| 1969 BA Magna Cum Laude in Psychology, Brandeis University, Massachusetts 1975 Teaching Certificate in Art Education, the University of British Columbia 1979 Opened Fibre Art Studio on Granville Island, Vancouver 1990 Attended master classes with Muriel Nezhnie and with Archie Brennan 1993 Organized an international tapestry symposium, Making a Place for Tapestry, and produced publication of the same name 1995 Founded Canadian Tapestry Network and began publishing quarterly newsletter 1998 Organized travelling exhibition Weaving Between the Lines 1999 Edited publication, Weaving Between the Lines: B.C. Tapestry on the Edge 2001 Co-curated the exhibition, Erosion, as part of Artropolis, an exhibit of contemporary B.C. art 2002 Organized American Tapestry Biennial 4, opening in Richmond and travelling to the U.S. |
| 1990 Attended master classes with Muriel Nezhnie and with Archie Brennan 1975 Teaching Certificate in Art Education, the University of British Columbia 1969 BA Magna Cum Laude in Psychology, Brandeis University, Massachusetts |
| 2009 Future Reliquaries, Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver BC 2007 Dreams, Visions, Memories, Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver BC 2007 Cover Ups and Further Revelations, Comox Valley Art Centre, Comox BC 2006 Cover Ups and Further Revelations, Prairie Art Gallery, Grande Prairie AB 2005 Cover Ups and Further Revelations, Alberta Crafts Council, Edmonton, AB 2005 Cover Ups and Revelations, Fiber Art Center, Amherst MA 2005 Cover Ups and revelations, Ridley Gallery, Sierra College, CA 2005 Cover Ups and Revelations, Kootenay Gallery, Castlegar, BC 2003 Cover Ups, Pierro Gallery of South Orange, New Jersey 2002 Cover-ups and Revelations, Simon Patrich Gallery, Vancouver 1995 Barbara Heller / B.C. Stars, University Women's Club, Vancouver 1992 Palimpsests, Voices from the Past, The Gallery at Temple Sholom, Vancouver 1992 Broken Promises, Craft House Gallery, Vancouver, BC 1987 Inner Visions, Faculty Club Gallery, University of B.C., Vancouver 1984 Cats, Cradles, and Other Fascinations, Muttart Gallery, Calgary AB 1983 Cats, Cradles, and Other Fascinations, Shalom Gallery, Vancouver, BC 1977 Looking West, Unitarian Church, Vancouver |
| 2009 Tapestry Topics, The Beauty of the Bones”, Fall 2009 Galleries West, Barbara Heller, Future Reliquaries, previews and profiles, Summer 2009 Galleries West, “Woman’s Work”, Fall-Winter 2009 Jewish Independent, The Tapestries’ Stories, Vancouver BC, May 15 2007 American Style Magazine, February 2007 Multifaith Calendar, Vancouver BC, 2006 TextileForum, Hanover, Germany, Autumn 2006 American Style Magazine, October 2003 Fiberarts Magazine, Cover Ups: Tapestries by Barbara Heller, Nov/Dec 2003 International Tapestry Journal, , Tapestry and Meaning September 2003 Artichoke Magazine. Barbara Heller: The Cover-Up Tapestries, by Bettina Matzkuhn, pp.14-17, photo p. 11, Winter 2003 Fiber Focus. Memorial Tapestry Project, photo of “Requiem”, Autumn , pp 18-20 2002 Artichoke Magazine, Fall 2002 Georgia Straight, , , The Warp and Woof of Weaving” , August 1 2002 Shuttle, Spindle, and Dyepot, Uncovered:Barbara Heller’s Tapestries, Summer 1993 The Vancouver Courier, Tapestry Artists Rise Up from Anonymity, Sept 15, 1993 The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver Tapestry Artists Bring Modern Invention to Old Technique, September 17 1991 Heddle Magazine, cover photo, March/April 1991, 1990 Western News, Artist Explores an Ancient Art Form, Vancouver Community Newspaper, April 12 1990 Fiberarts Magazine, Tapestry Now - point for the Past and Future, March/April 1990 Jewish Western Bulletin, Heller Looms Works of Art, Vancouver, B.C., November 29 1989 Heddle Magazine, personality profile by Jackie Jessup, 1988 Craft Focus Three, Ontario Craft Council, Winter 1987 Fiberarts Calenda, published by Lark Books, Asheville, N.C., August 1986 Shuttle, Spindle, and Dyepot, Stones and Symbols, Winter 1986 Fiberarts Magazine, The Spirit Tracings of Barbara Heller, July/August 1986 Shuttle, Spindle, and Dyepot, Spring 1980 Fiberarts Magazine, Sacred Places, the Tapestry Landscapes of Barbara Heller, May/June |
