Heidi Earnshaw

 

Professional experience

HEIDI EARNSHAW design, Founder/Principal, 2000 - present

Co-Founder/Instructor, Junction Workshop, 2016 - 2018

Board Member - Craft Ontario - 2015- 2018

Part-time Faculty Member  - Sheridan College School of Crafts and Design, 2002-05, 2013 - present

Mentor - Sheridan College School of Crafts and Design, 2013, 2015, 2016

Juror - McMichael Canadian Art Outdoor Bench Competition, 2014; Ontario Craft Council, 2012

 

recent exhibitions

Dressing Room, Toronto Design Offsite Festival. January 2017

True Nordic - Gardiner Museum, Toronto, travelling 2016 - 2018

Contemporary Wood - Centre for Furniture Craftsmanship, Rockport, Maine, 2015 - 2016

Modern Makers - Idea Exchange, Cambridge, 2015

Interior Design Show - Maker, Toronto, 2015

The Room - Toronto Design Offsite Festival, Toronto, 2014

Stellar Living - Mercer Union Gallery, Toronto, 2013

 

Collections

Canada House, London 

Isamali Centre, Toronto

Gladstone Hotel, Toronto

Shaw Festival Theatre

Jackson Triggs Estate Winery

Beth Tzedec Synagogue

City of Waterloo 

 

awards and scholarships

Interior Design Show - Best Booth Award 50-200 sq. ft., 2015

Ontario Arts Council - Craft Projects - Creation and Development Grant 2014

Anderson Ranch Art Centre - Residency Fellowship 2014

Ontario Arts Council - Craft Projects - Creation and Development Grant 2011

The Canada Council for the Arts - Production Grant 2009

 

selected print publications

Exhibition Catalogue, True Nordic, Gardiner Museum, 2016

Canadian House and Home, November 2016

Canadian House and Home, September 2016

Globe Style Advisor April 2016

Azure Magazine, Feb. 2, 2015

The Toronto Star, Feb. 25th, 2015

Canadian Woodworking, April/May 2014

 

EDUCATION 

Sheridan College School of Craft and Design, 1999-2000

University of Toronto - Visual Art BA Honours (with High Distinction) - 1989-1993