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Curriculum Vitae

​EDUCATION
2028 [expected]
Graduate Level Diploma in Art Therapy [candidate], Toronto Art Therapy Institute, Toronto, Ontario
2017​
​BA Honours Program with Distinction, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
​Beyond Statistics: The Artifacts of Inflation, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
GROUP AND JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2022
Toronto Outdoor (Online) Art Fair, Toronto, Ontario
2021
Toronto Outdoor (Online) Art Fair, Toronto, Ontario

Papier, Esperanto Gallery, Markham, Ontario

2020
Untapped Finalist, Artist Project 2020, Better Living Centre, Toronto, Ontario

Toronto Outdoor (Online) Art Fair, Toronto, Ontario

Murmuration, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario

​Murmuración, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
2017
Collective Knowledge, Boarding House Gallery, Guelph, Ontario

Summer Emerging Art Exhibit, Gallery 1313, Toronto, Ontario (curated by Phil Anderson)

The Ontario Miniature Print Exhibition (TOMPE2017), Satellite Project Space, London, Ontario (Jurors: Tara Cooper, Associate Professor, University of Waterloo; Cassandra Getty, Curator of Art, Museum London; James Patten, Director/Curator, McIntosh Gallery) (catalogue)
 
The Under-Viewed Collection, Boarding House Gallery, Guelph, Ontario (curated by Heather Thomson and Zhen
Jen Ye)

Drawing IV, Selected by Emily Schaefer, Zavitz Hall, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario (curated by Emily Schaefer)

Juried Art Show (JAS), Zavitz Hall, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario (Jurors: Shauna McCabe, Rui Pimenta, Jessica Wyman)
2016
CTRL + P, Zavitz Hall, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario

Juried Art Show (JAS), Zavitz Hall, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario (Jurors: Sarah Cale, Miles Collyer, Fiona Kinsella)

Arts and Drafts, hosted by Meg Wilson, Silence, Guelph, Ontario

Art in the Bullring, The Bullring, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario
​AWARDS
2017
University of Guelph Printmaking Department Funding for The Under-Viewed Collection

 Juried Art Show Printmaking Prize
2016
University of Guelph Printmaking Prize

Art in the Bullring Honorarium 
2015
​University of Guelph Printmaking Prize
​RESIDENCIES, MENTORSHIPS & SCHOLARSHIPS
​2017-2018 
Don Phillips Scholarship, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
2017
​Mentee in the Guelph Young Artist Mentorship Program, Guelph Art Council and School of Fine Art and Music, with support from Ontario150 Partnership Program, Guelph, Ontario
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School Of Fine Art and Music Digital Residency, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario
​ARTIST TALK
2019
Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
Public Art & Projects
2020
Minor Alterations Oakville for the Town of Oakville as part of CoNextions, Oakville, On.

Minor Alterations Workshop, Queen Elizabeth Community Center, Oakville, On.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2026
Heather Thomson, Detail of Eine Milliarde 15 Dezember 1922, 2017. Digital Print Installation. Published in: Money in a time of crisis. Manchester Museum, 2026.
https://money-in-a-time-of-crisis.museum.manchester.ac.uk/

Heather Thomson, Hundert November 1920.1, 2016. Screen Print. Published in: Money in a time of crisis. Manchester Museum, 2026.
https://money-in-a-time-of-crisis.museum.manchester.ac.uk/
2024
Diana Varma, "The 96-Layer Screen Print with Heather J. A. Thomson," Talk Paper Scissors Podcast.
https://www.talkpaperscissors.info/post/184-the-96-layer-screen-print-with-heather-j-a-thomson
2019
Jenn Law, "The Artifacts of Inflation," Arts + Letters Press Blog. 
​​https://www.artsandletterspress.com/single-post/2019/02/09/The-Artifacts-of-Inflation
​CURATORIAL WORK
2017
​The Under-Viewed Collection, with Zhen (Jen) Ye, Boarding House Gallery, Guelph, Ontario
​PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2023 - 2024
Contract Custom Printer
2022
Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Printmaking and Publications, OCAD U, Toronto, Ontario
2020-2023
Custom Printer, Open Studio, Toronto Ontario
2020
Murmuración, Co Organizer, SGC International, Puertográfico​​ 2020, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2019-2024
Instructor, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
2019-2023
Class Assistant, Faculty of Printmaking and Publications, OCAD U, Toronto, Ontario
2019-2020
Printmaking Assistant, Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario
2018
Logo Design for Dr. Christopher DiCarlo
2017
​26 Illustrations for 6 Steps to Better Thinking, How to Disagree and Get Along, Dr. Christopher DiCarlo
​ISBN-10:152550625 and 13:9781525506628
​MEMBERSHIPS
Hamilton Potter's Guild
Open Studio
People of Print
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