Lee Heinen

In March of 2023, Penguin Random House Publishing choose a detail from my painting "Day at the Beach" as cover art for a novel by Mona Simpson called "Commitment." Another event this year was the choice of 7 of my works for the spectacular new Glick Tower at Metro Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio.
Can Journal published an article about my pandemic work in the 2020 winter issue.
It's here. The book AMERICAN FAMILY ALBUM is focused on my recent figurative work that pertains to family. It has been very positively received. Information about it is on my website.
My painting "Martha" is included in the "8th International Painting Annual" pub 2019, Manifest, Cincinnatti Ohlo
My work has been selected for publication by Academy Graphics Communications, Inc. in "52 Weeks 52 Works" annually from 2011-2020
I was a juror for the Valley Art Center Annual Show 2019
and have been curating exhibits for Moreland Courts Condominiums gallery since 2018
This link has a write up about me and the work they purchased for their collection

This artist was awarded an Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist's Excellence Award FY 2017
"Spotlight" featured artist at Ohio Governor's Residence 2015
For additional information, see Lee

Cleveland Institute of Art
Ursuline College, BA cum laude
John Carroll University studied art history
Instituto de Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

2021 "Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana Regional" exhibit at Mansfield Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio 2020
2021 May Show at Lakeland, Kirtland, Oh
2020 "Identity:Things" Valley Art Center, juried,
2019 "Tell Me a Story" Howson Gallery & Overlook Dining Room at Judson, solo
"Little Italy", Summer 2019 featured my work on their website & posters
2018
"Tangible Moments: The Legacy of Lee Heinen" AAWR Moreland Courts, Cleveland, Oh. solo
Butler Institute of American Art Midyear, Youngstown, Oh juried
"New Masters" Wasmer Galllery, Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, Oh juried
"Identity: People" VAC, Chagrin Falls, Oh, Juried show
"An American City" Harris Stanton Gallery, Akron, Oh duo
"The 9th Annual May Show at Lakeland," Kirtland, Ohio juried
2017
"Revisiting the Family Album" The Gathering Place, Beachwood, Oh. solo
"Women of the Western Reserve" AECOM, Penton Media Bldg. Cleveland, Oh. invitational
Butler Institute of American Art Midyear, Youngstown, Oh. juried
VAC 48th Annual Juried Show, Chagrin Falls, Oh
2016
Annual Members Exhibition, AAWR, Cleveland, Ohio juried "New Now Show" Cleveland, Oh juried
"All About Selfies" Women's History Month, Cleveland, Ohio solo
"Pop Art 2016" Shaker Historical Society, solo
Butler Insti...