Heidi Brueckner

Heidi Brueckner is a Professor of Art at West Valley College in Saratoga, CA where she has taught painting, drawing, and design for over 20 years.

A native Californian, Brueckner studied at the University of Heidelberg and The Goethe Institute in Germany in the late 1980s. During this pivotal year, she visited the major museums of Europe and found herself heavily influenced artistically by 20th century German art.

Brueckner received a BA in Fine Art and a BA in Art History from University of California, Santa Cruz in 1991. She received an MFA in Painting from University of Kansas in 1997.

Professor Brueckner’s work has been shown at museums, galleries, colleges, and in publications nationally and internationally. She has received many awards and scholarships for her work.

In 2018, she published the book “Monsterbet”, based on a series of 26 satirical oil, acrylic, and mixed media paintings spoofing the format of a children’s alphabet book. The book is available for purchase at Etsy, Amazon, and at her website heidibrueckner.com.

Brueckner has won 12 first place awards among others in 20-21, which include the Italian International Prisma Art Prize and the Faber Birren Color Award, and has participated in over 100 juried shows. Upcoming 2022 solo exhibitions include Buckham Gallery in Flint, MI; Abington Art Center in Jenkintown, PA; the Delaplaine Arts Center in Frederick, MD; and Kirkland Art Center in Clinton, NY.

She currently lives and works in Oakland, California.


SOLO & SMALL GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Johnathan Ferrara Gallery • New Orleans, Louisiana • schedule TBD 2024 • Solo
Grants Pass Museum of Art • Grants Pass, Oregon • scheduled August/September 2024 • Solo
Delaplaine Arts Center • Frederick, Maryland • scheduled September/October 2023 • Solo
Kirkland Arts Center Gallery • Clinton, New York • scheduled June/July 2023 • Solo
Crossing Arts Alliance Gallery • Brainerd, Minnesota • scheduled March 2023 • Solo
Women United Art Movement • Online • scheduled September/October 2022 • Solo
O’Hanlon Center for the Arts • Mill Valley, California • scheduled August 2022 • Small Group
Buckham Gallery • Flint, Michigan • scheduled June/July 2022 • Solo
Abington Art Center • Jenkintown, Pennsylvania • 2022 • Solo
Gearbox Gallery • Oakland, California • 2022• 2-Person
East Central College Art Gallery • Union, Missouri • 2022 • Solo
Ice House Gallery • Petaluma, California • 2021• Small Group
Gallery 118 • Brooklyn, New York • 2021• Solo
Fusion Art • Palm Springs, California • 2021 • Solo
Columbia Basin College Esvelt Gallery • Pasco, Washington • 2021 • Solo
Umpqua Community College • Roseburg, Oregon • 2019 • Solo
Music Orange • San Francisco, California • 2018—2019 • Solo
San Francisco City College • San Francisco, California • 2018 • Solo
Triton Museum of Art • Santa Clara, California • 2010—2011 • Solo
West Valley College Theater • Saratoga, California • 2007—Present (permanent installation)• Solo
Triton Museum of Art • Santa Clara, California • 2003—2004 • Small Group
Richmond Art Center • Richmond, California • 2003 • Small Group
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery • San Francisco, California • 2001 • Small Group
Fetterly Gallery • Vallejo, California • 2000—2001 • Solo
Art & Design Gallery, University of Kansas • Lawrence, Kansas • 1997 • Solo
C. S. Bath • San Francisco, California • 1993 • Solo
San Francisco Audio Network • San Francisco, California • 1993 • Solo
Bridge Gallery • Santa Cruz, California • 1991 • Solo

