Merlin Heintzman Hope Curriculum Vitae

Education

2017-2019
Concordia University (transfer) BFA, Montreal, QC

2011
San Francisco Art Institute (exchange semester), San Francisco, CA, USA

2009-2012
Emily Carr University of Art and Design BFA Program, Vancouver, BC

Residencies/Grants

2022
EMAR Family Residency - Hosted by Collar Works (fully supported, juried). Troy, NY

Pilot Residency - Hosted by Centre Récréatif Poupart. Montreal, QC

2021 - 2022
Jeunes Volontaires Full-Year Program - 1 year project grant, Travail Sans Frontières. Montreal, QC

2020 - 2021
Amélioration des Sols - “Nomadic” artist in residency program (fully supported, juried), LaSerre - Arts Vivants. Montreal, QC

Large Special Project Grant - Concordia Fine Arts Student Alliance

Workshops/Training

2022
Spatial Dramaturgy with Shauna Janssen - Playwrights Workshop Montreal (juried)

2021
Teaching from the Heart with Gina Simm - University of Maine Hutchinson Center

Facilitation/Curation

2020
L’Grand Festin (exhibition) Montreal, QC (co-facilitator)

P’tit Sous Sol Artists’ Stay, Montreal, QC (canceled due to covid-19)

Open Action Night pt. 3, 4, 5 & 6 (performance art series), Montreal, QC (co-founder)

The Distance Between You and Me (exhibition), Art Matters Festival, Montreal, QC

2019
Open Action Night pt. 1 &2 (performance art series), Montreal, QC (co-founder)

ICEBREAKER: Investigating Connection Black Box Theatre, Montreal, QC

Selected Group Exhibitions

2019
Common Uncommon Peripheral Hours, Montreal, QC (performance, sculpture)

Sites of Embodied Silence Art Matters Festival, VAV Gallery in partnership with Art Souterrain, Montreal, QC (drawing)

2018
Body / Being Concordia University, Montreal, QC (performance)

Commission

2018
Mural 15’x9’, Concordia Student Union Daycare and Nursery, Montreal, QC

2012
Site Specific Installation, Union Gospel Mission, Vancouver, BC

Teaching

2021
Youth Workshop Arts Facilitator, Centre Récréatif Poupart, Montreal, QC

2020
Youth and Adult Arts Workshop Facilitator, Lézard Créatif, Montreal, QC

2015
Art Workshops With Multi-Age Groups, Centro de Esperanza Infantil, Oaxaca de Juarez, Mexico

Bibliography

2019
“Accessibility, Experimentation, and Self Determination”, The Concordian

“In Conversation With Mr. Merlin Heintzman Hope: Young Father and Artist of ‘Arrangements’”, Feminism In India

“Concordia Students Bring Multi-Disciplinary Arts to Multiple Floors”, The Link

“Sites of Embodied Silence”, Quartier Des Spectacles. Montréal, QC