Espace Loulou, Montréal QC
4 By 4 | 4 Par 4, Vault Gallery, Victoria BC
2022
Ensemble, Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria BC
Appairage, Peering, Pairing, Centre d’artistes AXENÉ07, Gatineau QC
2021
Public Installation, Nuit Blanche, Montréal QC
2019
Of Monsters and Ghosts, VAV Gallery, Montréal QC
ASculpture, Rad Hourani Foundation, Montréal QC
In-Flux, Eastern Bloc, Montréal QC
Snow Frolic, Beaubien Durocher, Montréal QC
2018
2017
Digital Storytelling, Atwater Library, Montréal QC
Fair Use, Latitude 53, Edmonton AB
Self-Disclosures, The Works Art and Design Festival, Edmonton AB
Fava Fest, FAVA, Edmonton AB
2015
Hardcopy Book Fair, U of A Museums Galleries at Enterprise Square, Edmonton AB
Film and Visual Arts Super8 Challenge, FAVA, Edmonton AB
Gotta Minute Film Festival, selected transit stations, Edmonton AB
Nuit Blanche, Stanley Milner Library, Edmonton AB
Smut Fest, Harcourt House Artist Run Centre, Edmonton AB
2014
Coming of Consciousness: Lyrical Film on 16mm, Ortona Arts Building, Edmonton AB