Coming soon to the ROM: Indian Ocean
First Wave included in Indian Ocean: Monsoon Worlds (2027)
Artist talk: Rupture and Reckoning
Access the recording of Heidi’s artist talk presented with SAVAC during their 2026 AGM.
Longquan Wangou Residency, China
I’m thrilled to announce that I have been selected to take part in the International Academy of Ceramics Special Residencies Project in Jingdezhen, China.
Linen Biennial Northern Ireland
Check out my blog post about my trip to Belfast and artist talk at the Linen Biennale Northern Ireland as part of Common Threads.
Podcast: Heidi McKenzie on Indo-Caribbean HerStories, Migration, Race and Belonging
Bob Acton with Colour and Ceramics in conversation with Heidi McKenzie. Featured on Colour & Ceramics, this episode explores Heidi McKenzie’s multidisciplinary practice and her exploration of ancestry, migration, race, and belonging.
Online Artist Talk – Art as Practice for Racial Repair/SAVAC
SAVAC is pleased to present a talk by multidisciplinary artist Heidi McKenzie as part of its 2026 AGM. Free event, everyone is welcome.
WORK at Gardiner Museum
Building Blocks acquired by and on view at the newly renovation Gardiner Museum.
The Forgotten Man - Montreal Solo Exhibition
L’Homme Oublie / The Forgotten Man opens October 23 at the Centre Ceramique Bonsecours
Linen Biennale Northern Ireland
I had the great privilege to attend the Linen Biennale, Northern Ireland in Belfast for the closing and an artist talk at the Island Arts Centre, supported by the Ontario Arts Council. Read more
ROM ACQUISITION
ROM Acquires two of Heidi McKenzie’s works from Indo-indentured series.
Reclaimed: Indo-Caribbean HerStories Documented
check out the blog, opening, installation, and panel discussion HERE
Across Latitudes, AGM Summer 2024
Across Latitudes with Soheila Esfahani, Heidi McKenzie, and Zinnia Naqvi - check out the virtual tour/
Breakthrough Fusion's 50th at Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery
FUSION celebrates 50 years in 2024! Art Gallery of Burlington, June 20th - Sept 2nd.
Indian Ceramics Triennale
Thrilled to be invited to the Indian Ceramics Triennale, Common Ground, Arthshila, Delhi, Jan 19-March 31, 2024 with Girmitya HerStories.
Underneath Everything in Grand Rapids
Underneath Everything: Grandeur & Humility in Contemporary Ceramics, Grand Rapids Art Museum, October 7 - January 14, 2024.
Cill Rialaig, Ireland Sept 2023
I feel like a spec of sand on the beach of Ballenskelligs, one of many trillion, but all part of one.
AGO Reviews HerStories
“In her mixed-media ceramics-based exhibition, Heidi McKenzie enshrines collective memory.”
Indo-Caribbean herstory at the Gardiner Museum
— By Simone Aziga
Underneath Everything in Des Moines
Underneath Everything: Grandeur & Humility in Contemporary Ceramics, Des Moines Arts Centre, June 3 - September 10, 2023 - link to more
tRaces @ Moosejaw Museum
This exhibition tRaces Jeannie Mah’s and Heidi McKenzie’s relationships with their fathers and the impact of inter-generational transcontinental journeys in their lives
May 3rd Opening @ Gardiner
View the opening remarks and gallery of candid photographs here.
Unframed - Propeller Gallery
UNFRAMED at Propeller Gallery, Jan 25 to Feb 12th in person, and March 26 online. 85 artists from Canada, US, Spain and India.
Trinidad & Tobago Blog
My T&T research trip finally happened 2.5 years later, visit my Inspiration blog