Artist's Profile
Born in Austria, Regina Heinz is known internationally for her tactile ceramic sculptures and reliefs with highly distinctive abstract designs.
Regina's award winning work has been purchased by the National Art Collector's Fund and is presented in collections worldwide, including the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, the Museum of Contemporary Ceramics in Gifu, Japan, the International Ceramics Museum in Faenza, and the Yingge County Ceramics Museum in Taipei.
With degrees in painting from the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and in ceramics from Goldsmiths’ College, London, Regina combines in her work the sensibility of a fine artist with outstanding expertise in ceramics.
As an artist, Regina draws on her love for her native countryside and her background as a painter. Her passion for colour, form and beautiful ceramic surfaces led her to set up her architectural ceramics practice in 2011 to explore the integration of art, architecture and landscape.
Regina regularly works with international interior designers, art consultants and private clients world-wide. Her portfolio includes an exclusive 3D tile line for the American tile retailer Ann Sacks, commissions for residential developments in London and Saudi Arabia and a series of sculptural wall pieces for 2000 cabins of P&O’s newest cruise ship Britannia, launched in 2015.
| MA, Site-Specific Sculpture Wimbledon School of Art, London |
1993 - 1995 |
| Post-graduate Diploma - Ceramics (Distinction) Goldsmiths's College, London |
1989 - 1991 |
| Diploma Ceramics City of London Polytechnic Sir John Cass Faculty of Art |
1989 - 1993 |
| Diploma Ceramics Ecole Supérieure d'Arts Appliqués, Geneva |
1988 - 1989 |
| MA in Painting, Art Education and German Literature Academy of Fine Art University of Vienna |
1975 - 1981 |
| Museum of Contemporary Ceramics in Gifu, Japan | 2013 |
| The Ceramic Collection. Aberystwyth University, Wales | 2009 |
| FuLe International Ceramic Art Museums, Fuping, China | 2008 |
| Cleveland Crafts Centre, Middlesbrough, England | 2005 |
| Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taipei, Taiwan | 2004 |
| The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke on Trent, England | 2003 |
| Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England | 2002 |
| Collection Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche, Faenza, Italy | 2001 |
| International Ceramic Studio, Kecskemét, Hungary | 1999 |
| Museu de Ceràmica, Manises, Spain | 1999 |
| Art Collection Austrian Government, Vienna | 1998 |
| Shepparton Art Gallery, Shepparton, Australia | 1997 |
| Art Collection Federal Government Upper Austria, Linz | 1995 |
| Austrian Ceramics Award (nominated) Salzburg | 2015 |
| Queensberry Hunt Prize for "For a work that shows an innovative approach to the use of ceramic materials" | 2006 |
| Adrian Sassoon Award for the Arts of the Kiln Chelsea Crafts Fair | 2002 |
| Scholarship, International Ceramic Studio Kecskemét, Hungary | 1999 |
| Prize of the Town of Vénissieux; Biennal Europea de Ceràmica, Manises, Spain | 1999 |
| Setting Up Grant, Crafts Council, UK | 1998 |
| Travel Grant, Arts Council Upper Austria Linz , Austria | 1992 |
| Crafts Council Crafts Directory | 2015 |
| International Academy of Ceramics | 2007 |
| Member, The Art Workers Guild | 2007 |
| Fellow, Crafts Potters Association of Great Britain | 2005 |
| Crafts Council Selected Maker Index | 2002 |