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Atelier Montez • Rome, Italy • scheduled November/December 2022
The Huntington Library Art Museum • San Marino, California • 2022
Art Fluent• Online • 2022
Marin Society of Artists • San Rafael, California • 2022
Create! Magazine • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • 2022
Gallery 118 • Brooklyn, New York • 2022
Red Bluff Art Gallery • Online • 2022
London Art Biennale • London, England • 2021
Helvet Art • Geneva, Switzerland • 2021
Society of Canadian Artists • Toronto, Canada • 2021
Barrett Art Center • Poughkeepsie, New York • 2021
Stamford Art Association • Stamford, Connecticut • 2021
Art House • Messina, Italy • 2021
Seager Gray Gallery • Mill Valley, California • 2021
New Britain Museum of American Art • New Britain, Connecticut • 2021
Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University • Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania • 2021
Site: Brooklyn • Brooklyn, New York • 2021
Goldwell Museum • Beatty, Nevada • 2021
San Fernando Valley Arts and Cultural Center • Tarzana, California • 2021
Arc Gallery • San Francisco, California • 2021
Art League of Hilton Head Biennale• Hilton Head, South Carolina • 2021
Liminal Art Gallery • Toronto, Canada • 2021
Piedmont Center for the Arts • Piedmont, California • 2021
Museum of Contemporary Art • Wausau, Wisconsin • 2021
University of Southern Mississippi • Hattiesburg, Mississippi • 2021
Viridian Artists Gallery • New York, New York • 2021
Athens Arts Gallery • Crawfordsville, Indiana • 2021
Art Center Gallery • Dover, New Hampshire • 2021
Sacramento Fine Arts Center • Carmichael, California • 2021
Marin Society of Artists • San Rafael, California • 2021
Essex Gallery • Westport, Connecticut • 2021
Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community • Harrisonburg, Virginia • 2021
Indiana University at Kokomo Downtown Gallery • Kokomo, Indiana • 2021
The Curator’s Salon• London, England • 2021
Rhode Island Watercolor Society • Pawtucket, Rhode Island • 2021
Incuarts • Honolulu, Hawaii • 2021
Melvin Art Gallery • Lakeland, Florida • 2021
Michael Rosen Fine Arts • Providence, Rhode Island • 2021
Oxford Arts Alliance • Oxford, Pennsylvania • 2021
Artsy Shark • Online • 2021
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts • Mystic, Connecticut • 2021
Paper Circle • Nelsonville, Ohio • 2021
State of the Art Gallery • Ithaca, New York • 2021
Willard Arts Center • Idaho Falls, Idaho • 2021
CorkHouse • Savannah, Georgia • 2021
Gallery Route One • Point Reyes, California • 2021
Elizabeth Jones Art Center • Portland, Oregon • 2021
The Arts and Culture Alliance • Knoxville, Tennessee • 2021
Woodwalk Gallery • Egg Harbor, Wisconsin • 2021
The Art Guild • Port Washington, New York • 2021
Ground Floor Gallery • Surprise, Arizona • 2021
San Fernando Valley Arts and Cultural Center • Tarzana, California • 2021
Visionary Art Collective • New York, New York • 2021
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts • Mystic, Connecticut • 2021
Studio Channel Islands • Camarillo, California • 2021
Biafarin Awards Exhibition• Online • 2021
de Young Museum • San Francisco, California • 2020
RedArtBox Gallery • Tokyo, Japan • 2020
Artios Gallery • New York, New York • 2020
Bougie Art Gallery • Toronto, Canada • 2020
Wailoa Center • Hilo, Hawaii • 2020
O’Hanlon Center for the Arts • Mill Valley, California • 2020
Mt. Si Artist Guild • Snoqualmie, Washington • 2020
State of the Art Gallery • Ithaca, New York • 2020
Artless Bastard Gallery • West De Pere, Wisconsin • 2020
Grand Prairie Arts Council • Grand Prairie, Texas • 2020
RG Endres Gallery • Prairie Village, Kansas • 2020
Oxford Arts Alliance • Oxford, Pennsylvania • 2020
National Art League • Douglaston/Queens, New York • 2020
Crooked Tree Arts Center • Petoskey, Michigan • 2020
Medford Arts Center • Medford, New Jersey • 2020
The Joe Center for the Arts• Port St. Joe, Florida • 2020
J. Mane Gallery• Online • 2020
Gearbox Gallery • Oakland, California • 2020
The Old Courthouse Figurative League • Woodstock, Illinois • 2020
Colors of Humanity Gallery • Everett, Pennsylvania • 2020
Alaska Watercolor Society • Anchorage, Alaska • 2020
realArt Gallery • Agoura Hills, California • 2020
Taos Art Insurgency • Taos, New Mexico • 2020
O’Hanlon Center for the Arts • Mill Valley, California • 2020
Attleboro Art Museum • Attleboro, Massachusetts • 2020
Emerald Art Center • Springfield, Oregon • 2020
Marin Society of Artists • San Rafael, California • 2020
d-Art Center • Norfolk, Virginia • 2020
College of the Sequoias • Visalia, California • 2020
Shockboxx Gallery • Hermosa Beach, California • 2020\
Cultural Center of Cape Cod • South Yarmouth, Massachusetts • 2020
Core New Art Space • Lakewood, Colorado • 2020
Kelwood Contemporary Art • Baton Rouge, Louisiana • 2020
Eastern Kentucky University • Richmond, Kentucky • 2020
Hopkins Center for the Arts • Hopkins, Minnesota • 2020
Sanchez Art Center• Pacifica, California • 2020
Fe Gallery • Sacramento, California • 2020
Self Help Graphics and Art • Los Angeles, California • 2020
West Valley College Art Gallery • Saratoga, California • 1998—2020
Arts Benicia • Benicia, California • 2019
Art Works Downtown • San Rafael, California • 2019
Gallery 621 • Benicia, California • 2019
Fort Works Art • Fort Worth, Texas • 2019
Sebastopol Center for the Arts • Sebastopol, California • 2019
Vanessa Lacy Gallery • Kansas City, Missouri • 2019
SG Gallery • Venice, Italy • 2019
University of Alaska • Anchorage, Alaska • 2019
Specto Art Space • Harrisonburg, Virginia • 2019
StARTup at Midway Gallery • San Francisco, California • 2019
Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County• Fayetteville, North Carolina• 2019
Blackboard Gallery • Camarillo, California • 2019
Alexandria Museum of Art • Alexandria, Louisiana • 2019
International Society of Acrylic Painters • Online • 2019
Studio Channel Islands • Camarillo, California • 2019
Tubac Center of the Arts • Tubac, Arizona • 2019
Site: Brooklyn • Brooklyn, New York • 2019
Dora Lee Langdon Center • Granbury, Texas • 2019
Webster Arts • St. Louis, Missouri • 2019
Las Laguna Gallery • Laguna Beach, California • 2019
Old Court House Arts Center • Woodstock, Illinois • 2019
311 Gallery • Raleigh, North Carolina • 2019
Sebastopol Center for the Arts • Sebastopol, California • 2018
Triton Museum of Art • Santa Clara, California • 2013
Art Ark Gallery • San Jose, California • 2013
Art Ark Gallery • San Jose, California • 2012
Woman Made Gallery • Chicago, Illinois• 2003
The Stage Gallery • Merrick, New York • 2003
Berkeley Art Center • Berkeley, California • 2002, 2003
St. Supery Gallery • Rutherford, California • 2001
Napa Valley College Art Gallery • Napa, California • 1997—2001
Works Gallery • San Jose, California • 1999
Los Medanos College Art Gallery • Pittsburg, California • 1999
Museum of Arts Downtown Los Angeles • Los Angeles, California • 1998
750 Gallery • Sacramento, California • 1998
Center for Visual Art Gallery • Oakland, California • 1998
Santa Cruz Art League • Santa Cruz, California • 1998
Big Twelve Conference Invitational • Dallas, Texas • 1997
Art and Design Gallery, University of Kansas • Lawrence, Kansas • 1994, 1995
City of San Francisco Open Studio • San Francisco, California • 1993
Pickard-Smith Gallery • Santa Cruz, California • 1991