| 2009 Hilde Gerson Award for excellence, innovation and leadership in the BC craft community. 2006 B.C. Society of Tapestry Artists nominee, Saidye Bronfman Award for Excellence in the Crafts 2005 Crafts Assoc. of B.C. nominee for the Saidye Bronfman Award for Excellence in the Crafts 2004 Crafts Assoc. of B.C. nominee for the Saidye Bronfman Award for Excellence in the Crafts 2004 Second prize, “The Artist as Shaman,” international online symbolist art show 1996 Canada Council Travel Grant to attend fibre symposium in Kherson, Ukraine and take part in international exhibition 1994 Recipient of a N'Shei Chabad award for Women in the Arts for 'enriching the community' 1992 Crafts Assoc. of B.C. nominee for the Saidye Bronfman Award for Excellence in the Crafts 1975 Canadian Federation of Artists, honourable mention |
| 2010 By Hand: BC & Yukon, Vancouver Museum, Vancouver, BC 2009 Connections: Small Tapestry International, San Jose Museum of Textiles, CA and Leeds Gallery, Richmond, IN 2009 Unity and Diversity, Canadian Pavillion, Cheongju International Biennale, Cheongju,South Korea 2008 Contemporary Craft in BC: Excellence within Diversity, Vancouver Museum,Vancouver BC 2008 American Tapestry Biennial 7,Scarfone/Hartley Gallery,Tampa,Florida,and Kentucky Museum of Art & Craft, Louisville, KY 2007 Canadian Tapestry, Burlington Art Centre, Burlington ON 2007 Narrative Tapestry, Craft Alliance, Saint Louis, MO 2007 Work Over Time online exhibit at www.Americantapestryalliance.org 2007 Canadian Tapestry, Burlington Art Centre, Burlington ON 2006 Tzedakah, Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta 2006 Tapestry On the Edge Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle WA 2005 American Tapestry Biennial 5, Rochester Art Center, Rochester MN 2005 Weave Me This; Stories in Fiber, The Children’s Hospital, Denver Colorado 2005 Karpit Two, Budapest, Hungary 2005 Demise of Democracy, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art 2005 Findinghome, Canadian/Australian invitational travelling exhibition of tapestry postcards touring Australia, and Canada in 2006 2004 Friends Across the Water: Canada/US/Japan, Yufuin Station Art Gallery, Japan 2004 Synopsis@10, Pierro Gallery of South Orange, NJ 2004 The Artist as Shaman, international online symbolist art, www.dracoblu.com 2004 Six of One…, The Assembly Gallery, Denver, CO 2004 American Tapestry Biennial 5, Denver CO, and Guild, New Hampshire 2003 Thirty Years of Circle Craft, Vancouver, B.C. 2002 International Biennial of Contemporary Tapestry, Beauvais, France 2002 Small Expressions, Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver 2001 Threads of Life, Roundhouse Gallery, Vancouver 2001 Half-passed 12: Moments in Tapestry, The Fine Line Center, Saint Charles, IL 2001 Artropolis, exhibition of contemporary B.C. art 2000 American Tapestry Biennial III, Cincinnati, OH and Denver, CO 2000 Contemporary West Coast Tapestry, Seattle, WA 2000 Tapestries at the Millennium – on-line juried exhibition 1999 Weaving Between the Lines, Alberta Crafts Gallery, Edmonton, AB 1999 The Woven Image: 20th Century Tapestry, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL 1999 Pacific Edge, Mendocino Art Center, CA and Coos Art Center, OR 1999 Remembrances Toward Peace, St. Andrew’s-Wesley Church, Van. 1998 Weaving Between the Lines, Canadian Craft Museum, Vancouver, and travelling 1998 Tapestry Weavers West, Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio 1998 Made by Hand – Silver Edition, Canadian Craft Museum, Vancouver 1998 The Soft Wall, Winnipeg, MB 1997 Fiberart International '97, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA 1997 17th Northwest International Art Competition, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham WA 1997 Canadian Craft Collection 1997, The Atrium, Hong Kong Bank, Vancouver 1997 Weaving Between the Lines, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, B.C. 1996 Passages: Tapestries of the Northwest, Oregon History Museum, Portland, OR 1996 Strands of Time, Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR 1996 High Fibre Diet, West Vancouver Ferry Building 1995 Destination tapisserie 1995, curated by M. Marois, Maison Hamel-Bruneau, Ste. Foy, PQ 1995 Vancouver Tapestry, Unitarian Church, Vancouver 1995 A New View of