Victoria Heuston

(321) 652-1028 - Victoria.Heuston@icloud.com - Melbourne, Florida, US

EMPLOYMENT

2018 – Operations Manager/Paralegal, Heuston Legal PLLC, Melbourne FL (Full time)

2016 – 18        Paralegal, Frese Whitehead Anderson Anderson & Heuston, P.A., Melbourne FL (Full time)

2015 –16         Sculpture paid assistant to Eugenio Espinoza, Gainesville FL (5 hrs/month)

2013 – 16        Sculpture paid internship for Spice of Light company, Gainesville FL (12 hrs/week)

2013 – 14        Sculpture paid assistant to Sculpture Graduate student, Gainesville FL (10 hrs/month)

EXHIBITIONS

2016

Bellwether 2016: Confluence sculpture conference, Bellevue, WA, juried, July 2016

UF College of Fine Arts Juried Show, University Gallery, Gainesville, FL, (Juror: Sean Allen Fisher, artist), Feb 2016

2015

Solo Show Kick in the Elementary at Negativa Moderna, Archer, FL (sponsored by Eugenio Espinoza), Dec – Jan 2015

Group show Float Anchor Contain Collapse at Superfun!, Gainesville, FL, (Self-curated), Nov

Group Show MASS 5 at First Magnitude, Gainesville, FL, (Juried MASS 5 selection committee), Oct – Nov 2015

Group Show Metals at Innovation Square, Gainesville, FL, April – May 2015

Group Show Performance and Installation at WARPhaus, Gainesville, FL, March 2015

UF College of Fine Arts Juried Show, University Gallery, Gainesville, FL (Juror: Eric Schoenborn, Miami based artist), May – June 2015

2014

Trashformations: Recycled Art Show and Competition, Florida Museum of Natural History,Gainesville, FL, (Juried Alachua County Waste Department and Cultural Affairs), Nov 2014

UF College of Fine Arts Juried Show, University Gallery, Gainesville, FL (Juror: Dina Mitrani, Director Dina Mitrani Gallery, Wynwood Art District, Miami, FL), Feb 2014

2013

Trashformations: Recycled Art Show and Competition, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL, (Juried Alachua County Waste Department and Cultural Affairs), Nov 2013

2012

Trashformations: Recycled Art Show and Competition, Florida Museum of Natural History Gainesville, FL, (Juried Alachua County Waste Department and Cultural Affairs), Nov 2013

Group Show at ARTSEEN at NWSA in Wynwood, Miami, FL (Curated by YoungArts organization), Feb 2012

Group Show at the Miami Art Museum, Miami. FL (Curated by YoungArts organization), Jan 2012

RESIDENCIES

2016

Grin City Collective, Grinnell, IA, Juried, June 2016

Art Farm, Marquette, NE, juried, August – September 2016

HONORS, AWARDS, AND RECOGNITIONS

2016                Roberge Award, UF College of the Arts, School of Art and Art History

2015                Trashformations, Alachua County, Second Place

2014                Trashformations, Alachua County, First Place

                        Anderson Scholars High Distinction, UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

                        UF College of Fine Arts Juried Show, Most Popular Vote

2013                Candidate for Related Group and YoungArts Iconbay project for public sculpture commission

                        Trashformations, Alachua County, Honorable Mention

2012                Trashformations, Alachua County, First Place

2012                YoungArts National Finalist in Visual Arts

                        Melbourne Art Festival Student Art Show: Best of Show  

                        Brevard County School Board Art Show: Best of Show

MEMBERSHIPS

2015                University of Florida, College of the Arts Plaza Planning Charrette Committee

2012 – 13        University of Florida, Site Specific Sculpture Club

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

2015                Bill Bryson of Waldo, FL

2012                Rabbi Barton and Jane Shallat of Bal Harbour, FL and Huntington, NY

                        Lena Makurath of Miami Beach, FL

COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS

2016                Cinematic Exposure, Innovation Square, Gainesville, FL (in collaboration with Ashley Blasak), April 2016

2014                Spatial Awareness, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (in collaboration with Sarah Joy), Nov 2014