RECENT AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
1st Place, Faber Birren National Color Award • 2021 • Endowed to Stamford Art Association, Stamford, Connecticut
1st Place, Art House • 2021 • “Art House Art Contest”, Messina, Italy
Best of Show Award, Athens Arts Gallery • 2021 • “Untitled 2.0”, Crawfordsville, Indiana
Best of Show Award, San Fernando Valley Arts & Cultural Center • 2021 • “Artopia”, Tarzana, California
Best of Show Award, Sacramento Fine Arts Center • 2021 • “Bold Expressions”, Carmichael, California
1st Place, Gallery Route One • 2021 • “Crossing the Divide”, Point Reyes Station, California
1st Place, Willard Arts Center • 2021 • “13th Annual Juried Exhibition”, Idaho Falls, Idaho
1st Place, Ground Floor Gallery • 2021 • “Make Me Laugh”, Surprise, Arizona
2nd Place, Viridian Artists Gallery • 2021 • “31st International Juried Exhibition”, New York, New York
2nd Place, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University • 2021 • “12th Annual Figurative Drawing and Painting Exhibition”, Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania
2nd Place, TheArtList.com • 2021 • “Artist of the Month”, Online
Juror’s Prize, State of the Art Gallery • 2021 • “Juried Exhibit”, Ithaca, New York
Runner Up Award, Art Show International • 2021 • “Winter 2021 Artist Grant”, Los Angeles, California
Juror’s Citation Award, The Arts and Culture Alliance • 2021 • “No Bigger than a Breadbox”, Knoxville, Tennessee
Honorable Mention Award, University of Southern Mississippi • 2021 • “National Juried Painting Exhibition”, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Honorable Mention Award, The Art Guild • 2021 • “The Painted Moment”, Port Washington, New York
1st Place, Prisma International Art Award • 2020 • 5th Edition-Year 2, Rome, Italy
Best in Show Award, Grand Prairie Arts Council • 2020 • “2020 Juried Show”, Grand Prairie, Texas
1st Place Award, Medford Art Center • 2020 • “Fall Juried Exhibition”, Medford, New Jersey
1st Place Award, Gearbox Gallery • 2020 • “Sanctuary”, Oakland, California
Jack Richeson & Co. Award, National Art League • 2020 • “90th Annual Open Juried Exhibit”, Douglaston/Queens, New York
3rd Place Award, Mt. Si Artist Guild • 2020 • “Mt. Si Art Show 2020”, Snoqualmie, Washington
Merit Award, College of the Sequoias • 2020 • “2020 Human Rights Exhibit”, Visalia, California
Honorable Mention Award, J. Mane Gallery • 2020 • “Eat”, Online
Noteworthy Award, Colors of Humanity Gallery • 2020 • “Wet Paint”, Everett, Pennsylvania
Theme Award, Giles Gallery • 2020 • “Balance and Resilience”, Richmond, Kentucky
Oak TREE (Totally Remarkable and Extraordinary Employee) Award, West Valley College • 2020 • Saratoga, California

