Select Solo Exhibitions
“Inside Skies”, TREX space, May 06- July 22, 2023. Curated by Genevieve Farrell. Medicine Hat, Alberta.
“Who am I to you?”, September 24-October 24, 2021. Xchanges Art Gallery. Victoria, British Columbia, Supported by Canada Council
“Looking Back“, December 2020-March 2021. IC Contemporary, Digital Gallery
“Elly Heise: Open Atelier Exhibition & Artist Talk“, October 15-17, 2020. Foundation Obras, Evoramonte, Portugal
“Paradise Island”, Audain Gallery, March 30-April 10, Victoria, British Columbia
“Site of Memory”, Audain Gallery, October 07-11 2019, Victoria, British Columbia
“Kin”, Calgary Arts Pioneer Building, Exposure Photography Festival, February 05-28, 2019, Calgary, Alberta
Select Group Shows
“Urban Trees”, Interdisciplinary research based exhibition in conjunction with the Medicine Hat College, funded Urban Trees collective study, March 2024.
“Digital Cowboy“, 2021. SweetPea Gallery. Virtual Space, ARTGATE VR
“Related Repose“, Life Stories, November 2020-April 2021. Featured Artist. Legacy Art Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia
“Muse“, September 30-October 21, 2021. Toula Gallery, digital exhibition
“Of Men and Woods“, September 03-November 05, 2021. Verzasca Foto Festival, Verzasca Valley, Switzerland
“Common Thread”, Audain Gallery, September 17-22 2018, Victoria, British Columbia
“Photographers Showcase”, Exposure Photography Festival, February 01-28, 2018,Calgary, Alberta
“The Show” Charles H. Scott Gallery, Granville Island, May 2015,Vancouver, BC
Select Publications
Galleries West, September 25 2021, “Elly Heise: Who Am I To You?”, Article
PHMuseum, September 03 2020 “September’s Best Photo Festivals”. Article
ThePupilSphere, Graduate Showcase, June 27, 2020-onwards. Digital Curated Exhibition, U.K
UNTIL Magazine. May 13, 2020. “Resilience”. Juried Digital Exhibition
PhotoLife. January 29, 2019. “Exposure: Alberta’s Photography Festival Marks 15 Years”. Article
Calgary Herald. January 31, 2019. “Exposure Photography Festival: Five to See”. Article
Daily Mail. November 22 2014 “Would you let YOUR four-year-old daughter do your makeup?” Article
Cosmopolitan Magazine. November 23 2014 “This is What It Looks Like When Daughters Do Their Mom’s Makeup” Article
Huffington Post. November 20 2014 “When Daughters Do These Mothers Makeup, We See Beauty The way A Child Does” Article
Metro News. November 29 2014. “Elly Heise’s Daughter Does My Makeup Photography Project Results In Some Strong Looks”. Article
PetaPixel. November 29 2014. “Heartwarming #DaughterDoesMyMakeup Portraits Question The Idea of Beauty”. Article
RTL Explosiv Das Magazin. December 12 2014. “Wenn kleine Töchter ihre Mütter schminken, wird’s bunt”. Television Interview
WOMENYOUSHOULDKNOW.November 24 2014.“These Moms Let Young Daughters Do Their Makeup”. Article
Awards and Scholarships
Interdisciplinary Research Award, April 2024. Medicine Hat College, group award for “Urban Trees”. Medicine Hat, Alberta
Canada Council Project Grant. October 2021. “Who Am I To You?” exhibition. Victoria, British Columbia
Jesse Allan Foresyth Solarship, University of Victoria. December 2019. Victoria, British Columbia
Audrey St. Denys & M. E. Johnson Scholarship, December 2019
Victoria, British Columbia
Jesse Allan Foresyth Scholarship, University of Victoria. April 2019, Victoria, British Columbia
Graduate Award, University of Victoria. April 2019
Victoria, British Columbia.
Graduate Award. University of Victoria, April 2019
Victoria, British Columbia.
Juried Winner of Emerging Photographers Showcase, February 2018, Calgary, Alberta
Grand Prize, Jurors Choice Award. Medicine Hat Visual Arts Exhibition. July 25 2016. Medicine Hat, Alberta
Jason Lang Scholarship, Alberta College of Art and Design. April 2013, Calgary, Alberta
Education
University of Victoria, Master of Fine Arts, Victoria, BC, Canada
Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Bachelor’s in Visual Arts, majoring in photography, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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