Heather Protz
  
  330.607.2774 • www.heatherprotz.com • heather@theartphotographer.com
 
EDUCATION
 1991 MFA Ohio University
1989 BFA University of Akron
   
FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENT
 •2009 Nevada Arts Council, Individual Artist Fellowship
•2001 Ohio Arts Council, Individual Artist Fellowship Recipient
   
EXHIBITIONS  
2010

•The Foundry Art Centre , Group 4 Award Photography 2, St Charles, Missouri
•2-person exhibition (AMP-Alterwitz-Mizrahi and Protz) Sahara West Library, Las Vegas, Nevada
2009

•Springs Preserve, ORIGINS Big Springs Gallery, AMP, Las Vegas, Nevada
•Marji Gallery, Inspired, Santa Fe, New Mexico
•Brett Wesley Gallery, NeonPin, Las Vegas, Nevada
•eXhibition Series (OXS), The Nevada Arts Council, Carson City, Nevada
•2009 PIEA International Photo Contest, International Traveling Show,
3rd Place Faculty Portfolio
•Union Street Gallery, Assume Nothin, Chicago Height, Illinois
•Focus on Projects, Gary Reese, Suzanne Reese, Todd Miller, Komkrit, Heather Protz
Rainbow Library and West Charlston Library, Las Vegas, Nevada
•Self Portrait: Silver Eye at 30, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
•“Artwalk” Canyon Ranch Spa, Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada
•50 State Photography Project, http://www.50statesproject.net/
2008 •Marji Gallery, Unexpected Sequence, Santa Fe, New Mexico
•Space 237, AMP, Toledo, Ohio
•Peninsula Art Academy, AMP: Shared Images, Peninsula, Ohio
•Millworks Gallery, The Las Vegas Show, Akron, Ohio
•Left of Center Gallery, Shared Ideas/Stolen Places , AMP, Las Vegas, Nevada
•“Artwalk” Canyon Ranch Spa, Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada
•fotofoto gallery, 4th Annual juried Competition, Huntington, New York
•Photo Review, 2007 COMPETITION ENTRIES: Places Exhibition, Online Exhibition
2007

•fotofoto gallery, 3rd Annual juried Competition, Honorable Mention, Huntington, New York
•Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Annual Juried Show, Wilmington Delaware
•Foundry’s Photography: 2nd Annual, Foundry Art Center, *Group 4 Award
St. Charles, Missouri
•MOS Show, Texas Photographic Society, San Antonio, Texas
•Best Shot, Benham Gallery, Seattle, Washington
•Ohio University: 1990 Until Now, NCECA, Louisville, Kentucky
•The Looking Glass, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
•Photographic Forum Magazine, Honorable Mention, 27th Spring Photography Contest
2006 •DreamBox Foto Gallery, Foto Annual II Competition, Chicago, Illinois
•Colors of Life 2006 International Photo Competition, The Gallery of Art and Design, Richmond, Virginia
•2006 Las Vegas Art Roundup, Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada
•2006 Great Nevada Picture Hunt, Nevada Magazine, Honorable Mention,
http://www.nevadamagazine.com/GNPH_winners.htm
•Faculty Exhibit, The Image Gallery, The Community College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada

2005

 •Fast Forward or Flash Back, L.E. Meek Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
•Fast Forward or Flash Back, Crandall Art Gallery, Mount Union College, Alliance, Ohio
•2005 Las Vegas Art Roundup, Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada
2004 •New Faculty Exhibit, The Community College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada
2003

•Seconds from Yesterday, Baldwin Wallace College, Berea, Ohio
•Beyond Pop, Howard County Center for the Arts, Ellicott City, Maryland
•The Second Cleveland Biennial Juried Exhibition, Art Gallery, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio *Best Still Photograph in Show
•Target:Audience, New Sense Enterprises, Home/Gallery, Lakewood, Ohio
•Washington Gallery of Photography, National Juried Show, Bethesda Maryland
•Seconds from Yesterday, Baldwin Wallace College, Berea, Ohio
•Photo Review Competition, The Photo Review, Langhorne, Pennsylvania
•Recent Work, Kent State University, Stark Branch, Ohio
•Academic Alliance, Thiel College, Greenville, Pennsylvania
•Faculty Exhibit, Butler Institute of American Art, Trumbal, Ohio
•Seconds from Yesterday, Fine Art Services, Peninsula, Ohio, Youngstown, Ohio
2002 •While Dogs Dream, SRO Photo Gallery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
•Small Works Exhibit, Arts United for Davidson County, Lexington, North Carolina
•Three Rivers Art Show, Juried Exhibition, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
•Square City, Environmental Design Group Galleries, Akron, Ohio
2001 •While Dogs Dream, Southern Light Gallery, Amarillo College, Amarillo, Texas
•Faculty Exhibition, McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio.
•Three Rivers Art Show, Juried Exhibition, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
•Winter Exhibition, DogStar, McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown State University, Ohio
•Let’s See it Again & Again: An exhibition of Reproducible Media, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2000 •While Dogs Dream, Gallery 1101, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
•Faculty Exhibition, McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown State University
•Maryland Federation of Art Photo Exhibition, Annapolis, Maryland
•Humour in Art, Gallery West, Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio -7 Years of Square, University Center Concourse Gallery, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee

1999

•Ohio & Lake Erie West, Juried International Touring Art Exhibition, Sea Gate Art
Gallery, Toledo, Ohio - Csongrad, Hungary - Szeged, Hungary - Lviv, Ukraine
•More From the Series of Trite, Weathervane Playhouse, Akron, Ohio
1997 •Alternatives, Millworks Gallery, Akron, Ohio
•5th Anniversary Show, E.I.O. Gallery, Akron, Ohio
•Northside, Then & Now, Northside, Akron, Ohio
•Spring Art Walk, MODO Gallery, Peninsula, Ohio
•Marking Territory, Millworks Gallery, Akron, Ohio
1996 •Urban Instinct, The Bank Gallery, Peninsula, Ohio
•Vision of Venus, Art at the Powerhouse, Cleveland, Ohio
1995 •Five and Dime, In Collaboration, Akron, Ohio - Santa Monica, California
•Rooms, Millworks Gallery, Akron, Ohio
•WHY From the Series of Trite, E.I.O. Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
•On a Whim, The Bank Gallery, Peninsula, Ohio
•Home is Where the Art Is, The Smart House, Millworks Gallery, Bath, Ohio
•Members Show, E.I.O. Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
1994 •Millworks, Thing Two, Akron City Center, Akron, Ohio
•Alumni Show, University of Akron, Emily Davis Gallery, Akron, Ohio
•E.I.O. Group Show 1994, Cleveland, Ohio
•Form in Two and Three Dimensions, Gallery West, Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio
•Womens Perspective on the Environment, Williams Atrium, Guzetta Hall,
University of Akron, Akron, Ohio
1993 •NEW 1992-1993 WORKS, Colonial Arcade, Cleveland, Ohio
•Mixed Media Video Installation, “COURAGE?”, E.I.O. Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
•Faculty Exhibition, Emily Davis Gallery, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio
•Autumn in the Valley, Among Friends Gallery, Peninsula, Ohio
1992 •Books Plus, Invitational Exhibition, Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky
•The Peoples Art Show, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio
•E.I.O. Gallery, Exhibition IV, Cleveland, Ohio
1991 •50th Anniversary National Juried Exhibition, Lake Worth, Florida
•Confessions of Observations, Sigfried Gallery, Athens, Ohio
•Group See Exhibition, Kent/Stark Gallery, Canton, Ohio
   
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
 •Marji Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
•Brett Wesley Gallery , Las Vegas, Nevada