PUBLICATIONS
Createmagazine.com • Interview, April 2022
Art Seen Magazine • Spring Issue #3, Interview pp. 24-29, February 2022
Create! Magazine • Winter Issue #29, February 2022
All She Makes Magazine • Issue 4, February 2022
Art Ascent Magazine • Issue #53, Image pg. 51, January 2022
Friend of the Artist Series • Studio Image Project, January 2022
New Visionary Magazine • Issue 1, January 2022
Artists of the Bay Area • Jen Tough Gallery, November 2021
East Bay Artists 2021 • Books Inc., November 2021
Artwalk Magazine • Summer 2021 Issue, October 2021
Creative Quarterly • Issue #63, August 2021
Art Seen Magazine • Issue #1, May, 2021
Artistonish Magazine • Issue #7, February, 2021
Thought Art Magazine • Issue #3, November 2020
East Bay Artists 2020 • Books Inc., November 2020
WEAD Magazine • Issue #11, November 2020
Salann Magazine • Edition 1, May 2019
Monsterbet by Heidi Brueckner • September 2018
Voices Literary Magazine • Volume 1, Issue 1, Spring, 2009, pp. 40, 41, 44
Triton Museum of Art Museum Currents • October—December, 2003, p. 1
College Art Association News • Volume 25, Number 6, November, 2000, p. 11
The Contra Costa Times/The Ledger Dispatch • Friday, September 17, 1999, p. 4
The Forum (Journal of the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges) • 1998 Edition, p. 35

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
All She Makes, Directory and Interview • New York, New York • 2021
Visionary Art Collective, Directory and Interview • Brooklyn, New York • 2021
Juror: Prisma International Art Award • 6th and 7th Edition-Year 2, Rome, Italy • 2020—Present
Anderson Ranch Art Center, Encaustic Workshop • Snowmass, Colorado • 2021
Artist’s Talk • Liminal Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada • 2021
Artist’s Talk • Esvelt Gallery, Pasco, Washington • 2021
Kipaipai Professional Practices Seminar • Mill Valley, California • 2021
Kipaipai Professional Practices Seminar • Online • 2021
Director: WVC Satellite Crochet Coral Reef • West Valley College, Saratoga, California • 2017-2019
Creation and Publication of “Monsterbet” by Heidi Brueckner • September 2018
Sabbatical Project: Painting, Research • West Valley College, Saratoga, California • 2006
Juror • Olympiad of the Arts, West Valley College Art Gallery, Saratoga, California • 2002—2009
Art Auctioneer • KTEH Public Television, San Jose, California • 2003
Visiting Artist/Lecturer • Lawrence Public School District, Lawrence, Kansas • 1997
Visiting Artist/Lecturer • Baker University, Baldwin, Kansas • 1996
Visiting Artist/Lecturer • Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas • 1996

EDUCATION
University of Kansas • Lawrence, Kansas
M.F.A. in Painting • 1997
University of California, Santa Cruz
B.A. in Studio Art • 1991
B.A. in Art History • 1991
University of Heidelberg • Germany • 1988—89
Goethe Institute • Boppard, Germany • September 1988

FULL-TIME TEACHING, PROFESSOR
West Valley College • Saratoga, California • Fall 2000—Present

PART-TIME TEACHING, LECTURER OR INSTRUCTOR
University of California, Berkeley Extension • Berkeley, California • Spring 2000—Summer 2000
Los Medanos College • Pittsburg, California • Fall 1999—Spring 2000
Napa Valley College • Napa, California • Fall 1997—Summer 2000
West Valley College • Saratoga, California • Fall 1998—Fall 1999
Pacific Art League • Palo Alto, California • Summer 1998
Hartnell College • Salinas, California • Fall 1997
University of Kansas • Lawrence, Kansas • Spring 1996—Spring 1997
Town School For Boys, Art Department • San Francisco, California • Fall 1992—Spring 1994

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