About the Artist
Jessica Hiemstra-van der Horst lives in Guelph, Ontario.
She is a member of CARFAC Ontario ,
the Guelph Creative Arts Association, Visual Arts Ontario,
and The Guelph Arts Council
Selected Exhibitions
 Upcoming
Group:
Solo:
- ebar Guelph ON, April 1 - June 2, 2008
- Red Brick Cafe Guelph ON, March 1 - April 6, 2008
- Parkdale Gallery Ottawa ON, February 13 - March 9, 2008
- "Gesture" RUC Gallery, Hamilton ON, Nov 9-30 2007
- Manhattan's Music Club, Guelph ON,June 2007
- Private Exhibition and Sale, Hamilton ON, March 2006
- Hamilton Central Public, Hamilton ON, October 2005
"Close to the Ground: Impressions from Bayfront"
- Eric's Custom Picture Framing Limited, Edmonton, AB, July 2004
- Swizzlesticks Spa and Salon, Edmonton, AB, June 2004
- Zocalo Gallery of Courtyard Surprises Edmonton, AB, May 2004
- Sugar Bowl Edmonton, AB, February 2002
- Edmonton Art Walk Edmonton, AB August 2002
- Great Little Bread Co. Peterborough, ON May 2000
- Two Rooms Café Edmonton, AB October 1999
- Café la Gare Edmonton, AB September 1999
- Sugar Bowl Edmonton, AB December 1998
Publications:
- Illustrated long poem, Gerald, God and the Chickens written and illustrated by Jessica Hiemstra van derHorst.
Shortlisted by greenboathouse books, 2006.
Forthcoming June 2008 with Frog Hollow Press
- Fifty3 Magazine, Feature article, Vol 7 Issue 4, Some thoughts on stuffed pikes, panties, and other
great works of art.
- "Just for a Whiff of Linseed Oil," Poem, in Room
- "Georgia, I'm sorry you're dead," "Georgia's recipes, somehow," "Georgia's pelvis III and IV," Poems,
forthcoming in The Antigonish Review
- "Getting out of the house,"" "Prescriptions for Katherine (not your real name)," "How to cut a chicken into little pieces" Poems,
forthcoming in Carousel Magazine
Freelance and Illustration:
- Cover image one crow sorrow by Lisa Martin-DeMoor
forthcoming Spring 2008,
Brindle and Glass
- Accompanying drawing for Mizuki, Broadsheet, Poem by Shane Neilson, forthcoming 2008,
Frog Hollow Press
- Illustrated long poem, Gerald, God and the Chickens written and illustrated
by Jessica Hiemstra van derHorst. Shortlisted by greenboathouse books, 2006
Forthcoming spring 2008, Frog Hollow Press
- Conceptual Model, Storytelling as Pedagogy, University of Toronto Press, In the Presence of Each Other,
Dr.Johanna Kuyvenhoven, forthcoming 2007
- AISCA: logo design, illustration work, 2004-ongoing
- Edmonton John Howard Society, pamphlet illustration, 2004
- Vriend’s Organic Farm, Calendar, 2004
- Zocalo Gallery of Courtyard Surprises, product illustration, 2003-ongoing
- Oceanna Music, for Beginning Band Basics Instrumental
Theory Workbooks, illustrations, 2003
- Centre for Comparative Psycholinguistics, logo, 2003
- Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues,illustrated manual: Community Consultation in
the Planning and Development Process, 2003
- Vancouver Storytelling Association, Promotional materials for the Vancouver Storytelling Festival, 2001
- Fred J Eaglesmith and the Flying Squirrels, tour bus painting, 1999

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