Heather has been glass blowing professionally since 2005 and is a Resident Artist and Instructor at the Living Arts Centre in Toronto, Ontario.  She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts with Distinction, in Glass from the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary. During that time, she also studied in Australia at the Canberra School of Art and Design. Konschuh's glass portfolio has a wide vocabulary of blown forms.  

A focal point in her work is in the elegance of simplicity.  Often this is created through form and color.  She has actively been developing her blown 'Double Color Series' which engage opaque and transparent colors within the same piece. Heather’s work is a reflection of how she is inspired by nature and is an abstraction of those shapes and forms. Heather Konschuh was chosen by Laureen Harper, Prime Minister Steven Harper's wife, to create unique glass charger plates for the World Leaders at the 2010 G20 and G8 conference in Toronto.

 

Select Exhibitions

 

2010   Hindsight, 4141 Living Arts Centre Drive, Mississauga, ON

2009   Reform, Living Arts Centre, Mississauga, ON

            Hindsight, 4141 Living Arts Centre Drive, Mississauga, ON

            Boutique, Cheongju International Craft Biennale 2009, South Korea

            13th Annual Canadian Glass Show, West End Gallery, Victoria, BC

            Portdover Summer Festival-Art in the Park, Portdover, ON

            Cabbagetown - Art and Craft Sale, Toronto, ON

            The Moose Show Festival of Canadian Fine Craft, Toronto, ON

            Bala Cranberry Festival, Bala, ON

 

2008   Metamorphosis, 990 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON

2007   Featured Emerging Artist, Rowles and Company Gallery, Calgary, AB

            Open House, Hot Glass Studios, Canmore, AB

            Heather Konschuh Glass, Stalwart Dessert Tea, Stalwart, SK

            Elbow Library Hobby and Trade Show, Elbow, SK

            Ogema Agricultural Society Fair, Ogema, SK

            Nokomis Craft Show, Nokomis, SK

            Nokomis Fair, Nokomis, SK

            Humbolt Arts and Crafts Show, Humbolt, SK

            Festival of Crafts, Calgary Stampede, Calgary, AB

            Spruce Meadows International Christmas Market, Calgary, AB      

2006  GAAC Exhibition, Red Deer College, Red Deer, AB

            Gathering Glass, Alberta Craft Council, Edmonton, AB

            GAAC Exhibitions, Red Deer College, Red Deer, AB

            Gathering Glass, Alberta Crafts Council, Edmonton, AB

            Alumni Symposium, Alberta College, Calgary, AB

2005   National Emerging Artist Exhibition, Material Matters, Toronto, ON

            Graduate Show, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, AB

 

Awards

 

2006   NICHE Student Award Winner, NICHE Magazine, Baltimore, MD

2005   NICHE Student Award Finalist, NICHE Magazine, Baltimore, MD

2004   NICHE Student Award Finalist, NICHE Magazine, Baltimore, MD

 

Apprenticeship

 

2008   June Pham, Living Arts Center, Mississauga, ON

2007   Susan Gotteslig, Hot Glass Studios, Canmore, AB

2006   Cory Porterfield, Porterfield Studios, Calgary, AB