Jewish Art, Pittsburgh, PA 1994 Contemporary Tapestry: 1990 to the Present, California Crafts Museum, San Francisco, CA 1994 Tapestry Visions, international exhibit for Convergence 94, Saint Paul, MN 1993 1993 National Tapestry Invitational, N. Arizona University Art Gallery, Flagstaff, AZ 1993 Northwest Tapestry 1993, Seattle WA, Portland, OR, and Richmond, BC 1993 Fiberart International '93, Pittsburgh, PA 1993 Making a Place for Tapestry, a show of Canadian tapestry, Granville Island, Vancouver 1993 Contemporary Tapestry at the Rosicrucian Museum, San Jose, CA 1992 Northern Lights, Signature Gallery, San Diego, California 1992 Fibreworks '92, The Gallery, Cambridge, Ontario 1991 Tapestry from the Western Edge, Kelowna, Victoria, and Castlegar, BC Grande Prairie, AB 1991 Human Presence, Human Absence, Hand and Spirit Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona 1991 The Age of Chivalry, Anchorage Museum History and Art, Anchorage, Alaska 1991 Human Shelter, four-person show, Center for Tapestry Arts, New York 1991 Fiberart International 1991, Pittsburgh, PA 1990 International Tapestry Network (ITNET) First Exhibit, Anchorage and Fairbanks, AK and travelling to other venues in the US 1990 A Fine Line, miniature tapestries, OSAC, Portland, and the Center for Tapestry Arts, New York 1990 Tapestry from the Western Edge, travelling to Prince George, B.C. and Toronto, ON 1990 From the Western Edge: Four B.C. Artists, Cartwright Gallery, Vancouver 1990 Tapestry Now, Lukenbach Mill Gallery, PA 1988 Fibreworks 2, juried Canadian show, Cambridge Gallery, Cambridge ON 1988 Contemporary Artefacts, National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia, PA 1988 Small Expressions '88, miniature textiles, Sunday Afternoon Gallery, Chicago, IL 1987 Small Expressions '87, juried show of miniature textiles, San Jose, CA 1987 A Canadian Collection '87, invitational show, Calgary, AB 1987 Fibers Unlimited, exhibition Whatcom County Museum, Bellingham, WA. 1987 Out of Context, invitational show, Cartwright Gallery, Vancouver BC 1987 International Textile Fair '87, Kyoto, Japan 1986 Sixth International Biennial of Miniature Textiles, Szombathely, Hungary 1986 Tapestry Canada, Barnicke Gallery, Toronto, and Homer Watson Gallery, Kitchener, ON 1986 Panorama of Tapestry, juried show, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON |
| Seaboard Life Building, Vancouver, B.C. Vancouver Jewish Community Centre, Vancouver, B.C. M. et Mme. Robelin, Casablanca, Morocco The Eye Care Centre, Vancouver General Hospital College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia, Vancouver Comdata Holdings Inc., Nashville, Tennessee Mr. and Mrs. Kamin, Houston, Texas Temple Sholom, Vancouver Susan Mendelson and Jack Lutsky, Vancouver Mr. And Mrs. Jacobs, Hilton Head, South Carolina Mr. John Lefebvre, Vancouver, Salt Spring Island and California |
| The Tapestry Handbook (revised and updated), Carol Russell, Lark Press, 2007 To Weave or Not to Weave, Dirk Holger, 2010 Cover Ups and Revelations, the Tapestries of Barbara Heller, 2005 Design Book One (1980), Design Book Two (1983), Design Book Three (1988),Design Book Four (1991), Design Book Five (1995), Design Book Six (1999), and Design Book Seven (2003) Lark Books, Asheville, N.C. The Tapestry Handbook, Carol Russell, Lark Press, 1990 |
| Cultural Arts Committee, Jewish Community Centre, Vancouver Portfolio Committee, Tapestry Weavers West Board Member, American Tapestry Alliance – 1998-2006 Canadian Correspondent, International Tapestry Journal – 1995-2005 Organized American Tapestry Biennial 4, opening in Richmond and travelling in the US, 2002 Co-curated the Erosion, part of Artropolis, an exhibit of contemporary BC art, 2001 Editor of Making a Place for Tapestry and Weaving Between the Lines: BC Tapestry on the Edge, two books published by BC Stars Organized the Weaving Between the Lines, travelling in BC and Alberta, 1998 Founded of the Canadian Tapestry Network and co-edit of the quarterly Newsletter, 1995 Founded the British Columbia Society of Tapestry Artists (BC Stars), 1993 Organized an international symposium, Making a Place for Tapestry, and concurrent exhibits, 1993 Opened the Fiber Art Studio on Granville Island in 1979 |