Paul VanHeest

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Education:

B.A. in Art, Hope College, Holland MI 1982
Graduate work at Western Michigan University
27 years of art instructions in Holland Public Schools

Galleries:

Synchronicity, Glen Arbor, MI

Awards/Showings:

Hydrophobic Otter earns the Martin Maddox Prize For Imaginitive Realism in the Kalamazoo Institute of Art's 2010 West Michigan Area Show

Monkey Shines accepted into the 18th Annual CPSA International Exhibition, Los Gatos, CA; Summer 2010

Cat and Mouse is awarded 2nd place in the 2010 University of Michigan at Dearborn Open Competition.

Hydrophobic Otter earns Best Of Show in the 23rd Annual West Michigan Regional Competition presented by the Lowell Area Arts Council; Winter 2009

Solo exhibit at the Village Theater at Cherry Hill in Canton, MI

November, 2009

Monkey Business accepted in to the 2009 Art Prize Competition, Grand Rapids, MI

Globophobic Porcupine receives the Merit Award in the 2009 Greater Michigan Art Competition; Midland, MI

Globophobic Porcupine earns Alden B. Dow Museum Solo Exhibition Award in the 2009 Greater Michigan Art Competition; Midland, MI

Hydrophobic Otter awarded third place in the Holland Friends Of Art 46th Annual Juried Fine Arts Competition; Holland Area Arts Council 2009

Hummingbird Effect receives third place in the 2009 Lakeshore Fine Arts Competition, Grand Haven, MI

Meer Alley Kats receives the Dr. Gene and June Sevensma and Jack and Kay Barendse memorial award in the Grand Rapids Festival Open competition; Spring 2009

A Game Of Cat and Mouse receives First Place for the People's Choice award in the Grand Rapids Festival Open Competition; Spring 2009

CPSA 16th Annual International Exhibition; Seattle,WA;Summer, 2008

Globophobic Porcupine CPSA Award for "Excellence in Artistic Achievment"

CPSA 15th Annual International Exhibition; Bethesda, Maryland; Summer, 2007
Hummingbird Effect "Artist Magazine Artistic Excellence" award winner

2007 15th Annual Canton Fine Arts Exhibition; The Village Theater at Cherry Hill; Walking On Eggshells receives the Best Of Show Award

79th Regional Art Show; Muskegon Museum of Art; Summer, 2007
A Game of Cat and Mouse received the Docent Award

2007 44th Annual Juried Fine Arts Competition; Holland Area Arts Council; Globaphobic Porcupine, Second Place

University of Michigan at Dearborn Open Exhibit at the Alfred Berkowitz gallery; Summer, 2007
Walking On Eggshells and Tug of War accepted into the exhibit
Walking On Eggshells received the Best Of Show award

2007 West Michigan Area Show; Kalamazoo Institute of Art
Walking On Eggshells awarded the Martin Maddox Prize for Imaginative Realism

2007 West Michigan Regional Competition; Lowell Arts Council
Globaphobic Porcupine received Best Of Show award

Featured in the Three Artist Showcase, Ward Gallery - July, 2006

Pteronaphobic Turtle selected for exhibit in the Governor's Mansion - Lansing, Michigan; 2006-2007

Walking On Eggshells accepted into Colored Pencil Society Of America International Exhibit; Albuquerque, New Mexico, Summer, 2006

78th Regional Art Show; Muskegon Museum of Art; Summer, 2006
Globaphobic Porcupine received the Robert and Veronica Youngman Graphic Arts Award

2006 West Michigan Area Show; Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
Getting To The Point accepted for exhibit

Holland Friends of Art 2006
Pteronaphobic Turtle received the Best of Show Award

Walking On Eggshells, Petitions For Arcticarus and Hummingbird Effect displayed in the DeVos Auditorium, Holland, MI, 2005-2006

Artist Showcase, DeGraaf Fine Arts - October, 2005

Featured artist, Ward Gallery - July, 2005

77th Regional Art Show; Muskegon Museum of Art; Summer, 2005
Petitions For Arcticarus accepted for exhibit
Walking On Eggshells received both the Director's Choice Award and the People's Choice Award